Matthew 6 — A New Perspective on Prayer and Independent Thinking

This commentary asks a sharper question: which words come from the righteous Jesus, which prayers and interpretations were distorted later, and why true prayer cannot be replaced by memorized formulas.

Matthew 6:1–4 — Giving in Secret and Good Deeds Without Praise

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.

2 Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
4 so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. ^*

Truly, these words come from the righteous Jesus.

Do not do good for praise, because in that case it is already self-interest, and the Almighty sees this.

Do good from your soul, with joy that life will become easier for those in need.

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Matthew 6:5–13 — The “Our Father” Prayer, True Prayer, and Speaking to God in Your Own Words

5 And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
6 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
7 “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.
8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
9–13 Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Ancient Teachings, Idols, and the Loss of Sacred Knowledge

Religious authorities call the prayers of ancient peoples false. But they do not know what the ancients prayed about, how they prayed, or what knowledge their priests possessed.

Before the rise of modern religions, many peoples had teachings that were at least not lower in spiritual level than the religions of today. Their teachings were formed by heralds of God and by those who knew sacred knowledge.

Religious authorities call the ancients idol worshippers. Yet they themselves worship idols when they pray before painted images and wooden figures.

Jesus drove sellers of animals and household goods out of the temple courtyard. But today religious servants sell images, jewelry, and candles not only in church courtyards, but even inside churches.

The Meaning of the “Our Father” Prayer in Matthew 6

The prayer known as “Our Father” is not the prayer of Jesus. It is a strongly distorted form of a more ancient prayer.

Even that ancient prayer was not ideal. It was given as an example of prayer in one’s own words.

In the prayer there is a phrase: “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”

But a person should not advise the Almighty to deliver him from evil. Evil is not removed by a request alone. It must be overcome by the person himself — through conscience, choice, action, and the growth of the soul.

Evil lives in every soul through the temptations of self-interest, indifference, vanity, fear, and ignorance. The Almighty does not push the soul into light or darkness. He creates the conditions of learning and gives the soul the choice between darkness and light, but He does not overcome temptation in place of the person.

True Prayer in Your Own Words

Prayer is a sacred act.

Hundreds of beautiful “so-called prayers” were invented to turn you away from the only true prayer that exists: prayer in your own words, addressed to the Almighty.

Do not parrot other people’s texts. You are not a child in kindergarten or at school, and you are capable of speaking to God from yourself.

Try to pray sincerely from yourself. When you pray this way for the first time, you may be surprised by a pleasant trembling in the body, and some of you may cry. This feeling will come from joy, as if you have entered your own home after walking a long and winding road.

It will also come from the joy of the Almighty over your personal appeal to Him, over your awakening, and over the growth of your soul toward your own opinion, your own conclusion, and your own decision about how to act. The Almighty has led you toward such a moment for centuries, helping the soul to grow.

At the first sincere prayer in your own words, a lasting contact with high Divine frequencies is established. Therefore, prepare yourself for this first prayer. Thank God for the path to the light that has been given to you.

If the majority had grown to their own “I” and to their own opinion, wars would stop, because awakened people cannot be set against one another and robbed. Otherwise, the world will continue moving toward the abyss while believing the instructions imposed by “idols.”

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Matthew 6:16–18 — Fasting as Cleansing, Not Religious Display

16 And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
17 But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
18 that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

To fast does not mean to show reverence to God through outward suffering. It means benefit for the body, so that it may cleanse itself from time to time.

This is what Jesus meant, and this is what the true priests of antiquity meant.

Matthew 6:19–21 — Treasures in Heaven and the Wealth of the Soul

19 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,
20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

These words were excellently spoken by Jesus.

We have only one true wealth — our soul.

Do not be angry with me for giving an evaluation of the words of Jesus. As it was mentioned in Two Symbols, One Path: The Slain Lamb and the Water Bearer, he and I preached one teaching in those times, before I was executed by order of Herod Antipas.

I know what Jesus could have said and what was later attributed to his words.

If you doubt me, answer this: how could I, without the will and help of the Almighty, open the prophesied Book and take out His seven lampstands?

Think about this: if I had lied, why did I not call myself the greatest of geniuses and claim that I had created the seven lampstands myself — the sacred tables where the eight-pointed star appears in two ways in each table, along with the other wonders opened in the Book?

Could I not have said that, if I had been tempted by the filth of vanity? But I spoke the truth when I said that I could not have opened the prophesied sealed Book without the will of the Creator.

In the previous time, neither I, nor Jesus, nor Muhammad came with such a level of proof from our Father. And you did not fulfill our covenants. Now the seven lampstands of the Almighty have been revealed to you.

What further proof from the Almighty do you still need in order to fulfill His will for your salvation?

The Seven Lampstands, the Gift of the Creator, and the Time of Examination

There will be no more miracles for you before Judgment Day, because this is the time of examination, not the time when each of you is led “by the hand” as in the time of teachings.

Unite around the Gift of the Creator in order to throw off the collar of satanic forces and to pass the examination together with the whole world. Do not follow the calls of agitators against the authorities. Their goal is to lead you into chaos and clashes.

Only by awakening as the majority, only through unity, will you change the level of authority — without clashes and division.

The level of officials corresponds to the level of society, according to the law of the Divine Matrix program.

Your doubts about me do not concern me. But I grieve over your blindness to the Gift of the Almighty.

I have transmitted the will of the Creator. How you act is your choice.

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Matthew 6:22–24 — God and Money, Excess, and Measure in All Things

22 The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light,
23 but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

These words were excellently spoken by Jesus.

He did not mean that a person should strive to be poor.

He meant that a person should not become a slave to excess and should keep measure in all things.

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Matthew 6:25–34 — Responsibility, Prayer, and Independent Thinking

25 Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?
28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,
29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
34 Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. 

These are not phrases from Jesus. They are phrases from those who think about religion and add such distortions to sacred writings.

Read the text above with your own reason, while also listening to the voice of God — conscience.

If you do not care for food for yourself and your family, should God feed a family of idle people?

Birds hatch their young in spring so that before the cold arrives their young may grow and receive clothing of down and feathers. But your children will freeze in winter without clothing.

Therefore, it is not correct to say that Solomon was dressed worse than birds, just as it is an invention that Solomon built a temple for the coming Messiah.

The true temple cannot be destroyed. It is not made of stones and gold, but of the seven lampstands of God. And it has already been built.

Many false prayers from invented texts were given to you so that you would spend most of your free time not thinking, but parroting other people’s words. Instead, you should pray not according to their rules, not according to a prescribed number of repetitions, but from the need to thank God and ask personal questions. Then answers may be heard through His voice — conscience — or through His hints in later events.

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Conclusion — Matthew 6, True Prayer, Conscience, and Personal Responsibility

Matthew 6 is read here as a chapter about sincere action, true prayer, and responsibility before the Almighty.

Good deeds should not be done for praise. Prayer should not become the mechanical repetition of other people’s texts. Fasting should not be religious display, but cleansing for the body.

The central message is clear: a person must speak to God in his own words, listen to conscience, think independently, and not replace responsibility with religious formulas.

The path to God is not passivity. It is gratitude, personal prayer, inner awakening, care for one’s family, and the ability to hear answers through conscience and through the events that follow.

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* The text of the Bible is quoted from the “English Standard Version”. ↑ back

Frequently Asked Questions: Matthew 6 Commentary

Why does Matthew 6 warn against doing good deeds in public?

Good deeds should not be done for praise. When a person does good in order to be admired or noticed, the deed becomes self-interest. The Almighty sees the true motive, so goodness should come from the soul, with joy that life becomes easier for those in need.

Is the “Our Father” prayer from Jesus?

The prayer known as “Our Father” does not come from Jesus in its present form. It is a strongly distorted form of a more ancient prayer, which itself was only an example of how a person should pray in his own words.

What is true prayer in Matthew 6?

True prayer is a personal appeal to the Almighty in one’s own words. It is not mechanical repetition of memorized texts. A person should pray from gratitude, from the need to ask personal questions, and from the living movement of conscience and soul.

What does “lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil” mean?

A person should not advise the Almighty to deliver him from evil by request alone. Evil lives in every soul through self-interest, indifference, vanity, fear, and ignorance. A person must overcome temptation himself through conscience, choice, action, and the growth of the soul.

What is the purpose of fasting in Matthew 6?

Fasting is not meant to show reverence to God through outward suffering or religious display. Its purpose is benefit for the body, so that the body may cleanse itself from time to time. This is what Jesus and the true priests of antiquity meant.

What are “treasures in heaven” in Matthew 6?

The true treasure is not earthly wealth, possessions, or status. This commentary explains that a human being has only one true wealth — the soul. Earthly wealth can be lost, stolen, or destroyed, but the growth of the soul has eternal meaning.

Does “you cannot serve God and money” mean a person should be poor?

No. Jesus did not mean that a person should strive to be poor. He meant that a person should not become a slave to excess, money, possessions, or desires. The teaching is about measure in all things and freedom from attachment.

Does Matthew 6 teach people not to care about food, clothing, or the future?

No. A person must care for himself and his family. Birds prepare their young before winter, and human children also need food, clothing, and care. Prayer cannot replace responsibility, thought, and action.

How does God answer personal prayer?

A person may hear answers through the voice of God — conscience — or through hints in later events. True prayer opens personal contact with the Almighty, but the person must still think independently, make his own choice, act on his own responsibility, and grow in soul.