What Are Vain Repetitions? Matthew 6:7-8 (KJV) | Sermon on the Mount Pt 14

What are vain repetitions? Matthew 6:7-8 (KJV): "use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do... for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of."
Sermon on the Mount Pt 14, hosted by Matt Hepner and TopLobsta.

"But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking" (Matthew 6:7). After a recap of praying in secret, Matt pictures a customer who says "I'll take a large hot mocha" over and over. That is how ridiculous vain repetition is. Saying prayers is different from praying: prayer is a back-and-forth conversation with God.

How does God talk? "Call unto me, and I will answer thee" (Jeremiah 33:3). The Spirit of truth "will guide you into all truth" (John 16:13), and the Comforter "shall teach you all things" (John 14:26). Israel "forsaken me the fountain of living waters" and hewed out broken cisterns (Jeremiah 2:13). In Isaiah 45 God forms the light and creates darkness (45:7), the clay does not argue with the potter, and "concerning the work of my hands command ye me" (45:11).

"Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him" (Matthew 6:8), so "come boldly unto the throne of grace" (Hebrews 4:16). The Spirit makes intercession "with groanings which cannot be uttered" (Romans 8:26). Nineveh prays "Who can tell if God will turn and repent" (Jonah 3:9), Daniel confesses "We have sinned" (Daniel 9), Jesus prays in John 17, and Daniel is heard from the first day (Daniel 10:12). Is thanking God every day a vain repetition? Not if it comes from the heart.

Questions answered
- What are vain repetitions? (8:10)
- Is saying prayers the same as praying? (8:40)
- How does God talk to us? (7:04)
- What does "Call unto me, and I will answer thee" mean? (11:11)
- If God knows what we need, why pray? (45:11)
- What does it mean to come boldly to the throne of grace? (51:19)
- Is thanking God daily a vain repetition? (1:25:03)

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Chapters
0:00 Matthew 6, Verses 7-8: Opening
0:32 Sermon on the Mount Episode 14
1:40 Vain Repetitions (Matthew 6, Verses 7-8)
2:01 Recap: Pray in Secret
4:03 He Shall Reward Thee Openly
5:00 Faith Is the Substance (Hebrews 11, Verse 1)
7:04 How Does God Talk?
8:10 Don't Use Vain Repetitions
8:40 A Large Hot Mocha
11:11 Call Unto Me (Jeremiah 33, Verse 3)
16:06 I Have Yet Many Things (John 16, Verses 12-13)
17:05 Broken Cisterns (Jeremiah 2, Verse 13)
19:13 Guide You Into All Truth
25:10 The Comforter (John 14, Verse 26)
27:09 Isaiah 45
30:13 I Form the Light (Isaiah 45, Verse 7)
35:21 Lucifer
41:40 Clay and Potter
42:43 Command Ye Me (Isaiah 45, Verse 11)
45:11 Your Father Knoweth (Matthew 6, Verse 8)
48:46 Great High Priest (Hebrews 4, Verses 14-16)
51:19 Come Boldly
55:46 Creation Groans (Romans 8, Verses 19-28)
1:00:45 Groanings Which Cannot Be Uttered
1:04:29 Jonah 3
1:09:24 Who Can Tell if God Will Repent
1:11:03 Repent in Hebrew
1:12:56 Daniel 9
1:15:03 We Have Sinned
1:22:12 John 17
1:25:03 Is Thanking God Daily a Vain Repetition?
1:25:58 Daniel 10
1:31:54 If Ye Forgive Men (Matthew 6, Verses 14-15)
1:33:07 The Culture of Our Kingdom

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