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dennis62
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OK, we all have been places helping out volunteering with some project , and see people just not really doing anything but goofing off, until the project head come around the they jump up get to the front and work really hard and try to get the attention of what is going on focused on them so they can get the praise of the project managers.
That is what Jesus is warning us about in the next few verses.
We all know people, even ones that claim to be Christians, that try to get all the praise given to them, but never really do anything. The reward in that is just for a fleeting moment.
1 “Be especially careful when you are trying to be good so that you don’t make a performance out of it. It might be good theater, but the God who made you won’t be applauding.
2-4 “When you do something for someone else, don’t call attention to yourself. You've seen them in action, I’m sure—‘play-actors’ I call them—treating prayer meeting and street corner alike as a stage, acting compassionate as long as someone is watching, playing to the crowds. They get applause, true, but that’s all they get. When you help someone out, don’t think about how it looks. Just do it—quietly and unobtrusively. That is the way your God, who conceived you in love, working behind the scenes, helps you out.
Matthew 6: 1-4 The Message Bible.
That is what Jesus is warning us about in the next few verses.
We all know people, even ones that claim to be Christians, that try to get all the praise given to them, but never really do anything. The reward in that is just for a fleeting moment.
1 “Be especially careful when you are trying to be good so that you don’t make a performance out of it. It might be good theater, but the God who made you won’t be applauding.
2-4 “When you do something for someone else, don’t call attention to yourself. You've seen them in action, I’m sure—‘play-actors’ I call them—treating prayer meeting and street corner alike as a stage, acting compassionate as long as someone is watching, playing to the crowds. They get applause, true, but that’s all they get. When you help someone out, don’t think about how it looks. Just do it—quietly and unobtrusively. That is the way your God, who conceived you in love, working behind the scenes, helps you out.
Matthew 6: 1-4 The Message Bible.