Do Things In Secret Before the Lord

Matthew 6:1–18Matthew 6:1–18
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
6 ¹ Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: oth­er­wise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. alms: or, right­eous­ness of your: or, with your ² There­fore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trum­pet before thee, as the hyp­ocrites do in the syn­a­gogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Ver­ily I say unto you, They have their reward. do not…: or, cause not a trum­pet to be sounded ³ But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: ⁴ That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret him­self shall reward thee openly. ⁵ And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hyp­ocrites are: for they love to pray stand­ing in the syn­a­gogues and in the cor­ners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Ver­ily I say unto you, They have their reward. ⁶ But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. ⁷ But when ye pray, use not vain rep­e­ti­tions, as the hea­then do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speak­ing. ⁸ Be not ye there­fore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. ⁹ After this man­ner there­fore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hal­lowed be thy name. ¹⁰ Thy king­dom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. ¹¹ Give us this day our daily bread. ¹² And for­give us our debts, as we for­give our debtors. ¹³ And lead us not into temp­ta­tion, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the king­dom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. ¹⁴ For if ye for­give men their tres­passes, your heav­enly Father will also for­give you: ¹⁵ But if ye for­give not men their tres­passes, nei­ther will your Father for­give your tres­passes. ¹⁶ More­over when ye fast, be not, as the hyp­ocrites, of a sad coun­te­nance: for they dis­fig­ure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Ver­ily I say unto you, They have their reward. ¹⁷ But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; ¹⁸ That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.  

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How many peo­ple do you know boast what they give, or when they fast or when they pray?

These peo­ple are look­ing for their reward on earth but the Lord says greater is your reward in heaven when you do it in secret.  Each deed whether in alms, pray­ing or fast­ing with right motive.

Alms

In verse 1 on alms (giv­ing as an act of char­ity) — Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them; oth­er­wise ye have no reward of your Father is in heaven.

In verse 2 — There­fore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trum­pet before thee, as the hyp­ocrites do in the syn­a­gogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men…  They lit­er­ally sounded trum­pets under the pre­text of call­ing the poor, though with no other design than to grat­ify self by giv­ing in pub­lic.  They gave not in true humil­ity (from the heart and compassion).

Giv­ing your tithes, offer­ings, fast­ing secretly, etc. will always honor God.

When you pray

vs. 5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hyp­ocrites are: for they love to pray stand­ing i the syn­g­a­gogues and in the cor­ners of the streets, that they may be seen of men.  Ver­ily I say unto you, They have their reward.

Not only not just pray in secret but not in vain rep­u­ta­tion, but pray with a hum­ble heart.  Pray for God’s will on earth, seek it as Christ did, do it from the heart, live it and not be con­formed to this world but be pro­tected from temp­ta­tion of the world.  In vs. 9–14 is a model of prayer from the heart.

When we fast

Scrip­tures reveal to fast secretly instead of openly, with a sad coun­te­nance but to do it unto the Lord with a hum­ble heart with glad­ness and joy.

vs. 16–17 More­over when ye fast, be not as the hyp­ocrites, of a sad coun­te­nance: for they dis­fig­ure their faces, that they may seem unto men to fast.  Ver­ily I say unto you, they have their reward.  But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; that thu appear not unto men to fast…

Why wash your face?  In the old tes­ta­ment, they would smear their faces with ashes.

To have bless­ings instead of curses, it is bet­ter to do these things in secret with a right and hum­ble heart instead of want­ing praise of men.   God is the one that truly rewards us and he looks at the heart of man.

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