A: Piety deals with our religious duties & our religious devotion to God.
B: The warning: Beware! The illustration of theater (theomai/hupokritai)
II: EXAMPLE #1 – GIVING (6:2-4)
A: The illustration of the “Hypocrite” • Actors in Jesus’s day wore masks that were specific to their character. • An actor makes something unreal it seem real. • Actors perform on a stage • An actor is to win the approval of the audience.
B: Giving: Theatrics in our piety nullifies the possibility of any spiritual reward for us.
III: EXAMPLE #2 – PRAYER (6:5-8 [9-15])
2 perversions of prayer: • A preoccupation with a human audience (v. 5). • Disregard for the personal, loving, covenant God (vv. 7,8).
IV: EXAMPLE #3 – FASTING (6:16-18)
A: Fasting is between you and God
B: Pious make-up -
V: THE REMEDY FOR HYPOCRISY
A: Cultivate secrecy (4,6,18)
B: Remember that you are living in the presence of your Heavenly Father.
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Pastor Jason Ryce
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Rev. Ryce and Janine, his wife of 20 years, were born and raised in the Pittsburgh area and previously served in ministry at Tucson Reformed Church (2010-14) and Springs Reformed Church (2014-22), the Christian & Missionary Alliance (2007-09), and the Evangelical Presbyterian...