The Appearance of Christianity

Matthew 6:1-4

The Appearance of Christianity

Numbers 15:1-13 (rules of Sacrifice)Numbers 15:14-17 (stranger, sacrifice rules)Numbers 15:18-21 (offering of first bread)Numbers 15:22-29 (law about unintentional

sin)Numbers 15:30-31 (law about intentional sin)Numbers 15:32-36 (man gathering sticks)Numbers 15:37-41 (God’s instructions to

remember)

Be holy to God

Matthew 23:1-10Religious leaders

making a show of their “holiness”

Doing it for other men, not for God

Doing what is easy

What do they love?To be seen in “holy”

clothesPlaces of honor,

best seats in the synagogues

Greetings in the marketplace

Their title

John 5:44-47

44 How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God ye seek not? 45 Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, on whom ye have set your hope. 46 For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote of me. 47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?

Who is more holy?

?

Disconnection

Instead of their appearance being an outward sign of what is inside, some use appearance as a way to hide who they really are.

Matthew 23:25-32Full of Greed and Self-indulgenceAppear beautiful outwardly, but inside are

dirty, full of men’s bonesSpeak liesHow shall they escape the judgment of hell?

How is the inside?

First clean the inside

Jeremiah 4:14Don’t forget to

practice all of God’s law

Matthew 23:23Put off pride and

stubborness

Matthew 23:37

Matthew 15:18-20

18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man. 19 For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings: 20 these are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man.

Luke 12:2-3Are you hiding who you are?

Examine yourself

Colossians 1:21-23Examine your mindExamine your worksContinue in faith,

don’t move from hope

Philippians 1:27Examine how you

act other places

Examine yourself

James 1:22-25Everyone has ears and can listen, but it

takes a follower to do. A believer.People hear and listen, but when they go

out the doors, what kind of person are they?

Luke 11:28You can find this phrase repeated in the

bible.

Things to remember about God

I Chronicles 28:9 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

Things to remember about God

Psalms 147:10-11 10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. 11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

Conclusion

Be a Christian in word and deed.Remember who made you a Christian

and who you should please.

Galatians 1:10Appearances can be deceiving, don’t be

a deceiver, examine yourself.

Are you a Christian?

Hebrews 9:27And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once

to die, and after this cometh judgment;

Mark 16:16He that believeth and is baptized shall be

saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.