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Sermon on the Mount, The Jesus Manifesto, Matthew 5-7

Readers Theater - Matthew 6:1-4
Give in Secret that You Might Receive Your True Reward

by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson
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Part of a study on the Sermon on the Mount


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READER 1

Be careful not to do your acts of righteousness before men, to be seen by them.

READER 2

To be seen by them.

READER 3

To be noticed and praised.

READER 1

If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

READER 2

No reward.

READER 3

No notice.

READER 2

No notice by your heavenly Father.

READER 3

No reward from the One who really matters.

READER 1

So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets,

READER 2

Ta-ta-TAAH [simulating a trumpet]

READER 1

Do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men.

READER 2

To be considered men of honor.

READER 3

Honored by men.

READER 1

I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.

READER 2

In full.

READER 3

Completely.

READER 1

But when you give to the needy,

READER 2

The poor,

READER 3

Those without enough to eat,

READER 1

Or enough clothes to wear,

READER 2

Who lack what you have.

READER 3

The needy.

READER 2

The poor.

READER 1

But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret.

READER 2

Secret.

READER 3

Private

READER 2

Unnoticed.

READER 1

Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

READER 2

He sees what is done in secret.

READER 3

He notices.

READER 2

He sees.

READER 3

And will reward you.

READER 2

He will smile.

READER 3

He is pleased.

READER 1

Your Father,

READER 2

Who sees what is done in secret,

READER 3

Will reward you.


All lessons now compiled as a 220-page book available as an e-book or printed book.


Part of a study on the Sermon on the Mount found at http://www.jesuswalk.com/manifesto/



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