Jesus on: Paying Attention!
Goal: that the hearers would pay attention to what and why.
Pay Attention!
“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.” —Matthew 6:1-4
Jesus starts with this word:
It means turn your
Pay attention to
are doing
“Beware of practicing righteousness”
In general: Are you doing things that are
More specifically, are you
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v.5-15
v.16-18
Pay attention to
are doing what you are doing.
“Beware of practicing righteousness before other people IN ORDER to be seen by them.
We do not practice righteousness to enhance our
We practice righteousness to enhance our
We
We
We
Pay attention to what God is doing.
Jesus moves on, to talk about what
Notice the emphasis (the repetition).
“And your father who sees in secret will reward you” —Matthew 6:4, 6, 17
God sees you!**
This begins to change our “why.”
We do not feel the need to be seen by
We are seen by an
God will reward you!
He will
This helps change our “why.”
We want reward for an
Pay attention to why God is doing what he is doing.
He is a Father who
He
He
He does what is right and good.
Pay Attention!
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