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All right.

Well, I know you've all experienced the goodness of God that we all have.

And we can always say that he's always going to be faithful.

So thank y'all for being faithful for being here.

Good to see this good crowd.

Yes, thank you for being here today.

It's a great day because you are here, and you just fill out one of those little cards there, so we can have a record of your visit.

I doubt I send you a card or car or anything like that said, but we will have a record of your visit and, and you'll probably hear from me in the, in the coming days.

Anyway, so we thank you for that.

Well, thank you for being here and I enjoy being your pastor.

You have enjoyed how long I've been here now for four years.

So I've enjoyed it so much.

I love to teach and preach the Bible and y'all's so encouraging to me.

So I appreciate that.

Well, today, we want to continue in our series.

And this is our series remember a life.

Well, spent you say, what, what are you talkin about?

We're talkin about money.

And we're talkin about sewing, and we're talkin about stewardship.

And especially today, we're going to talk about sacrifice, you know, God is interested in our money.

Remember we said that Jesus actually about 15% of everything.

He said, had to do with finances, and I think about that, Think about everything he said about prophecy.

And all the Miracles that he and all the healing that he performed and all the teaching in The Parables that he did, 15% of everything that he said had something to do with money.

And the reason is because I believe That money will display our faith and trust, or lack thereof.

And so, I know we've been talkin about money on Sunday for the last 3 or 4 weeks on Wednesday night.

We're talkin about the financial system of the church and so we're talkin about money being.

So today, what I want to do is I want to give you a story in the Bible where only going to look at 4 versus.

I only have two points, I guarantee you will be eating before 12. Probably, I would almost bet that they will be out there before 12.

I only have two points, but it isn't very important that we allow these truths to sink deep deep down into our hearts.

Because we all have some money.

So I'm always may have more than others less than others.

We all have some and God expects those with a lot and got it back.

Those who have very little to be faithful with their finances, and this is what we're trying to do.

So what I want you to do is I want you to get your Bibles and I want you to turn to Mark chapter 12 and this is our sermon for the date money.

Or we can say our money and our hearts, Jesus knows our motives Jesus sees and he knows our motives when we give and our motives is very important.

So let me start out and say this, I've always throw up fault that it's very interesting.

What the last Public Act of Jesus's Ministry was?

It wasn't a sermon.

It wasn't a miracle.

Jesus's last act before.

He was captured and crucified on the cross was an evaluation you say well, what did he evaluates?

Jesus win in herod's Temple.

And he sat down beside the treasury.

And watch people put in their money.

That's the last thing that he did.

He spend his last day looking at a public offering.

And now, you know, we take up our offering here at the end of the service, just think if Jesus was here and it was his last day.

He would be looking upon me and you as we gave our money back to him.

That's the last thing that he did, Mark chapter 12 verses 41 to 44.

And this is what the Bible says.

In today, I'm reading out, first time ever, I'm reading out of the ESV English Standard Version.

I'll tell you why.

I'm just a minute.

Verse 41 and he sat down opposite the treasury and watch the people putting money into the offering box.

Many rich people put in large sums.

And a poor Widow came and put in two small.

Copper coins, which make a penny and I want, is your Bible say Mike's.

Put into small mics that make the white Farthing, okay.

Alright, what?

That word might, it means a small copper coin.

that would be like our Penny and Kay matter fact it says which make your body when they say father, father and what it does it makes a penny So she had two coins that would equal a penny, is what she have.

Now what look at verse 43 and he called his disciples to him and said to them, don't you love this.

His last days he still calling his disciples trying to teach them a lesson and I look what he's obsessed.

He says truly I say to you.

This poor Widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box.

Alright let's stop right there.

She put into copper coins, which equal to a penny.

And the Bible says, right before, that that there was many rich people there and they put in large sums, I would assume more than a penny.

Rich people put in a lot of money, she put in what was worth a penny.

And Jesus says, I can tell you this poor Widow is put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box right now.

Number one, number one, literally she did not put in as much as everybody else.

You only had two Mike's.

So you can't take this literally, but she put in more because the rich people put in a lot more So what is he saying here?

Look how he says verse 44 for they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything, she had all she had to live on.

She gave it all.

Her last little bit.

This poor Widow gave it all to points today.

Number one, I want you to know that Jesus sees what you give.

Jesus sees what you getting look at it verse 41, he sat down opposite the treasury so he went right where you put your money and he sat down and watch the people putting money into the offering.

I would you like somebody to be set beside you this morning and it's we take up the offering and as soon as I say we going to take up the offer and they sat there and they just start looking and you pull out your billfold and they start looking to see how much you going to give it to you.

Like I know you don't like people doing that.

Jesus came and set, pull up a chair set right by the offering and looked it while everybody was giving.

And he looked at it, whatever I did, let me tell you a little bit about the offer.

They were 13, treasuries in the courtyard of the Temple.

And it was, they were put in the women's Court.

Because the women couldn't go in all parts of the temple.

The treasury were put in the women's court, so everybody would have access to it.

Each one had a letter on it, kind of signifying the purpose of the offering.

Now, the offering was not like a bowl or plate.

It was like a trumpet coming out of it, kind of like the old RCA pictures, like a funnel narrow and then a big old round thing here at the top it so it was like a funnel and so, when many people cast money in it, those who wanted to be known by what they gave.

Baby get all their coins and they would go to the temple and what they would do, if they would take their coins and instead of dropping it down like that, they would take those coins and throw it against that big round, and it would make a sound, like it would like a zinnia.

Matter of fact, the people there, who, who would watch the people come and throw their money and like that.

They called them zingers because they wanted people to know everybody in the temple.

They wanted people to hear when they put their money in and they would throw coins in like this.

They wouldn't put it all in.

At one time, they would sing it all around so people could know how much money they were putting in.

And so Jesus, sat and watched these people as they walk by throwing or dropping their coins in.

The boxes again.

What?

Jesus 15% of what he said in the Bible has to do with money money and $0.01.