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Jesus doesn’t see a dichotomy between _________ and _____________ righteousness.
True righteousness is expressed in the _____________ of the believers.
Matthew 6:1-18 NIV
Matthew 6:1
Not “Do not _____ your ‘acts of righteousness’”
Not “Do not do your ‘acts of righteousness’ before _______”
But “Do not do your ‘acts of righteousness’ before men ___ ___ _______ by them”
Attitude/Motives
“Who am I trying to ___________ with my acts of righteousness?
Who gets the _____________ from what we do?”
Kingdom Values
God’s people ought to be __________!
It is the changed lives of disciples that transforms the world in which we live.
Misconceptions
Righteousness is only an ____________ quality
“Acts of Righteousness” come _____________ to the believer.
A Man Who Wants to Give
Paid in _______
A Man Who Wants to Pray
Paid in _______
A Man Who Wants to Fast
Paid in _______
The Danger
Practical holiness, “__________ the godly thing” can be the thrust at the expense of heart __________.
Christians can easily be ensnared by their desire to have a reputation before ______ rather than _____.
Everyone of us likes to ____ in, to have others think of us as _______, to have people think ________ of us.
The Remedy
We fail to understand our own _________.
“But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.” Hebrews 3:13
We fail to take seriously sin’s continuing ____________ in our hearts.
“For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.” Romans 8:13
Father
Jesus hints that the real trouble with the hypocrite is that he fails to know God as his ____________ _________.
He is __________ before God and therefore seeks ___________ before his fellow man.
He is unreal in his _____________ with men because he has no real _____________ with God.
Conclusion:
A slave and a son have a different thought pattern when it comes to ___________.
The slave looks for a ___________…
The son looks to please his __________