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The Gospel According To Matthew
11-13-11 PM
Session 3
Charitable Deeds
6:1-4… “Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2 Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. 3 But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.
Charity is only an acceptable gift if God doesn’t have to share the recognition with man
Prayer
5“And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. 6 But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
Don’t pray to be seen
7 And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.
8 “Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.
Don’t use rote or remembered or repeated prayers
Prayer is not a formula
Prayer is communication of the heart of man with the heart of God
9 In this manner, therefore, pray:
Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. 10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. 13 And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Our – unity
Father - family
in heaven, - enthroned in eternity
Hallowed be Your name. – revere, honor, adore & acknowlege
10 Your kingdom come. – invite His influence
Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. – measureless surrender; in me & my circumstatnces
11 Give us this day our daily bread. – today is all I need
12 And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. – acknowledging our responsibility to others in direct measure to the grace we have received
13 And do not lead us into temptation, - you know my weaknesses better than I do; don’t let me be overtaken where I think I’m strong
But deliver us from the evil one. – Keep us from the deceiver & his devices
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. – Acknowledge that all power & authority is God’s alone
Amen. – verify, affirm & agree with God’s will for your life… literally “as you say, so shall it be in ME”
14 “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Herein lies the condition of all blessings & answered prayer… You reap what you sow
Fasting
Matthew 6:16-18… “Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. 17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 18 so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
Do not be like the hypocrites… Sad of countenance
Freshen up & look like you’re alive
Don’t make appearances for men
God will see you & reward you
Wealth on Earth, Treasure In Heaven
Matthew 6:19-34… “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Heaven’s Treasure is safe treasure
Men put their treasure where they believe… the heart leads the hand!
22 “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
Concerning your wealth- if you are deceived even your light is really darkness
24 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
Man’s greatest challenge… is to serve God in faithful finance
25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
Do not worry! – You are valuable- Do not worry!
32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Don’t be faithless like unbelievers
God knows all your needs
Seek the Kingdom of God
Seek His righteousness
Do Not Worry!
