#Mark 
#Speaker/Ray  

Mark 12:38-44

# Warning to scribes
Mark 12:38-40


> [!quote] Verse 40
> ... these will receive greater condemnation

- they are wanting acknowledgment of status
- they wanted honor based on their position not for what they do for the people
	- "for they devour widows houses"
		- think TV preacher taking the poor's money for heavenly blessings

==With knowledge comes greater condemnation== 


# The Poor Woman
Mark 12:41-44

You can still be generous for the wrong reasons.

Jesus see what we give and knows why we give!

1/64 a days wage. (less than 5 dollars for my current salary)

#Giving
Do you have giving principles?
2 Corinthians 8 & 9

1. Giving is investing with a Holy God
	1. Matthew 6:19-21
2. ==How we manage out money is usually a reflection of a spiritual maturity==
	1. Luke 16:11
	2. Philippians 4:14-20
3. Giving should be sacrificial
	1. Mark 12:41-44
	2. 2 Corinthians 8:1-3
4. Each person determines the amount to give
	1. Luke 19:8
	2. 2 Corinthians 9:7
5. Giving to demonstrate love not law
	1. 2 Corinthians 8:8
6. Give should be a great joy
	1. 2 Corinthians 9:7
7. Giving bionically always results in Gods Blessings
	1. Acts 20:35
	2. 2 Corinthians 9:6-11
	3. Philippians 4:19