bible_study/Sermon Notes/2023/5-21-23.md

#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