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How to Giving?
Jesus warns that to give gifts to the poor and needy just to be seen of men has no reward from the Father in heaven. The Pharisees made a great show of their giving in the synagogues and on the streets thinking they were proving how spiritual they were. Jesus says that a person’s …

Practice of Prayer
Jesus speaks here about the practice of prayer which the Pharisees loved to perform publicly. Their prayers were not directed to God but to other men, and consisted of long repetitive phrases (v. 7). It is still very easy for professing Christians to pray to be heard …

The Love of Wealth
God promises material blessings to those who honor his principles but it does not imply that all wealth is a necessary sign of blessing (vv. 19-21). A common error of Judaism was to regard material wealth as always indicating the blessing of God. While it is true that the book of …

Do Not Worry
Jesus gives a command not to worry (v. 25). For Christians, worry and anxiety are forbidden, foolish and sinful. Worry is the sin of distrusting the promise of God. We may try to make it sound better by calling it concern, or burden, but the results are still the same. Adding dou …