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"Giving with God's Approval" {Matt6:1-4}
* Intro: Dog funeral/giving joke
* SotM instruction manual for Christians
- Kingdom character {Matt5:1-12}
- Kingdom conduct {Matt5:13-48}
- Kingdom worship {Matt6:1-18}
* General principle on giving
- True righteousness involves proper motives
- Not a contradiction to 5:16; motives the diff
* Giving applauded by men
- Not if you give alms, but when
- Reward: pay someone in full w/ receipt
- Desire for human merit earns only that -- worthless to God
* Giving approved by God
- Always in secret
- Not about confidentiality as much as protection of motives from temptation
- Reward: payment of debt {Prov19:17, 2Cor9:6,11}
* Application
- Give to needy
- Check your motives