Matthew 6:1–8, Matthew 6:16–18
Your sermon should encourage God’s people to do good to in order to please their Father and not as a means of winning the approval of men. Explain why the approval of men is typically so important to us, and what that says about our understanding of Jesus’ work of salvation/our relationship to God.
1 “Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.