Matthew 6
Give gifts to the poor (alms); fast secretly; and pray in your closet.
The disciples' prayer, mistakenly spoken of as the Lord's prayer, is good for us and for all in the kingdom at all times to learn and to express from our hearts these requests in our prayers.
Not only do we need to ask in dependence for food and drink, but also that our relations to others be proper and in keeping with the principles of the kingdom. We desire that the Father's will be done on the earth, as it will be soon in the millennium. We desire that it will be done in heaven, when everything in the kingdom of God will be of God. In God's government in the present kingdom of heaven, if we do not forgive we shall not be forgiven of God. This does not apply to the forgiveness of sins in conversion, but rather to the proper relationship and attitude among brethren. We are not to lay up treasure on the earth because this is not our home. Our treasure is where our heart is, in heaven. Do we act as led by all that surrounds us on earth? Or do we rely on the Scripture to guide us in the daily details of our lives?
The body's light is the eye. The eye fixed on one object, Christ, brings light for the entire body. If the eye is wicked, taken up with Satan's world, the body is dark, having left Christ out; how great is that darkness. Darkness is the moral result of unbelief.
"No man can serve two masters... God and mammon." Mammon means demon of desire, longing for riches, etc. We are to trust God for our food, drink and clothing. "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."
We are in the kingdom in a mystery, but it is real to us, the king being absent for a time. We are also in the kingdom in spirit and should manifest these principles. Some have the thought that these things belong to Israel. They do indeed, to the remnant. But because Israel has rejected Christ, something new has been introduced to the remnant and Gentiles are included.