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NOTICE WHAT JESUS CONDEMNS
Jesus criticizes these religious leaders for their shallowness and showmanship.
THEIR SHALLOWNESS
THEIR SHOWMANSHIP
So there they were: Prancing, Preening, Primping, Pompous, Proud, Powerful, Prestigious Peacocks…Prancing amongst the Poor Pigeons of society.
NOTICE WHAT JESUS COMMENDS.
Jesus is interested in what people do with their money.
In the Bible prayer is mentioned 371 times; love 714 times, and giving...2162 times.
He knows that money can do more to you then it can do for you.
Money is a good servant but a poor master.
When you learn to give, you learn to control your money & not let it control you.
Mite/Lepton: smallest Jewish copper coin (lit.
a thin one) [Worth ¼ of a cent]
Quadrons - smallest Roman coin [Worth ½ of a cent]
The mite was the smallest offering permissible under the law.
Here we have the most famous giver ever.
He watches our giving.
Don’t ever think that what you have is too little for Him to notice.
Should those who have very little, still be expected to give? [actually they’re the best givers]
Jesus was a people watcher.
But not only watching their actions but watching their motives.
He watches our motives.
Notice in (41) it says he noticed how they gave, not what.
Hannah said in her prayer in
Why do you give?
He watches our proportion not the portion.
Jesus noticed and appreciated her gift.
Not because of the size but because of her generosity.
Jesus said she put in more (43) How?
Because God weighs things on a different set of scales.
For the rich their gifts were a small contribution; but for the widow, her gift was true consecration of her whole life.
It seems like she was 1 mite away from never being heard of.
She could have kept 1 back, but gave both.
all that she had…her whole livelihood.
Wait...she just showed us how to love the LORD your God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our mind, and with all our strength.
If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
But if I give a penny w/the widow’s heart, it is great gain to me & to God.
Is everything on the table this morning?
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