True Religion, Part 5: Holy Affections
If you have Bibles, please open to Matthew chapter 6 and we will continue our study of Jesus' teaching about true religion. In fact, from Matthew 6, verse 1, down to verse 18, we have seen the Lord Jesus Christ address the issue of giving, of praying, and of fasting. And it is interesting in contrast to the Pharisees the Lord Jesus hasn’t said, well to make sure that you don’t get into the hypocrisy of the Pharisees is I am just going to make praying, giving and fasting optional. You don’t really have to do it anymore. He hasn’t done that. In contrast to the Pharisees, He said to His disciples, I expect you to pray, to fast, and to give, but when you do it, I don’t want you to do it for the praise for men. And so in the first part of Matthew chapter 6, Christ is emphasized…