Don't Be A Show Off

Don’t Be Phony

Matthew 6:1–4 ESV

1 “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. 2 “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

DT: When Christians do good works to be seen and praised they jeopardize their rewards from God.

Aim: We will live to please God by giving God glory for all we do.

Introduction:

The purpose of our life is to bring and give God glory. How can God receive glory from our lives if everything we do is so that others exalt us?

This lesson is about humility. The last thing a Christian should be seen doing is parading and boasting about how good he is.

God wants you to feel good but feel good for Him being praised and receiving glory.

Righteousness Requires Authenticity

Righteousness in this text refers to observances or practices required by one’s religion.

what were some of those observances practiced in the days of Christ

observances or practices required by one’s religion

Worship

Prayer

Offerings

In some cases people were doing these things without true regard towards God. Their motives were to be seen and complimented. Their motives were to out do others and compare their records.

Living right is not a show thing. Living right is the act of glorifying God.

David Abernathy, An Exegetical Summary of , Exegetical Summaries (Dallas, TX: SIL International, 2013), 167.

We Are God’s Children

God’s children are not phony

The purpose of the Children of God is to please God

Our motivations must be to please God

in our homes

on our Jobs

In our Church

God Does Not Reward Phoniness

If your motivation is to be seen than that is your reward.

you got nothing coming