{"id":1324,"date":"2025-06-15T21:16:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T21:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/352-peter-davis-exhortation-hypocrisy\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T05:49:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T05:49:27","slug":"352-peter-davis-exhortation-hypocrisy","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/352-peter-davis-exhortation-hypocrisy\/","title":{"rendered":"352: Peter Davis – Exhortation: Hypocrisy"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s talk is an exhortation by Brother Peter Davis he gave in the beginning of 2024.<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good Chris Delphian
\ntalks. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Levi.
\nI’m Chris. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I’m Brian, thank you for <\/p>\n

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\nOn this podcast, we select one <\/p>\n

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\ntalk a week to help us get the
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\n‘S talk.
\nWelcome to the good Chris <\/p>\n

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\nAdelphian Talks podcast.
\nThis is brother Brian. <\/p>\n

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\nThis week’s talk is a
\nrecommended exhortation by <\/p>\n

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\nBrother Peter Davis called
\nHypocrisy. <\/p>\n

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\nOr As I Hope it Catches On, Woe
\nto you scribes and Pharisees. <\/p>\n

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\nHypocrites.
\nBrother Peter takes a look at <\/p>\n

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\nwhy such a rebuke was often
\nhurled at the religious leaders <\/p>\n

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\nof Jesus Day and the very
\ninteresting difference in what <\/p>\n

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\nthe word meant back then versus
\nhow we use it now. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this central point is
\nincredibly interesting and gives<\/p>\n

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\nus a really good chance to look
\nat our own actions and <\/p>\n

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\nmotivations and to check
\nourselves. <\/p>\n

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\nOne of my favorite points was
\nabout how all the things that <\/p>\n

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\nthe leaders were accused of
\ndoing hypocritically were good <\/p>\n

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\nand respected.
\nThings such as taking care of <\/p>\n

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\nthe needy and fasting and
\npraying. <\/p>\n

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\nThings that would certainly fall
\nunder the scope of letting our <\/p>\n

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\nlight shine before others so
\nthat they may see our good <\/p>\n

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\nworks.
\nBut where is the fine line in <\/p>\n

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\nwhy we want others to see us
\ndoing these good things? <\/p>\n

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\nI find that this talk makes for
\na good conversation starter and <\/p>\n

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\nI certainly appreciated the
\nbrothers candid comments. <\/p>\n

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\nI think some honest self
\nreflection is necessary for all <\/p>\n

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\nof us on our walk.
\nSo as always, we hope that this <\/p>\n

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\nstrengthens your faith and
\nbrightens your day. <\/p>\n

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\nBrother Peter Davis.
\nHypocrisy. <\/p>\n

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\nSo for the three years that make
\nup the majority of what we read <\/p>\n

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\nin the Gospels, right, Jesus’s
\nministry for those three years, <\/p>\n

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\nJesus faced a lot of obstacles.
\nNow, of course, there was his <\/p>\n

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\ninternal battle, right, with
\ntemptation, which is, you know, <\/p>\n

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\nthe same struggle all of us face
\ntoday. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, then he had one of his
\nclosest friends betray him and <\/p>\n

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\nhand him over to be crucified.
\nRight? <\/p>\n

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\nThere was his struggle in
\nGethsemane. <\/p>\n

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\nThere was the mocking of his
\naccusers. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd ultimately, there was his
\ndeath on the cross. <\/p>\n

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\nBut what’s especially
\ninteresting to me is that the <\/p>\n

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\ngospel writers, they don’t spend
\nnearly as much time detailing <\/p>\n

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\nJesus facing these obstacles as
\nthey do describing a different <\/p>\n

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\nchallenge, a challenge that on
\nthe surface is really quite <\/p>\n

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\nsurprising.
\nSo throughout the Gospels, we <\/p>\n

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\nread constantly of Jesus
\ninteracting with a certain group<\/p>\n

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\nof people who were well
\nrespected in their day. <\/p>\n

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\nThey were in good standing in
\ntheir religious communities, <\/p>\n

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\nThey were people who looked to
\nbe doing all the right things. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd yet Jesus frequently is
\nwarning his disciples about <\/p>\n

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\nthem.
\nSo who the gospel writers chose <\/p>\n

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\nto highlight as Jesus’s most,
\nmost frequent antagonists were <\/p>\n

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\nthe Pharisees.
\nSo the Pharisees, they were the,<\/p>\n

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\nthe religious leaders of the
\nday. <\/p>\n

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\nThey were viewed as as like the
\nauthority when it came to <\/p>\n

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\ninterpreting the Torah, which is
\nis what the the Jewish people of<\/p>\n

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\nthe day would have looked to,
\nyou know, whatever they had to <\/p>\n

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\nsay about the Scriptures, people
\nlistened and and they took their<\/p>\n

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\ninterpretation as law.
\nAnd they also would, you know, <\/p>\n

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\nwould help to lead the people in
\nprayer and lead the people in <\/p>\n

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\ngeneral worship and the Jewish
\npeople in the 1st century <\/p>\n

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\nIsrael, they looked up to them.
\nHowever, Jesus goes so far as to<\/p>\n

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\ncall them hypocrites.
\nLet’s turn to Matthew chapter <\/p>\n

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\n23.
\nThis is a chapter where where <\/p>\n

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\nJesus will see what is Jesus is
\nharshest condemnation that he <\/p>\n

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\ngives and it’s given to the
\nscribes and the Pharisees. <\/p>\n

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\nThese are the the seven woes and
\nso starting at verse one. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is Matthew 23 verse one.
\nThen Jesus said to the crowds <\/p>\n

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\nand to his disciples, the
\nscribes and the Pharisees sit on<\/p>\n

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\nMoses seat.
\nSo do and observe whatever they <\/p>\n

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\ntell you, but not the works they
\ndo. <\/p>\n

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\nFor they preach, but they don’t
\npractice. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd skipping down to verse 25 of
\nthe same chapter, Jesus goes on <\/p>\n

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\nto say, woe to you scribes and
\nPharisees hypocrites, for you <\/p>\n

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\nclean the outside of the cup and
\nthe plate, but inside they are <\/p>\n

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\nfull of greed and and self
\nindulgence. <\/p>\n

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\nYou blind Pharisee first clean
\nthe inside of the cup in the <\/p>\n

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\nplate, so that the outside also
\nmay be clean. <\/p>\n

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\nWoe to you scribes and
\nPharisees, hypocrites, for you <\/p>\n

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\nare like whitewashed tombs which
\noutwardly appear beautiful, but <\/p>\n

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\nwithin are full of dead people’s
\nbones and all uncleanness. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so you also outwardly appear
\nrighteous to others, but within <\/p>\n

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\nyou are full of hypocrisy and
\nlawlessness. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, when we look at these
\nverses, it seems like a really <\/p>\n

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\nclear take away is exactly what
\nJesus said in verse three. <\/p>\n

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\nThey preach, but they don’t
\npractice. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when we think about how we
\nuse the word hypocrite today, <\/p>\n

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\nthat is exactly what it is,
\nright? <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, you think about a, a
\nparent of a 16 year old who just<\/p>\n

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\ngot their license and going on
\nand on and on about safety when <\/p>\n

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\nwhen you’re driving, you know,
\ngo to the speed limit full stop <\/p>\n

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\nat stop signs, buckle your
\nseatbelts. <\/p>\n

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\nBut then maybe the very next
\nday, maybe you get up a little <\/p>\n

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\nlate for work and then you’re
\nflying down the highway 20 miles<\/p>\n

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\nover the speed limit right now.
\nThis is like a textbook <\/p>\n

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\ndefinition of being
\nhypocritical. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know you aren’t living up to
\nthe the same standard that <\/p>\n

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\nyou’re setting.
\nYou’re preaching, but you aren’t<\/p>\n

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\npracticing.
\nHowever, when Jesus would have <\/p>\n

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\nused this phrase in the 1st
\ncentury, the word actually had a<\/p>\n

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\ndifferent meaning than we know
\nof it today. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, today we think of
\nthat, right? <\/p>\n

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\nYou’re not living up to that
\nstandard. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’re setting, you’re, you’re
\npreaching, but you’re not doing <\/p>\n

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\nwhat you’re saying.
\nHowever, in the 1st century, the<\/p>\n

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\nword hypocrite, it meant a stage
\nactor. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I think that the connection
\nwith the word would have less to<\/p>\n

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\ndo with that idea of playing a
\npart, but it was more to do with<\/p>\n

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\nplaying a part for the audience.
\nAnd this is what Jesus goes on <\/p>\n

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\nto explain in Matthew 23 and
\nverse 5. <\/p>\n

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\nJesus says they do all their
\ndeeds to be seen by others, that<\/p>\n

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\nthat’s the hypocrisy that Jesus
\nis is calling out in the <\/p>\n

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\nPharisees.
\nIt’s not that they were doing <\/p>\n

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\nthings that were inherently
\nwrong, but rather it was their <\/p>\n

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\nattitude and, and, and their
\nmotivation behind their actions <\/p>\n

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\nthat that was the problem.
\nAnd if we turn now to Matthew 6,<\/p>\n

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\nwe’ll see this idea expanded on
\nquite a bit. <\/p>\n

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\nSo looking at Matthew 6, we’re
\nwe’re this is right in the <\/p>\n

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\nmiddle of the Sermon on the
\nMount, chapters 5-6 and seven. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re right in the middle of it.
\nAnd it’s in this chapter that <\/p>\n

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\nJesus presents to the crowd
\nthree, I guess we could call <\/p>\n

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\nthem case studies where he
\ndescribes very specific <\/p>\n

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\nreligious behaviors.
\nSo first he’s going to talk <\/p>\n

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\nabout generosity, giving to the
\npoor. <\/p>\n

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\nThen he’ll go on to talk about
\nprayer and you’ll have a bit to <\/p>\n

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\nsay about public prayer.
\nAnd then finally he’ll talk <\/p>\n

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\nabout fasting, right, Refraining
\nfrom food and drink as a way of <\/p>\n

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\nof showing your devotion to God.
\nAnd so starting in verse one, we<\/p>\n

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\nread this.
\nBeware of practicing your <\/p>\n

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\nrighteousness before other
\npeople in order to be seen by <\/p>\n

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\nthem, for then you will have no
\nreward from your Father who is <\/p>\n

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\nin heaven.
\nThus, when you give to the <\/p>\n

139
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\nneedy, sound no trumpet before
\nyou, as the hypocrites do in the<\/p>\n

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\nsynagogues and in the streets,
\nthat they may be praised by <\/p>\n

141
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\nothers.
\nTruly, I say to you, they have <\/p>\n

142
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\nreceived their reward.
\nThe the NASB translation says <\/p>\n

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\nthey have received their reward
\nin full. <\/p>\n

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\nSo starting with generosity,
\nJesus will continue in this <\/p>\n

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\nchapter to warn the crowds
\nagainst what he says in verse <\/p>\n

146
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\none, practicing their
\nrighteousness or, or performing,<\/p>\n

147
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\nyou know, their religious
\nservice, whatever that may be <\/p>\n

148
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\nspecifically in order to be seen
\nby others. <\/p>\n

149
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\nThis is what Jesus says the
\nhypocrites do. <\/p>\n

150
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\nIt’s not that they’re telling
\npeople to give to the needy and <\/p>\n

151
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\nthen they don’t.
\nIt’s actually the opposite of <\/p>\n

152
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\nthat, right?
\nIn this example, the hypocrites,<\/p>\n

153
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\nthey are giving to the needy and
\nthey’re making a show of it. <\/p>\n

154
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\nYou know, now, I think when
\nJesus says that they were sort <\/p>\n

155
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\nof sounding the trumpet before
\nthem every time they were giving<\/p>\n

156
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\nto the poor, I think that that’s
\nfor sure hyperbole, right? <\/p>\n

157
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\nJesus is exaggerating there.
\nBut the reason that Jesus <\/p>\n

158
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\nexaggerates this point is to get
\nacross what they really intend, <\/p>\n

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\nwhat they really intend with
\ntheir show of generosity. <\/p>\n

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\nJesus calls out their true
\nintention when he says so that <\/p>\n

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\nthey may be praised by others.
\nYou know, to take this idea and <\/p>\n

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\nkind of put it in a, a very
\nmodern example. <\/p>\n

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\nI, I kind of think about that
\nwebsite, GoFundMe. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you’re not familiar with it,
\nGoFundMe. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is a site that people can
\nuse to set up donations for a <\/p>\n

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\ncause, you know, for example, a
\nfamily can request donations <\/p>\n

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\nfor, you know, expensive medical
\nbills. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this site has been used by
\nmany members of our community. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd, you know, it’s a wonderful
\ntestament, I think, to the to <\/p>\n

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\nthe care and the generosity we
\nshow one another as brothers and<\/p>\n

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\nsisters.
\nBut now when you make donation <\/p>\n

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\non GoFundMe, there’s an option
\nwhere you can mark or not mark <\/p>\n

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\nyour contribution as anonymous,
\nright? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so if you do or if you
\ndon’t, it really doesn’t matter.<\/p>\n

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\nBut, you know, let’s say I make
\na big donation and I leave my <\/p>\n

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\nname down with the intention of
\nother people seeing oh, wow, do <\/p>\n

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\nyou see?
\nPeter gave a ton of money. <\/p>\n

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\nOh, he’s so generous.
\nWow, good for him. <\/p>\n

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\nI he how great is he?
\nI wish I was more like Peter, <\/p>\n

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\nyou know, if that’s my
\nmotivation in my giving. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that is the point that Jesus
\nis drawing out, right? <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s the point Jesus is
\nmaking. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd So what his counterpoints to
\nthis sort of behavior and this <\/p>\n

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\nsort of intention?
\nWell, it’s read in the next <\/p>\n

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\ncouple of verses, he says, But
\nwhen you give to the needy, <\/p>\n

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\ndon’t let your left hand know
\nwhat your right hand is doing so<\/p>\n

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\nthat your, your giving may be in
\nsecret and your Father who sees <\/p>\n

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\nin secret will reward you.
\nYou know, in other words, it, it<\/p>\n

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\nshouldn’t matter to you whether
\nanyone sees you or not. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know what, whatever
\nreligious service you’re, <\/p>\n

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\nyou’re, you’re doing it.
\nIt’s between you and God. <\/p>\n

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\nIt isn’t between you and other
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\nAnd so Jesus goes on to
\nelaborate on this idea a little <\/p>\n

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\nbit more with prayer.
\nHe says in verse 5, And when you<\/p>\n

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\npray, you must not be like the
\nhypocrites, for they love to <\/p>\n

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\nstand and pray in the synagogues
\nand at the street corners, that <\/p>\n

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\nthey may be seen by others,
\nright? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd again, we see this key
\nphrase come up right so that <\/p>\n

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\nthey may be seen by others.
\nIn 1st century Judaism, there <\/p>\n

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\nwas a practice known as fixed
\nour prayer. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd essentially what it was is
\neverybody would offer a prayer <\/p>\n

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\nat a specific time of day,
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\nthroughout the day.
\nAnd for example, whenever the <\/p>\n

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\nthe bells in a clock tower might
\nring, right? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd So what this would have
\nmeant is that Jesus’s audience <\/p>\n

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\nhere in the Sermon on the Mount,
\nthey would have been familiar <\/p>\n

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\nwith this practice, you know?
\nAnd so whether you were, you <\/p>\n

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\nknow, if you were walking down
\nthe street, right, and it came <\/p>\n

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\ntime to pray, you would simply
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\nprayer and then continue with
\nwhat you were doing. <\/p>\n

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\nHowever, the issue that Jesus is
\npresenting is that for some <\/p>\n

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\npeople, you know, maybe, maybe
\nyou mapped out your route a <\/p>\n

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\nlittle bit, you know, so that
\nwhen that bell rang, you know, <\/p>\n

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\nmaybe you were right in the
\nmiddle of a crowd downtown <\/p>\n

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\nJerusalem.
\nYou know, that way they would <\/p>\n

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\nsee you standing there and
\nnotice that you were praying. <\/p>\n

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\nBut not only that, maybe you’d
\noffer an an extra long prayer. <\/p>\n

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\nMaybe you would keep up empty
\nphrases and vain repetitions and<\/p>\n

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\nthink you’ll be heard for your
\nmany, many words, right? <\/p>\n

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\nThe issue wasn’t praying.
\nThat is a good thing to do. <\/p>\n

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\nThe issue, however, was praying
\nspecifically so that you may be <\/p>\n

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\nseen by others, so that you may
\nbe praised by others. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s the problem that Jesus is
\npresenting here. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then finally, you know,
\nJesus will conclude these three <\/p>\n

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\ncase studies with a short
\npassage on fasting, you know, <\/p>\n

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\npresenting the same idea again,
\nthat key phrase will come up. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, they, they make their
\nfaces gloomy and they look like <\/p>\n

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\nthey’ve been fasting a long
\ntime. <\/p>\n

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\nSo that they’re fasting, it’s
\ngoing to be noticed. <\/p>\n

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\nThey’ll see it.
\nOther people will look at them <\/p>\n

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\nand, and think more highly of
\nthem. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd now it’s really important
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\nthis section of Matthew 6, in
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\nthe Mount, none of the behaviors
\nthat Jesus is describing are <\/p>\n

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\nbad.
\nGiving to the needy, praying, <\/p>\n

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\nfasting, you know, these, these
\nwere key characteristics. <\/p>\n

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\nThey were they were the core
\naspects of a godly life. <\/p>\n

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\nThe behaviors weren’t bad, but
\ntheir motivation, their <\/p>\n

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\nmotivation was.
\nAnd so This is why Jesus will <\/p>\n

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\nbring the Pharisees to Hosea
\nlater on when he says, you know,<\/p>\n

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\nlearn what this means.
\nI desire mercy and not <\/p>\n

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\nsacrifice, you know, because the
\nPharisees, they were doing the <\/p>\n

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\nright things, but they were
\ndoing it for the wrong reasons. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the behaviors weren’t bad.
\nAnd in fact, having people see <\/p>\n

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\nyou do these things wasn’t even
\nbad because in the chapter right<\/p>\n

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\nbefore this, Jesus tells the
\ncrowd, he says you were the <\/p>\n

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\nlight of the world, right?
\nHe says, let your light shine <\/p>\n

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\nbefore others so that they may
\nsee your good works and give <\/p>\n

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\nglory to your Father who’s in
\nheaven. <\/p>\n

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\nThe difference, however, was
\nthat the Pharisees, they weren’t<\/p>\n

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\ndoing these things for God to
\ngive glory to our Father who’s <\/p>\n

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\nin heaven.
\nThe difference was that they <\/p>\n

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\nwere hypocrites.
\nThey were stage actors. <\/p>\n

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\nThey were doing these things for
\nthe crowd. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, when it’s easy for us
\nto read a passage like this, <\/p>\n

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\nit’s easy for me to read a
\npassage like this and to think <\/p>\n

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\nabout those Pharisees in the
\nsame way we can often think <\/p>\n

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\nabout the Israelites in the
\nwilderness. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, I would never act like
\nthat. <\/p>\n

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\nHow how could they do that?
\nOr seriously, they, they were <\/p>\n

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\nstanding in the presence of the
\nLord Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\nHow, oh, how messed up were
\nthose Pharisees? <\/p>\n

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\nThank goodness I’m nothing like
\nthem, right? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when I think like that, you
\nknow, I may as well be thinking,<\/p>\n

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\nyou know, I thank you, Lord,
\nthat I’m not like other men, you<\/p>\n

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\nknow, especially not this tax
\ncollector, not this Pharisee, <\/p>\n

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\nnot those Israelites in the
\nwilderness. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, when I look back to my
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\nyou know, the things that I
\nstruggled with the most in my <\/p>\n

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\ndiscipleship, they were very
\nexternal things. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, I, I, I struggled with
\nlust and, and with, with alcohol<\/p>\n

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\nuse and with swearing and things
\nthat someone could see me doing.<\/p>\n

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\nI’m, I’m totally over any of
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\nBut but now what I find is that
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\nI struggle with more now they’re
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\nand bitterness, acting for the
\ncrowd. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, when I read the
\nbeginning of Matthew 6, I very <\/p>\n

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\nmuch see myself in the text.
\nYou know, it may as well say, <\/p>\n

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\nPeter, beware of practicing your
\nrighteousness in front of others<\/p>\n

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\nin order to be seen by them.
\nYou know, and I think if we, if <\/p>\n

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\nwe really looked at ourselves,
\nthere’d be times where I think <\/p>\n

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\nwe can all see ourselves here.
\nYou know, when I’m preparing for<\/p>\n

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\nan exhortation, right?
\nIs my focus on how I can <\/p>\n

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\nencourage and, and, and help my
\nbrothers and sisters on your <\/p>\n

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\nwalk to the Kingdom?
\nOr am I trying to impress all of<\/p>\n

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\nyou with my knowledge of the
\nscripture, with my ability to <\/p>\n

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\nmake all these cool points?
\nYou know, not that it’s a bad <\/p>\n

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\nthing to, to, for someone to be
\na good speaker, but you have to <\/p>\n

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\nbe careful that that does not
\nbecome our motivation. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, when this can happen
\nwith anything, you know, it can <\/p>\n

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\nbe doing our Bible readings, it
\ncan be praying before meals. <\/p>\n

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\nIt, it can be coming to meeting
\nor Bible class or going to CYC. <\/p>\n

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\nThese things are all good.
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\nBut what Jesus is saying is that<\/p>\n

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\nwhatever our religious service
\nmight look like, we have to be <\/p>\n

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\ncareful because it is so easy to
\ndo the right things for the <\/p>\n

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\nwrong reasons.
\nSo then what’s the right reason?<\/p>\n

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\nYou know, I think Paul explains
\nit really clearly in Titus. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is Titus 2.
\nI really, I really like how the <\/p>\n

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\nNIV puts it in it says this.
\nThis is Titus 2 verse 11 to 14 <\/p>\n

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\nsays for the grace of God has
\nappeared that offers salvation <\/p>\n

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\nto all people and it teaches us
\nto say no to ungodliness and <\/p>\n

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\nworldly passions and to live
\nself controlled and upright and <\/p>\n

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\ngodly lives in this present age.
\nWhile we wait for the blessed <\/p>\n

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\nhope with the appearing of the
\nglory of our great God and our <\/p>\n

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\nSavior Jesus Christ who gave
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\nall wickedness and to purify for
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\nvery own are eager to do what’s
\ngood. <\/p>\n

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\nIt is because of God’s abundance
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\nshows to us, you know, in
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\nworking intimately in each and
\nevery one of our lives, in <\/p>\n

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\ngiving us a hope.
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\nwe’re of all people to be most
\npitied. <\/p>\n

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\nGod’s love for us, it should
\nspur us on to give back to him. <\/p>\n

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\nPaul calls this our reasonable
\nservice in Romans. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s reasonable.
\nIt is. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s the least we can do.
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\nloved us.
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\nGod just how much we love him.
\nYou know, Jesus tells this one <\/p>\n

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\nparable about a, a man who’s
\ngoing on a journey and he leaves<\/p>\n

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\nhis servants in charge of his
\nhouse while he’s away and gives <\/p>\n

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\nthem each a job to do.
\nAnd it reminded me of when I was<\/p>\n

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\nin high school.
\nMy parents began going to the <\/p>\n

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\nPalm Springs Bible School out
\nhere, which is in February. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd by this point, you know, my
\nbrothers and I, we were all <\/p>\n

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\nolder and a bit more
\nresponsible. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so my parents would would
\nleave us home alone for the <\/p>\n

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\nweek, sort of in charge of their
\nhouse while they were away. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I’m sure that we can all
\nthink of a time when we were all<\/p>\n

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\nkids and we were home alone,
\nright? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd like me, I’m also sure you
\ncan remember that mad dash to <\/p>\n

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\nclean the whole house like an
\nhour before mom and dad get home<\/p>\n

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\nright now to clean the house for
\nyour parents. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s a good thing to do.
\nYou know, that’s a good thing to<\/p>\n

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\ndo.
\nBut why did we do it? <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, it wasn’t just show
\noff to my siblings. <\/p>\n

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\nI was like, oh, Dan, John, Paul,
\nsee how much better I am at <\/p>\n

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\ncleaning the house than all you
\nguys? <\/p>\n

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\nWasn’t that, you know, And it
\nwasn’t out of fear about what my<\/p>\n

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\ndad would say when he got home
\nand he saw the house was still a<\/p>\n

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\nmess.
\nIt wasn’t that, but it’s because<\/p>\n

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\nwe love them.
\nYou know, when asked which of <\/p>\n

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\nthe commandments is the
\ngreatest, Jesus says two of them<\/p>\n

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\nare one commandment. 2 of them
\nare first love the Lord your God<\/p>\n

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\nwith all your heart, all your
\nsoul, all your mind, and also <\/p>\n

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\nlove your neighbor as yourself.
\nAnd then Jesus goes on to say, <\/p>\n

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\nhe says all the law in the
\nprophets, they depend on these <\/p>\n

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\ntwo commandments, all of it.
\nIt hangs on these two <\/p>\n

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\ncommandments on loving God and
\nloving our neighbor. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so as Jesus said in the
\nbeginning of Matthew 6, we do <\/p>\n

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\nneed so beware of practicing our
\nrighteousness in front of others<\/p>\n

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\nin order to be seen by them.
\nYou know, rather, when we do <\/p>\n

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\npractice our righteousness, you
\nknow, whether that’s giving to <\/p>\n

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\nthe needy or or praying before a
\nmeal or or fasting, or if it’s <\/p>\n

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\ncoming to meeting, or if it’s
\ndoing our Bible readings, or if <\/p>\n

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\nit’s giving an exhortation.
\nWhatever it may be, be sure that<\/p>\n

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\nwe’re doing it out of genuine
\nlove for God and a genuine love <\/p>\n

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\nfor one another.
\nBecause God so loved us that he <\/p>\n

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\nsent his only begotten Son, that
\nwe shouldn’t perish, but that we<\/p>\n

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\nshould have everlasting life.
\nYou know, it’s much easier, much<\/p>\n

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\neasier to fix a behaviour than
\nit is to fix our motivation. <\/p>\n

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\nIt is hard to do.
\nAnd so I’m asking for your help,<\/p>\n

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\nand I’m offering you mine,
\nright, so that we can all help <\/p>\n

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\none another to do the right
\nthing and to do it for the right<\/p>\n

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352: Peter Davis – Exhortation: Hypocrisy<\/a><\/blockquote>