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Thought on This Chapter

MT 6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

MT 6:8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

MT 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

This is just one of the many places that clearly show that if you believe the Bible, then you cannot be a Catholic. 

You are not to pray with vain repetitions.  But that is exactly what Catholics do with the rosary.  They say the same thing over and over.  They think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.  God instructs us not to pray that way.

The Bible also tells us very clearly that we are to pray to the FatherWe are NOT to pray to Mary.  Any prayer to Mary is against the clear instructions of the Word of God. 

Prayer is talking to God.  It is telling Him your burdens, needs, and desires.  Prayer is to be communication to God from the heart.  It is NOT to come from textbooks or memorized repetitions. 

Prayer must come from the heart.

Thought On This Chapter

MT 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

We are not to be all wrapped up in piling up earthly treasures.  They do not last.  They decay, they rust, they get worn out, they eventually fall apart.  And they can be stolen.  We can loose them in a moments notice.  Worldly treasures are not to be our pursuit.

MT 6:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

We are to be laying up our treasures in heaven.  The treasures there do not rust, they do not fall apart or wear out.  They last forever and we cannot loose them.  There will be no stealing in heaven. 

What exactly are these treasures in heaven.  We do not know everything about them.  We know about certain crowns and we  do have God's promise that we will be rewarded for the work we do for Him here.

Mat 16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.

And those rewards are NOT temporary; they are ETERNAL. 

MT 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

If our treasure is on earth, then our hearts will be on worldly things.  On the other hand if our treasure is in heaven, then our affections will be on things above. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matthew 6  

King James Bible Main Index:

 
Matthew 6 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28]
   

MT 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.

MT 6:2 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.

MT 6:3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

MT 6:4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

MT 6:5 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.

MT 6:6 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.

MT 6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

MT 6:8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

MT 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

MT 6:10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

MT 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.

MT 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

MT 6:13 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.

MT 6:14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

MT 6:15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

MT 6:16 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.

MT 6:17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

MT 6:18 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.

MT 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

MT 6:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

MT 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

MT 6:22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

MT 6:23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

MT 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

MT 6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

MT 6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

MT 6:27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

MT 6:28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

MT 6:29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

MT 6:30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

MT 6:31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

MT 6:32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

MT 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

MT 6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.


 

 


Outline of Matthew Ch. 6
 

  • I. Proper attitudes for worship in the Kingdom. vs. 1-18

  •  A. Giving

  •   1. Don't give to be seen of men

  •   2. Giving for wrong reason brings no reward of your Father

  •   3. Giving to have glory of men has a reward (it is not a good reward)

  •   4. Give in secret

  •    a. God will see it

  •    b. God will reward you openly

  •  B. Praying

  •   1. Don't pray like hypocrites

  •    a. They love to be seen as they pray

  •     1. In God's house

  •     2. In the streets

  •    b. They have their reward (it will not be a good reward)

  •   2. Pray as God's children are to pray

  •    a. Pray in secret

  •    b. Shut the door

  •    c. God will reward this kind of praying

  •    d. Do NOT use vain repetitions

  •     1. This is a mark of the heathen

  •     2. They think that they are heard for their much speaking

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  •  C. Fasting

  • II. Proper priorities for Kingdom citizens. vs. 19-34

  •  A. Values

  •  B. Service

  •  C. Material needs

  •  D. Priority for the Kingdom

Man looks on the outside and man looks at your works, but God looks at your heart. 

What God wants is your heart. 

After we are saved, we are to work, but it MUST be done with the right heart.

 

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