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The Widow's Mite and Sacrificial Giving (Luke 21:1-4 & Mark

We can learn much about sacrificial giving from the account of the widow's mite in Luke 21:1-4 and Mark 12:41-44. The widow's mite teaches that giving is much bigger than the gift. The gift is an iceberg above the water, and below the surface is the sacrifice that went into it. The gift is a tree, and the roots in the ground are the sacrifice that went into it. Here's the accompanying blog post: https://www.scottlapierre.org/the-wid... View all of Pastor Scott LaPierre's books on Amazon: https://amzn.to/48LqRpT Receive a free copy of Pastor Scott's book, "Seven Biblical Insights for Healthy, Joyful, Christ-Centered Marriages": https://www.scottlapierre.org/subscribe/ For Scott LaPierre's conference and speaking information, including testimonies, endorsements, and contact info, please visit: https://www.scottlapierre.org/christi... #expositionalbibleteaching #bibleteachingsermons #christiansermonsonfaith #biblepreachingsermons #christianpreachingsermons #biblepreaching #christiansermons #expositionalbiblestudy #sermon #bible #christian #jesus #scottlapierre #expositorypreachingsermons 00:00 The Widow's Mite and Sacrificial Giving 09:05 Lesson One: The sacrifice is more important than the amount. 14:56 Lesson Two: Our sacrificial giving is worship. 19:59 Lesson Three: We see sacrificial giving with (Part One) Abraham. 23:10 Lesson Three: We see sacrificial giving with (Part Two) Animal sacrifices. 26:29 Lesson Three: We see sacrificial giving with (Part Three) David. 34:16 Lesson Four: Give according to your income. 43:42 Lesson Five: Give because our God is a giver. Everything behind the giving is more important than the gift itself. The premier example of this in scripture is the account commonly called the widow’s mite: Luke 21:1 Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, 2 and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. There’s a lot in commentaries about how much – or how little – she put in. I could bore you with a discussion of the different coins of the day, but I don’t think it’s necessary. You get the point that she put in a tiny amount. The shocking part of the widow’s mite is that she had only two mites and gave them both. She might have kept one coin for herself, and no one would have blamed her if she had. Instead, she gave both with staggering generosity. Luke 21:3 And he said, “Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them. Jesus called His disciples to talk to them about what He saw. The parallel account in Mark 12:41 says, “Many rich people put in large sums.” Jesus wasn’t impressed with the large sums the rich people contributed. Instead, He drew their attention to the widow’s mite. Although the ESV doesn’t include the word “how” in Mark 12:41, most other translations – such as the NASB, Amplified, NKJV, and KJV – say Jesus watched “how” people put money in the offering box. This is important because it reveals one of the main points of the account: Jesus wasn’t just watching what they gave. He was watching HOW they gave. He looked beyond the amount to the way it was given. 1 Samuel 16:7b The Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart. The widow’s mite is an excellent example of this verse because Jesus didn’t look at this woman’s giving as everyone else did. Man would see that the rich people put in the most money, but in verse 3, Jesus said, “Truly I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all.” The Widow’s Mite Shows Sacrifice Is More Important than the Amount If they put in large sums and she put in a tiny amount, how could Jesus say this? The answer is in verse 4: Luke 21:4 For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.” Jesus isn’t talking about the amount of money. He’s talking about the amount of sacrifice. He isn’t talking about financial giving. He’s talking about sacrificial giving. The rich gave large sums, but they also retained large fortunes, which means they sacrificed little. The widow “put in all that she had, her whole livelihood,” so she sacrificed much. God judges what we give by what we keep. G.L. Morrill, Life as a Stewardship: Five Bible Studies of Man’s Relation to Things (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 1924), 19. So here’s what’s interesting: A few dollars given by some can be much more than hundreds or thousands given by others. Conversely, hundreds or thousands given by some can be much smaller than a few dollars given by others. The Widow’s Mite Is a Window Into Eternal Rewards If we get an elevated view of the widow’s mite, it can serve as a window into how the heavenly reward system works. The widow had no idea Jesus was watching her, just as we easily forget that the Lord is watching us. There’s no... Read the rest of the blog post: https://www.scottlapierre.org/the-wid...