Hi, I'm Robert Jeffress and I'm glad to serve as your Bible teacher every day on this great radio station on today's edition of Pathway to Victory.

Yes, practice your good works not so that people will say what a glorious person you are but what a wonderful person God is for the glory of God.

That is your motive. It's a good thing. But if you are practicing your worship, your righteous acts in order to be seen by other people, that's a bad thing.

Welcome to Pathway to Victory with author and pastor Dr. Robert Jeffress.

In his 33 years on earth, Jesus encountered all kinds of people.

And do you know which ones bothered him the most? It wasn't the tax collectors. It wasn't the thieves or the adulterers. It was the religious phonies.

Today on Pathway to Victory, Dr. Robert Jeffress explains why hypocrisy is such a serious offense to God. Now here's our Bible teacher to introduce today's message.

Dr. Jeffress?

Thanks David and welcome again to Pathway to Victory. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to sit across the table from Jesus for a chat about your life? What do you think he would say to you?

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But right now, let's turn our Bibles to Matthew chapter 6. I want you to hear what Jesus said about engaging in worship. I titled today's message straight talk about your worship.

If you have your Bibles, turn to Matthew 6, as we continue our study on the most famous sermon of all, the sermon on the Mount, a series we're calling 18 Minutes with Jesus.

And now, Jesus is going to turn to our attitudes about worship. And when it comes to worship, Jesus is going to address our attitudes and actions and three key expressions of worship, giving, praying, and fasting.

Today, we're going to look at what Jesus says about giving. First of all, in verse 1, he sounds a general warning against hypocrisy. He says, beware, beware of what?

Of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them, otherwise you will have no reward with your father who's in heaven.

Nothing calls Jesus stomach to turn anymore than fake believers, people who had only a veneer, a facade of Christianity that wasn't backed up by reality.

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