Giving Without Hypocrisy Matthew 6:1–4 October 14, 1979 Thanks to facelifts, tummy tucks, and tanning salons, modern culture has made hiding our flaws as easy as writing a check. How you look—not who you are—is what matters most.
Sadly, Christians have adopted a similar standard for living out faith in Christ. Pressured by pride and the spirituality of those around us, we wear a mask that hides who we are and what we struggle with. The price tag of that kind of hypocrisy is steep: guilt, inner turmoil, and spiritual paralysis.
Yet there is hope. John MacArthur’s study Living Real cuts to the heart of being genuine in your faith. This frank series of messages challenges you to examine not what you do for God, but why you do it, helping you find the peace that comes only from Living Real.
6 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.
2 Therefore when thou doest 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.
3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
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