Shining Your Light Through Sincerity and Authenticity
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "We live for an audience of one, and that's different than the world around us. Our world lives for the likes of social media. Our world lives for the approval and recognition of others. But Jesus states that we should do our charity, our prayers, our fasting, our spiritual life in secret. Not to be seen by others, but to be seen by our God. We don't post it on social media. I'm fasting today. Oh, I prayed for two hours today. Oh man, I had a great time studying my Bible for the last six hours. We don't do that to get the attention of other people. Our heart is focused on God. We do it for Him." [01:08:05]
2. "By living for God, not to be seen by others, but living for God because we truly and genuinely love our God and we want to be just like Him. May we shine our light this year through our sincerity. Be the same person that in private that you are in public. Don't fight in the car on the way to church and then walk into church and be like, oh, brother, it's so good to see you. Everything's great. Just don't fight in the car beforehand, okay? Do it right. Live a godly life and you'll make a difference in this world because our world sees hypocrisy everywhere they look. And genuineness, sincerity stands out. And they go, there's something different about them. Jesus does make a difference." [01:10:20]
3. "Sincerity is such a rare characteristic trait to find in our society that when it is found, it makes an impact. When people see that we are the same in private as the persona that we have in public, it really stands out to other people. Jesus preached here in Matthew chapter number six that we can shine our light through our sincerity. Three different times, Jesus states, the father which sees in secret shall reward the openly." [42:26]
4. "We don't do it so others will talk about how great we are. We don't even do it to get rewarded by God. Though it says in verse number four that he will reward us. We don't treat it like an investment. Oh, I'm gonna give. I'm gonna do so. So I will be blessed by God. We give because we're like our God. And our God is a giving God. He's a merciful God. He gives to others. Anything that we do, whether it's giving our time, our money, or anything else, should be done not to receive praise from other people." [49:24]
5. "Prayer is a privilege. It's a conversation. That between us and the God of this universe. We don't pray for the benefit of other people. We don't pray to be seen of others. Rather, we pray to talk with our God. It's an amazing privilege that we as Christians have to have. We have been invited to enter into the very throne room of grace with boldness. We don't have to ask for permission. God's already invited us through what Jesus Christ has done." [01:01:08]
### Quotes for Members
1. "In verse number five, he mentions the phrase seen of men. And in verse number 16, he uses the phrase that they may appear unto men. It's clear that within this passage, Jesus Christ is talking about sincerity and hypocrisy. On one side, you have a group of people who did what they did in order to be seen by others. Then on the other side, you have Jesus Christ who's encouraging us to do what we do, not to be seen by other people, but to be seen by God. We should do what we do for God's eyes, for him to see, not for the eyes of others. We should be who we are for the eyes of God, not to impress." [44:32]
2. "Who you are at home is who you really are. Are you the same person in private that you are in public? I'll tell you one of the worst things that any parent can do for their children is to live a life of hypocrisy. Their kids come to church. They hear their Sunday school teacher teaching about how you should live as a Christian. They hear the pastor get up and preach from the word of God about how Jesus Christ expects us to live. And your kids are hearing this about what Jesus Christ expects and what God expects from us and how Jesus makes us different. And then they go home and they see mom and dad not living that type of life. They see mom and dad not being as they heard in Sunday school as they heard from the preaching of the word of God. And what our kids walk away from thinking is Jesus doesn't really make a difference in their life. That's just all talk. That's just all something that's said. Yeah, mom and dad, they sing in church. Yeah, mom and dad, they put a smile on their face and they talk about Jesus at church. But they never talk about Jesus at home. They never make a difference in our community. They act just like everyone else. And that hurts our kids more than anything else. We shine our light through our sincerity by not being hypocrites." [01:09:14]
3. "Jesus states that our prayer shouldn't be repetitious in verse eight. But when you pray, use not vain repetitions as the heathen do, for they think that they shall be hurt. For they're much speaking. Prayer is not just a matter of saying the Shema or the Amida. Prayer is not a matter of just repeating some words. The pagans who worship false idols do this. They just repeat things. When God's people pray, we're talking with the living God. He's a person. He's relatable. He talks with us. He communicates with us. He's our father. And we can have a conversation with us. And so Jesus tells us, he gives us, he gives us a model for how we are to pray." [57:37]
4. "We don't fast to get the attention of men. We fast to get the attention of God and to demonstrate to God just how desperate we are about this situation. We're sincere. We don't care what anyone else thinks. We don't care what anyone else says about us. Our attention is on our God. See, we shine our light. We shine our light through our sincerity. When we don't do things for the eyes of other people, but instead we do them for the eyes of God, that's different. When we're the same." [01:07:17]
5. "How many of us meet with God on a daily basis? Really meet with him. Now we know when we pray, we've had a communication, we've had a conversation with our God. Jesus states that if we want to shine our light to the world, we must be a people who pray. Not someone that merely says words, but someone who meets with our God. Someone who has a relationship with God and therefore has no problem having a conversation with God because he's our Father. The final area of sincerity that Jesus addresses is that of fasting." [01:03:00]
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1. "We live for an audience of one, and that's different than the world around us. Our world lives for the likes of social media. Our world lives for the approval and recognition of others. But Jesus states that we should do our charity, our prayers, our fasting, our spiritual life in secret. Not to be seen by others, but to be seen by our God. We don't post it on social media. I'm fasting today. Oh, I prayed for two hours today. Oh man, I had a great time studying my Bible for the last six hours. We don't do that to get the attention of other people. Our heart is focused on God. We do it for Him." [01:08:05]
2. "By living for God, not to be seen by others, but living for God because we truly and genuinely love our God and we want to be just like Him. May we shine our light this year through our sincerity. Be the same person that in private that you are in public. Don't fight in the car on the way to church and then walk into church and be like, oh, brother, it's so good to see you. Everything's great. Just don't fight in the car beforehand, okay? Do it right. Live a godly life and you'll make a difference in this world because our world sees hypocrisy everywhere they look. And genuineness, sincerity stands out. And they go, there's something different about them. Jesus does make a difference." [01:10:20]
3. "Sincerity is such a rare characteristic trait to find in our society that when it is found, it makes an impact. When people see that we are the same in private as the persona that we have in public, it really stands out to other people. Jesus preached here in Matthew chapter number six that we can shine our light through our sincerity. Three different times, Jesus states, the father which sees in secret shall reward the openly." [42:26]
4. "We don't do it so others will talk about how great we are. We don't even do it to get rewarded by God. Though it says in verse number four that he will reward us. We don't treat it like an investment. Oh, I'm gonna give. I'm gonna do so. So I will be blessed by God. We give because we're like our God. And our God is a giving God. He's a merciful God. He gives to others. Anything that we do, whether it's giving our time, our money, or anything else, should be done not to receive praise from other people." [49:24]
5. "Prayer is a privilege. It's a conversation. That between us and the God of this universe. We don't pray for the benefit of other people. We don't pray to be seen of others. Rather, we pray to talk with our God. It's an amazing privilege that we as Christians have to have. We have been invited to enter into the very throne room of grace with boldness. We don't have to ask for permission. God's already invited us through what Jesus Christ has done." [01:01:08]
### Quotes for Members
1. "In verse number five, he mentions the phrase seen of men. And in verse number 16, he uses the phrase that they may appear unto men. It's clear that within this passage, Jesus Christ is talking about sincerity and hypocrisy. On one side, you have a group of people who did what they did in order to be seen by others. Then on the other side, you have Jesus Christ who's encouraging us to do what we do, not to be seen by other people, but to be seen by God. We should do what we do for God's eyes, for him to see, not for the eyes of others. We should be who we are for the eyes of God, not to impress." [44:32]
2. "Who you are at home is who you really are. Are you the same person in private that you are in public? I'll tell you one of the worst things that any parent can do for their children is to live a life of hypocrisy. Their kids come to church. They hear their Sunday school teacher teaching about how you should live as a Christian. They hear the pastor get up and preach from the word of God about how Jesus Christ expects us to live. And your kids are hearing this about what Jesus Christ expects and what God expects from us and how Jesus makes us different. And then they go home and they see mom and dad not living that type of life. They see mom and dad not being as they heard in Sunday school as they heard from the preaching of the word of God. And what our kids walk away from thinking is Jesus doesn't really make a difference in their life. That's just all talk. That's just all something that's said. Yeah, mom and dad, they sing in church. Yeah, mom and dad, they put a smile on their face and they talk about Jesus at church. But they never talk about Jesus at home. They never make a difference in our community. They act just like everyone else. And that hurts our kids more than anything else. We shine our light through our sincerity by not being hypocrites." [01:09:14]
3. "Jesus states that our prayer shouldn't be repetitious in verse eight. But when you pray, use not vain repetitions as the heathen do, for they think that they shall be hurt. For they're much speaking. Prayer is not just a matter of saying the Shema or the Amida. Prayer is not a matter of just repeating some words. The pagans who worship false idols do this. They just repeat things. When God's people pray, we're talking with the living God. He's a person. He's relatable. He talks with us. He communicates with us. He's our father. And we can have a conversation with us. And so Jesus tells us, he gives us, he gives us a model for how we are to pray." [57:37]
4. "We don't fast to get the attention of men. We fast to get the attention of God and to demonstrate to God just how desperate we are about this situation. We're sincere. We don't care what anyone else thinks. We don't care what anyone else says about us. Our attention is on our God. See, we shine our light. We shine our light through our sincerity. When we don't do things for the eyes of other people, but instead we do them for the eyes of God, that's different. When we're the same." [01:07:17]
5. "How many of us meet with God on a daily basis? Really meet with him. Now we know when we pray, we've had a communication, we've had a conversation with our God. Jesus states that if we want to shine our light to the world, we must be a people who pray. Not someone that merely says words, but someone who meets with our God. Someone who has a relationship with God and therefore has no problem having a conversation with God because he's our Father. The final area of sincerity that Jesus addresses is that of fasting." [01:03:00]
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