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(πρωτον την βασιλειαν). This in answer to those who see in the Sermon on the Mount only ethical comments. Jesus in the Beatitudes drew the picture of the man with the new heart. Here he places the Kingdom of God and his righteousness before temporal blessings (food and clothing).
MATTHEW 6:33 th.n basilei,an @tou/ qeou/# kai. th.n dikaiosu,nhn auvtou/ {C} The textual data are susceptible of quite diverse evaluations. On the one hand, according to the opinion of a minority of...
Verse Matthew 6:33. _BUT SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD_] Matthew 3:7. _HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS_] That holiness of heart and purity of life which God requires of those who profess to be subjects of that...
FOR AFTER ALL THESE THINGS DO THE GENTILES SEEK - That is, those destitute of the true doctrines of religion, and unacquainted with proper dependence on Divine Providence, make it their chief anxiety...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Better Righteousness.(Matthew 6:1 .) 2. Kept in the World; Single-eyed; Trusting God.(Matthew 6:19 .)_ Our Lord said: “For I say unto you, that unless your righteousness surpass th...
TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS IN RELATION TO WEALTH. The Sermon here passes from the shortcomings of the Scribes and Pharisees. There are scattered parallels to this section in Lk. MATTHEW 6:19. TREASURE (Luke...
III. SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM. 33. SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD. The way of the Gentiles and of the world is to seek first earthly things. The interests of this world are constantly given the pre-e...
I tell you, therefore, do not worry about your life, about what you are to eat, or what you are to drink; and do not worry about your body, about what you are to wear. Is not your life more than food,...
THE REWARD MOTIVE IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (Matthew 6:1-18) When we study the opening verses of Matthew 6:1-34, we are immediately confronted with one most important question-- What is the place of the...
THE KINGDOM OF GOD. See App-114. Occurs five times: Matthew 6:33; Matthew 12:28; Matthew 19:24; Matthew 21:31;...
The parallel passage (Luke 12:22-31) follows immediately the parable of the "Rich Fool....
ΤῊΝ ΔΙΚ. ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂, i.e. τὴν δικ. Θεοῦ (Romans 1:17), the leading thought in that epistle. It is the aim (ζητεῖτε) of the Christian life. Note how Christians are taught at least to _aim_ at (ζητεῖν) rig...
The parallel passage (Luke 12:22-31) follows immediately the parable of the Rich Fool....
VER 31. "THEREFORE TAKE NO THOUGHT, SAYING, WHAT SHALL WE EAT? OR, WHAT SHALL WE DRINK? OR, WHEREWITHAL SHALL WE BE CLOTHED? 32. (FOR AFTER ALL THESE THINGS DO THE GENTILES SEEK:) FOR YOUR HEAVENLY FA...
_THE ACTIONS OF SHINNING, SERVING AND LIVING MATTHEW 6:22-34:_ God's desire is for our "whole body to be full of light." A good eye leads to a shinning life. A bad eye will lead to a life of darkness....
ΖΗΤΕΊΤΕ (G2212) _praes. imper. act._ искать. _Praes._ выражает призыв к постоянному настрою. Imper., после которого следует FUT., образует аподосис в семитском _conj._ (Beyer, 252-55). ΔΙΚΑΙΟΣΎΝΗ (G1...
DISCOURSE: 1324 AGAINST CAREFULNESS Matthew 6:25. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is no...
BUT SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD, &C.— That is, true religion; the _advantages_ of the kingdom of God; _righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost,_ Romans 14:17 the treasures mentioned in Ma...
E. THE WEALTH AND WORRIES OF THE WISE AND GODLY MAN (Matthew 6:19-34) TEXT 6:19-34 1. HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD EARTHLY TREASURES. (6:19-21) 19. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth. where m...
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. BUT SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS; AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE...
14-15 Compare Mar_11:25-26. 14 Forgiveness now is according to the riches of His grace (Eph_1:7), not according to our forgiveness of others. The believers in Israel failed at this point. Their forgi...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (CONTINUED) 1. God's approval, not man's, to be sought in all our actions. Jesus does not say that we are to do good expecting no reward of any kind, but that we are to look fo...
THE CHRISTIAN'S FREEDOM FROM CARE AND ANXIETY (Luke 12:22). The worldly man is oppressed with care. He is always in fear that his deep-laid plans for the future will miscarry, that some object that he...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 6 THE RIGHT WAY TO GIVE GIFTS 6:1-4 V1 ‘Be careful not to show how good you are in front of other people. Do not do your good works...
SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD. — The context shows that the words point to the “seeking” of prayer, rather than of act, though the latter meaning is, of course, not excluded. What is thus to be sou...
CHAPTER 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 7:1 IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon on the Mount"; yet, so smal...
_Renewed exhortation against care_....
_Counsels against care_. More suitable to the circumstances of the disciples than those against amassing treasures. “Why speak of treasures to us who are not even sure of the necessaries of life? It i...
_Counsels against covetousness and care_ (reproduced in Luke 12:22-34, with exception of Matthew 6:22-23, which reappear in Luke 11:34-36). An interpolation, according to Weiss. Doubtless, if the Serm...
THE CURE FOR ANXIOUS CARE Matthew 6:27-34 The Lord's tone is gentle and tender when He turns to address the poor. He says three times over, “Don't be anxious.” He never forgot that He sprang, accordi...
In the first verse the Revised Version has substituted the word "righteousness" for "alms," "a reading approved of, almost unanimously, by the great editors and critics" (Morrison). This is a statemen...
[5] Your Father knoweth; he does not say God knoweth, but your Father, to teach us to apply to him with greater confidence. (St. John Chrysostom) --- He that delivers himself entirely into the hands o...
CHAPTER 16 SERMON ON THE MOUNT Matthew 5-7, and Luke 6:20-49. A few days ago it was my privilege to spend two beautiful bright days at the sea of Galilee, sailing over it, and visiting the places of...
Take 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. Who can add to the beauties, as well as doctrines of...
God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
_THE PRINCIPLES OF THE KINGDOM_ ‘Seek ye first the kingdom of God.’ Matthew 6:33 These are words of the kind with which we find it hard to deal sincerely; too true to be denied, too high to be prac...
_THE ECONOMIC PRECEPTS OF CHRIST_ ‘Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.’ Matthew 6:33 To recognise these precepts of the Sermon on...
Matthew 6:33._But rather seek first the kingdom of God _This is another argument for restraining excessive anxiety about food. It argues a gross and indolent neglect of the soul, and of the heavenly l...
This discourse gives the principles of the kingdom, but supposes the rejection of the King, and the position into which this would bring those that were His; who consequently must look for a heavenly...
BUT SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD,.... Meaning either the Gospel, and the ministration of it; in which sense this phrase is often used, see Matthew 21:43 and which is diligently to be sought after, an...
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Ver. 33. _But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness_] That as the end, this...
_But_ You my disciples have more important business to employ your minds about, and have higher hopes to encourage you. Therefore _seek ye first_ That is, in the _first_ place, and with the greatest e...
SEE YE FIRST; seek first an interest in the blessings of Christ's righteousness and reign. Chap Matthew 3:2. ALL THESE THINGS; all needed good he will bestow....
The care which God demands: BUT SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU. To seek, earnestly to covet, to put the whole heart to the gaining...
Verse 1 warns against practicing righteousness (margin) before men to attract their attention. This is self-righteousness, a mere show. How can we expect the Father to reward what we do merely to impr...
25-34 There is scarcely any sin against which our Lord Jesus more warns his disciples, than disquieting, distracting, distrustful cares about the things of this life. This often insnares the poor as...
THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, in this verse, are terms comprehensive of whatsoever appertaineth to the honour and glory of God, either as means, or as the end. Let your principal care and...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II But you also oppose Scripture, seeing it expressly cries "Seek first the kingdom of heaven, and all these things shall be added unto you."[254] Clement o...
Matthew 6:33 But G1161 seek G2212 (G5720) first G4412 kingdom G932 God G2316 and G2532 His G846 righteousness...
Matthew 6:32. BUT SEEK YE FIRST. No ‘secondly' is implied, as though we might be avaricious, after we have attended to the duties of religion. The first object is supreme. This positive command is nee...
CONNECTION AND CONTENTS. The _external connection_ seems to be between ‘they have received their reward,' which closes each of the foregoing examples of false piety, and ‘lay not up for yourselves tre...
GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
KINGDOM OF GOD The kingdom of God is to be distinguished from the kingdom of heaven (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 3:2), _ in five respects: (1) The kingdom of God is universal, including all moral i...
Matthew 6:33 Prosperity shall follow true piety. When it is said "Seek first" it means first in both senses of the term first in time, and first in emphasis. The intensity is on both of them combined...
Matthew 6:25 In Matthew 6:25 we have an argument against giving place to the cares of this world, on the ground that they are unworthy of an immortal being like man; and also an illustration pointedl...
Matthew 6:5. _And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men._ We oug...
CONTENTS: Sermon on the Mount, continued. Formalism condemned. The new revelation of prayer (disciples prayer). The law of riches. Cure of anxiety. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus. CONCLUSION: True relationsh...
Matthew 6:1. _Take heed that ye do not your alms before men._ It is a dispute whether alms or righteousness be the true reading. The old copies had righteousness. Chrysostom in one place has righteous...
BE CONCERNED. God's Kingdom [church] ought to be your first concern. He requires faith, love, holy living, and such things from you. (1) You must put him first in point of time. Some expect to first m...
_Seek ye first the kingdom of God._ THE PROFITABLE PURSUIT I. What we are to seek. II. How we are to seek. 1. First in time. 2. First in attention. 3. What are your desires? 4. What are your ex...
CHAPTER 6 _Take heed_. &c. Instead of _alms_, some Greek Codices read _δικαιοσύνην, righteousness_, or _justice._ This is the reading of the Syriac and the Latin Vulgate. The Complutensian, Royal, and...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 6:25. THEREFORE.—Denoting a connection between the service of mammon and “taking thought.” TAKE NO THOUGHT.—_Be not anxious_ (R.V.). Life.—The Greek word is the same as that...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 6:1 _The_ _relation of our Lord and his disciples to the religion of the day _(_continued_);_ vide _Matthew 5:17, note. (_b_) Our Lord turns from cases which could be directly dedu...
Tonight let's take a look at Matthew, chapter six. We are in the section of the book of Matthew that is commonly called the Sermon on the Mount because it was delivered to the disciples of Jesus on th...
1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Corinthians 3:22; 1 Kings 17:13; 1 Kings 3:11;...
Seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness — Singly aim at this, that God, reigning in your heart, may fill it with the righteousness above described. And indeed whosoever seeks this first, will so...
That is, let your first and chief care be to promote the kingdom of grace in this world, and to secure the kingdom of glory in the next; and in order unto both, seek after an universal holiness and ri...