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Matthew 6:1-4
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1“Be careful not to practice
your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will
have no reward from your Father in heaven.
2“So when you give to the
needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues
and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have
received their reward in full.
3But when you give to the
needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
4so that your
giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees
what is done in secret, will reward you.
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1)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 1 what is the warning for us
concerning how righteousness is practiced?
o
We must be
careful not to practice our righteousness in front of others to be seen by them.
2)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 1 what is the consequence
for us if we ignore the warning?
o
We will have no
reward from our Father in heaven.
3)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 2 what happens to the reward of
the hypocrites when they announce their giving with trumpets?
o
They have
received their reward in full.
4)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 2 what is the reward for the
hypocrites of their giving to the needy?
o
Their reward is the
honor accorded them by others.
5)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verse
2 what is the
assumption about whether we should give to the needy the way Jesus broaches the
subject?
o
We should give to
the needy.
o
Because
o
It is not a
matter of
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Whether we should
give to the needy or not.
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But how.
6)
According to what Jesus
said in verses 2 to 4
what is the advice
for us for how we give to the needy?
o
When we give to
the needy, we
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Should not announce
it with trumpets to be honored by others.
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And should give in
secret instead, not letting our left hand know what our
right hand is doing.
7)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 4 what is the Father’s
response to our giving in secret?
o
The Father will
reward us.
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Matthew 6:1-4
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