Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. 

So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. 

Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Modern day virtue signaling.

It’s hypocrisy on steroids.

The Bible instructs us that true faith in Jesus is naturally evidenced by works that result. 

Works should be both a quality output and a quantity outcome solely because of whose we are. And they should be commonplace, not rare. 

Without Jesus as a reason, many seek a self-attribution for their good deeds and seek publicity. 

“Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭7‬:‭22‬-‭23‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Matthew tells us that works are of no consequence to a God who, most of all, longs to KNOW us, daily, deliberately, and deeply.