Secret Righteousness: Fasting

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1 Secret Righteousness: Fasting MATTHEW 6:16-18 John Barclay Daniel Gates

2 Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. Matthew 6:1 (ESV) Giving (6:2-4) Praying (6:5-13) Fasting (6:16-18)

3 And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 17 But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 18 that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. Matthew 6:16-18 (ESV)

4 And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. Matthew 6:16 (ESV)

5 And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. Matthew 6:16 (ESV)

6 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. Matthew 4:1-2 (ESV)

7 And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. Matthew 6:16 (ESV)

8 Then Jesus told his disciples, If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. Matthew 16:24 (ESV)

9 Disciplines of Abstinence Solitude Silence Fasting Frugality Chastity Secrecy Sacrifice Disciplines of Engagement Study Worship Celebration Service Prayer Fellowship Confession Submission

10 In the disciplines of abstinence, we abstain to some degree and for some time from the satisfaction of what we generally regard as normal and legitimate desires. Dallas Willard

11 And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. Matthew 6:16 (ESV)

12 And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. Matthew 6:16 (ESV)

13 They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long... Matthew 23:5 (ESV)

14 Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. Matthew 6:1 (ESV) In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. Matthew 5:16 (ESV)

15 ... show when tempted to hide and hide when tempted to show... A. B. Bruce

16 Intimacy with God is better than the praise of man.

17 And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. Matthew 6:16 (ESV)

18 And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. Matthew 6:16 (ESV)

19 But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face... Matthew 6:17 (ESV)

20 But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face... Matthew 6:17 (ESV)

21 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. 25 Every athlete exercises selfcontrol in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. 26 So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. 27 But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 (ESV)

22 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. Galatians 5:17 (ESV)

23 But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 18 that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. Matthew 6:17-18 (ESV)

24 Giving Prayer Fasting Hypocrites Verse 2 Verse 5 Verse 16 Try-Hard (showing off) ostentation Verses 1-2 Verse 5 Verse 16 Righteous acts to be seen, received reward in full Verse 2 Verse 5 Verse 16 Righteous acts in secret Verse 4 Verse 6 Verse 18 Father who sees in secret Verse 4 Verse 6, 8 Verse 18

25 Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. Matthew 6:1 (ESV)

26 The Ride Home 1. Don't be a hypocrite. 2. Don't be a Try-Hard (Show-off). 3. Don't fast for the praise of others. 4. If you do, their praise is all the reward you deserve and will get.

27 Pharisaic Righteousness Hypocritical Showing Off (Try-Hard) Seeking Praise of Others Rewarded by Others Secret Righteousness Real Normal Quiet (Seen by God) Rewarded by God

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29 Secret Righteousness: Fasting MATTHEW 6:16-18

30 Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. 26 So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. 27 But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. 1 Corinthians 9:25-27 (ESV)

31 So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. 27 But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. 1 Corinthians 9:26-27 (ESV)