This week’s talk is an exhortation by Brother Peter Davis he gave in the beginning of 2024.<\/p>\n
We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/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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\nI’m Jason.
\nAnd I’m Brian, thank you for <\/p>\n
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\njoining us this week.
\nOn this podcast, we select one <\/p>\n
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\ntalk a week to help us get the
\nBible in our Daily News feed. <\/p>\n
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\nEach week we post a talk that we
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\nAnd now let’s talk more about
\nthis week. <\/p>\n
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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
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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.
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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
\n00:08:27,880 –> 00:08:33,840
\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
\n00:08:43,440 –> 00:08:46,520
\nwhat you’re saying.
\nHowever, in the 1st century, the<\/p>\n
\n00:08:46,520 –> 00:08:51,880
\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
\n00:08:57,040 –> 00:09:02,000
\ndo with that idea of playing a
\npart, but it was more to do with<\/p>\n
\n00:09:02,320 –> 00:09:09,280
\nplaying a part for the audience.
\nAnd this is what Jesus goes on <\/p>\n
\n00:09:09,280 –> 00:09:12,680
\nto explain in Matthew 23 and
\nverse 5. <\/p>\n
\n00:09:13,720 –> 00:09:24,600
\nJesus says they do all their
\ndeeds to be seen by others, that<\/p>\n
\n00:09:25,080 –> 00:09:29,480
\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
\n00:09:32,440 –> 00:09:37,920
\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
\n00:09:48,520 –> 00:09:52,120
\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
\n00:09:57,360 –> 00:10:00,640
\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
\n00:10:05,680 –> 00:10:11,320
\nJesus presents to the crowd
\nthree, I guess we could call <\/p>\n
\n00:10:11,320 –> 00:10:18,960
\nthem case studies where he
\ndescribes very specific <\/p>\n
\n00:10:19,560 –> 00:10:23,280
\nreligious behaviors.
\nSo first he’s going to talk <\/p>\n
\n00:10:23,280 –> 00:10:26,040
\nabout generosity, giving to the
\npoor. <\/p>\n
\n00:10:26,800 –> 00:10:30,320
\nThen he’ll go on to talk about
\nprayer and you’ll have a bit to <\/p>\n
\n00:10:30,320 –> 00:10:33,800
\nsay about public prayer.
\nAnd then finally he’ll talk <\/p>\n
\n00:10:33,800 –> 00:10:38,200
\nabout fasting, right, Refraining
\nfrom food and drink as a way of <\/p>\n
\n00:10:38,520 –> 00:10:44,080
\nof showing your devotion to God.
\nAnd so starting in verse one, we<\/p>\n
\n00:10:44,080 –> 00:10:49,080
\nread this.
\nBeware of practicing your <\/p>\n
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\nrighteousness before other
\npeople in order to be seen by <\/p>\n
\n00:10:53,120 –> 00:10:57,560
\nthem, for then you will have no
\nreward from your Father who is <\/p>\n
\n00:10:57,560 –> 00:11:00,520
\nin heaven.
\nThus, when you give to the <\/p>\n
\n00:11:00,520 –> 00:11:05,920
\nneedy, sound no trumpet before
\nyou, as the hypocrites do in the<\/p>\n
\n00:11:05,920 –> 00:11:09,720
\nsynagogues and in the streets,
\nthat they may be praised by <\/p>\n
\n00:11:09,760 –> 00:11:12,880
\nothers.
\nTruly, I say to you, they have <\/p>\n
\n00:11:13,000 –> 00:11:19,120
\nreceived their reward.
\nThe the NASB translation says <\/p>\n
\n00:11:19,120 –> 00:11:21,520
\nthey have received their reward
\nin full. <\/p>\n
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\nSo starting with generosity,
\nJesus will continue in this <\/p>\n
\n00:11:28,920 –> 00:11:33,320
\nchapter to warn the crowds
\nagainst what he says in verse <\/p>\n
\n00:11:33,320 –> 00:11:38,800
\none, practicing their
\nrighteousness or, or performing,<\/p>\n
\n00:11:39,200 –> 00:11:42,560
\nyou know, their religious
\nservice, whatever that may be <\/p>\n
\n00:11:43,360 –> 00:11:47,120
\nspecifically in order to be seen
\nby others. <\/p>\n
\n00:11:48,680 –> 00:11:51,080
\nThis is what Jesus says the
\nhypocrites do. <\/p>\n
\n00:11:52,000 –> 00:11:54,880
\nIt’s not that they’re telling
\npeople to give to the needy and <\/p>\n
\n00:11:54,880 –> 00:11:57,440
\nthen they don’t.
\nIt’s actually the opposite of <\/p>\n
\n00:11:57,440 –> 00:12:02,440
\nthat, right?
\nIn this example, the hypocrites,<\/p>\n
\n00:12:02,560 –> 00:12:06,960
\nthey are giving to the needy and
\nthey’re making a show of it. <\/p>\n
\n00:12:08,200 –> 00:12:11,160
\nYou know, now, I think when
\nJesus says that they were sort <\/p>\n
\n00:12:11,160 –> 00:12:14,360
\nof sounding the trumpet before
\nthem every time they were giving<\/p>\n
\n00:12:14,600 –> 00:12:18,520
\nto the poor, I think that that’s
\nfor sure hyperbole, right? <\/p>\n
\n00:12:18,560 –> 00:12:23,920
\nJesus is exaggerating there.
\nBut the reason that Jesus <\/p>\n
\n00:12:23,920 –> 00:12:29,840
\nexaggerates this point is to get
\nacross what they really intend, <\/p>\n
\n00:12:31,280 –> 00:12:34,440
\nwhat they really intend with
\ntheir show of generosity. <\/p>\n
\n00:12:34,440 –> 00:12:41,080
\nJesus calls out their true
\nintention when he says so that <\/p>\n
\n00:12:41,080 –> 00:12:49,360
\nthey may be praised by others.
\nYou know, to take this idea and <\/p>\n
\n00:12:49,360 –> 00:12:52,640
\nkind of put it in a, a very
\nmodern example. <\/p>\n
\n00:12:52,640 –> 00:12:54,960
\nI, I kind of think about that
\nwebsite, GoFundMe. <\/p>\n
\n00:12:56,160 –> 00:12:58,720
\nIf you’re not familiar with it,
\nGoFundMe. <\/p>\n
\n00:12:58,760 –> 00:13:03,360
\nThis is a site that people can
\nuse to set up donations for a <\/p>\n
\n00:13:03,360 –> 00:13:07,960
\ncause, you know, for example, a
\nfamily can request donations <\/p>\n
\n00:13:07,960 –> 00:13:10,480
\nfor, you know, expensive medical
\nbills. <\/p>\n
\n00:13:11,080 –> 00:13:15,240
\nAnd this site has been used by
\nmany members of our community. <\/p>\n
\n00:13:15,240 –> 00:13:18,320
\nAnd, you know, it’s a wonderful
\ntestament, I think, to the to <\/p>\n
\n00:13:18,320 –> 00:13:22,120
\nthe care and the generosity we
\nshow one another as brothers and<\/p>\n
\n00:13:22,120 –> 00:13:25,320
\nsisters.
\nBut now when you make donation <\/p>\n
\n00:13:25,320 –> 00:13:30,920
\non GoFundMe, there’s an option
\nwhere you can mark or not mark <\/p>\n
\n00:13:30,960 –> 00:13:35,760
\nyour contribution as anonymous,
\nright? <\/p>\n
\n00:13:35,760 –> 00:13:38,720
\nAnd so if you do or if you
\ndon’t, it really doesn’t matter.<\/p>\n
\n00:13:38,720 –> 00:13:44,040
\nBut, you know, let’s say I make
\na big donation and I leave my <\/p>\n
\n00:13:44,040 –> 00:13:51,640
\nname down with the intention of
\nother people seeing oh, wow, do <\/p>\n
\n00:13:51,640 –> 00:13:53,680
\nyou see?
\nPeter gave a ton of money. <\/p>\n
\n00:13:54,200 –> 00:13:56,840
\nOh, he’s so generous.
\nWow, good for him. <\/p>\n
\n00:13:56,880 –> 00:14:01,360
\nI he how great is he?
\nI wish I was more like Peter, <\/p>\n
\n00:14:02,520 –> 00:14:05,680
\nyou know, if that’s my
\nmotivation in my giving. <\/p>\n
\n00:14:05,680 –> 00:14:09,360
\nAnd that is the point that Jesus
\nis drawing out, right? <\/p>\n
\n00:14:09,360 –> 00:14:11,000
\nThat’s the point Jesus is
\nmaking. <\/p>\n
\n00:14:11,800 –> 00:14:15,520
\nAnd So what his counterpoints to
\nthis sort of behavior and this <\/p>\n
\n00:14:15,520 –> 00:14:19,960
\nsort of intention?
\nWell, it’s read in the next <\/p>\n
\n00:14:19,960 –> 00:14:25,240
\ncouple of verses, he says, But
\nwhen you give to the needy, <\/p>\n
\n00:14:26,040 –> 00:14:31,840
\ndon’t let your left hand know
\nwhat your right hand is doing so<\/p>\n
\n00:14:31,840 –> 00:14:38,400
\nthat your, your giving may be in
\nsecret and your Father who sees <\/p>\n
\n00:14:38,400 –> 00:14:43,200
\nin secret will reward you.
\nYou know, in other words, it, it<\/p>\n
\n00:14:43,200 –> 00:14:47,840
\nshouldn’t matter to you whether
\nanyone sees you or not. <\/p>\n
\n00:14:49,080 –> 00:14:51,760
\nYou know what, whatever
\nreligious service you’re, <\/p>\n
\n00:14:51,760 –> 00:14:54,920
\nyou’re, you’re doing it.
\nIt’s between you and God. <\/p>\n
\n00:14:54,920 –> 00:14:58,160
\nIt isn’t between you and other
\npeople that they see you. <\/p>\n
\n00:14:59,440 –> 00:15:03,520
\nAnd so Jesus goes on to
\nelaborate on this idea a little <\/p>\n
\n00:15:03,520 –> 00:15:10,760
\nbit more with prayer.
\nHe says in verse 5, And when you<\/p>\n
\n00:15:10,760 –> 00:15:16,680
\npray, you must not be like the
\nhypocrites, for they love to <\/p>\n
\n00:15:16,680 –> 00:15:21,480
\nstand and pray in the synagogues
\nand at the street corners, that <\/p>\n
\n00:15:21,480 –> 00:15:25,240
\nthey may be seen by others,
\nright? <\/p>\n
\n00:15:25,240 –> 00:15:29,160
\nAnd again, we see this key
\nphrase come up right so that <\/p>\n
\n00:15:29,160 –> 00:15:37,160
\nthey may be seen by others.
\nIn 1st century Judaism, there <\/p>\n
\n00:15:37,160 –> 00:15:41,040
\nwas a practice known as fixed
\nour prayer. <\/p>\n
\n00:15:42,080 –> 00:15:44,960
\nThis is something which is still
\ndone in certain traditions. <\/p>\n
\n00:15:44,960 –> 00:15:50,440
\nAnd essentially what it was is
\neverybody would offer a prayer <\/p>\n
\n00:15:50,840 –> 00:15:56,000
\nat a specific time of day,
\ntypically multiple times <\/p>\n
\n00:15:56,000 –> 00:15:58,360
\nthroughout the day.
\nAnd for example, whenever the <\/p>\n
\n00:15:58,360 –> 00:16:01,560
\nthe bells in a clock tower might
\nring, right? <\/p>\n
\n00:16:01,560 –> 00:16:05,440
\nAnd So what this would have
\nmeant is that Jesus’s audience <\/p>\n
\n00:16:05,440 –> 00:16:08,560
\nhere in the Sermon on the Mount,
\nthey would have been familiar <\/p>\n
\n00:16:08,800 –> 00:16:13,240
\nwith this practice, you know?
\nAnd so whether you were, you <\/p>\n
\n00:16:13,240 –> 00:16:15,920
\nknow, if you were walking down
\nthe street, right, and it came <\/p>\n
\n00:16:15,920 –> 00:16:19,040
\ntime to pray, you would simply
\nstep to the side and offer a <\/p>\n
\n00:16:19,040 –> 00:16:21,160
\nprayer and then continue with
\nwhat you were doing. <\/p>\n
\n00:16:22,240 –> 00:16:27,480
\nHowever, the issue that Jesus is
\npresenting is that for some <\/p>\n
\n00:16:27,480 –> 00:16:32,880
\npeople, you know, maybe, maybe
\nyou mapped out your route a <\/p>\n
\n00:16:32,880 –> 00:16:37,240
\nlittle bit, you know, so that
\nwhen that bell rang, you know, <\/p>\n
\n00:16:37,240 –> 00:16:40,960
\nmaybe you were right in the
\nmiddle of a crowd downtown <\/p>\n
\n00:16:41,120 –> 00:16:44,560
\nJerusalem.
\nYou know, that way they would <\/p>\n
\n00:16:44,560 –> 00:16:48,080
\nsee you standing there and
\nnotice that you were praying. <\/p>\n
\n00:16:48,800 –> 00:16:53,840
\nBut not only that, maybe you’d
\noffer an an extra long prayer. <\/p>\n
\n00:16:53,840 –> 00:16:58,320
\nMaybe you would keep up empty
\nphrases and vain repetitions and<\/p>\n
\n00:16:58,320 –> 00:17:02,560
\nthink you’ll be heard for your
\nmany, many words, right? <\/p>\n
\n00:17:02,560 –> 00:17:06,240
\nThe issue wasn’t praying.
\nThat is a good thing to do. <\/p>\n
\n00:17:06,400 –> 00:17:11,000
\nThe issue, however, was praying
\nspecifically so that you may be <\/p>\n
\n00:17:11,000 –> 00:17:16,640
\nseen by others, so that you may
\nbe praised by others. <\/p>\n
\n00:17:16,640 –> 00:17:19,599
\nThat’s the problem that Jesus is
\npresenting here. <\/p>\n
\n00:17:21,000 –> 00:17:23,800
\nAnd then finally, you know,
\nJesus will conclude these three <\/p>\n
\n00:17:23,800 –> 00:17:28,200
\ncase studies with a short
\npassage on fasting, you know, <\/p>\n
\n00:17:28,200 –> 00:17:32,480
\npresenting the same idea again,
\nthat key phrase will come up. <\/p>\n
\n00:17:33,160 –> 00:17:37,040
\nYou know, they, they make their
\nfaces gloomy and they look like <\/p>\n
\n00:17:37,040 –> 00:17:38,800
\nthey’ve been fasting a long
\ntime. <\/p>\n
\n00:17:38,800 –> 00:17:42,040
\nSo that they’re fasting, it’s
\ngoing to be noticed. <\/p>\n
\n00:17:42,040 –> 00:17:44,400
\nThey’ll see it.
\nOther people will look at them <\/p>\n
\n00:17:44,400 –> 00:17:47,280
\nand, and think more highly of
\nthem. <\/p>\n
\n00:17:49,320 –> 00:17:53,920
\nAnd now it’s really important
\nhere, I think, to note that in <\/p>\n
\n00:17:53,920 –> 00:17:57,800
\nthis section of Matthew 6, in
\nthis section of the Sermon on <\/p>\n
\n00:17:57,800 –> 00:18:04,960
\nthe Mount, none of the behaviors
\nthat Jesus is describing are <\/p>\n
\n00:18:04,960 –> 00:18:09,560
\nbad.
\nGiving to the needy, praying, <\/p>\n
\n00:18:10,200 –> 00:18:14,760
\nfasting, you know, these, these
\nwere key characteristics. <\/p>\n
\n00:18:14,760 –> 00:18:19,160
\nThey were they were the core
\naspects of a godly life. <\/p>\n
\n00:18:20,760 –> 00:18:27,000
\nThe behaviors weren’t bad, but
\ntheir motivation, their <\/p>\n
\n00:18:27,000 –> 00:18:31,520
\nmotivation was.
\nAnd so This is why Jesus will <\/p>\n
\n00:18:31,520 –> 00:18:36,280
\nbring the Pharisees to Hosea
\nlater on when he says, you know,<\/p>\n
\n00:18:36,280 –> 00:18:40,080
\nlearn what this means.
\nI desire mercy and not <\/p>\n
\n00:18:40,080 –> 00:18:44,400
\nsacrifice, you know, because the
\nPharisees, they were doing the <\/p>\n
\n00:18:44,400 –> 00:18:50,280
\nright things, but they were
\ndoing it for the wrong reasons. <\/p>\n
\n00:18:53,000 –> 00:18:58,800
\nSo the behaviors weren’t bad.
\nAnd in fact, having people see <\/p>\n
\n00:18:58,800 –> 00:19:03,000
\nyou do these things wasn’t even
\nbad because in the chapter right<\/p>\n
\n00:19:03,000 –> 00:19:05,840
\nbefore this, Jesus tells the
\ncrowd, he says you were the <\/p>\n
\n00:19:05,840 –> 00:19:10,320
\nlight of the world, right?
\nHe says, let your light shine <\/p>\n
\n00:19:10,320 –> 00:19:16,320
\nbefore others so that they may
\nsee your good works and give <\/p>\n
\n00:19:16,320 –> 00:19:18,240
\nglory to your Father who’s in
\nheaven. <\/p>\n
\n00:19:20,040 –> 00:19:25,000
\nThe difference, however, was
\nthat the Pharisees, they weren’t<\/p>\n
\n00:19:25,000 –> 00:19:29,600
\ndoing these things for God to
\ngive glory to our Father who’s <\/p>\n
\n00:19:29,600 –> 00:19:33,640
\nin heaven.
\nThe difference was that they <\/p>\n
\n00:19:33,640 –> 00:19:37,080
\nwere hypocrites.
\nThey were stage actors. <\/p>\n
\n00:19:37,080 –> 00:19:41,280
\nThey were doing these things for
\nthe crowd. <\/p>\n
\n00:19:43,880 –> 00:19:48,320
\nYou know, when it’s easy for us
\nto read a passage like this, <\/p>\n
\n00:19:48,760 –> 00:19:52,240
\nit’s easy for me to read a
\npassage like this and to think <\/p>\n
\n00:19:52,240 –> 00:19:56,080
\nabout those Pharisees in the
\nsame way we can often think <\/p>\n
\n00:19:56,080 –> 00:19:57,840
\nabout the Israelites in the
\nwilderness. <\/p>\n
\n00:19:59,600 –> 00:20:01,920
\nYou know, I would never act like
\nthat. <\/p>\n
\n00:20:03,080 –> 00:20:07,000
\nHow how could they do that?
\nOr seriously, they, they were <\/p>\n
\n00:20:07,000 –> 00:20:10,280
\nstanding in the presence of the
\nLord Jesus. <\/p>\n
\n00:20:10,280 –> 00:20:14,280
\nHow, oh, how messed up were
\nthose Pharisees? <\/p>\n
\n00:20:14,880 –> 00:20:17,520
\nThank goodness I’m nothing like
\nthem, right? <\/p>\n
\n00:20:18,680 –> 00:20:22,040
\nAnd when I think like that, you
\nknow, I may as well be thinking,<\/p>\n
\n00:20:22,840 –> 00:20:26,440
\nyou know, I thank you, Lord,
\nthat I’m not like other men, you<\/p>\n
\n00:20:26,440 –> 00:20:30,120
\nknow, especially not this tax
\ncollector, not this Pharisee, <\/p>\n
\n00:20:31,120 –> 00:20:32,960
\nnot those Israelites in the
\nwilderness. <\/p>\n
\n00:20:36,680 –> 00:20:40,240
\nYou know, when I look back to my
\nlife, let’s say 10 years ago, <\/p>\n
\n00:20:41,760 –> 00:20:45,640
\nyou know, the things that I
\nstruggled with the most in my <\/p>\n
\n00:20:45,640 –> 00:20:50,240
\ndiscipleship, they were very
\nexternal things. <\/p>\n
\n00:20:51,240 –> 00:20:54,920
\nYou know, I, I, I struggled with
\nlust and, and with, with alcohol<\/p>\n
\n00:20:54,920 –> 00:21:00,480
\nuse and with swearing and things
\nthat someone could see me doing.<\/p>\n
\n00:21:00,480 –> 00:21:05,360
\nAnd it would kind of give an
\nobjective look at where I am <\/p>\n
\n00:21:05,360 –> 00:21:09,760
\nspiritually, very external
\nstruggles. <\/p>\n
\n00:21:09,760 –> 00:21:14,760
\nAnd if you Fast forward to
\ntoday, you know, it’s not like <\/p>\n
\n00:21:14,760 –> 00:21:17,640
\nI’m, I’m totally over any of
\nthose previous struggles. <\/p>\n
\n00:21:17,640 –> 00:21:25,400
\nBut but now what I find is that
\nI struggle with more the things <\/p>\n
\n00:21:25,400 –> 00:21:32,560
\nI struggle with more now they’re
\nmore internal, you know, pride <\/p>\n
\n00:21:32,560 –> 00:21:37,360
\nand bitterness, acting for the
\ncrowd. <\/p>\n
\n00:21:39,640 –> 00:21:44,040
\nYou know, when I read the
\nbeginning of Matthew 6, I very <\/p>\n
\n00:21:44,040 –> 00:21:49,920
\nmuch see myself in the text.
\nYou know, it may as well say, <\/p>\n
\n00:21:49,920 –> 00:21:53,880
\nPeter, beware of practicing your
\nrighteousness in front of others<\/p>\n
\n00:21:54,200 –> 00:21:58,080
\nin order to be seen by them.
\nYou know, and I think if we, if <\/p>\n
\n00:21:58,080 –> 00:22:01,680
\nwe really looked at ourselves,
\nthere’d be times where I think <\/p>\n
\n00:22:01,680 –> 00:22:06,880
\nwe can all see ourselves here.
\nYou know, when I’m preparing for<\/p>\n
\n00:22:06,880 –> 00:22:13,000
\nan exhortation, right?
\nIs my focus on how I can <\/p>\n
\n00:22:13,000 –> 00:22:18,920
\nencourage and, and, and help my
\nbrothers and sisters on your <\/p>\n
\n00:22:18,920 –> 00:22:25,120
\nwalk to the Kingdom?
\nOr am I trying to impress all of<\/p>\n
\n00:22:25,120 –> 00:22:28,800
\nyou with my knowledge of the
\nscripture, with my ability to <\/p>\n
\n00:22:28,800 –> 00:22:32,120
\nmake all these cool points?
\nYou know, not that it’s a bad <\/p>\n
\n00:22:32,120 –> 00:22:35,640
\nthing to, to, for someone to be
\na good speaker, but you have to <\/p>\n
\n00:22:35,640 –> 00:22:41,680
\nbe careful that that does not
\nbecome our motivation. <\/p>\n
\n00:22:43,560 –> 00:22:47,000
\nYou know, when this can happen
\nwith anything, you know, it can <\/p>\n
\n00:22:47,000 –> 00:22:50,480
\nbe doing our Bible readings, it
\ncan be praying before meals. <\/p>\n
\n00:22:50,480 –> 00:22:54,880
\nIt, it can be coming to meeting
\nor Bible class or going to CYC. <\/p>\n
\n00:22:55,640 –> 00:22:59,200
\nThese things are all good.
\nThey’re good and they’re <\/p>\n
\n00:22:59,200 –> 00:23:04,600
\nimportant to do.
\nBut what Jesus is saying is that<\/p>\n
\n00:23:04,600 –> 00:23:09,480
\nwhatever our religious service
\nmight look like, we have to be <\/p>\n
\n00:23:09,480 –> 00:23:17,160
\ncareful because it is so easy to
\ndo the right things for the <\/p>\n
\n00:23:17,160 –> 00:23:23,600
\nwrong reasons.
\nSo then what’s the right reason?<\/p>\n
\n00:23:23,600 –> 00:23:28,680
\nYou know, I think Paul explains
\nit really clearly in Titus. <\/p>\n
\n00:23:29,800 –> 00:23:32,400
\nThis is Titus 2.
\nI really, I really like how the <\/p>\n
\n00:23:32,440 –> 00:23:37,240
\nNIV puts it in it says this.
\nThis is Titus 2 verse 11 to 14 <\/p>\n
\n00:23:38,960 –> 00:23:44,160
\nsays for the grace of God has
\nappeared that offers salvation <\/p>\n
\n00:23:44,160 –> 00:23:50,560
\nto all people and it teaches us
\nto say no to ungodliness and <\/p>\n
\n00:23:50,560 –> 00:23:57,160
\nworldly passions and to live
\nself controlled and upright and <\/p>\n
\n00:23:57,160 –> 00:24:01,760
\ngodly lives in this present age.
\nWhile we wait for the blessed <\/p>\n
\n00:24:01,760 –> 00:24:06,160
\nhope with the appearing of the
\nglory of our great God and our <\/p>\n
\n00:24:06,160 –> 00:24:13,920
\nSavior Jesus Christ who gave
\nhimself for us to redeem us from<\/p>\n
\n00:24:13,920 –> 00:24:19,280
\nall wickedness and to purify for
\nhimself a people that are his <\/p>\n
\n00:24:19,280 –> 00:24:22,400
\nvery own are eager to do what’s
\ngood. <\/p>\n
\n00:24:25,600 –> 00:24:32,720
\nIt is because of God’s abundance
\nof grace and his love that he <\/p>\n
\n00:24:32,720 –> 00:24:38,360
\nshows to us, you know, in
\nsending his Son for us, in <\/p>\n
\n00:24:38,360 –> 00:24:43,320
\nworking intimately in each and
\nevery one of our lives, in <\/p>\n
\n00:24:43,320 –> 00:24:48,160
\ngiving us a hope.
\nPaul says if we don’t have hope,<\/p>\n
\n00:24:49,240 –> 00:24:52,400
\nwe’re of all people to be most
\npitied. <\/p>\n
\n00:24:54,800 –> 00:25:01,840
\nGod’s love for us, it should
\nspur us on to give back to him. <\/p>\n
\n00:25:04,320 –> 00:25:09,320
\nPaul calls this our reasonable
\nservice in Romans. <\/p>\n
\n00:25:11,480 –> 00:25:13,160
\nIt’s reasonable.
\nIt is. <\/p>\n
\n00:25:13,160 –> 00:25:21,520
\nIt’s the least we can do.
\nWe love God because he first <\/p>\n
\n00:25:22,040 –> 00:25:26,240
\nloved us.
\nAnd so we should want to show <\/p>\n
\n00:25:26,240 –> 00:25:32,240
\nGod just how much we love him.
\nYou know, Jesus tells this one <\/p>\n
\n00:25:32,240 –> 00:25:38,440
\nparable about a, a man who’s
\ngoing on a journey and he leaves<\/p>\n
\n00:25:38,440 –> 00:25:42,360
\nhis servants in charge of his
\nhouse while he’s away and gives <\/p>\n
\n00:25:42,360 –> 00:25:47,480
\nthem each a job to do.
\nAnd it reminded me of when I was<\/p>\n
\n00:25:47,480 –> 00:25:50,560
\nin high school.
\nMy parents began going to the <\/p>\n
\n00:25:50,560 –> 00:25:53,880
\nPalm Springs Bible School out
\nhere, which is in February. <\/p>\n
\n00:25:54,720 –> 00:25:58,160
\nAnd by this point, you know, my
\nbrothers and I, we were all <\/p>\n
\n00:25:58,160 –> 00:26:00,680
\nolder and a bit more
\nresponsible. <\/p>\n
\n00:26:01,520 –> 00:26:04,720
\nAnd so my parents would would
\nleave us home alone for the <\/p>\n
\n00:26:04,720 –> 00:26:08,040
\nweek, sort of in charge of their
\nhouse while they were away. <\/p>\n
\n00:26:09,840 –> 00:26:14,360
\nAnd I’m sure that we can all
\nthink of a time when we were all<\/p>\n
\n00:26:14,480 –> 00:26:18,480
\nkids and we were home alone,
\nright? <\/p>\n
\n00:26:19,880 –> 00:26:25,000
\nAnd like me, I’m also sure you
\ncan remember that mad dash to <\/p>\n
\n00:26:25,000 –> 00:26:27,840
\nclean the whole house like an
\nhour before mom and dad get home<\/p>\n
\n00:26:27,840 –> 00:26:33,200
\nright now to clean the house for
\nyour parents. <\/p>\n
\n00:26:33,200 –> 00:26:36,680
\nThat’s a good thing to do.
\nYou know, that’s a good thing to<\/p>\n
\n00:26:36,680 –> 00:26:40,680
\ndo.
\nBut why did we do it? <\/p>\n
\n00:26:42,320 –> 00:26:44,840
\nYou know, it wasn’t just show
\noff to my siblings. <\/p>\n
\n00:26:44,840 –> 00:26:47,640
\nI was like, oh, Dan, John, Paul,
\nsee how much better I am at <\/p>\n
\n00:26:47,640 –> 00:26:49,320
\ncleaning the house than all you
\nguys? <\/p>\n
\n00:26:49,640 –> 00:26:53,720
\nWasn’t that, you know, And it
\nwasn’t out of fear about what my<\/p>\n
\n00:26:53,720 –> 00:26:57,040
\ndad would say when he got home
\nand he saw the house was still a<\/p>\n
\n00:26:57,040 –> 00:27:01,840
\nmess.
\nIt wasn’t that, but it’s because<\/p>\n
\n00:27:02,200 –> 00:27:08,720
\nwe love them.
\nYou know, when asked which of <\/p>\n
\n00:27:08,720 –> 00:27:14,960
\nthe commandments is the
\ngreatest, Jesus says two of them<\/p>\n
\n00:27:14,960 –> 00:27:23,480
\nare one commandment. 2 of them
\nare first love the Lord your God<\/p>\n
\n00:27:23,960 –> 00:27:29,080
\nwith all your heart, all your
\nsoul, all your mind, and also <\/p>\n
\n00:27:29,600 –> 00:27:36,600
\nlove your neighbor as yourself.
\nAnd then Jesus goes on to say, <\/p>\n
\n00:27:36,600 –> 00:27:43,200
\nhe says all the law in the
\nprophets, they depend on these <\/p>\n
\n00:27:43,200 –> 00:27:49,480
\ntwo commandments, all of it.
\nIt hangs on these two <\/p>\n
\n00:27:49,480 –> 00:27:53,280
\ncommandments on loving God and
\nloving our neighbor. <\/p>\n
\n00:27:56,720 –> 00:28:00,800
\nAnd so as Jesus said in the
\nbeginning of Matthew 6, we do <\/p>\n
\n00:28:00,800 –> 00:28:04,800
\nneed so beware of practicing our
\nrighteousness in front of others<\/p>\n
\n00:28:04,800 –> 00:28:09,360
\nin order to be seen by them.
\nYou know, rather, when we do <\/p>\n
\n00:28:09,360 –> 00:28:14,080
\npractice our righteousness, you
\nknow, whether that’s giving to <\/p>\n
\n00:28:14,080 –> 00:28:19,520
\nthe needy or or praying before a
\nmeal or or fasting, or if it’s <\/p>\n
\n00:28:19,520 –> 00:28:22,480
\ncoming to meeting, or if it’s
\ndoing our Bible readings, or if <\/p>\n
\n00:28:22,480 –> 00:28:30,600
\nit’s giving an exhortation.
\nWhatever it may be, be sure that<\/p>\n
\n00:28:30,600 –> 00:28:36,600
\nwe’re doing it out of genuine
\nlove for God and a genuine love <\/p>\n
\n00:28:36,600 –> 00:28:45,120
\nfor one another.
\nBecause God so loved us that he <\/p>\n
\n00:28:45,120 –> 00:28:50,200
\nsent his only begotten Son, that
\nwe shouldn’t perish, but that we<\/p>\n
\n00:28:50,200 –> 00:29:00,280
\nshould have everlasting life.
\nYou know, it’s much easier, much<\/p>\n
\n00:29:00,280 –> 00:29:05,360
\neasier to fix a behaviour than
\nit is to fix our motivation. <\/p>\n
\n00:29:06,120 –> 00:29:14,200
\nIt is hard to do.
\nAnd so I’m asking for your help,<\/p>\n
\n00:29:15,200 –> 00:29:19,960
\nand I’m offering you mine,
\nright, so that we can all help <\/p>\n
\n00:29:20,080 –> 00:29:28,760
\none another to do the right
\nthing and to do it for the right<\/p>\n
\n00:29:28,960 –> 00:29:46,540
\nreasons.
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