“Poor Widow, Rich Witness”
Mark 12:38-13:2 January 29, 2006 Play audio
Whose Is It, After All?
• not a matter of money being ours, but God’s
• Stoic philosopher recognized have ‘given it back’
(Ecc 5:15; 1Tim 6:7)
Three Counterfeits
• teachers of the law sought prestige through robes,
processions, places of honour (12:38-40)
• Jesus not impressed by gifts of wealthy: gave out
of their surplus (12:41,44)
• warns magnificent buildings will be cast down
regardless of power used to construct them (13:1f)
• Jesus’ word more lasting than heaven or earth (Mk
13:31)
More than Her Two Cents’ Worth
• waiting for someone to come, like Simeon for
Christ? (Lk 2:25ff)
• two small coins represent all widow had to live on
(12:44)
• low social status made her very dependent; fully
relying on God
• sacrificial giving like Elliott / Saint
missionaries in Ecuador 1955
• mirrors Jesus’ emptying Himself to make us rich;
early church sharing (Php 2:7; 2Cor 8:9; Ac 4:32)
Grow a Church on 19 Cents
• eggs-treme faith shown by couple learning Biblical
stewardship
• resistance to robbing tithe-box rewarded, spurred
others on
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