What do you want out of life? Do you want people to be impressed by how holy you seem to be? In today’s episode of Deepen, Pastor Joby expounds on Matthew 6:1-18 and explains Jesus’ warning against being a “performer” of righteous deeds. Jesus wants us to live to please God and to pursue the reward that He offers through our giving, our praying, and our fasting: the gift of himself.
“If we consider the unblushing promises of reward … promised in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at sea. We are far too easily pleased.” - C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory
📣 Episode Mentions:
• Scripture Passage: Matthew 6:1-18
• Hosts: Pastor Joby Martin, Pastor Ryan Britt and Jonathan Vinke
📌 Supplemental Resources From This Week:
• The Faithfulness No One Sees
• In the Secret - Mountain to Mountain - Matthew S2E4
• In the Secret - Mountain to Mountain - Matthew S2E4 (Full Service)
• Matthew Season 2: Mountain to Mountain Sermon Series
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