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Verse Matthew 6:5. _AND WHEN THOU PRAYEST_] Οταν
προσευχη. Προσευχη, _prayer_, is compounded of
προς _with_, and ευχη a _vow_, because to pray right, a man
_binds_ himself to God, as by a _vow_, to l...
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AND WHEN THOU PRAYEST ... - Hypocrites manifested the same spirit
about prayer as almsgiving; it was done in public places. The word
“synagogues,” here, clearly means, not the place of worship of
that...
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CHAPTER 6
_ 1. The Better Righteousness.(Matthew 6:1 .) 2. Kept in the World;
Single-eyed; Trusting God.(Matthew 6:19 .)_
Our Lord said: “For I say unto you, that unless your righteousness
surpass th...
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THE FULFILLED LAW IN RELATION TO THE LIFE OF THE PHARISEES. Mt. only,
though the digression on Prayer (Matthew 6:7) has parallels in Lk.
MATTHEW 6:1 is a general warning; three aspects of the mechani...
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II. THE RIGHT AND WRONG WAY OF PRAYING.
5. AND WHEN THOU PRAYEST, THOU SHALT NOT BE, ETC.
The second example of the right and wrong kind of righteousness is now
given. That men ought to pray is assur...
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THE REWARD MOTIVE IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (Matthew 6:1-18)
When we study the opening verses of Matthew 6:1-34, we are
immediately confronted with one most important question-- What is the
place of the...
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And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they are
fond of praying standing in the synagogues and at the corners of the
streets, so that they may be seen by people. This is the truth...
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(_b_) Prayer, Matthew 6:5-15.
5. _pray standing_ The posture of standing was as closely associated
with prayer as that of sitting was with teaching....
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ΠΡΟΣΕΎΧΗΣΘΕ ΟΥ̓Κ ἜΣΕΣΘΕ, instead of the singular
προσεύχῃ οὐκ ἔσῃ, the singular introduced to
harmonise with context ὅταν ποίῃς Matthew 6:2, ὅταν
προσεύχῃ Matthew 6:6.
5. ΠΡΟΣΕΎΧΗΣΘΕ. Plural, because...
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VER 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
U...
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_THE ACTION OF PRAYING MATTHEW 6:5-15_ : Prayer is to be a simple
petition from a child (Christian) to his Father (God). We are not to
pray to be "seen of men" but to be "heard of God." Prayer involve...
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ΠΡΟΣΕΎΧΗΣΘΕ _aor. conj. med. (dep.) от_
ΠΡΟΣΕΎΧΟΜΑΙ (G4336) молиться (DJG, 623). _Conj._ с
частицей ΌΤΑΝ (G3752) генерализует
действие: "когда бы ни..." Возможно,
здесь есть ссылка на три часа молитвы...
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DISCOURSE: 1312
DIRECTIONS RESPECTING PRAYER
Matthew 6:5. And when thou prayest, thou shall not be as the
hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and
in the corners of the str...
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AND WHEN THOU PRAYEST— Our Lord is here treating of private prayer;
for which reason his rules must not be extended to public devotion.
The Jews of old observed stated hours of prayer: the Scripture
m...
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D. THE MOTIVES OF THE WISE AND GODLY MAN (Matthew 6:1-18)
3. HIS MOTIVE FOR PRAYING TO GOD. (Matthew 6:5-15,)
TEXT: 6:5-15
5.
And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites: for they love to
s...
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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...
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1 The Pharisees deemed alms-giving, prayer and fasting the three most
eminent exhibitions of piety, for alms was the ideal expression of
their relation to their neighbor, prayer of their intercourse w...
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6:5 have (b-41) 'Have' has here the force of having all they have to
expect -- they have the whole of it already. It is expressed in
English by laying the stress on 'have.' Perhaps one might say 'have...
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MAXIMS FOR PRAYER, AND THE LORD'S PRAYER. Perhaps the most significant
v. of this section is Matthew 6:8, 'Your Father knoweth what things ye
have need of, before ye ask him.' Christians, therefore, a...
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (CONTINUED)
1. God's approval, not man's, to be sought in all our actions. Jesus
does not say that we are to do good expecting no reward of any kind,
but that we are to look fo...
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TO PRAY STANDING] Standing was the usual Jewish attitude in prayer, as
kneeling is with us. In prayer a Jew usually (1) stood, (2) turned
towards Jerusalem, (3) covered his head, (4) fixed his eyes do...
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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 6
THE RIGHT WAY TO GIVE GIFTS 6:1-4
V1 ‘Be careful not to show how good you are in front of other
people. Do not do your good works...
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STANDING IN THE SYNAGOGUES. — The Jewish custom, more or less
prevalent throughout the East, and for a time retained at certain
seasons in the Christian Church, was to pray standing, with
outstretched...
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CHAPTER 7
The Gospel of the Kingdom
("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 7:1
IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon
on the Mount"; yet, so smal...
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_Prayer_. ὡς οἱ ὑποκριταί, as the actors. We shrink
from the harshness of the term “hypocrite”. Jesus is in the act of
creating the new meaning by the use of an old word in a new
connection. φιλοῦσι s...
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SECRET GIVING AND SECRET PRAYING
Matthew 6:1-8
First we have the general proposition that righteousness, that is,
one's religious duties, should not be done for the sake of display;
and that princip...
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In the first verse the Revised Version has substituted the word
"righteousness" for "alms," "a reading approved of, almost
unanimously, by the great editors and critics" (Morrison). This is a
statemen...
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(2) 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 unt...
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Hypocrisy is forbidden in all these three good works of justice, but
not the doing of them openly for the glory of God, the edification of
our neighbour, and our own salvation. Let your light so shine...
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CHAPTER 16
SERMON ON THE MOUNT
Matthew 5-7, and Luke 6:20-49. A few days ago it was my privilege to
spend two beautiful bright days at the sea of Galilee, sailing over
it, and visiting the places of...
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Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what
things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
Here the LORD speaks of prayer, and which is yet more express in
reference to the LORD. Secr...
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God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our
Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the
infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
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5._When thou shalt pray _He now gives the same instruction as to
_prayer, _which he had formerly given as to _alms. _It is a gross and
shameful profanation of the name of God, when hypocritcs, in orde...
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This discourse gives the principles of the kingdom, but supposes the
rejection of the King, and the position into which this would bring
those that were His; who consequently must look for a heavenly...
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AND WHEN THOU PRAYEST, THOU SHALT NOT BE AS THE HYPOCRITES,.... As the
Scribes and Pharisees; whose posture in prayer, the places they chose
to pray in, and the view they had therein, are particularly...
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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 y...
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_When thou prayest_ Which, if thou art my disciple indeed, thou wilt
often do: _thou shalt not be as the hypocrites_ Praying out of vain
ostentation. _For they love to pray standing in the synagogues_...
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The wrong manner of praying: AND WHEN THOU PRAYEST, THOU SHALL 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 O...
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Verse 1 warns against practicing righteousness (margin) before men to
attract their attention. This is self-righteousness, a mere show. How
can we expect the Father to reward what we do merely to impr...
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5-8 It is taken for granted that all who are disciples of Christ
pray. You may as soon find a living man that does not breathe, as a
living Christian that does not pray. If prayerless, then graceless...
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Our Saviour here cautions them against the same thing in prayer, as he
had done before in giving alms, viz. hypocrisy and ostentation, doing
this duty upon that design, merely to be taken notice of an...
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Tertullian On Prayer
Do the ears of God wait for sound? How, then, could Jonah's prayer
find way out unto heaven from the depth of the whale's belly, through
the entrails of so huge a beast; from the...
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Matthew 6:5 And G2532 when G3752 pray G4336 (G5741) shall G2071 not
G3756 be G2071 (G5704) like...
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THE ESSENCE OF TRUE PERSONAL PRAYER IS TO BE PRAYING SECRETLY ALONE
WITH GOD (6:5-6).
Jesus now turns to the question of true prayer. He will deal with this
in two stages, firstly as to the need for s...
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“And when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites,
For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the corners
of the streets,
That they may be seen of men.
Truly I say to you, They h...
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THEIR RELIGIOUS EXERCISES ARE TO BE KNOWN ONLY TO THE FATHER AND NOT
TO MEN (6:1-18).
We will now, therefore, initially consider together the first four
passages which deal with their religious behavi...
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT PART 2.
Seven Warnings Against False Behaviour, Each Accompanied by The
Command To Take Action In The Opposite Direction, And Each of Which
Culminates in Assurances of the Fat...
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Matthew 6:5-15. SECOND EXAMPLE (_Prayer)._...
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Matthew 6:5. BUT WHEN YE PRAY. The plural form is more correct. That
men ought to pray is assumed. Prayerless men cannot consistently
praise the Sermon on the Mount and the morality of Jesus of Nazare...
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GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding
of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on
earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
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Our Lord passes from moral to religious duties, enjoining a
‘righteousness' (Matthew 6:1), which exceeds that of the scribes and
Pharisees (‘hypocrites'), and has regard to the character of our
‘Fathe...
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IN THE SYNAGOGUES AND IN THE CORNERS OF THE STREETS
(εν ταις συναγωγαις κα εν ταις γωνιαις
των πλατειων). These were the usual places of prayer
(synagogues) and the street corners where crowds stop...
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REWARD
That is, the praise of men....
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Matthew 6:5
I. "When thou prayest," the Lord says, "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 o...
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Matthew 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._
We oug...
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Matthew 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._
The motive which leads a man to give, will form the tr...
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Matthew 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._
Our blessed Lord does not tell his disciples to give a...
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CONTENTS: Sermon on the Mount, continued. Formalism condemned. The new
revelation of prayer (disciples prayer). The law of riches. Cure of
anxiety.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus.
CONCLUSION: True relationsh...
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Matthew 6:1. _Take heed that ye do not your alms before men._ It is a
dispute whether alms or righteousness be the true reading. The old
copies had righteousness. Chrysostom in one place has righteous...
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WHEN YOU PRAY. The second example. All should pray. The wrong way is
to "show off" to make others see your "piety." SO THAT EVERYONE WILL
SEE THEM The Pharisees like to stand up in public places and p...
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_And when thou prayest._
NINE THINGS PERTAIN TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF TRUE PRAYER
I. To know what prayer is.
II. How many sorts of prayer there be.
III. The necessity of prayer. Four things provoke us...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 6:5 Prayer was also expected of God’s
people. Public prayer was a common practice in NT times.
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CHAPTER 6
_Take heed_. &c. Instead of _alms_, some Greek Codices read
_δικαιοσύνην, righteousness_, or _justice._ This is the
reading of the Syriac and the Latin Vulgate. The Complutensian, Royal,
and...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Matthew 6:1. ALMS.—_Righteousness_ (R.V.) is probably correct and
shows the connection between this chapter and the preceding, better
than “alms.” In ch. Matthew 5:20, the disciples a...
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 6:1
_The_ _relation of our Lord and his disciples to the religion of the
day _(_continued_);_ vide _Matthew 5:17, note. (_b_) Our Lord turns
from cases which could be directly dedu...
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Tonight let's take a look at Matthew, chapter six. We are in the
section of the book of Matthew that is commonly called the Sermon on
the Mount because it was delivered to the disciples of Jesus on th...
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1 Thessalonians 5:17; Colossians 4:2; Colossians 4:3; Daniel 6:10;...
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (CONTINUED)
Matthew 5:43; _Matthew 6:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
I. A FOURFOLD COMMAND
1. "Love your enemies." The whole world loves those who love them.
That is only natural. But...
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The synagogues — These were properly the places where the people
assembled for public prayer, and hearing the Scriptures read and
expounded. They were in every city from the time of the Babylonish
cap...
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Here our Saviour warns his disciples against the same Pharisaical
hypocrisy in praying, which he had before reproved in almsgiving. It
was lawful to pray in the synagogues, and to pray standing, and t...