A Perspective of Giving

to Mark chapter 12 here this morning. We are down in verse 41 is where we're at in our series here

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in our study of Mark chapter 12. And we come to Jesus here as he has finished teaching those and

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being questioned. You know, we find I think he was resting here a little bit before the trip back to

Bethany there for the evening. And the Bible tells us he was sitting there across from the treasury.

You know, and this place here is by the entrance of the temple. And this is a place that was not been

unfamiliar to Jesus. John chapter 8 tells us that he was here just a few months earlier at the Feast of

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Tabernacles or the Feast of, also known as the Feast of Booths and things, that he would have been there

and he was teaching beside the treasury that area. And part of that is that's the entrance. It's the

Court of Women. They called it. It's where everybody could come and go through there. And the people

would have continued to come and walk through that because there was going to be many there because

of the Passover. And thousands upon thousands had come to Jerusalem for the Passover that was about

to happen. And one of them was giving an offering unto the Lord along with the temple tax that every

male would have paid. That was one of those things back from Exodus chapter 30 that each male over 20

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years of age had to put in an offering every year. And we find that that was a part of what people

would have been doing. There had been a long line of individuals walking into the temple this day.

In other words, Jesus wasn't just going to pick one out. He was observing multiple people

coming and going and doing this. And this line would have been passing by and including people

from all walks of life, from the rich to the poor. They would have passed by the collection boxes on

the right. The Bible tells us that they had the boxes that were established back with the kings.

And we find that those boxes would have had these large mouths upon them, look kind of like a trumpet.

You know? And so I guess the biggest thing I could connect with today on this as far as connect.

How many of you have ever been through those toll booths? Or at least nowadays they just scan your

license plate. But you know, we've been through those and they have, you have to throw coins in

them and you have that big bucket to hit. That's kind of the effect. And you hear the change hit the

bucket, it goes all the way down the bucket. Now if you can imagine that, it makes noise on plastic.

But imagine what that sounds on like a brass or a metal or a copper as it rolls down into that

container. And so that's kind of what Jesus is describing of what's happening here.

And so that kind of is going to give us a picture here this morning because the boxes had these

trumpet-like collectors placed. And they tell us that there was 13 boxes that were used there. And

they had multiple ones for the same thing. But you had so many people come and they needed

these to be able to get everybody through at an opportunity. But they would throw them in the

specific containers of one to help the poor and one for their temple tax and one for an offering

unto the Lord. And they'd have this method of keeping those things separate of what they were doing.

But we find here Jesus is observing. He's going to give us a perspective this morning on giving.

Because you know it's important to realize that God does have a perspective on giving.

But He also has a perspective on us giving. And that's important because we're going to look at

what Jesus has to say here this morning about this as we see Him sitting there with His disciples

listening to the noise of these coins rolling down into the buckets. You know that itself would

have been something entertaining just to watch you know. But as we see here I want to see the picture

here as we set out here and read the passage this morning so you can see the context in your mind of

what's happening and what's transpiring here with the people. And so as we consider these things let's

us stand together as we get ready to read the Word of God here this morning. We're going to pick up in

verse 41 here this morning. And it says this,

And Jesus sat over against the treasury and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury.

And many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow and she threw in two mites

which would make a farthing. And she said unto his disciples

And he called unto him his disciples and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you that this poor widow

hath cast more in than all they which have cast into the treasury. For all they did cast in of

their abundance but she of her want did cast in all that she had even all her living. Let's pray.

Heavenly Fathers we come before you this morning. Lord we just pray have your hand upon the message,

upon the preaching of your Word here today, upon the hearts of individuals here.

Lord to understand the importance

that you place and that perspective

on giving and how it ties in

to our life. Lord to have the right attitude, the correct perspective

and Lord to have our hearts right regarding

giving and just even our relationship with you and the reflection

that it has as we see these things here this morning.

Lord we pray just have your hand upon each one. Lord you know the need.

You know what each one brought in with them today. Lord we might be able to focus upon you

and your Word here today. Lord we pray if there's one here today that doesn't know you as Savior

that they would understand the importance

of having that right relationship. But Lord also for your people

if there's things that need to be corrected that they might be willing

to get with you and to set those things

aright.

And Lord we ask all these things in Jesus name.

Amen.

You may be seated.

You know as we see here as Jesus is here

it's late afternoon. We know he's been in the

in the temple

teaching and being questioned all day

being examined

by the leaders and

it had been a long day and here they're reaching

towards the end of the day before they're getting ready

to go out from the temple and start beginning to make their way back to Bethany

where he's going to spend the night

here on this Tuesday

late afternoon for us is how

we would look at it and we see here that this

time and Jesus is sitting there watching people pass by the offering boxes.

You know.

Now for us that would seem kind of weird if we had a

if we brought the offering box up here and we sat a row of people for you to watch

get your giving.

You know in our culture we'd all feel a little weird about that.

But it wasn't an awkward thing.

I want you to get that out of your mind.

It wasn't an awkward thing.

It was a common area where people would gather.

There'd been much many more people there than just Jesus and his disciples.

But Jesus was observing and he wanted to observe

because he knew this was going to be an opportunity to give his

disciples a key lesson on a perspective on giving.

Because you know oftentimes we think quantity

of giving

is more important than the heart of giving.

Sometimes we think the more somebody gives

they must be more right with God.

And it's a wrong perspective

because it has nothing to do with the amount.

The amount whether small or great

has nothing to do with your relationship with God.

Because we're going to find here that Jesus makes a drastic contrast between people.

To give a perspective of what's happening here this morning.

Because we find here that Jesus witnesses something.

And as I read through this I'm not sure whether he

drew his attention to this lady specifically.

You know like hey guys come around

and let's watch here a little bit.

We don't know all the little details

but we know that Jesus made a point of pointing out this widow

compared to all the others that were giving.

In other words he pointed her out specifically.

You know Luke tells us it was a certain widow.

In other words it was a specific individual.

This isn't a generic.

You know sometimes you'll hear things spoken of

in a generic or applying to everybody.

And sometimes you'll hear that

read that word in scripture where a certain person

that means it's personal.

It has a connection to an individual.

Just like you and I.

And we're going to see here that

this dynamic of giving

because this morning I want you to understand

as we look through this

that your giving is assumed.

A person's giving to God is assumed.

It isn't if or when.

It's assumed that you will.

You say how do we know that

because Jesus was sitting by the treasury

and people were just walking in and giving.

It was considering it's a command

also to the children of Israel.

You know.

I want you to know

and often times people get caught up

in trying to parse things out of giving.

But I believe that we live today

and even in higher

a command to give

because a command to give

is not a command

just to do the offerings

that the Israelites did to give.

It's an offering

because we love the Lord.

It should have a heart attached to it.

It should have had a heart attached to theirs also.

But you know what?

Oftentimes we can do things mechanically.

We can get methodical in what we do.

You know we just do

and just do the process

and do the steps.

But I want you to understand

we have an example of giving

because we're going to talk a little bit

about tithe this morning

and what that is.

But I want you to understand

that in the New Testament

the command is tithe

to the tithe

but it's not directed

specifically at us

but because of what God's done for us

we ought to understand

that our giving to Him

and His purpose

for His use

is assumed.

That somebody whose heart's right with God

will want to give.

Because Jesus makes it clear

where your heart is

and your treasure is

are connected.

You cannot separate

your pocketbook from your heart.

People try to say otherwise

but you can observe and know.

You know if people see

what you spend your money on

they can pretty much assume

what's important to you.

And what priorities are.

Why?

Because the two are connected.

How we use our resources

is connected to the things

that we love

in no matter what area of life

that it is.

But I want you to understand

this morning

why is an offering assumed?

Have you ever considered?

Look over to Genesis chapter 4.

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Genesis chapter 4

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and verse 4.

This is the first recorded

offering unto the Lord.

It's interesting that this is

very early.

Notice what it tells us here.

And Abel

he also

brought the firstling

of his flock

and of

and fat thereof

and the Lord

had respect

unto Abel

and unto his

what?

Offering.

I want you to know

that giving to the Lord

is something

that was not

a law invention.

You know Moses

didn't come up with it

on the mount.

Giving to the Lord

why did Abel do this?

Because of his respect

and love

for God.

He said I want to give

an offering

unto the Lord.

There was a connection

there

in that

and we find

that Abraham

before the law

in Genesis chapter 14

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there in verse 20

it says

and he says this

and blessed be

the most high God

which hath delivered

thine enemies

into thine hand

and he gave him

tithes

of all.

In other words

all that Abraham

had recovered

there as he had

conquered the five kings

you can go back

in Genesis

and look through that

but he gave

tithes of all.

Now often times

people say

well tithing is the law

well it's in the law

but tithing

isn't

specifically law.

That's a very important

thing to separate

because tithes

were given

unto the Lord

and offerings

unto the Lord

prior to the law.

We see those things

play out

through the patriarchs.

They were given

offering unto the Lord

and a respect

unto God

honoring God

loving God

and we see here

the fact that

Jesus was observing

those that gave

that day

reveals something

very important

and that's

he has a perspective

about giving

and specifically

a perspective

about a person's

giving

because he's assessing

an individual

not generic

but a person.

As we're going to look

here this morning

we see here

that this giving

is just expected

as it was there

as from a child

of God today

as it was in the beginning.

You know we need

to understand

that giving

to the Lord

has an expectation

it's assumed

because what you love

if you love God

you're going to do what?

You're going to want to give.

Why?

Because your wallet

and your heart

are attached.

You can't separate them.

Jesus makes it clear

that your heart

and your wallet

are attached.

Matthew chapter 6

Matthew 6 · chapter mention

makes that very clear

but we see here

as Jesus is there

he says

he beheld

how they gave.

Look there

in verse 41

and Jesus sat over

against the treasury

and beheld

how the people

cast money

into the treasury.

In other words

they were there

a while

he was watching

with expectation

he was watching

with discernment

about what was given.

You know Luke

records this also

and Luke says

he saw

that word saw

there in Luke chapter 21

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has an implication

behind it

that means

he understood

what was happening.

In other words

it wasn't just

an observation

but an understanding

of what was taking place.

Because as these people

would march by

and to give their offering

you see

that there's a

connection

that's going to be made.

You know that

reality of them

bringing it

to the temple

you know

I'm going to

give a rabbit trail

here for a moment

because it's a good

important time

to put this in.

Because another

observation you'll see

here is where

they were giving.

Because today

there's much confusion

about where somebody

ought to give

to the Lord.

And we find

some principles

within scripture

because the place

that we're expected

to give

that place

is the church

in the Old Testament

was the tabernacle

or temple

but later

it is through

the church

the local gathering

of assembling

of God's people.

The church

is not

an institution

it's an organization

of people together.

I want you to

understand this morning

what we're talking about

because the place

in the Old Testament

you know

we find here

that we ought

to give a tithe

of those things.

You know

Leviticus 27

Leviticus 27:30

verse 30

tells us this

it says

in all the tithe

of the land

whether of the seed

of the land

or the fruit

of the trees

it is the Lord's

it's holy

under the Lord.

I want you to

understand

what you have

is holy

under the Lord

not because

God gave it to you

but it's how you

use it

because it's giving

it back to him

the one who blessed you.

If you give

to the Lord

it makes the whole

thing holy.

To give to the Lord

out of the increase

in the substance

that we have

it's holy

under the Lord

and we find here

that even in Malachi

you know

a verse

often times

people will use

to try to beat down

but I want you

to see

there's a lot

of emphasis

here that's

important to

understand

because the

context

is where

they were

doing it

it tells us

in Malachi

310

bring ye all

the tithes

into the storehouse

that there may

be meat

in mine house

and prove me

now herewith

sayeth the

Lord of hosts

I want you

to understand

that the storehouse

it's referring to

in Malachi

is the temple

and today

we don't go

to the temple

to give an offering

we come to church

to give an offering

because that's

where God

has established

because in the

New Testament

we find Paul

to the church

at Corinth

tells us this

he says

upon the first

day of the week

let every one

of you lay

in store in him

as God

hath prospered

that there be

no gathering

when I come

the context

of this verse

is a local church

that was gathering

in the resources

that those things

might be present

that gathering

in the gathering

place

was the local church

you know

the context

here

is the proper

place

to give your

tithes and offerings

you know

as a pastor

sometimes people

will come

and ask

you know

about

supporting

missionaries

or evangelists

or other projects

you know

and often times

people say

well I tithe

to this over here

or tithe to that

over there

I want you

to understand

biblically

you're tithing

in the wrong place

you're giving

unto the Lord

in the wrong place

because that

resource

is to come

to the local

church

where it can

be directed

as God

would see fit

there's a lot

of miscommunication

and misinformation

you know

we hear a lot

of that today

but there's a lot

of confusion

amongst God's

people even

on this

of things

people say

and do

but I want

you to know

God's word

tells you

very clearly

that it ought

to be in

the Lord's house

because if you

start dispersing

it out

you know

what you're

saying

God's house

isn't important

that's not

what God

told me

your tithes

and offerings

and special

giving

to missionaries

needs to be

directed through

the local

church

that's why

not because

the preacher

said so

because God

said so

it's what God

has established

that we need

to follow

we need to

follow what

God has

done

to corporately

together

to direct

the use

of those

funds

for the

Lord

but we

find here

that giving

is assumed

but secondly

your giving

is assessed

God

assesses

your giving

you know

often times

we fail

to realize

that

that God

gives an

assessment

of somebody's

giving

what's he

doing here

he's assessing

what people

gave

he's comparing

what this

widow gave

to others

that were

rich

walking by

and I

imagine

there was

more than

just rich

people

walking by

there was

people of

all different

ranks of

life

but as the

rich would

walk by

and they

would give

their offering

just like

we talked

about with

that toll

booth bucket

the more

coins you

throw in

there the

louder it

gets

so it

wouldn't

have been

hard to

know

hey

this

oh that

person

gave a

lot

but you

can imagine

the widow

walked by

and throws

a couple

of small

coins in

there

and you

hear

it didn't

take a

rocket scientist

for him to

figure out

who gave

more

in quantity

because that

would have

been obvious

and some

people would

use this

as a show

to say

I imagine

some of them

probably went

down you

know it's

kind of like

when we

had VBS

and we had

the penny

offering you

know and

everybody

would bring

up their

bucket of

pennies and

they'd

pour them

in

you know

they want

all the

noise to

be made

especially

the little

guys

you know

they would

come up

and they

would try

to make

the biggest

noise

possible

or when

we were

taking up

an offering

for parish

you know

people would

send their

little kids

up and the

little kids

would be

like

yeah

well they

do that

noise

would assess

a quantity

maybe not

exact but it

would give

you an idea

of what was

being put

in

because of

the noise

that was

being

generated

and we

and we

find here

Jesus is

assessing

this and

Jesus calls

his disciples

attention to

a certain

widow

that had

placed an

offering

in the box

you know as

Jesus called

them over I

imagine they

anticipated Jesus

to point out

somebody that

gave a lot

you say how

do you know

that because

Jesus number

one does a

contrast to it

number two

our human

nature is to

pay more

attention to

the a lot

than we do

the little

that's just

our human

nature

it's kind of

like how we're

pre-wired

you know we

have that

mindset in

our mind

and we

assess things

by that

means

but instead

Jesus directs

them to a

humble poor

widow

that was

passing by

you know we

don't know but

earlier in this

passage it

talks about

you know the

scribes and

Pharisees

devouring

widows houses

maybe she was

one of those

widows we

don't know

but we do

know she

didn't have

anything

all she had

left

we find just

all the things

she had to

move forward

we know that

she was poor

and didn't

use it for an

excuse though

not to honor

the Lord

you know the

Bible says she

only had two

mites or a

farthing which

this word

farthing is just

a you might say

it's a

understanding

in a different

currency

a farthing

is a

Roman

coin

and so

to a Roman

audience

because remember

Mark was

written to a

Greek and

Roman audience

in other words

a mite was a

Jewish

measurement

and a farthing

would have been a

Roman and

Greek measurement

in other words

so when they

read this

if it was

written to them

oh okay

it's been

converted for

me

you know

how you

convert currency

from one

currency to

another

that's basically

what Mark

did here for

us

is he converted

the currency

so we have

something to

understand

because in

other words

what are two

mites

but to his

audience they

understood that

hey this is

not much

this is a

little bit of

nothing

we find here

this little bit

of nothing

that she gives

look down at

verse 43 in

our text

it says he

called unto him

his disciples

and saith unto

them

verily I say

unto you that

this poor widow

hath cast more

in than all

they which have

cast into the

treasury

I want you to

think about

the assessment

of that statement

think about the

assessment of that

statement

all they that

gave

what's Jesus

saying he's not

comparing her just

to one person

he's comparing

what this lady

gave to

multitudes of

people

that's quite an

assessment

and the

assessment he

attaches to it

is important

because he

says that she

cast more

in these

two coins

that went

tink tink

tink tink

tink

was more

in the eyes

of Jesus

than all those

noisemakers

that dumped in

bags of coins

one after

another

now I want

you to

understand

something

very important

here

Jesus is not

speaking

necessarily

negative

of the

others

he's using

it as an

illustration

to say

hey these

gave

but we're

going to

find here

he says

they gave

out of

their

abundance

but this

widow

did something

of note

she gave

all

that she

had

the others

did not

give all

doesn't mean

they didn't

give correctly

because

Jesus is

assessing

this certain

individual

in contrast

to the

others

and what

he reveals

to us

is important

that Jesus

cares about

what we

give

now I can

just always

like to try

to picture

how the

disciples

would have

been sitting

there

you know

just using

human nature

and I

imagine

they were

sitting there

with a

pretty puzzled

look on

their face

when Jesus

made that

statement

how did

she give

more than

all these

others

how do we

know the

disciples

probably did

that

because

they're

people

just like

you and

me

if somebody

made that

statement

even Jesus

you'd be

looking like

okay let's

make the

connection

here

this is

not connecting

in my

mind

this is

not how

we put

those things

normally

together

because they

heard all

the loud

noises

of the

rich

that had

just

gave their

coins

and they

say

Jesus

here is

pointing out

this little

widow

that said

that put

in just

a little

bit

that she

gave

more

but I

want you

to see

here

it's

more

not

because

of the

quantity

but because

of the

proportion

the

proportion

that far

exceeded

what the

others

gave

now I

think it's

pretty easy

for us to

understand

that

comparison

because

to give

a little

or some

of what

you possess

is a lot

different than

giving all

that you

possess

that's a

big

contrast

giving all

that you

possess

now it's

important here

because God's

expectation of

giving is

tied to being

proportional

it's not a

dollar amount

but it's a

percentage

we find that

throughout the

scripture the

same proportion

is true

it talks about

the tithe

that 10%

that standard

that we see

throughout the

word of God

you know we

know we know

that we're

not directly

commanded to

tithe but I

want you to

understand that

as a Christian

you ought to

not from

commandment but

out of love

because Jesus

never spoke

down the

tithe he

didn't say it

wasn't honorable

to do so

his only

assessment of

giving and

tithing was

the fact of

how people

did it

the heart

attached to

it

you know look

over into

Matthew chapter

Matthew 23 · chapter mention

23 for a

moment

Matthew chapter

Matthew 23 · chapter mention

23 in

verse 23

we say the

word of God

tells us this

he says woe

unto you

scribes and

Pharisees

hypocrites

for you pay

tithe of

mint and

and these

and cumin

and have

admitted the

weightier matters

of the law

judgment

mercy and

faith

now notice

this these

ought ye to

have done

and not to

leave the

other undone

in other

words Jesus

says you

were right

to give

but you

also need to

pay attention

to the other

things associated

with your

heart

because you

can't buy

off God

you know

some people

try to buy

God

you know

they say

well if I

just give

enough you

know they

have this

mindset that

they'll

gotta overlook

things I

want you

understand

there's

nothing you

can give

to gain

favor with

God

no amount

of money

no amount

of labor

those are

things we

ought to do

because we

love God

because he

already loved

us

we ought to

desire to

serve him

and invest

in the things

of God

Jesus here

moves it up

a notch

we know

that the

poor widow

that gave

all that

she had

all her

substance

so I want

you to

understand

your giving

is assumed

and it's

assessed

but I

also want

you to

understand

there's

an aim

a motive

behind

your giving

that Jesus

brings forth

here

because the

motive

the why

you do

something

is just

as critical

as the

what you

do

because we

find that

people will

do things

not for

somebody else

even if it

benefits

somebody else

but they

do it to

try to

appease

themselves

or appease

others

or to

gain

favor

they

might be

doing the

right thing

but the

motive

is wrong

why you

do

something

the motive

behind what

we do

for the

Lord

is just

as important

as the

what

I want

you to

understand

the what

is important

but the

motive

or the

aim

of it

is important

also

they correlate

equally

because you

can do

the right

thing

for the

wrong

reason

because

people do

that all

the time

trying to

manipulate

people

well look

what I

did

you know

they try

to gain

advantage

or they

try to

manipulate

or to

do things

even within

relationships

that way

they give

not because

they love

because they

want to

gain

you know

they're

trying to

manipulate

the situation

not to be

because

we love

the Lord

but when

we get

that motive

behind what

we give

we find

some motives

that ought

to be

associated

with our

giving

here in

scripture

and I

think we

can associate

them with

this widow

that came

because we

see it

in her

actions

we see

it in

what she

did

because the

first thing

we need to

do is to

understand that

we should

give

thankfully

you know

getting into

November here

we're coming up

on Thanksgiving

you know

most time

we think of

thankfulness

as just a

verbal thing

but if you

study throughout

the scripture

giving is

associated with

thankfulness

throughout the

Old Testament

you'll see

this principle

played out

Leviticus 22

29

tells us

this

it says

and when

ye

shall

excuse me

and when

ye will

offer a

sacrifice

of thanksgiving

unto the

Lord

offer it

at your

own

will

the context

of this

verse

is a

literal

giving

of a

sacrifice

not just

verbiage

but there's

an actual

giving

attached

to it

now

verbally

praising

the

Lord

is one

way

of

thanking

him

and

honoring

him

but also

in what

we give

because it

says I

appreciate

what you

have done

for me

as a

believer

we ought

to be

appreciative

of what

God

has done

for us

what's he

done

he's

given

a free

gift

of salvation

to all

those

who will

call upon

him

I want

you to

understand

the word

free

doesn't

mean

it

didn't

cost

something

you know

there's a

great

misconception

today

that

oh

it's

free

you know

it doesn't

cost

anything

if it's

free

to you

it costs

somebody

else

something

you never

get anything

for free

the only

reason you

might receive

it at no

cost

is because

somebody else

already paid

for it

we get

salvation

at no

cost

because

Jesus

Christ

paid

for it

he paid

the whole

bill

he took

the tab

and said

it's

on me

he said

I'm

the one

you know

I want

you to

understand

this

thankfulness

a thankful

heart

is a

giving

heart

I believe

that day

we can

see that

widow

was

thankful

for who

God

is

and what

he had

done

by the

amount

and the

willingness

to give

what she

had

you know

look over

to Psalm

116

Psalm

116

in verse

7

we find

over here

it says

I will

offer

to thee

the sacrifice

of thanksgiving

and will

call upon

the name

of the

Lord

you know

we can

be thankful

because

of what

God

has done

we can

be thankful

he's given

us a

salvation

that's

full

and free

at salvation

you get

everything

he doesn't

leave anything

out

to all

those who

will call

upon him

I want

you to

see

this

morning

the importance

of this

that the

giving

because of

what he

did

for you

and I

it should

cause us

to not

give out

of application

but to

and to

but to

give

thankfully

but also

when we're

giving

thankfully

we find

we ought

to be

cheerful

about our

giving

you know

cheerfulness

is a

spirit

in which

you give

it also

you know

God

loves

a cheerful

giver

because I

want you

to understand

people can

give things

multiple

ways

you know

people give

out of guilt

and I

want you

to understand

when we're

talking about

money this

morning

I'm not

trying to

guilt you

into anything

because your

giving is

between you

and the

Lord and

God says

he assesses

it

it's not

the preacher's

job to

assess your

giving

that's

God's

job

you know

why

because God

sees your

heart

we can be

led astray

by if we

allow our

observation of

what somebody

gives

because giving

doesn't gain

favor with

God

we ought to

be giving

because we

love God

because we're

thankful for

what he's

done

we ought to

do it

cheerfully

to understand

there's a

willingness

behind it

2nd Corinthians

chapter 9

in verse 7

says every man

according as he

purposes in his

heart so let

him give not

grudgingly nor

of necessity

for God

loveth a

cheerful giver

you know

sometimes

we can give

with the wrong

attitude

well I better

do this

or I need

to do this

but you know

ultimately God

says he wants

somebody that

says I get

to do this

that's a

cheerful giver

one that says

I love God

because of what

he has done

for me

and I think

he's worthy

of even more

than what I'm

able to give

because we

cannot give

to supplement

what he's

already given

to us

we cannot

supplement that

and to give

more for that

it's a difference

between obligation

to give

and the desire

to give

when it delights

our hearts

to give to the

Lord

it's no longer

a burden

to give

but a blessing

to give

a cheerful giver

looks at giving

as an opportunity

as a blessing

because why is it

a blessing

because you can

be thankful

that all the

substance that God

has given to you

you have something

to give

because what we

have is given

to us of the

Lord

we need to

understand the

importance of it

a thankful heart

makes a cheerful

giver

yet Jesus