45 Days To Read The Gospel Challenge – The Gospel of Matthew Chapter Six: Do not let the right hand know what the left is doing
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Overview of The Gospel of Matthew
The Gospel of Matthew was written by the apostle Matthew, one of Jesus’ twelve disciples. Matthew was a former tax collector, called by Jesus to follow Him. His Gospel is believed to have been written between 50-70 AD, and it is the first book in the New Testament, even though it may not have been the first Gospel written. Matthew’s account emphasizes that Jesus is the promised Messiah and King, fulfilling the Old Testament prophecies.
Matthew’s Gospel begins with a genealogy that traces Jesus’ lineage back to Abraham and King David, highlighting Jesus’ royal and Jewish heritage. It then moves into the story of Jesus’ miraculous birth, His baptism by John the Baptist, and the start of His ministry.
Mary and her husband Joseph were both from the lineage of King David. Matthew 1:17 “So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.” Matthew tells of a prophetic word that told of Jesus’ birth.
Matthew 1:23 “Behold, a virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.” It is interesting to note that Joseph wanted to divorce Mary quietly because of her pregnancy. But an angel came to him and verified that Mary was pregnant by the Holy Ghost. Therefore, Joseph stayed married to Mary and did not consummate the marriage until Jesus Christ was born.
Note: Jesus Christ is a name translated in the English versions. It is accepted by God. For this purpose these studies are on the English speaking version. Philippians 2:9 KJV “Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him and given him a name which is above every name:” There are many names people call Jesus but it is only one name to be saved by. If you mispronounce other names (thinking that is the original name) then you are not calling on the Lord.
It is known that what we pronounce today is not the way it was pronounced then. Develop a personal relationship with the Lord and you will know he answers to the name name Jesus Christ (the blood sacrifice). He is the God of the living. Psalms 100:3 KJV 3 Know ye that the Lord He is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.
The Gospel of Matthew is known for including many of Jesus’ key teachings, such as the Sermon on the Mount, where He teaches about love, humility, prayer, and the Kingdom of God. Throughout the Gospel, Jesus performs miracles, heals the sick, and casts out demons, showing His divine authority.
Matthew also places a strong emphasis on Jesus’ role as a teacher and the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies. He frequently references the Scriptures to show how Jesus’ life and mission align with what was foretold about the Messiah. The Gospel also includes Jesus’ parables, teachings on discipleship, and warnings about the final judgment.
The story of Jesus’ crucifixion, death, and resurrection is the heart of the Gospel. Matthew ends with the Great Commission, where Jesus commands His disciples to go and make disciples of all nations, spreading the message of salvation.
In summary, the Gospel of Matthew presents Jesus as the promised Messiah, the fulfillment of God’s promises, and the King of all nations, whose life, death, and resurrection bring salvation to the world.
Note From Editor: The name “Jesus Christ” is an English translation, and it is accepted by God. Philippians 2:9 KJV says, “Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name.”
People call Jesus by many praise names, but only one name is called upon for salvation by English speaking people and that is Jesus Christ. If you mispronounce other names thinking they are the original, you might not be calling on the Lord.
Language has changed over time, but when you have a personal relationship with Jesus, you will know that the name Jesus Christ, the Savior is accepted by God. The Holy spirit bears witness. Jesus gave His life for us. Psalm 100:3 reminds us, “Know ye that the Lord, He is God: it is He that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.”
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45 Days To Read The Gospel Challenge – The Gospel of Matthew Chapter Five: Love your enemies, bless them that curse you.
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OVERVIEW OF THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW CHAPTER SIX
Jesus taught on “The Sermon on the Mount” concerning good deeds “giving” or Almsgiving. When a good deed is performed, we are not to tell anyone. If you lend money or do a favor for someone, don’t go around announcing it. For the Lord says, then you have your reward. Instead, do not let the right hand know what the left is doing. Thy Father which sees in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
Jesus taught us how to pray: enter into your closets,. shut the door, and pray in secret. He taught us how to fast. Anoint thy head with oil and wash your face as to appear as if you are not fasting. Thy Father which sees in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
Lay your treasure up in heaven, not on earth. In other words, do not want for everything of material possession. Some people want the most expensive cars, expensive jewelry, and fine clothes that cost too much. They will kill to be the beneficiary of a life insurance policy.
Only what you do for the Lord (love) will last. Matthew 6: 19-20 KJV 19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Note: 1 Timothy 6:10 KJV “For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”
No man can serve two masters. 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.”
Note: Joshua 24:15 “And if it seems evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
Anxiety about worldly things is forbidden. Jesus demanded that believers should seek “The kingdom of God” first. 31Therefore, take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:)Your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
34Take, therefore, no thought for tomorrow: for the tomorrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Matthew6:20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
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Time: 35 minutes to complete lesson: 20 minutes to read the entire post and take the interactive quiz, additional 15 minutes to view video resource and comment on social media.
Objectives for Chapter Six -The Gospel of Matthew. What you will learn:
A. Understand Jesus’ teachings on giving (almsgiving) from the Sermon on the Mount.
B. Learn the proper way to pray and fast as taught by Jesus.
C. Identify where we should lay up our treasures according to Jesus’ teachings.
D. Explain why no one can serve two masters.
E. Understand why Jesus teaches that anxiety about worldly things is forbidden.
F. Recognize the importance of seeking the Kingdom of God first in all things.
Outline for Chapter Six of the Gospel of Matthew
1. The Sermon on the Mount continued: Almsgiving or Good deeds.
2. Jesus teaches how to Pray and fast.
3. Where your treasure is to be laid up.
4. No man can serve two masters.
5. Anxiety about worldly things forbidden.
6. Seek thee The kingdom of God first.
Reflection and Discussion: Something to think about.
Consider the following scripture: Matthew 6:28-30 KJV 28Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30Wherefore, if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
When I was a child, I often worried about school, test grades, or not knowing the answer to a question the teacher might ask. My mother would always tell me, “The things you worry about the most usually never happen, so don’t worry.” Time and time again, this brought me great comfort because I found it to be true. Even if things didn’t go as planned, they were never as bad as I imagined.
Do you have a testimony of a time when you trusted God, even when you couldn’t see a way out, and He came through for you?
Resources For This Lesson
Click here for the King James Bible version in the text (pdf), mobile viewing on the web (KJV), YouTube audio, and video (total time: ) Part One and Part Two.
See “Chapter Six Highlights” below for scriptures and help with the quiz. If needed, refresh the screen to retake the quiz.
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1. The Sermon on the Mount continued: Almsgiving, Matthew 6:1-4 KJV
1Take 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.
2Therefore when thou does 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.
3But when thou does alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
4That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which sees in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
Note: Alms means to give something to help the poor. It could be money, time, food, housing, loan, etc. Jesus is saying do not boast for in your boasting you have received your reward.
2. Prayer and fasting Matthew 5-18 KJV
5And when thou pray, 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.
6But thou, when thou pray, 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.
7But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
8Be, not ye, therefore, like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him.
9After this manner, therefore, pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11Give us this day our daily bread.
12And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
14For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
15But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
16Moreover 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.
17But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head and wash thy face;
18That 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.
3. Where our treasure is to be laid up. Matthew 6:19-23 KJV
19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye is single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
23But if thine eye is evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
4. No man can serve two masters. Matthew 6:24 KJV
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.”
5. Anxiety about worldly things forbidden. Matthew 6: 25-30KJV
25Therefore 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 life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
26Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feed them. Are ye not much better than they?
27Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
29And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30Wherefore if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
6. Seek thee The kingdom of God first. Matthew 6: 31-34 KJV
31Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
34Take, 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.
Interactive Quiz
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#1. True or False? Jesus taught that when you give, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: Let your giving be in secret: and thy Father which sees in secret himself shall reward thee openly..
#2. Jesus taught followers how to pray. What did he say? Select the BEST answer from the list below.
#3. Why did Jesus teach that his followers should lay up for themselves treasures in heaven and not on earth?
#4. True or False? Matthew 6: 16-18 KJV 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. 17But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head and wash thy face; 18That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which sees in secret, shall reward thee openly.
#5. Why can't a person serve two masters?
#6. Why does God say, seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness? Select the BEST answer from below.
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Call to salvation:
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
Romans 10:9-10 9That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation.
John 3:5-6 5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is the Spirit.
