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|[[File:matthew.jpg|center|thumb|Matthew's writings of the [[Gospel of the kingdom]] were inspired. But what do they really tell us in the context of the times and the precepts of the [[kingdom of God]] and the character of those who would enter into it? According to [[Jesus]] the [[pharisees]] did not know [[Moses]] and they were [[hypocrite]]s.]]
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| '''Comments''' 
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| [[Matthew 5]] and 6 are <span style="color:#FF0000">'''red letter decrees'''</span> of the kimg giving a detailed view of [[The Way]] of the [[Kingdom of God]].
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|  What did the [[Pharisees]] have wrong about [[Moses]] other than the [[Sabbath]], the  [[Clay and stone]] [[altars]] vs the [[dainties]] from the [[tables]]  of rulers which were a [[snare], the confusion about [[breeches]], [[steps]], [[stoning]], [[Leaven]], the [[Ten Commandments]], and much more do to pernitious [[sophistry]]?
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| V1 where is your "[[Father]]"? The King James does not account for the Greek word dikaiosynēn<Ref name="dikaiosynem">{{1343}}</Ref> meaning righteousness. Giving alms was [[love]] to provide for the [[welfare]] of the needy while nurturing the [[social bonds]] of a free society.
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| V2 "when thou doest thine alms" The Greek term is eleēmosynēn<Ref name="">{{1654}}</Ref>
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|"streets" is translated from ''rhume''<Ref name="rhumē">{{4505}}</Ref> from ''rhuomai''<Ref name="rhuomai">{{4506}}</Ref> "to draw to oneself, deliver" '' to rescue, deliver from danger or destruction.''<Br>the word glory is not translated from doxazó<Ref name="doxazo">{{1392}}</Ref> but we see doxasthōsin (δοξασθῶσιν)<Ref name="doxasthōsin">doxasthōsin from doxazó meaning "to think, to be of opinion" only appears in Matthew 6 as a  verb of the third person plural, suggesting the are merely seeking the high opinion of men. </Ref> which only appears once. The motivation for "alms" should be [[love]], the purpose of [[sacrifice]] was to provide for the [[welfare]] of the needy while nurturing the [[social bonds]] of a free society.
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| V[5] The prayer of the hypocrites are: for they [[love]] to [[pray]] standing in the [[synagogue]]s and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
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| V[6] "enter into thy closet" in your heart.
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| V[7]  not vain repetitions<Ref name="battologeo">{{945}}</Ref>, as the heathen do."
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|  V[8] "Your Father knoweth"
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| V9 Our [[Father]] vs the [[Patronus]] of [[Rome]], ''a [[Father]] of the earth''.
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| V22 the [[born again]] love the light.
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| Of course, he was talking about pride and boasting of how much you gave but if we look at the whole context there is more.
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| Also... Left hand or left side had to do with [[charity]] almsgiving, grace, even mercy but the right hand had to do with [[force]], law and securing justice.  What he is talking about is not mixing these to activities like the gentile nations who call themselves [[Benefactors]] but who exercise authority  one over the other. 
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| [[Charity]] is a matter of choice.<Ref name="archy">{{Archy}}</Ref>  In the previous Chapter [[Matthew 5]] Jesus talked about loving one another and not just those that [[love]] you but all who seek His kingdom. This is why a [[Tens|network  of ministers]] were important. He was also contrasting the love of His followers with the  ''publicans'' who were tax collectors. 
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| Taxes are [[Tithe|tithes]] collected at the point of a sword held in the right hand. If people do not give enough you cannot ask the right hand to enforce the collection like the [[Corban]] of the [[Pharisees]]. 
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| To sum up you would need a [[network]] of people who gave [[charity]] to all seeking the [[Kingdom of God]] and his [[righteousness]]. You would need to give regularly beyond those who were in your own congregation or congregation of congregations or you would have little or no [[Grace]]. And to keep yourself in the practice of [[Pure Religion]] rather than the [[Covetous Practices]] of those who bite one another and curse their children and entangle you in the yoke of [[Bondage|bondage]], you could not use force to provide [[Welfare]], [[prayer|pray]] to the [[Fathers]] of the earth or the right hand of the [[World]]. If you did other than that you were not a believer nor follower of Christ.
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|  Pray Our Father in like manner<Br>Thy [[Divine will|will be done]]<Br> [[Daily bread]]<Br> [[Forgive]] as we forgive<Br>Lead from [[temptations]]<Br>[[Forgive]] or not forgiven with [[thanksgiving]]
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|  Fasting with the [[Brethren]] and not the [[hypocrite]]s
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|  Lay Up Treasures in Heaven with the [[Brethren]] not the [[treasury]] of the [[world]]
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| Love the light not the [[darkness]] and the [[evil]]<Ref name="poneros">{{4190}}</Ref> or you are not [[born again]].
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| Do Not Be Anxious<Br>Scientific studies have not only shown that gratitude lessen stress, but gratitude and [[anxiety]] cannot exist in the brain at the same time. ''The brain cannot respond to [[anxiety]] and gratitude at the same time'' because they use the same part of the brain. It becomes an “either/or” reality but that is easier to accomplish if you believe there is a higher power above everything,  a Divine creator or designer of the universe. People of faith have known for centuries that those who practice being thankful for everything, both the good and the bad that happens, the feeling of [[anxiety]] diminishes. 
: [[Philippians 4]]:11–12. "Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, [therewith] to be content. 12  I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need."
:  [[1 Thessalonians 5]]:16–18 "Rejoice evermore. 17  [[Pray]] without ceasing. 18  In every thing give thanks<Ref name="eucharisteo">{{2168}}</Ref>: for this is the [[will of God]] in [[Christ]] Jesus concerning you. 19  Quench not the Spirit."
:  [[Psalms 103]]:2–6 "Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his [[benefits]]:<Ref name="gëmuwl">{{01576}}</Ref> 3  Who [[forgive]]th all thine [[iniquity|iniquities]]; who healeth all thy diseases; 4  Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; 5  Who satisfieth thy mouth with good [things; so that] thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.6 ¶  The LORD executeth [[righteousness]] and [[judgment]] for all that are [[oppress]]ed."
:  [[Psalms 107]]:1–3... "O give thanks<Ref name="yadah">{{3034}}</Ref> unto the LORD, for [he is] good: for his [[mercy]]<Ref name="checed">{{02617}}</Ref> [endureth] for ever. 2  Let the redeemed of the LORD say [so], whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; 3  And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south."
:  [[Lamentations 3]]:22–24 "22  [It is of] the LORD’S mercies<Ref name="checed">{{02617}}</Ref> that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23  [They are] new every morning: great [is] thy faithfulness.<Ref name="emuwnah">{{0530}}</Ref> 24  The LORD [is] my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him."
: [[Philippians 4]]:6–7 "6  Be careful<Ref name="merimnao">{{3309}}</Ref> for nothing; but in every thing by [[prayer]] and supplication with thanksgiving<Ref name="eucharistia">{{2169}}</Ref> let your requests be made known unto God. 7  And the peace<Ref name="eirene">{{1515}}</Ref>  of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."
:  [[Psalms 95]]:2. 2  Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving<Ref name="towdah">{{08426}}</Ref> , and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
: [[Colossians 3]]:16–17 "16  Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 17  And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks<Ref name="eucharisteo">{{2168}}</Ref> to God and the Father by him."
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| '''Questions'''
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| Why is [[corban]] meaning [[sacrifice]] translated [[treasury]]?
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| What were the [[graven images]] of the [[temples]]?
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| How do you invest in the [[kingdom of God]]?
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| Why did Israel create the [[golden calf]]?
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| What does it mean to pray to our [[father]] who is not in heaven?
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| What is the [[reward of unrighteousness]]?
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== Decrees of the king ==

=== Pure Giving vs hypocrite ===

[1] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''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.'''</Span>


[2] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the [[hypocrite]]s do in the [[synagogue]]s and in the streets, that they may have glory<Ref name="doxasthōsin"></Ref> of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.'''</Span>

=== Private prayer vs hypocrite ===

[3] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:'''</Span>


[4] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.'''</Span>

=== Public Prayer vs hypocrite ===

[5] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to [[prayer|pray]] standing in the [[synagogue]]s and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.'''</Span>

[6] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, [[prayer|pray]] to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.'''</Span>

== Vain Repetition vs heathen ==

[7] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''But when ye [[prayer|pray]], use not vain repetitions<Ref name="battologeo">{{945}}</Ref>, as the [[heathen]] do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.'''</Span>

[8] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father<Ref name="fatherruler">{{fatherruler}}</Ref> knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.'''</Span>

== Pray Our Father in like manner ==

[9] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''After this manner therefore [[prayer|pray]] ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.'''</Span>

=== Thy will be done===

[10] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.'''</Span>

=== Daily bread ===

[11] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Give us this day our [[daily bread]].'''<Ref name="feast">{{feast}}</Ref></Span>

=== Forgive as we forgive ===

[12] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''And [[forgive]] us our [[debt]]s<Ref name="Forbearanceq">{{Forbearanceq}}</Ref>, as we forgive our debtors.'''</Span>

===Lead away from temptations ===

[13] <span style="color:#FF0000">''' And lead us not into [[temptation]], but deliver us from [[evil]]: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.'''</Span>


=== Forgive or not forgiven ===

[14] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''For if ye [[forgive]] men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:'''</Span>

[15] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''But if ye [[forgive]] not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.'''</Span><Ref name="seekstrive">{{seekstrive}}</Ref>

== Fasting with the hypocrites ==

[16] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.'''</Span>

[17] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''But thou, when thou fastest, [[anoint]] thine head, and wash thy face;'''</Span>

[18] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.'''</Span>

== Lay Up Treasures in Heaven ==

[19] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Lay not up for yourselves treasures<Ref name="treasf">{{treasf}}</Ref> upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:'''</Span><Ref name="Robbers">{{Robbers}}</Ref>

[20] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''But lay up for yourselves treasures<Ref name="treasf">{{treasf}}</Ref> in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:'''</Span>

[21] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''For where your treasure<Ref name="treasf">{{treasf}}</Ref> is, there will your heart be also.'''</Span>

== Love the light not evil ==

[22] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.'''</Span>

[23] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''But if thine eye be [[evil]]<Ref name="poneros">{{4190}}</Ref>, thy whole body shall be full of [[darkness]].<Ref name="darkened">{{darkened}}</Ref> If therefore the light that is in thee be [[darkness]], how great is that [[darkness]]!'''</Span>

[24] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''No man can serve two [[master]]s: for either he will hate the one, and [[love]] the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and [[mammon]].'''<Ref name="godhate">{{godhate}}</Ref></Span>

== Do Not Be Anxious ==

[25] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought<Ref name="merimnao">{{3309}}</Ref> for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?'''</Span>

[26] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?'''</Span>

[27] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Which of you by taking thought<Ref name="merimnao">{{3309}}</Ref> can add one cubit unto his stature?'''</Span>

[28] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''And why take ye thought<Ref name="merimnao">{{3309}}</Ref> for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:'''</Span>

[29] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''And yet I say unto you, That even [[Solomon]] in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.'''</Span>

[30] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little [[faith]]?'''</Span><Ref name="littlef">{{littlef}}</Ref>

[31] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Therefore take no thought<Ref name="merimnao">{{3309}}</Ref>, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?'''</Span>

[32] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''(For after all these things do the [[Gentiles]] seek:) for your heavenly [[Father]] knoweth that ye have need of all these things.'''</Span>

[33] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''But [[seek]] ye first the [[kingdom of God]], and his [[righteousness]]; and all these things shall be added unto you.'''</Span>

[34] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Take<Ref name="merimnao">{{3309}}</Ref> therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the [[evil]] thereof.'''</Span>

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