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1. A “Show-off” is defined as a person “who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention.”
ILLUS - Trying to impress my youth group while roller-skating!
2. Often the only person who is impressed by a “show-off” is the person who is trying to show off!
3. What does God think of “show-offs”? Is He impressed?
4. In Matthew 6:1-18, we will discover important principles for living before God because what matters most in life is what God sees in the secret place of our hearts.
Matthew 6:1-18
Context
1. In Matthew 5:20, Jesus declared that perfection is the standard for entrance into the kingdom of heaven. He said, “For I say to you, that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven.”
2. The scribes and Pharisees were hailed as the standard of righteousness. But Jesus declared their standard was not good enough because they only focused on an external obedience to the Law.
3. God’s looks at the heart! He desires a true righteousness where obedience flows from a heart that is filled with faith because it has been transformed by His love and grace through Jesus.
John Stott, “Christian righteousness is righteousness unlimited. It must be allowed to penetrate beyond our actions and words to our heart, mind and motives, and to master us even in those hidden, secret places.”
4. In Matthew 6:1-18, Jesus addressed three common areas of religious practice for the Jews, almsgiving (giving to the poor), prayer, and fasting.
5. He contrasted the motives of the Pharisees with what He expects to see from His disciples because God’s grace has transformed their hearts.
I. Seek God’s Approval Not Man’s (1-4, 16-18)
• The first verse immediately grabs our attention because Jesus spoke directly about our motives.
• He warned, “Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them…”
• Now, in Matthew 5, Jesus said, “Let your light so shine before men that they may glorify your Father in heaven.”
• Was Jesus contradicting Himself? No!
• In Matthew 5, Jesus was declaring that if God has made a difference in your life, then live in such a way that people may see the difference and glorify your heavenly Father.
• Here, Jesus was saying, “Don’t do good things just to be noticed by men. That’s the wrong motive. Don’t be a “show-off”!
A. When you give, don’t toot your own horn (1-4)
1. “Almsgiving” is an act of charity, where someone meets the needs of another. This can be done by giving money, but it can also involve giving one’s time, talents, or expertise.
2. Jesus did not object to giving to the poor. He assumed His disciples would be generous to those in need just as their heavenly Father has been generous to meet their needs. That’s why He said, “when you give”.
3. Rather, Jesus objected to the way the Pharisees made a “big show” of giving to the poor. He warned that they had their reward, a temporal one from men, not from God.
4. He called them “hypocrites” because they drew public attention to their good deeds (i.e. “sounded a trumpet”). The word hypocrite was used three times in this passage. In the Greek, it means “to be an actor”. To treat the world like it’s your stage so you may play your part.
ILLUS - Theodore Roosevelt during one of his political campaigns…
5. Jesus called out the Pharisees because they appeared concerned for the poor, when in fact, they used religion to cover their true motives, their desire to receive the praise of men.
Warren Wiersbe, “A hypocrite is not a person who falls short of his high ideals, or who occasionally sins, because all of us experience these failures. A hypocrite deliberately uses religion to cover up his sins and promote his own gains… hypocrisy robs us of reality in Christian living.”
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