10-19: Let’s Do Good :: Treasures
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Thank you for joining us for worship today! We continue in our Let's Do Good series where we discuss how we can use our treasures to do good in our communities. Pastor Bobby gives guidelines that span the Old and New Testament on how we should steward our treasures for good.
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Mark 12:41-44
The Widow’s Offering
[41] As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts. [42] Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.
[43] Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more than all the others into the treasury. [44] For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”
Notes:
*Notes are slides used on Sunday morning made available for your personal notes and study.
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Mark 12:41-44
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Image of the Temple.
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Image of offering box.
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38As he taught, Jesus said, “Watch out for the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, 39and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. (Mark 12:38-39 NIV)
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And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!” (Mark 13:1)
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"In the temple, others gave what they could spare, but the poor widow spared nothing." (James R. Edwards, The Gospel According to Mark, 382)
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1. Withholding from God is not an option. (Malachi 3)
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8Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In your tithes and contributions. 9You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you. 10Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. (Malachi 3:8-10)
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2. Giving a tenth. (Genesis 14, Numbers 18)
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3. Give according to your ability. (Acts 11, 1 Corinthians 16)
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4. Give beyond your ability, even in difficult times. (2 Corinthians 8)
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1We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia, 2 for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. 3 For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own accord, 4 begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints— (2 Corinthians 8:1-4)
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5. The spiritual gift of giving. (Romans 12)
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6. There may be seasons to your giving.
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"At the present time your plenty will supply what they need, so that in turn their plenty will supply what you need. The goal is equality."
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and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us. (2 Corinthians 8:5)
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Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. (2 Corinthians 9:7)
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1The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me. (Exodus 25:1-2)
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Tips for getting your finances straight:
1. Pay God
