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A Warning Against Hypocrisy
The word “hypocrite” came from ancient Greek drama. By means of role play, rhetoric or a face mask, the individual was playing-acting. Later, the term “hypocrite” became a designation of someone pretending to be something they are not. In Matthew 6:1-18, the focus is on the Kingdom’s citizen’s conduct in regard to genuine godliness.…
The Manner of Prayer
How should we pray? In Matthew 6:9-13 we have what is most famously known as the Lord’s Prayer. Though it was not a prayer that He prayed, it is His prayer in the sense that He created it. This prayer provides us with a model of how to pray.
The Motive of Prayer
Why do you pray? It is clear that God commands His people to pray (Col. 4:2; 1 Thess. 5:17), but why do you pray? This is important because if our motive is not honouring to the Lord, why should we expect our prayer to be of any value? When instructing His disciples the Lord Jesus said, “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand…