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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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Bible Study  Christ Powered Life (Rom 5-8)
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Be careful not to do your acts of righteousness before men, to be seen by them. |
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To be seen by them. |
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To be noticed and praised. |
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If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. |
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No reward. |
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No notice. |
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No notice by your heavenly Father. |
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No reward from the One who really matters. |
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So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, |
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Ta-ta-TAAH [simulating a trumpet] |
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Do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. |
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To be considered men of honor. |
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Honored by men. |
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I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. |
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In full. |
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Completely. |
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But when you give to the needy, |
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The poor, |
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Those without enough to eat, |
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Or enough clothes to wear, |
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Who lack what you have. |
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The needy. |
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The poor. |
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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. |
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Secret. |
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Private |
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Unnoticed. |
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Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. |
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He sees what is done in secret. |
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He notices. |
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He sees. |
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And will reward you. |
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He will smile. |
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He is pleased. |
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Your Father, |
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Who sees what is done in secret, |
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Will reward you. |
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Part of a study on the Sermon on the Mount found at http://www.jesuswalk.com/manifesto/
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