This document discusses Jesus' teachings on giving alms and praying in secret rather than for public recognition. It provides context from the Old and New Testaments on giving to the poor and needy. It also discusses the hypocrisy of the Pharisees who performed religious acts like giving alms and praying publicly just to be seen and praised by others. God sees sincere acts of worship done in private and will reward them openly.

1. Sermon on the Mt. Mat 6:1-6
Alms: A word ending in “s” which is both singular and plural. Twelve times used
as plural and once as singular Acts 3:3 Who seeing Peter and John about to
go into the temple asked an alms. The giving of alms is a contribution for
the relief of the poor. (Cornelius Acts 10) However, the Pharisees gave alms
with evil intent.
Matt 6
1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them:
otherwise ye have no rewardof 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. VerilyI 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 rewardthee openly.
(v.2) The “blowing of the trumpet” is sarcasm. Christ used it frequently, “…if the
blind lead the blind, both will fall into the ditch…”, “…let the dead bury their
dead…” etc. It means that they called attention to themselves so that men would
notice what they were giving and think highly of them. The only reward they had
for this giving was the attention the “on-lookers” gave them.
(v.2) “Sunagogue” is Jewish not “Church” age.
2Cor 6:10 As sorrowful, yet alwayrejoicing; as poor,yet making many
rich; as havingnothing, and yet possessing all things.

2. Rom 14:10-12 10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou
set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat
of Christ.
11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and
every tongue shall confess to God.
12 So then every one of us shall give accountof himself to God.
A secret gift in the church age has the promiseof reward in heaven (future).
The Jewish giver of alms is rewarded openly by the Father in this life. (v.4)
Church-agegiving always free-will never a %
2Cor 9:6-7 6 But this I say, He which soweth sparinglyshall reapalso
sparingly; and he which soweth bountifullyshall reap also bountifully.
7 Every man accordingas he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not
grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Acts 20:32-35 32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the
word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an
inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
33 I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministeredunto my
necessities,and to them that were with me.
35 I have shewedyou all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support
the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is
more blessed to give than to receive.
Rom 12:13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
1Cor 16:1-3 1 Now concerningthe collection for the saints, as I have
given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.

3. 2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as
God hath prosperedhim, that there be no gatherings when I come.
3 And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will
I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.
2Cor 8:4 Prayingus with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and
take upon us the fellowshipof the ministering to the saints.
2Cor 9:1 For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous
for me to write to you:
2Cor 9:12 For the administration of this service not only supplieth the
want of the saints, but is abundantalso by many thanksgivings unto
God;
Gal 6:10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men,
especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
1Tim 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife,
vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
1Tim 5:10 Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up
children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if
she have relievedthe afflicted, if she have diligentlyfollowedevery good
work.
Titus 1:8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy,
temperate;
Reason for free-will offering:

4. For deliverance fromdistress, death, sickness; a vow to praiseGod in anticipation
of an answer… Exod 35:20-25, Lev 7:16, Num29:39,Deut12:5-6, Ezra 3:5, Ps
50:23, Ps 56:12-13, Ps 66:13-14, Ps 107:21-22, Ps 116:17-18.
Matt 6
5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they
love to pray standingin the synagogues and in the corners of the streets,
that they may be seen of men. VerilyI say unto you, They have their
reward.
6 But thou, when thou prayest, 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 rewardthee openly.
“hypocrite” : an actor, hyper-critical
Job 15:34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire
shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
Job 36:13-15 13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath:they cry not
when he bindeth them.
14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, andopeneth their ears in
oppression.
Matt 16:3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is
red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but
can ye not discern the signs of the times?
Matt 23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
shut up the kingdom of heaven againstmen: for ye neither go in
yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

5. Matt 23:14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore
ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Matt 23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
compass sea and landto make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye
make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Matt 23:19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar
that sanctifieth the gift? (Rom 12:1-2 no transformation without
sanctification)
Matt 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay
tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier
matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have
done, and not to leave the other undone.
Matt 23:25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make
clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of
extortion and excess.
Matt 23:27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are
like unto whited sepulchres,which indeedappear beautiful outward, but
are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Matt 23:29-32 29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of
the righteous,
30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not
have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of
them which killedthe prophets.
32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

6. Matt 24:49-51 49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat
and drink with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servantshall come in a day when he looketh not for
him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appointhim his portion with the
hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
God’s call to the hypocrites is stern:
1Kgs 19
15 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of
Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:
16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel:
and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be
prophet in thy room.
2Sam 7:14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit
iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the
stripes of the children of men: KJV
2Kgs 10:32 In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and
Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel; KJV
2Kgs 12:17 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against
Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. KJV
2Kgs 13:22 But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of
Jehoahaz. KJV
God is intolerant with tolerance:
2Chr 22:7 And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to
Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoramagainst
Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off
the house of Ahab. KJV
2Kgs 10:1-10 1 And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And
Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of
Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's

7. children, saying, 2 Now as soon as this letter cometh to you,
seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you
chariots and horses, a fencedcity also, and armour; 3 Look
even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set
him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house. 4
But they were exceedinglyafraid, and said, Behold, two kings
stood not before him: how then shall we stand? 5 And he that
was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders
also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying,
We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we
will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine
eyes. 6 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying,
If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the
heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to
Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being
seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which
brought them up. 7 And it came to pass, when the letter came
to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy
persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to
Jezreel. 8 And there came a messenger, and told him, saying,
They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said,
Lay ye them in two heaps at the enteringin of the gate until the
morning. 9 And it came to pass in the morning, that he went
out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous:
behold, I conspiredagainstmy master, and slew him: but who
slew all these? 10 Know now that there shall fall unto the earth
nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake
concerningthe house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that
which he spake by his servant Elijah. KJV
When human correctionis not enough God will use spiritual warfare:

8. 1Kgs 22:10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphatthe king of Judah
sat each on his throne, havingput on their robes, in a void place in
the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied
before them. KJV
1Kgs 22:21-23 21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before
the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. 22 And the LORD said unto
him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying
spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt
persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. 23 Now
therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of
all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning
thee. KJV
Judg 9:23 Then God sent an evil spiritbetween Abimelech and the men of
Shechem; and the men of Shechemdealt treacherouslywith Abimelech:
KJV
1Sam 16:14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil
spirit from the LORD troubled him. KJV
Rev 16:13-14 13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the
mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the
mouth of the false prophet. 14 For they are the spirits of devils, working
miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole
world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. KJV
Zeph 3:8 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I
rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I
may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all
my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devouredwith the fire of my
jealousy. KJV
Rev 17:17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree,
and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be
fulfilled. KJV
Ps 78:49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and
indignation, andtrouble, by sending evil angels among them. KJV

9. Prov 11:9 An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but
through knowledge shall the just be delivered. KJV
Matt 15:7-9 7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you,
saying, 8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and
honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. 9 But
in vain they do worshipme, teaching for doctrines the
commandments of men. KJV
Isa 29:13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw
near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have
removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is
taught by the precept of men: KJV
The antidote for hypocrisy:
Ps 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginningof wisdom: a good
understandinghave all they that do his commandments: his praise
endureth for ever. KJV
Prov 9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginningof wisdom: and the
knowledge of the holy is understanding. KJV
Prov 9:12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou
scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. KJV