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James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:6

ALONE WITH GOD‘But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret.’ Matthew 6:6 It is the test of what a man is when he is alone with God. The religious life is what we are to God, and what God is to us. I. A little sanctuary.—Your own heart must be ‘the closet.’ You must manage—in business, in the street, in company, in a crowd,—to make a stillness; to draw the curtains round your mind, and constitute it, for a little... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:9

THE HALLOWED NAME‘Hallowed be Thy name.’ Matthew 6:9 If the highest reach of prayer is to approach as near as we can to the worship of heaven, how can we get nearer to the ‘Holy, Holy, Holy,’ than by breathing faintly out of our weaker state, ‘Hallowed be Thy name’? So that indeed we may say that the more we can match the spirit of those words, the closer we come to the anthems of the redeemed, and to the angels’ song. I. God’s name.—In Holy Scripture the expression ‘name’ means the whole... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:1-7

The Sermon on the Mount Part 2. Seven Warnings Against False Behaviour, Each Accompanied by The Command To Take Action In The Opposite Direction, And Each of Which Culminates in Assurances of the Father’s (God’s) Resultant Blessing (6:1-7). Having brought out the full significance of God’s Law (in chapter 5), and having stressed the importance within that Law of right human relationships, and having shown them the final goal of full God-likeness at which they had to aim, Jesus now moves on to... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:1-18

The Importance of Their Worship And ‘Religious’ Service Being Genuine (6:1-18). Among the Jews almsgiving, prayer and fasting were seen as the basics of a godly life, and as being evidence of a life that was pleasing to God. For example in Tob 12:8 (a Jewish writing) we read, ‘prayer is good when it is accompanied by fasting, almsgiving, and righteousness’ (note the differing order from Jesus, Who valued righteousness and almsgiving above fasting). The principle in mind was clearly correct,... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:1-34

THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS. THE FULFILMENT OF THE INSTRUCTION OF YHWH AND OF THE PROPHETIC HOPES (5:17-7:12). Having revealed how God has worked in His disciples in a life-transforming way in Matthew 5:3-9, and having shown them that they are to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world in Matthew 5:13-16, Jesus now goes into detail about what that will involve, and how it will lead up to the final consummation, that is to the fulfilment of the Law (the Torah - The Instruction of God)... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:5-6

The Essence Of True Personal Prayer Is To Be Praying Secretly Alone With God (6:5-6). Jesus now turns to the question of true prayer. He will deal with this in two stages, firstly as to the need for such prayer to be a secret between God and the one who prays, so that it is genuine prayer and not a public performance, and then secondly as to how to pray, and what to pray for. Both are to be seen as an essential part of prayer, a right attitude followed by a right approach. He first considers... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:6

“But you, when you pray, enter into your inner chamber, And having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, And your Father who sees in secret will recompense you.” But the true disciple when he prays goes into an inner room in his house, probably a store room, where no one will know what he is doing. He wants no credit for what he is doing. Such an idea would not even cross his mind. The ‘inner room’ or ‘store room’ would probably be windowless. Here no one was likely to see him,... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:7

“And in praying do not use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do, For they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.” In praying they are not to ‘use vain repetitions.’ This might literally be translated, ‘do not babble’ (but the word is a rare one and its exact meaning is not known). The word is battalogeo. It may reflect the Hebrew word ‘batel’ meaning vain or idle. Or it may reflect the Greek root ‘batt’ meaning ‘stuttering’. Taken with logeo it could therefore mean speaking... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:7-9

How Not To Pray (6:7-9a). Having gone quietly and secretly into a private room the next question was as to what kind of praying to avoid. The point being made here is that the prayers of most men are useless, and accomplish nothing, simply because when they pray it is not a question of genuinely speaking with God. To them God is just a convenience store. Their aim is simply to get what they want. And they rather think that by repeating themselves and going on and on in prayer they will somehow... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:8-9

“Do not therefore be like them, For your Father knows what things you have need of, before you ask him. After this manner therefore pray you.” So they need not think that they should wear down God’s resistance, or try to ensure that He really did know what they wanted by their constant repetition, as though there were any doubt about the situation. Rather they should recognise that even before they begin to pray their Father knows precisely what they need before they ask Him. They are coming to... read more

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:6

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:9

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:1-7

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:1-18

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:1-34

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:5-6

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:6

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:7

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:7-9

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:8-9

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