CT070 - When You Give

In the opening verses of Matthew 6, Jesus shifts the question from what we do to why we do it. Taking giving as his first example, he warns against practicing righteousness "to be seen" — the kind of generosity that performs for a crowd and is paid in full the moment people applaud — and calls us instead to give quietly, in secret, for the Father who sees what no one else does.

This episode of Cornerstone Today walks through Matthew 6:1–4, reconciling "don't be seen" with "let your light shine," unpacking the trumpet, the actor's mask, and the "paid in full" receipt, and landing on the warm center of the passage: we are not performing for a crowd that may or may not notice us; we live before a Father who never misses a thing — and who rewards in his own lasting way.