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 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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 verse 41 here this morning. And it says this,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Lord to understand the importance

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 that you place and that perspective

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 on giving and how it ties in

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

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 and Lord to have our hearts right regarding

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 giving and just even our relationship with you and the reflection

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

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

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

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

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 that they would understand the importance

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

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

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 to get with you and to set those things

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 aright.

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 And Lord we ask all these things in Jesus name.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 You know as we see here as Jesus is here

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

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 in the temple

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 teaching and being questioned all day

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 being examined

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 by the leaders and

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

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

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

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 where he's going to spend the night

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 here on this Tuesday

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 late afternoon for us is how

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 we would look at it and we see here that this

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

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 You know.

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

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

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 get your giving.

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

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 But it wasn't an awkward thing.

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 I want you to get that out of your mind.

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 It wasn't an awkward thing.

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 It was a common area where people would gather.

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

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 But Jesus was observing and he wanted to observe

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

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 disciples a key lesson on a perspective on giving.

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 Because you know oftentimes we think quantity

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 of giving

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 is more important than the heart of giving.

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 Sometimes we think the more somebody gives

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 they must be more right with God.

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 And it's a wrong perspective

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 because it has nothing to do with the amount.

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 The amount whether small or great

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 has nothing to do with your relationship with God.

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

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

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 Because we find here that Jesus witnesses something.

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

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 drew his attention to this lady specifically.

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 You know like hey guys come around

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 and let's watch here a little bit.

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 We don't know all the little details

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

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 compared to all the others that were giving.

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 In other words he pointed her out specifically.

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 You know Luke tells us it was a certain widow.

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 In other words it was a specific individual.

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 This isn't a generic.

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 You know sometimes you'll hear things spoken of

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 in a generic or applying to everybody.

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 And sometimes you'll hear that

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 read that word in scripture where a certain person

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 that means it's personal.

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 It has a connection to an individual.

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 Just like you and I.

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 And we're going to see here that

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 this dynamic of giving

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 because this morning I want you to understand

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 as we look through this

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 that your giving is assumed.

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 A person's giving to God is assumed.

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 It isn't if or when.

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 It's assumed that you will.

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 You say how do we know that

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 because Jesus was sitting by the treasury

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 and people were just walking in and giving.

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 It was considering it's a command

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 also to the children of Israel.

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 You know.

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 I want you to know

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 and often times people get caught up

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 in trying to parse things out of giving.

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 But I believe that we live today

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 and even in higher

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 a command to give

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 because a command to give

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 is not a command

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 just to do the offerings

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 that the Israelites did to give.

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 It's an offering

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 because we love the Lord.

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 It should have a heart attached to it.

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 It should have had a heart attached to theirs also.

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 But you know what?

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 Oftentimes we can do things mechanically.

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 We can get methodical in what we do.

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 You know we just do

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 and just do the process

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 and do the steps.

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 But I want you to understand

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 we have an example of giving

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 because we're going to talk a little bit

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 about tithe this morning

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 and what that is.

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 But I want you to understand

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 that in the New Testament

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 the command is tithe

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 to the tithe

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 but it's not directed

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 specifically at us

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 but because of what God's done for us

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 we ought to understand

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 that our giving to Him

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 and His purpose

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 for His use

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 is assumed.

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 That somebody whose heart's right with God

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 will want to give.

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 Because Jesus makes it clear

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 where your heart is

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 and your treasure is

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 are connected.

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 You cannot separate

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 your pocketbook from your heart.

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 People try to say otherwise

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 but you can observe and know.

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 You know if people see

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 what you spend your money on

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 they can pretty much assume

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 what's important to you.

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 And what priorities are.

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 Why?

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 Because the two are connected.

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 How we use our resources

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 is connected to the things

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 that we love

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 in no matter what area of life

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 that it is.

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 But I want you to understand

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 this morning

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 why is an offering assumed?

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 Have you ever considered?

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 Look over to Genesis chapter 4.

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 Genesis chapter 4

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 and verse 4.

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 This is the first recorded

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 offering unto the Lord.

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 It's interesting that this is

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 very early.

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 Notice what it tells us here.

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 And Abel

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 he also

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 brought the firstling

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 of his flock

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 and of

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 and fat thereof

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 and the Lord

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 had respect

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 unto Abel

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 and unto his

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 what?

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 Offering.

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 I want you to know

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 that giving to the Lord

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 is something

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 that was not

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 a law invention.

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 You know Moses

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 didn't come up with it

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 on the mount.

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 Giving to the Lord

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 why did Abel do this?

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 Because of his respect

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 and love

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 for God.

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 He said I want to give

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 an offering

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 unto the Lord.

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 There was a connection

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 there

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 in that

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 and we find

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 that Abraham

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 before the law

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 in Genesis chapter 14

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 there in verse 20

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 it says

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 and he says this

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 and blessed be

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 the most high God

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 which hath delivered

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 thine enemies

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 into thine hand

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 and he gave him

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 tithes

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 of all.

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 In other words

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 all that Abraham

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 had recovered

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 there as he had

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 conquered the five kings

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 you can go back

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 in Genesis

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 and look through that

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 but he gave

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 tithes of all.

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 Now often times

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 people say

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 well tithing is the law

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 well it's in the law

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 but tithing

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 isn't

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 specifically law.

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 That's a very important

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 thing to separate

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 because tithes

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 were given

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 unto the Lord

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 and offerings

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 unto the Lord

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 prior to the law.

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 We see those things

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 play out

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 through the patriarchs.

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 They were given

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 offering unto the Lord

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 and a respect

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 unto God

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 honoring God

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 loving God

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 and we see here

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 the fact that

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 Jesus was observing

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 those that gave

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 that day

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 reveals something

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 very important

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 and that's

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 he has a perspective

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 about giving

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 and specifically

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 a perspective

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 about a person's

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 giving

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 because he's assessing

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 an individual

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 not generic

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 but a person.

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 As we're going to look

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 here this morning

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 we see here

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 that this giving

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 is just expected

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 as it was there

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 as from a child

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 of God today

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 as it was in the beginning.

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 You know we need

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 to understand

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 that giving

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 to the Lord

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 has an expectation

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 it's assumed

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 because what you love

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 if you love God

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 you're going to do what?

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 You're going to want to give.

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 Why?

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 Because your wallet

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 and your heart

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 are attached.

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 You can't separate them.

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 Jesus makes it clear

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 that your heart

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 and your wallet

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 are attached.

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 Matthew chapter 6

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 makes that very clear

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 but we see here

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 as Jesus is there

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 he says

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 he beheld

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 how they gave.

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 Look there

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 in verse 41

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 and Jesus sat over

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 against the treasury

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 and beheld

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 how the people

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 cast money

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 into the treasury.

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 In other words

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 they were there

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 a while

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 he was watching

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 with expectation

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 he was watching

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 with discernment

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 about what was given.

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 You know Luke

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 records this also

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 and Luke says

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 he saw

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 that word saw

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 there in Luke chapter 21

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 has an implication

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 behind it

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 that means

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 he understood

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 what was happening.

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 In other words

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 it wasn't just

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 an observation

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 but an understanding

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 of what was taking place.

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 Because as these people

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 would march by

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 and to give their offering

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 you see

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 that there's a

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 connection

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 that's going to be made.

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 You know that

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 reality of them

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 bringing it

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 to the temple

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 you know

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 I'm going to

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 give a rabbit trail

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 here for a moment

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 because it's a good

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 important time

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 to put this in.

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 Because another

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 observation you'll see

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 here is where

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 they were giving.

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 Because today

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 there's much confusion

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 about where somebody

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 ought to give

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 to the Lord.

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 And we find

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 some principles

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 within scripture

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 because the place

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 that we're expected

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 to give

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 that place

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 is the church

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 in the Old Testament

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 was the tabernacle

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 or temple

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 but later

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 it is through

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 the church

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 the local gathering

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 of assembling

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 of God's people.

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 The church

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 is not

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 an institution

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 it's an organization

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 of people together.

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 I want you to

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 understand this morning

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 what we're talking about

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 because the place

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 in the Old Testament

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 you know

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 we find here

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 that we ought

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 to give a tithe

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 of those things.

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 You know

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 Leviticus 27

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 verse 30

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 tells us this

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 it says

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 in all the tithe

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 of the land

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 whether of the seed

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 of the land

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 or the fruit

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 of the trees

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 it is the Lord's

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 it's holy

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 under the Lord.

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 I want you to

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 understand

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 what you have

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 is holy

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 under the Lord

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 not because

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 God gave it to you

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 but it's how you

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 use it

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 because it's giving

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 it back to him

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 the one who blessed you.

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 If you give

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 to the Lord

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 it makes the whole

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 thing holy.

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 To give to the Lord

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 out of the increase

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 in the substance

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 that we have

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 it's holy

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 under the Lord

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 and we find here

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 that even in Malachi

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 you know

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 a verse

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 often times

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 people will use

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 to try to beat down

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 but I want you

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 to see

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 there's a lot

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 of emphasis

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 here that's

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 important to

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 understand

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 because the

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 context

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 is where

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 they were

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 doing it

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 it tells us

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 in Malachi

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 310

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 bring ye all

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 the tithes

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 into the storehouse

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 that there may

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 be meat

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 in mine house

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 and prove me

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 now herewith

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 sayeth the

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 Lord of hosts

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 I want you

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 to understand

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 that the storehouse

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 it's referring to

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 in Malachi

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 is the temple

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 and today

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 we don't go

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 to the temple

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 to give an offering

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 we come to church

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 to give an offering

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 because that's

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 where God

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 has established

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 because in the

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 New Testament

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 we find Paul

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 to the church

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 at Corinth

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 tells us this

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 he says

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 upon the first

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 day of the week

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 let every one

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 of you lay

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 in store in him

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 as God

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 hath prospered

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 that there be

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 no gathering

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 when I come

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 the context

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 of this verse

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 is a local church

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 that was gathering

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 in the resources

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 that those things

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 might be present

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 that gathering

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 in the gathering

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 place

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 was the local church

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 you know

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 the context

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 here

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 is the proper

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 place

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 to give your

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 tithes and offerings

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 you know

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 as a pastor

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 sometimes people

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 will come

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 and ask

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 you know

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 about

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 supporting

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 missionaries

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 or evangelists

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 or other projects

00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:12.980
 you know

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 and often times

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 people say

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 well I tithe

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 to this over here

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 or tithe to that

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 over there

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 I want you

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 to understand

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 biblically

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 you're tithing

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 in the wrong place

00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:24.700
 you're giving

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 unto the Lord

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 in the wrong place

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 because that

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 resource

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 is to come

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 to the local

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 church

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 where it can

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 be directed

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 as God

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 would see fit

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 there's a lot

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 of miscommunication

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 and misinformation

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 you know

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 we hear a lot

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 of that today

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 but there's a lot

00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:43.440
 of confusion

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 amongst God's

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 people even

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 on this

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 of things

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 people say

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 and do

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 but I want

00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:48.379
 you to know

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 God's word

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 tells you

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 very clearly

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 that it ought

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 to be in

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 the Lord's house

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 because if you

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 start dispersing

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 it out

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 you know

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 what you're

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 saying

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 God's house

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 isn't important

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 that's not

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 what God

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 told me

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 your tithes

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 and offerings

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 and special

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 giving

00:18:01.579 --> 00:18:03.339
 to missionaries

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 needs to be

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 directed through

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 the local

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 church

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 that's why

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 not because

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 the preacher

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 said so

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 because God

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 said so

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 it's what God

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 has established

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 that we need

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 to follow

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 we need to

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 follow what

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 God has

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 done

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 to corporately

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 together

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 to direct

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 the use

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 of those

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 funds

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 for the

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 Lord

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 but we

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 find here

00:18:25.740 --> 00:18:26.220
 that giving

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 is assumed

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 but secondly

00:18:28.059 --> 00:18:29.519
 your giving

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 is assessed

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 God

00:18:31.980 --> 00:18:32.740
 assesses

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 your giving

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 you know

00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:36.139
 often times

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 we fail

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 to realize

00:18:37.179 --> 00:18:37.599
 that

00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:39.119
 that God

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 gives an

00:18:39.500 --> 00:18:40.059
 assessment

00:18:40.059 --> 00:18:40.720
 of somebody's

00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:40.919
 giving

00:18:40.919 --> 00:18:41.319
 what's he

00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:41.779
 doing here

00:18:41.779 --> 00:18:42.980
 he's assessing

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 what people

00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:45.980
 gave

00:18:45.980 --> 00:18:47.559
 he's comparing

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 what this

00:18:48.059 --> 00:18:49.039
 widow gave

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 to others

00:18:51.619 --> 00:18:52.039
 that were

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 rich

00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:53.000
 walking by

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 and I

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 imagine

00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:53.839
 there was

00:18:53.839 --> 00:18:54.200
 more than

00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:54.619
 just rich

00:18:54.619 --> 00:18:54.920
 people

00:18:54.920 --> 00:18:55.619
 walking by

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 there was

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 people of

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 all different

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 ranks of

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 life

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 but as the

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 rich would

00:19:00.940 --> 00:19:01.659
 walk by

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 and they

00:19:01.920 --> 00:19:02.259
 would give

00:19:02.259 --> 00:19:03.000
 their offering

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 just like

00:19:03.740 --> 00:19:04.200
 we talked

00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:04.599
 about with

00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:05.940
 that toll

00:19:05.940 --> 00:19:06.680
 booth bucket

00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:07.379
 the more

00:19:07.379 --> 00:19:07.940
 coins you

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 throw in

00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:08.619
 there the

00:19:08.619 --> 00:19:09.079
 louder it

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 gets

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 so it

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 wouldn't

00:19:10.180 --> 00:19:10.440
 have been

00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:10.920
 hard to

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 know

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 hey

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 this

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 oh that

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 person

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 gave a

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 lot

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 but you

00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:18.480
 can imagine

00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:18.899
 the widow

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 walked by

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 and throws

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 a couple

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 of small

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 coins in

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 there

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 and you

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 hear

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 it didn't

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 take a

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 rocket scientist

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 for him to

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 figure out

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 who gave

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 more

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 in quantity

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 because that

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 would have

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 been obvious

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 and some

00:19:36.560 --> 00:19:37.180
 people would

00:19:37.180 --> 00:19:37.940
 use this

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 as a show

00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:38.940
 to say

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 I imagine

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 some of them

00:19:40.380 --> 00:19:40.840
 probably went

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 down you

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 know it's

00:19:41.560 --> 00:19:41.880
 kind of like

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 when we

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 had VBS

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 and we had

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 the penny

00:19:45.120 --> 00:19:45.660
 offering you

00:19:45.660 --> 00:19:45.940
 know and

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 everybody

00:19:46.380 --> 00:19:46.660
 would bring

00:19:46.660 --> 00:19:46.940
 up their

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 bucket of

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 pennies and

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 they'd

00:19:48.380 --> 00:19:48.820
 pour them

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 in

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 you know

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 they want

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 all the

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 noise to

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 be made

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 especially

00:19:51.580 --> 00:19:51.980
 the little

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 guys

00:19:52.360 --> 00:19:52.660
 you know

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 they would

00:19:52.940 --> 00:19:53.400
 come up

00:19:53.400 --> 00:19:54.040
 and they

00:19:54.040 --> 00:19:54.340
 would try

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 to make

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 the biggest

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 noise

00:19:55.360 --> 00:19:55.900
 possible

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 or when

00:19:56.220 --> 00:19:56.420
 we were

00:19:56.420 --> 00:19:56.860
 taking up

00:19:56.860 --> 00:19:57.320
 an offering

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 for parish

00:19:57.900 --> 00:19:58.220
 you know

00:19:58.220 --> 00:19:59.000
 people would

00:19:59.000 --> 00:19:59.280
 send their

00:19:59.280 --> 00:19:59.800
 little kids

00:19:59.800 --> 00:20:00.280
 up and the

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 little kids

00:20:00.620 --> 00:20:00.800
 would be

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 like

00:20:01.060 --> 00:20:02.900
 yeah

00:20:02.900 --> 00:20:03.640
 well they

00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:03.940
 do that

00:20:03.940 --> 00:20:04.540
 noise

00:20:04.540 --> 00:20:05.560
 would assess

00:20:05.560 --> 00:20:07.340
 a quantity

00:20:07.340 --> 00:20:07.920
 maybe not

00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:08.580
 exact but it

00:20:08.580 --> 00:20:08.800
 would give

00:20:08.800 --> 00:20:09.440
 you an idea

00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:09.860
 of what was

00:20:09.860 --> 00:20:10.340
 being put

00:20:10.340 --> 00:20:10.620
 in

00:20:10.619 --> 00:20:13.079
 because of

00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:13.559
 the noise

00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:13.799
 that was

00:20:13.799 --> 00:20:14.000
 being

00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:14.639
 generated

00:20:14.639 --> 00:20:15.079
 and we

00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:15.779
 and we

00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:16.339
 find here

00:20:16.339 --> 00:20:17.059
 Jesus is

00:20:17.059 --> 00:20:17.619
 assessing

00:20:17.619 --> 00:20:18.759
 this and

00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:19.599
 Jesus calls

00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:20.259
 his disciples

00:20:20.259 --> 00:20:21.059
 attention to

00:20:21.059 --> 00:20:21.879
 a certain

00:20:21.879 --> 00:20:22.339
 widow

00:20:22.339 --> 00:20:24.259
 that had

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 placed an

00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:25.519
 offering

00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:27.000
 in the box

00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:27.659
 you know as

00:20:27.659 --> 00:20:28.459
 Jesus called

00:20:28.459 --> 00:20:29.099
 them over I

00:20:29.099 --> 00:20:29.679
 imagine they

00:20:29.679 --> 00:20:30.859
 anticipated Jesus

00:20:30.859 --> 00:20:31.559
 to point out

00:20:31.559 --> 00:20:32.179
 somebody that

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 gave a lot

00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:35.239
 you say how

00:20:35.239 --> 00:20:35.639
 do you know

00:20:35.639 --> 00:20:36.279
 that because

00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:36.979
 Jesus number

00:20:36.979 --> 00:20:37.659
 one does a

00:20:37.659 --> 00:20:38.579
 contrast to it

00:20:38.579 --> 00:20:40.259
 number two

00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:40.720
 our human

00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:41.419
 nature is to

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 pay more

00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:42.980
 attention to

00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:43.539
 the a lot

00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:43.919
 than we do

00:20:43.919 --> 00:20:44.279
 the little

00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:44.859
 that's just

00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:45.279
 our human

00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:45.699
 nature

00:20:45.699 --> 00:20:47.279
 it's kind of

00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:47.740
 like how we're

00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.399
 pre-wired

00:20:48.399 --> 00:20:49.039
 you know we

00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:49.740
 have that

00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:50.639
 mindset in

00:20:50.639 --> 00:20:51.259
 our mind

00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:51.559
 and we

00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:52.480
 assess things

00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:53.579
 by that

00:20:53.579 --> 00:20:54.179
 means

00:20:54.179 --> 00:20:55.000
 but instead

00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:56.319
 Jesus directs

00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:57.099
 them to a

00:20:57.099 --> 00:20:58.539
 humble poor

00:20:58.539 --> 00:20:58.939
 widow

00:20:58.939 --> 00:21:00.419
 that was

00:21:00.419 --> 00:21:01.159
 passing by

00:21:01.159 --> 00:21:03.659
 you know we

00:21:03.659 --> 00:21:04.379
 don't know but

00:21:04.379 --> 00:21:05.019
 earlier in this

00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:05.659
 passage it

00:21:05.659 --> 00:21:06.359
 talks about

00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:07.119
 you know the

00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:07.980
 scribes and

00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:08.559
 Pharisees

00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:09.759
 devouring

00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.599
 widows houses

00:21:10.599 --> 00:21:11.240
 maybe she was

00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:11.659
 one of those

00:21:11.659 --> 00:21:12.139
 widows we

00:21:12.139 --> 00:21:12.720
 don't know

00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:14.399
 but we do

00:21:14.399 --> 00:21:14.779
 know she

00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:15.220
 didn't have

00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:15.659
 anything

00:21:15.659 --> 00:21:18.119
 all she had

00:21:18.119 --> 00:21:18.579
 left

00:21:18.579 --> 00:21:20.399
 we find just

00:21:20.399 --> 00:21:21.319
 all the things

00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:21.980
 she had to

00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:22.599
 move forward

00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:25.000
 we know that

00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:25.859
 she was poor

00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:26.399
 and didn't

00:21:26.399 --> 00:21:27.480
 use it for an

00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:28.339
 excuse though

00:21:28.339 --> 00:21:29.119
 not to honor

00:21:29.119 --> 00:21:29.720
 the Lord

00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:31.700
 you know the

00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:32.440
 Bible says she

00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:33.200
 only had two

00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:34.440
 mites or a

00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:35.139
 farthing which

00:21:35.139 --> 00:21:35.919
 this word

00:21:35.919 --> 00:21:36.899
 farthing is just

00:21:36.899 --> 00:21:38.419
 a you might say

00:21:38.420 --> 00:21:39.019
 it's a

00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:42.259
 understanding

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:43.100
 in a different

00:21:43.100 --> 00:21:43.580
 currency

00:21:43.580 --> 00:21:44.300
 a farthing

00:21:44.300 --> 00:21:45.000
 is a

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:45.519
 Roman

00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:46.519
 coin

00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:47.759
 and so

00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:48.720
 to a Roman

00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:49.200
 audience

00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:49.660
 because remember

00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:50.220
 Mark was

00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:50.860
 written to a

00:21:50.860 --> 00:21:51.279
 Greek and

00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:52.100
 Roman audience

00:21:52.100 --> 00:21:53.240
 in other words

00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:54.320
 a mite was a

00:21:54.320 --> 00:21:54.740
 Jewish

00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:56.100
 measurement

00:21:56.100 --> 00:21:57.539
 and a farthing

00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:58.100
 would have been a

00:21:58.100 --> 00:21:59.019
 Roman and

00:21:59.019 --> 00:21:59.900
 Greek measurement

00:21:59.900 --> 00:22:01.560
 in other words

00:22:01.560 --> 00:22:02.000
 so when they

00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:02.600
 read this

00:22:02.600 --> 00:22:02.960
 if it was

00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:03.519
 written to them

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:04.579
 oh okay

00:22:04.579 --> 00:22:05.039
 it's been

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:05.799
 converted for

00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:06.019
 me

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:07.859
 you know

00:22:07.859 --> 00:22:08.339
 how you

00:22:08.339 --> 00:22:09.279
 convert currency

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:09.900
 from one

00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:10.440
 currency to

00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:10.740
 another

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.400
 that's basically

00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:11.980
 what Mark

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:12.660
 did here for

00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:12.859
 us

00:22:12.859 --> 00:22:13.920
 is he converted

00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:14.440
 the currency

00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:14.920
 so we have

00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:15.359
 something to

00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:15.960
 understand

00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.299
 because in

00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:16.519
 other words

00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:17.279
 what are two

00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:17.700
 mites

00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:19.879
 but to his

00:22:19.879 --> 00:22:20.440
 audience they

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:21.180
 understood that

00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:21.720
 hey this is

00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:22.319
 not much

00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:24.519
 this is a

00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:25.019
 little bit of

00:22:25.019 --> 00:22:25.359
 nothing

00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:26.460
 we find here

00:22:26.460 --> 00:22:27.139
 this little bit

00:22:27.139 --> 00:22:27.660
 of nothing

00:22:27.660 --> 00:22:28.680
 that she gives

00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:31.000
 look down at

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:32.019
 verse 43 in

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.660
 our text

00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:33.980
 it says he

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.720
 called unto him

00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.480
 his disciples

00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:36.200
 and saith unto

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:36.519
 them

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:37.779
 verily I say

00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.440
 unto you that

00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:39.240
 this poor widow

00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:40.320
 hath cast more

00:22:40.320 --> 00:22:41.860
 in than all

00:22:41.860 --> 00:22:42.539
 they which have

00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:43.320
 cast into the

00:22:43.320 --> 00:22:43.720
 treasury

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.500
 I want you to

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:44.980
 think about

00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:46.580
 the assessment

00:22:46.580 --> 00:22:47.420
 of that statement

00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:48.299
 think about the

00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:49.299
 assessment of that

00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:49.799
 statement

00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:52.420
 all they that

00:22:52.420 --> 00:22:52.900
 gave

00:22:52.900 --> 00:22:53.860
 what's Jesus

00:22:53.860 --> 00:22:54.640
 saying he's not

00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:55.460
 comparing her just

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:56.259
 to one person

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:57.340
 he's comparing

00:22:57.340 --> 00:22:58.240
 what this lady

00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:59.120
 gave to

00:22:59.120 --> 00:22:59.839
 multitudes of

00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:00.099
 people

00:23:00.099 --> 00:23:01.039
 that's quite an

00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:01.519
 assessment

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:03.980
 and the

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:04.700
 assessment he

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.640
 attaches to it

00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:06.259
 is important

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:08.240
 because he

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:09.059
 says that she

00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:10.779
 cast more

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:12.680
 in these

00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.420
 two coins

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:13.799
 that went

00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:14.259
 tink tink

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:14.680
 tink tink

00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:15.000
 tink

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:16.559
 was more

00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:18.500
 in the eyes

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:19.180
 of Jesus

00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:20.380
 than all those

00:23:20.380 --> 00:23:21.140
 noisemakers

00:23:21.140 --> 00:23:21.980
 that dumped in

00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:23.700
 bags of coins

00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:26.620
 one after

00:23:26.620 --> 00:23:27.019
 another

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.700
 now I want

00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:27.839
 you to

00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:28.319
 understand

00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:28.619
 something

00:23:28.619 --> 00:23:29.220
 very important

00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:29.379
 here

00:23:29.379 --> 00:23:30.279
 Jesus is not

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:30.779
 speaking

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.720
 necessarily

00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:32.440
 negative

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:32.980
 of the

00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:33.339
 others

00:23:33.339 --> 00:23:36.180
 he's using

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.680
 it as an

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:37.240
 illustration

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:38.119
 to say

00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:39.119
 hey these

00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:39.859
 gave

00:23:39.859 --> 00:23:40.759
 but we're

00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:40.940
 going to

00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:41.359
 find here

00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:41.639
 he says

00:23:41.639 --> 00:23:42.079
 they gave

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:42.339
 out of

00:23:42.339 --> 00:23:42.480
 their

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:42.960
 abundance

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.819
 but this

00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.240
 widow

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:44.920
 did something

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:45.500
 of note

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:46.160
 she gave

00:23:46.160 --> 00:23:46.859
 all

00:23:46.859 --> 00:23:47.420
 that she

00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:47.759
 had

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.539
 the others

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:49.039
 did not

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.579
 give all

00:23:49.579 --> 00:23:50.019
 doesn't mean

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.359
 they didn't

00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:51.220
 give correctly

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:53.279
 because

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:54.059
 Jesus is

00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:54.660
 assessing

00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:55.940
 this certain

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.539
 individual

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.400
 in contrast

00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:57.940
 to the

00:23:57.940 --> 00:23:58.259
 others

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:58.839
 and what

00:23:58.839 --> 00:23:59.500
 he reveals

00:23:59.500 --> 00:23:59.839
 to us

00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.380
 is important

00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:01.059
 that Jesus

00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:02.339
 cares about

00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:03.120
 what we

00:24:03.120 --> 00:24:03.579
 give

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:05.980
 now I can

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.700
 just always

00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:07.299
 like to try

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:07.799
 to picture

00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:08.180
 how the

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:08.620
 disciples

00:24:08.620 --> 00:24:08.960
 would have

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.380
 been sitting

00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:09.620
 there

00:24:09.620 --> 00:24:09.880
 you know

00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:10.440
 just using

00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:11.140
 human nature

00:24:11.140 --> 00:24:12.059
 and I

00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.440
 imagine

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:12.759
 they were

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.100
 sitting there

00:24:13.100 --> 00:24:13.319
 with a

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:13.900
 pretty puzzled

00:24:13.900 --> 00:24:14.259
 look on

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:14.660
 their face

00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:15.140
 when Jesus

00:24:15.140 --> 00:24:15.680
 made that

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.059
 statement

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:17.960
 how did

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.599
 she give

00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:19.220
 more than

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.619
 all these

00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:19.960
 others

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.579
 how do we

00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:20.839
 know the

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.259
 disciples

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:21.859
 probably did

00:24:21.859 --> 00:24:22.099
 that

00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:22.399
 because

00:24:22.399 --> 00:24:22.619
 they're

00:24:22.619 --> 00:24:22.899
 people

00:24:22.899 --> 00:24:23.319
 just like

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:23.539
 you and

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:23.779
 me

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:25.440
 if somebody

00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:25.960
 made that

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.339
 statement

00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:27.000
 even Jesus

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.319
 you'd be

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:27.759
 looking like

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.259
 okay let's

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:28.579
 make the

00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:28.919
 connection

00:24:28.919 --> 00:24:29.220
 here

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:30.919
 this is

00:24:30.919 --> 00:24:31.579
 not connecting

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:31.980
 in my

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:32.379
 mind

00:24:32.379 --> 00:24:33.819
 this is

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:34.220
 not how

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:34.619
 we put

00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:35.319
 those things

00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:36.299
 normally

00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:36.779
 together

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.299
 because they

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:37.799
 heard all

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.220
 the loud

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.759
 noises

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.599
 of the

00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:39.919
 rich

00:24:39.919 --> 00:24:40.279
 that had

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:40.539
 just

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:41.059
 gave their

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.559
 coins

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:42.220
 and they

00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:42.460
 say

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:43.079
 Jesus

00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:44.440
 here is

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:45.000
 pointing out

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.500
 this little

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:45.799
 widow

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.319
 that said

00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:47.079
 that put

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:47.539
 in just

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.279
 a little

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:48.700
 bit

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.059
 that she

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.359
 gave

00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:49.919
 more

00:24:49.919 --> 00:24:50.480
 but I

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:50.799
 want you

00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.180
 to see

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:51.440
 here

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:51.680
 it's

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.180
 more

00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:52.919
 not

00:24:52.919 --> 00:24:53.639
 because

00:24:53.639 --> 00:24:54.139
 of the

00:24:54.139 --> 00:24:55.599
 quantity

00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:56.500
 but because

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:56.740
 of the

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.259
 proportion

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:59.500
 the

00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.220
 proportion

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:01.740
 that far

00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.399
 exceeded

00:25:02.399 --> 00:25:02.839
 what the

00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:03.099
 others

00:25:03.099 --> 00:25:03.539
 gave

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:05.779
 now I

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.099
 think it's

00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:06.700
 pretty easy

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.200
 for us to

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:07.579
 understand

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:07.859
 that

00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:08.359
 comparison

00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:10.099
 because

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:10.740
 to give

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.460
 a little

00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:12.279
 or some

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:12.700
 of what

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.139
 you possess

00:25:13.139 --> 00:25:13.899
 is a lot

00:25:13.899 --> 00:25:14.440
 different than

00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:15.000
 giving all

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.299
 that you

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:15.720
 possess

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.299
 that's a

00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:16.440
 big

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:17.039
 contrast

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:19.420
 giving all

00:25:19.420 --> 00:25:19.799
 that you

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.380
 possess

00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:21.019
 now it's

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:21.839
 important here

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:22.720
 because God's

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.920
 expectation of

00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:25.420
 giving is

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:26.240
 tied to being

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:26.839
 proportional

00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:29.220
 it's not a

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:30.339
 dollar amount

00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:31.860
 but it's a

00:25:31.860 --> 00:25:32.299
 percentage

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:33.120
 we find that

00:25:33.120 --> 00:25:33.700
 throughout the

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.819
 scripture the

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.720
 same proportion

00:25:35.720 --> 00:25:36.319
 is true

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:37.059
 it talks about

00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:37.680
 the tithe

00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:39.299
 that 10%

00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:40.339
 that standard

00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:41.559
 that we see

00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:42.160
 throughout the

00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:42.880
 word of God

00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:44.220
 you know we

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:44.540
 know we know

00:25:44.540 --> 00:25:45.300
 that we're

00:25:45.300 --> 00:25:45.960
 not directly

00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:46.860
 commanded to

00:25:46.860 --> 00:25:47.560
 tithe but I

00:25:47.560 --> 00:25:47.980
 want you to

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:49.020
 understand that

00:25:49.020 --> 00:25:49.740
 as a Christian

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.640
 you ought to

00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:51.500
 not from

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.360
 commandment but

00:25:52.360 --> 00:25:53.100
 out of love

00:25:53.100 --> 00:25:56.640
 because Jesus

00:25:56.640 --> 00:25:57.600
 never spoke

00:25:57.600 --> 00:25:58.220
 down the

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:59.540
 tithe he

00:25:59.540 --> 00:26:00.200
 didn't say it

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:00.980
 wasn't honorable

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.920
 to do so

00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.840
 his only

00:26:02.840 --> 00:26:03.640
 assessment of

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:04.220
 giving and

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:05.420
 tithing was

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:06.080
 the fact of

00:26:06.080 --> 00:26:06.600
 how people

00:26:06.600 --> 00:26:07.120
 did it

00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:08.619
 the heart

00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:09.299
 attached to

00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:09.519
 it

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:10.879
 you know look

00:26:10.879 --> 00:26:11.319
 over into

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:12.079
 Matthew chapter

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:13.039
 23 for a

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.279
 moment

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:14.459
 Matthew chapter

00:26:14.459 --> 00:26:15.239
 23 in

00:26:15.239 --> 00:26:15.979
 verse 23

00:26:15.979 --> 00:26:17.519
 we say the

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:18.099
 word of God

00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:18.859
 tells us this

00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:19.439
 he says woe

00:26:19.439 --> 00:26:19.839
 unto you

00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:20.559
 scribes and

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.119
 Pharisees

00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:22.099
 hypocrites

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:23.399
 for you pay

00:26:23.399 --> 00:26:24.139
 tithe of

00:26:24.139 --> 00:26:24.699
 mint and

00:26:24.699 --> 00:26:25.879
 and these

00:26:25.879 --> 00:26:26.399
 and cumin

00:26:26.399 --> 00:26:27.039
 and have

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.639
 admitted the

00:26:27.639 --> 00:26:28.599
 weightier matters

00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:29.219
 of the law

00:26:29.219 --> 00:26:29.759
 judgment

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.539
 mercy and

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.000
 faith

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:32.619
 now notice

00:26:32.619 --> 00:26:33.099
 this these

00:26:33.099 --> 00:26:34.259
 ought ye to

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:34.899
 have done

00:26:34.899 --> 00:26:35.599
 and not to

00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:35.979
 leave the

00:26:35.979 --> 00:26:36.899
 other undone

00:26:36.900 --> 00:26:38.860
 in other

00:26:38.860 --> 00:26:39.360
 words Jesus

00:26:39.360 --> 00:26:39.800
 says you

00:26:39.800 --> 00:26:40.400
 were right

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:41.200
 to give

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:43.019
 but you

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.740
 also need to

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.240
 pay attention

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:44.800
 to the other

00:26:44.800 --> 00:26:45.900
 things associated

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.340
 with your

00:26:46.340 --> 00:26:46.720
 heart

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:49.380
 because you

00:26:49.380 --> 00:26:50.080
 can't buy

00:26:50.080 --> 00:26:50.840
 off God

00:26:50.840 --> 00:26:53.400
 you know

00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:53.860
 some people

00:26:53.860 --> 00:26:54.420
 try to buy

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:54.780
 God

00:26:54.780 --> 00:26:56.540
 you know

00:26:56.540 --> 00:26:56.860
 they say

00:26:56.860 --> 00:26:57.560
 well if I

00:26:57.560 --> 00:26:58.080
 just give

00:26:58.080 --> 00:26:58.640
 enough you

00:26:58.640 --> 00:26:58.960
 know they

00:26:58.960 --> 00:26:59.320
 have this

00:26:59.320 --> 00:27:00.140
 mindset that

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:00.420
 they'll

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:01.600
 gotta overlook

00:27:01.600 --> 00:27:02.220
 things I

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.480
 want you

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:02.820
 understand

00:27:02.820 --> 00:27:03.160
 there's

00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:03.820
 nothing you

00:27:03.820 --> 00:27:04.660
 can give

00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:05.320
 to gain

00:27:05.320 --> 00:27:05.920
 favor with

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:06.240
 God

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:07.079
 no amount

00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:07.519
 of money

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:09.160
 no amount

00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:09.680
 of labor

00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:12.039
 those are

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.480
 things we

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:12.920
 ought to do

00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:13.480
 because we

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:14.240
 love God

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:14.759
 because he

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.420
 already loved

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:15.859
 us

00:27:15.859 --> 00:27:17.940
 we ought to

00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:18.599
 desire to

00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:19.259
 serve him

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:20.279
 and invest

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.920
 in the things

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:21.519
 of God

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.460
 Jesus here

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:23.240
 moves it up

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:23.680
 a notch

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:24.140
 we know

00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:24.440
 that the

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:24.940
 poor widow

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:26.059
 that gave

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:27.299
 all that

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:27.759
 she had

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.420
 all her

00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:28.900
 substance

00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:31.160
 so I want

00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:31.380
 you to

00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:31.819
 understand

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:32.460
 your giving

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:33.200
 is assumed

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:33.819
 and it's

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.460
 assessed

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:35.299
 but I

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:35.819
 also want

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.000
 you to

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.420
 understand

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:36.740
 there's

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.400
 an aim

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:38.360
 a motive

00:27:38.360 --> 00:27:39.120
 behind

00:27:39.120 --> 00:27:39.700
 your giving

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:41.220
 that Jesus

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:42.039
 brings forth

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.340
 here

00:27:42.340 --> 00:27:43.660
 because the

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.059
 motive

00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:44.600
 the why

00:27:44.600 --> 00:27:45.039
 you do

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.460
 something

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:47.319
 is just

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:47.860
 as critical

00:27:47.860 --> 00:27:48.279
 as the

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:48.620
 what you

00:27:48.620 --> 00:27:48.840
 do

00:27:48.840 --> 00:27:49.580
 because we

00:27:49.580 --> 00:27:50.160
 find that

00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:50.660
 people will

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:51.440
 do things

00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:51.960
 not for

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.559
 somebody else

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:53.039
 even if it

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.460
 benefits

00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:54.259
 somebody else

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:55.220
 but they

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.799
 do it to

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.220
 try to

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:56.640
 appease

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:57.160
 themselves

00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:57.779
 or appease

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:58.100
 others

00:27:58.100 --> 00:27:58.360
 or to

00:27:58.360 --> 00:27:58.580
 gain

00:27:58.580 --> 00:27:59.059
 favor

00:27:59.059 --> 00:28:01.519
 they

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:02.220
 might be

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:02.579
 doing the

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:03.299
 right thing

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:03.659
 but the

00:28:03.659 --> 00:28:03.940
 motive

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:04.539
 is wrong

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:07.099
 why you

00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:07.419
 do

00:28:07.419 --> 00:28:07.819
 something

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:08.539
 the motive

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:09.940
 behind what

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.399
 we do

00:28:10.399 --> 00:28:10.740
 for the

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:10.960
 Lord

00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:11.359
 is just

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:11.859
 as important

00:28:11.859 --> 00:28:12.240
 as the

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.539
 what

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:14.519
 I want

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:14.659
 you to

00:28:14.659 --> 00:28:14.960
 understand

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:15.399
 the what

00:28:15.399 --> 00:28:16.059
 is important

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:17.779
 but the

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.159
 motive

00:28:18.159 --> 00:28:18.500
 or the

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:18.839
 aim

00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:19.079
 of it

00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:19.579
 is important

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.019
 also

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:22.379
 they correlate

00:28:22.379 --> 00:28:23.039
 equally

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:24.539
 because you

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:24.839
 can do

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:25.299
 the right

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:25.659
 thing

00:28:25.659 --> 00:28:25.980
 for the

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.179
 wrong

00:28:26.179 --> 00:28:26.559
 reason

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:26.879
 because

00:28:26.879 --> 00:28:27.359
 people do

00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:27.679
 that all

00:28:27.679 --> 00:28:28.019
 the time

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:28.379
 trying to

00:28:28.379 --> 00:28:28.659
 manipulate

00:28:28.660 --> 00:28:29.160
 people

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.779
 well look

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:30.160
 what I

00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:30.500
 did

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:30.820
 you know

00:28:30.820 --> 00:28:31.120
 they try

00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:31.460
 to gain

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:31.980
 advantage

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.420
 or they

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:32.720
 try to

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:33.259
 manipulate

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:34.100
 or to

00:28:34.100 --> 00:28:34.880
 do things

00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:35.400
 even within

00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:36.160
 relationships

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:36.960
 that way

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:39.300
 they give

00:28:39.300 --> 00:28:39.920
 not because

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.440
 they love

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:40.860
 because they

00:28:40.860 --> 00:28:41.240
 want to

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.560
 gain

00:28:41.560 --> 00:28:42.019
 you know

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.200
 they're

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:42.800
 trying to

00:28:42.800 --> 00:28:43.580
 manipulate

00:28:43.580 --> 00:28:44.540
 the situation

00:28:44.540 --> 00:28:44.960
 not to be

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.380
 because

00:28:45.380 --> 00:28:46.259
 we love

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:46.820
 the Lord

00:28:46.820 --> 00:28:48.180
 but when

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:48.420
 we get

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:49.060
 that motive

00:28:49.060 --> 00:28:49.759
 behind what

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.180
 we give

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:50.800
 we find

00:28:50.800 --> 00:28:51.620
 some motives

00:28:51.620 --> 00:28:52.279
 that ought

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:52.480
 to be

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:53.000
 associated

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.580
 with our

00:28:53.580 --> 00:28:53.920
 giving

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.420
 here in

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:54.720
 scripture

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.620
 and I

00:28:55.620 --> 00:28:55.880
 think we

00:28:55.880 --> 00:28:56.500
 can associate

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:57.100
 them with

00:28:57.100 --> 00:28:57.980
 this widow

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:58.779
 that came

00:28:58.779 --> 00:29:00.240
 because we

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.740
 see it

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.000
 in her

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.500
 actions

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:03.599
 we see

00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:03.860
 it in

00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:04.299
 what she

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:04.720
 did

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:05.700
 because the

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.099
 first thing

00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:06.519
 we need to

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:06.940
 do is to

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.579
 understand that

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:07.940
 we should

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.360
 give

00:29:08.360 --> 00:29:09.200
 thankfully

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:11.640
 you know

00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:12.120
 getting into

00:29:12.120 --> 00:29:12.839
 November here

00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:13.299
 we're coming up

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:13.980
 on Thanksgiving

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.360
 you know

00:29:14.360 --> 00:29:14.920
 most time

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:15.880
 we think of

00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:16.740
 thankfulness

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.440
 as just a

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:18.259
 verbal thing

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:19.960
 but if you

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.599
 study throughout

00:29:20.599 --> 00:29:21.160
 the scripture

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:22.140
 giving is

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:22.980
 associated with

00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:23.680
 thankfulness

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:26.220
 throughout the

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.680
 Old Testament

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.120
 you'll see

00:29:27.120 --> 00:29:28.039
 this principle

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:29.580
 played out

00:29:29.580 --> 00:29:32.420
 Leviticus 22

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:33.100
 29

00:29:33.100 --> 00:29:34.420
 tells us

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:34.860
 this

00:29:34.860 --> 00:29:35.500
 it says

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:35.920
 and when

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.160
 ye

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:37.799
 shall

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.680
 excuse me

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:39.160
 and when

00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:39.640
 ye will

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.460
 offer a

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:41.140
 sacrifice

00:29:41.140 --> 00:29:42.220
 of thanksgiving

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.680
 unto the

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:42.980
 Lord

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:44.000
 offer it

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:44.460
 at your

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:44.960
 own

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.580
 will

00:29:45.580 --> 00:29:47.720
 the context

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.100
 of this

00:29:48.100 --> 00:29:48.460
 verse

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:49.000
 is a

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.620
 literal

00:29:49.620 --> 00:29:50.180
 giving

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.560
 of a

00:29:50.560 --> 00:29:51.100
 sacrifice

00:29:51.100 --> 00:29:51.779
 not just

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.320
 verbiage

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:52.980
 but there's

00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:53.460
 an actual

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:53.939
 giving

00:29:53.939 --> 00:29:54.399
 attached

00:29:54.399 --> 00:29:54.919
 to it

00:29:54.919 --> 00:29:55.359
 now

00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:55.879
 verbally

00:29:55.879 --> 00:29:56.399
 praising

00:29:56.399 --> 00:29:56.619
 the

00:29:56.619 --> 00:29:56.839
 Lord

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.179
 is one

00:29:57.179 --> 00:29:57.379
 way

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:57.519
 of

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:57.839
 thanking

00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:58.099
 him

00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:58.240
 and

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:58.559
 honoring

00:29:58.559 --> 00:29:58.960
 him

00:29:58.960 --> 00:30:00.619
 but also

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:01.000
 in what

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.619
 we give

00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:02.179
 because it

00:30:02.179 --> 00:30:02.599
 says I

00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:03.619
 appreciate

00:30:03.619 --> 00:30:04.419
 what you

00:30:04.419 --> 00:30:05.220
 have done

00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:06.439
 for me

00:30:06.439 --> 00:30:08.339
 as a

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:08.619
 believer

00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:08.939
 we ought

00:30:08.939 --> 00:30:09.119
 to be

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:09.639
 appreciative

00:30:09.639 --> 00:30:10.139
 of what

00:30:10.139 --> 00:30:10.539
 God

00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:10.980
 has done

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.679
 for us

00:30:11.679 --> 00:30:13.839
 what's he

00:30:13.839 --> 00:30:14.099
 done

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:14.379
 he's

00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:14.639
 given

00:30:14.639 --> 00:30:15.279
 a free

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:16.379
 gift

00:30:16.379 --> 00:30:17.200
 of salvation

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:17.720
 to all

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.079
 those

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.339
 who will

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:18.819
 call upon

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:19.019
 him

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:21.059
 I want

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.220
 you to

00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:21.679
 understand

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:22.100
 the word

00:30:22.100 --> 00:30:22.500
 free

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:22.900
 doesn't

00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:23.060
 mean

00:30:23.060 --> 00:30:23.180
 it

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:23.380
 didn't

00:30:23.380 --> 00:30:23.640
 cost

00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:24.039
 something

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:26.060
 you know

00:30:26.060 --> 00:30:26.340
 there's a

00:30:26.340 --> 00:30:26.519
 great

00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:26.980
 misconception

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.519
 today

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:27.740
 that

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.180
 oh

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:28.460
 it's

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:28.880
 free

00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:29.360
 you know

00:30:29.360 --> 00:30:29.720
 it doesn't

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:30.039
 cost

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.400
 anything

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:31.460
 if it's

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:31.720
 free

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.080
 to you

00:30:32.080 --> 00:30:32.580
 it costs

00:30:32.580 --> 00:30:32.920
 somebody

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:33.140
 else

00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:33.480
 something

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:36.080
 you never

00:30:36.080 --> 00:30:36.820
 get anything

00:30:36.820 --> 00:30:37.380
 for free

00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:39.480
 the only

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:40.000
 reason you

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.700
 might receive

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.200
 it at no

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:41.840
 cost

00:30:41.840 --> 00:30:42.820
 is because

00:30:42.820 --> 00:30:43.519
 somebody else

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:44.000
 already paid

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.400
 for it

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:44.940
 we get

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:45.640
 salvation

00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:46.120
 at no

00:30:46.120 --> 00:30:46.560
 cost

00:30:46.560 --> 00:30:46.880
 because

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:47.279
 Jesus

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:47.759
 Christ

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:48.080
 paid

00:30:48.080 --> 00:30:48.940
 for it

00:30:48.940 --> 00:30:50.700
 he paid

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:51.039
 the whole

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.400
 bill

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:52.280
 he took

00:30:52.280 --> 00:30:52.880
 the tab

00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:53.240
 and said

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.440
 it's

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:54.100
 on me

00:30:54.100 --> 00:30:54.700
 he said

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:55.000
 I'm

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.560
 the one

00:30:55.560 --> 00:30:56.080
 you know

00:30:56.080 --> 00:30:56.400
 I want

00:30:56.400 --> 00:30:56.560
 you to

00:30:56.560 --> 00:30:57.060
 understand

00:30:57.060 --> 00:30:57.340
 this

00:30:57.340 --> 00:30:58.259
 thankfulness

00:30:58.259 --> 00:30:59.440
 a thankful

00:30:59.440 --> 00:30:59.940
 heart

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.340
 is a

00:31:00.340 --> 00:31:00.620
 giving

00:31:00.620 --> 00:31:01.080
 heart

00:31:01.080 --> 00:31:01.740
 I believe

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.160
 that day

00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:02.500
 we can

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:02.860
 see that

00:31:02.860 --> 00:31:03.200
 widow

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:03.500
 was

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:03.980
 thankful

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.400
 for who

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:04.740
 God

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.080
 is

00:31:05.080 --> 00:31:05.420
 and what

00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:05.660
 he had

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:05.980
 done

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.700
 by the

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:07.140
 amount

00:31:07.140 --> 00:31:07.740
 and the

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:08.100
 willingness

00:31:08.100 --> 00:31:08.780
 to give

00:31:08.780 --> 00:31:09.140
 what she

00:31:09.140 --> 00:31:09.560
 had

00:31:09.560 --> 00:31:09.940
 you know

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:10.259
 look over

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:10.660
 to Psalm

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:11.620
 116

00:31:11.620 --> 00:31:11.920
 Psalm

00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:12.700
 116

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.100
 in verse

00:31:13.100 --> 00:31:13.460
 7

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:14.540
 we find

00:31:14.540 --> 00:31:14.940
 over here

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.280
 it says

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:16.339
 I will

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:17.220
 offer

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:17.660
 to thee

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:18.579
 the sacrifice

00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:19.759
 of thanksgiving

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.619
 and will

00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:21.299
 call upon

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:22.039
 the name

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.440
 of the

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:22.779
 Lord

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.240
 you know

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:23.539
 we can

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:24.259
 be thankful

00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:24.700
 because

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:25.359
 of what

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:25.639
 God

00:31:25.639 --> 00:31:26.119
 has done

00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:27.500
 we can

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.079
 be thankful

00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:28.539
 he's given

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:28.879
 us a

00:31:28.879 --> 00:31:29.460
 salvation

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:29.859
 that's

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:30.139
 full

00:31:30.139 --> 00:31:30.680
 and free

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:31.700
 at salvation

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:32.200
 you get

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:32.660
 everything

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:33.420
 he doesn't

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:33.960
 leave anything

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.379
 out

00:31:34.379 --> 00:31:36.259
 to all

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.740
 those who

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.119
 will call

00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:37.639
 upon him

00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:38.000
 I want

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.259
 you to

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:38.599
 see

00:31:38.599 --> 00:31:39.259
 this

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:39.599
 morning

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:40.279
 the importance

00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:40.940
 of this

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:41.759
 that the

00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:42.480
 giving

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:43.360
 because of

00:31:43.360 --> 00:31:43.740
 what he

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.099
 did

00:31:44.099 --> 00:31:44.640
 for you

00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:45.120
 and I

00:31:45.120 --> 00:31:45.740
 it should

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.660
 cause us

00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:47.360
 to not

00:31:47.360 --> 00:31:47.839
 give out

00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:48.700
 of application

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:49.579
 but to

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:50.180
 and to

00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:50.559
 but to

00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:50.720
 give

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:51.380
 thankfully

00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:52.539
 but also

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:52.860
 when we're

00:31:52.860 --> 00:31:53.079
 giving

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:53.640
 thankfully

00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:54.160
 we find

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.440
 we ought

00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:54.700
 to be

00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:55.039
 cheerful

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.579
 about our

00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:55.860
 giving

00:31:55.860 --> 00:31:57.819
 you know

00:31:57.819 --> 00:31:58.360
 cheerfulness

00:31:58.360 --> 00:31:59.220
 is a

00:31:59.220 --> 00:31:59.700
 spirit

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.120
 in which

00:32:00.120 --> 00:32:00.440
 you give

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:00.860
 it also

00:32:00.860 --> 00:32:02.299
 you know

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:03.200
 God

00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:03.799
 loves

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.440
 a cheerful

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:04.920
 giver

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:07.360
 because I

00:32:07.360 --> 00:32:07.599
 want you

00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:08.019
 to understand

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.620
 people can

00:32:08.620 --> 00:32:09.519
 give things

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:11.180
 multiple

00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:11.599
 ways

00:32:11.599 --> 00:32:13.779
 you know

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.480
 people give

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:14.980
 out of guilt

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:16.539
 and I

00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:16.799
 want you

00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:17.359
 to understand

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:17.719
 when we're

00:32:17.719 --> 00:32:18.139
 talking about

00:32:18.139 --> 00:32:18.619
 money this

00:32:18.619 --> 00:32:18.819
 morning

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.139
 I'm not

00:32:19.139 --> 00:32:19.480
 trying to

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:19.819
 guilt you

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:20.359
 into anything

00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:21.159
 because your

00:32:21.159 --> 00:32:21.699
 giving is

00:32:21.699 --> 00:32:22.240
 between you

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:22.480
 and the

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:22.879
 Lord and

00:32:22.879 --> 00:32:23.379
 God says

00:32:23.379 --> 00:32:24.059
 he assesses

00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:24.219
 it

00:32:24.219 --> 00:32:24.719
 it's not

00:32:24.719 --> 00:32:25.299
 the preacher's

00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:25.719
 job to

00:32:25.719 --> 00:32:26.259
 assess your

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:26.559
 giving

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:26.859
 that's

00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:27.199
 God's

00:32:27.199 --> 00:32:27.500
 job

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:28.959
 you know

00:32:28.959 --> 00:32:29.159
 why

00:32:29.159 --> 00:32:29.740
 because God

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.119
 sees your

00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:30.399
 heart

00:32:30.399 --> 00:32:31.179
 we can be

00:32:31.179 --> 00:32:32.019
 led astray

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:34.159
 by if we

00:32:34.159 --> 00:32:34.819
 allow our

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:35.599
 observation of

00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:36.079
 what somebody

00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:36.579
 gives

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:37.599
 because giving

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:38.259
 doesn't gain

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.879
 favor with

00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:39.199
 God

00:32:39.199 --> 00:32:39.599
 we ought to

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:40.099
 be giving

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:40.679
 because we

00:32:40.679 --> 00:32:41.279
 love God

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:42.879
 because we're

00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:43.480
 thankful for

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:43.899
 what he's

00:32:43.899 --> 00:32:44.139
 done

00:32:44.139 --> 00:32:44.460
 we ought to

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:44.740
 do it

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.359
 cheerfully

00:32:45.359 --> 00:32:46.500
 to understand

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:46.940
 there's a

00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:47.359
 willingness

00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:48.139
 behind it

00:32:48.139 --> 00:32:48.740
 2nd Corinthians

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:49.660
 chapter 9

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:50.899
 in verse 7

00:32:50.899 --> 00:32:51.660
 says every man

00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:52.420
 according as he

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:53.339
 purposes in his

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:54.639
 heart so let

00:32:54.639 --> 00:32:55.480
 him give not

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:56.680
 grudgingly nor

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:57.480
 of necessity

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.619
 for God

00:32:58.619 --> 00:32:59.279
 loveth a

00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:00.039
 cheerful giver

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.559
 you know

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:01.119
 sometimes

00:33:01.119 --> 00:33:02.980
 we can give

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.460
 with the wrong

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:03.839
 attitude

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:04.879
 well I better

00:33:04.879 --> 00:33:05.559
 do this

00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:08.299
 or I need

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:09.200
 to do this

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:11.519
 but you know

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:13.279
 ultimately God

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:14.019
 says he wants

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:14.539
 somebody that

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:15.360
 says I get

00:33:15.360 --> 00:33:16.039
 to do this

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:19.319
 that's a

00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:20.100
 cheerful giver

00:33:20.100 --> 00:33:20.840
 one that says

00:33:20.840 --> 00:33:22.480
 I love God

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:23.360
 because of what

00:33:23.360 --> 00:33:23.940
 he has done

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.539
 for me

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.680
 and I think

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:26.340
 he's worthy

00:33:26.340 --> 00:33:27.160
 of even more

00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:27.759
 than what I'm

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:28.440
 able to give

00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:30.940
 because we

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:31.840
 cannot give

00:33:31.840 --> 00:33:32.660
 to supplement

00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:33.059
 what he's

00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:33.460
 already given

00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:33.960
 to us

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:36.460
 we cannot

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:37.579
 supplement that

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.519
 and to give

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:39.720
 more for that

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.840
 it's a difference

00:33:40.840 --> 00:33:41.860
 between obligation

00:33:41.860 --> 00:33:42.700
 to give

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:43.579
 and the desire

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:44.200
 to give

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:45.600
 when it delights

00:33:45.600 --> 00:33:46.180
 our hearts

00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:46.880
 to give to the

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:47.180
 Lord

00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:48.480
 it's no longer

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:49.299
 a burden

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:49.900
 to give

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:50.620
 but a blessing

00:33:50.620 --> 00:33:51.259
 to give

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:54.180
 a cheerful giver

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:55.100
 looks at giving

00:33:55.100 --> 00:33:55.940
 as an opportunity

00:33:55.940 --> 00:33:57.259
 as a blessing

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:58.200
 because why is it

00:33:58.200 --> 00:33:58.660
 a blessing

00:33:58.660 --> 00:33:59.640
 because you can

00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:00.400
 be thankful

00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:01.100
 that all the

00:34:01.100 --> 00:34:01.960
 substance that God

00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:02.640
 has given to you

00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:03.100
 you have something

00:34:03.100 --> 00:34:03.539
 to give

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:06.259
 because what we

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:06.960
 have is given

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.480
 to us of the

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:07.779
 Lord

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.519
 we need to

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:09.460
 understand the

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:10.500
 importance of it

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:12.059
 a thankful heart

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:12.920
 makes a cheerful

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.440
 giver

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:14.440
 yet Jesus

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:15.380
 also draws

00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:16.000
 the disciples

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.900
 attention to the

00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:17.420
 proportion

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:18.960
 that she gave

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:20.980
 she gave

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.779
 liberally

00:34:21.779 --> 00:34:22.800
 we should give

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:23.779
 liberally

00:34:23.779 --> 00:34:25.880
 we ought to be

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.719
 willing to give

00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:27.960
 of what we have

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:29.159
 and not be stingy

00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:30.739
 especially when it

00:34:30.739 --> 00:34:31.380
 comes to the

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:32.159
 Lord's work

00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:33.279
 and his people

00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:34.019
 consider that

00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:34.680
 God says

00:34:34.680 --> 00:34:35.060
 that we can

00:34:35.060 --> 00:34:36.200
 expect a blessing

00:34:36.200 --> 00:34:37.220
 proportional

00:34:37.220 --> 00:34:38.200
 to our giving

00:34:38.200 --> 00:34:39.440
 you know

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:40.420
 Luke chapter 6

00:34:40.420 --> 00:34:41.480
 look at verse 38

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:43.180
 Luke 6 38

00:34:43.180 --> 00:34:43.900
 says this

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.540
 give and it

00:34:44.540 --> 00:34:45.100
 shall be given

00:34:45.100 --> 00:34:45.500
 unto you

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:46.100
 good measure

00:34:46.100 --> 00:34:46.840
 pressed down

00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:47.840
 shaken together

00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:48.620
 and running over

00:34:48.620 --> 00:34:49.560
 shall men

00:34:49.560 --> 00:34:50.220
 give into your

00:34:50.220 --> 00:34:50.580
 bosom

00:34:50.580 --> 00:34:51.460
 for with the

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:52.160
 same measure

00:34:52.160 --> 00:34:52.880
 that ye meet

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.340
 with all

00:34:53.340 --> 00:34:53.800
 it shall be

00:34:53.800 --> 00:34:54.640
 measured to you

00:34:54.640 --> 00:34:55.120
 again

00:34:55.120 --> 00:34:55.540
 you know

00:34:55.540 --> 00:34:55.860
 I want you

00:34:55.860 --> 00:34:56.320
 to understand

00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:56.980
 it's basically

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:57.420
 this

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:58.180
 don't be cheap

00:34:58.180 --> 00:34:58.880
 there's a difference

00:34:58.880 --> 00:34:59.680
 between being frugal

00:34:59.680 --> 00:35:00.480
 and being cheap

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:02.040
 frugal is wise use

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:02.920
 cheap just says

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.719
 I want to keep it

00:35:03.719 --> 00:35:05.699
 but there's a proportion

00:35:05.699 --> 00:35:08.139
 she gave liberally

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:08.719
 and I want you

00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:09.360
 to understand

00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:10.759
 that the word

00:35:10.759 --> 00:35:11.500
 today liberal

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:12.360
 is tied to

00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:13.659
 a different dynamic

00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:14.639
 often times we hear

00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:15.259
 the word liberal

00:35:15.259 --> 00:35:15.599
 today

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:16.659
 liberals today

00:35:16.659 --> 00:35:17.360
 think I want to

00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:18.619
 spend somebody else's

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:19.599
 money for good

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:20.099
 things

00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:22.259
 Bible says

00:35:22.259 --> 00:35:22.679
 that if you're

00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:23.639
 a liberal person

00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:24.519
 you take what you

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:25.659
 have of your resource

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:27.159
 and willingly give it

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:27.920
 for somebody else

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:28.699
 it's not taken

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.079
 and given

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:29.099
 and given

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:30.019
 to somebody

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.439
 else

00:35:30.439 --> 00:35:32.279
 a true

00:35:32.279 --> 00:35:33.179
 liberal heart

00:35:33.179 --> 00:35:33.939
 is of that

00:35:33.939 --> 00:35:34.659
 it's saying

00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:36.159
 I want to give

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:37.079
 freely

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:38.519
 for those things

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:39.460
 we ought to be

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:40.460
 liberal with what

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:41.019
 we possess

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:42.799
 and frugal with

00:35:42.799 --> 00:35:43.599
 what others have

00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:44.699
 entrusted to us

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:45.799
 because what you

00:35:45.799 --> 00:35:46.579
 have is what you

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:47.199
 have to give

00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:50.239
 you cannot give

00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:51.419
 honestly what

00:35:51.419 --> 00:35:52.019
 somebody else

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.659
 possesses

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:54.819
 you have to give

00:35:54.819 --> 00:35:55.659
 what you possess

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:57.719
 what you have

00:35:57.719 --> 00:35:59.079
 that proportion

00:35:59.079 --> 00:35:59.779
 that's the reason

00:35:59.779 --> 00:36:00.759
 Jesus made it

00:36:00.759 --> 00:36:01.779
 clear that this

00:36:01.779 --> 00:36:03.940
 widow gave

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:06.679
 more than all

00:36:06.679 --> 00:36:07.119
 those

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:09.500
 because she gave

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:09.899
 all

00:36:09.899 --> 00:36:11.879
 she gave it

00:36:11.879 --> 00:36:12.639
 with a thankful

00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:13.359
 and cheerful

00:36:13.359 --> 00:36:15.000
 she was a liberal

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.420
 giver

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:16.199
 it moves us

00:36:16.199 --> 00:36:17.079
 to the next

00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:17.639
 dynamic

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:18.599
 that we should

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:19.500
 be sacrificial

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:21.319
 there's a

00:36:21.319 --> 00:36:22.579
 sacrificial element

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:23.159
 because to give

00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:24.019
 a sacrifice

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:24.980
 unto the Lord

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:27.400
 you know David

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:28.340
 in 2 Samuel

00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:28.980
 makes it very

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:30.199
 clear that

00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:31.119
 you can't give

00:36:31.119 --> 00:36:31.539
 an offering

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:32.119
 unto the Lord

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:32.619
 that doesn't

00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:33.139
 cost you

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:33.579
 something

00:36:33.579 --> 00:36:35.139
 we know that

00:36:35.139 --> 00:36:35.599
 today it's

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:36.099
 easier to give

00:36:36.099 --> 00:36:36.760
 somebody else's

00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:37.139
 money than

00:36:37.139 --> 00:36:37.519
 your own

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:39.920
 it's easier to

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:40.400
 say somebody

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:40.880
 else ought to

00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:41.179
 give their

00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:41.679
 time than

00:36:41.679 --> 00:36:42.219
 my time

00:36:42.219 --> 00:36:44.639
 somebody else

00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:45.079
 ought to do

00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:45.480
 that

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:47.579
 but you know

00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:48.500
 what sacrificial

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:49.139
 giver is the

00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:49.900
 one that says

00:36:49.900 --> 00:36:51.619
 that merits

00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:52.719
 my time

00:36:52.719 --> 00:36:53.780
 because God's

00:36:53.780 --> 00:36:54.559
 measuring it

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:55.759
 how we use

00:36:55.759 --> 00:36:56.719
 our time

00:36:56.719 --> 00:36:57.199
 our money

00:36:57.199 --> 00:36:57.960
 our resources

00:36:57.960 --> 00:37:00.739
 Jesus here

00:37:00.739 --> 00:37:01.599
 directly points

00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:01.980
 out the

00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:02.579
 sacrifice

00:37:02.579 --> 00:37:03.059
 of the

00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:03.440
 widow's

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:03.799
 gift

00:37:03.799 --> 00:37:05.400
 giving not

00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:05.860
 from her

00:37:05.860 --> 00:37:06.460
 abundance

00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:07.920
 but of

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:08.480
 her need

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:09.340
 others there

00:37:09.340 --> 00:37:09.880
 gave from

00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:10.559
 their abundance

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:11.639
 I want you

00:37:11.639 --> 00:37:12.019
 understand

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:12.480
 I believe

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:12.759
 there was

00:37:12.759 --> 00:37:13.019
 probably

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:13.599
 many there

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:14.079
 that day

00:37:14.079 --> 00:37:14.659
 that gave

00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:15.940
 cheerfully

00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:16.519
 they gave

00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:17.139
 liberally

00:37:17.139 --> 00:37:19.059
 they gave

00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:19.659
 thankfully

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:20.659
 but Jesus

00:37:20.659 --> 00:37:21.179
 says they

00:37:21.179 --> 00:37:21.639
 gave of

00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:22.259
 their abundance

00:37:22.259 --> 00:37:22.900
 in other words

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.619
 what they

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:24.480
 put in

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:25.200
 wasn't

00:37:25.200 --> 00:37:25.639
 directly

00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:26.440
 impacting

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:29.300
 what went

00:37:29.300 --> 00:37:29.639
 on at

00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:29.920
 home

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:31.680
 in other

00:37:31.680 --> 00:37:31.940
 words they

00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:32.360
 had enough

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:32.940
 resource

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.619
 left over

00:37:33.619 --> 00:37:34.280
 everything was

00:37:34.280 --> 00:37:34.840
 taken care

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:35.099
 of

00:37:35.099 --> 00:37:35.740
 it's not

00:37:35.740 --> 00:37:36.039
 that their

00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:36.740
 heart wasn't

00:37:36.740 --> 00:37:37.180
 right

00:37:37.180 --> 00:37:37.800
 that's not

00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:38.300
 what God

00:37:38.300 --> 00:37:38.720
 is saying

00:37:38.720 --> 00:37:39.019
 that's not

00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:39.480
 what Jesus

00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:40.019
 is pointing

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:40.420
 out

00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:41.539
 he's pointing

00:37:41.539 --> 00:37:42.119
 out the

00:37:42.119 --> 00:37:42.820
 sacrificial

00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:43.400
 element to

00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:44.119
 say it's

00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:44.380
 going to

00:37:44.380 --> 00:37:44.980
 cost me

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:45.599
 something to

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:45.920
 give to

00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:46.360
 the Lord

00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:47.260
 she gave

00:37:47.260 --> 00:37:47.680
 from her

00:37:47.680 --> 00:37:48.180
 need her

00:37:48.180 --> 00:37:48.780
 aim and

00:37:48.780 --> 00:37:49.420
 giving was

00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:50.039
 to honor

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:50.659
 the Lord

00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:51.679
 even though

00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:52.099
 she didn't

00:37:52.099 --> 00:37:52.619
 have much

00:37:52.619 --> 00:37:53.179
 to give

00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:55.579
 you know

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:56.199
 often times

00:37:56.199 --> 00:37:56.880
 people think

00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:57.480
 if I start

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:58.059
 I'll start

00:37:58.059 --> 00:37:58.759
 giving when I

00:37:58.759 --> 00:37:59.440
 have more

00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:00.099
 I'll give you

00:38:00.099 --> 00:38:00.719
 a little clue

00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:01.219
 you're never

00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:01.659
 going to have

00:38:01.659 --> 00:38:02.340
 enough to

00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:02.820
 start giving

00:38:02.820 --> 00:38:03.699
 you will never

00:38:03.699 --> 00:38:04.239
 have enough

00:38:04.239 --> 00:38:04.679
 to start

00:38:04.679 --> 00:38:05.019
 giving

00:38:05.019 --> 00:38:06.279
 because you'll

00:38:06.279 --> 00:38:06.900
 never get to

00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:07.219
 where you

00:38:07.219 --> 00:38:07.779
 think you

00:38:07.779 --> 00:38:08.380
 have enough

00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:10.619
 because when

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:11.179
 you do have

00:38:11.179 --> 00:38:12.059
 extra it seems

00:38:12.059 --> 00:38:12.679
 like it's too

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:13.400
 much to give

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:14.259
 often times

00:38:14.259 --> 00:38:14.920
 we are caught

00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:15.500
 in this

00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:16.279
 and then the

00:38:16.279 --> 00:38:16.739
 best thing

00:38:16.739 --> 00:38:17.440
 to do is to

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:18.159
 give everything

00:38:18.159 --> 00:38:18.759
 you have

00:38:18.759 --> 00:38:19.039
 to the

00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:19.359
 Lord

00:38:19.359 --> 00:38:20.339
 because he

00:38:20.339 --> 00:38:21.059
 already owns

00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:21.579
 it all

00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:22.339
 and then a

00:38:22.339 --> 00:38:23.119
 little 10%

00:38:23.119 --> 00:38:23.699
 won't matter

00:38:23.699 --> 00:38:24.279
 so much

00:38:24.279 --> 00:38:25.139
 because what

00:38:25.139 --> 00:38:26.019
 you have

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:27.299
 is from the

00:38:27.299 --> 00:38:28.019
 Lord anyways

00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:29.940
 what God

00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:30.480
 has blessed

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:30.839
 you

00:38:30.839 --> 00:38:32.659
 if you look

00:38:32.659 --> 00:38:32.940
 at it

00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:33.480
 hey Lord

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:34.739
 I'm a steward

00:38:34.739 --> 00:38:35.399
 of what you've

00:38:35.399 --> 00:38:36.199
 given to me

00:38:36.199 --> 00:38:37.139
 and how I ought

00:38:37.139 --> 00:38:37.819
 to use it

00:38:37.819 --> 00:38:38.319
 you know

00:38:38.319 --> 00:38:39.079
 it's not so hard

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:39.679
 to give it back

00:38:39.679 --> 00:38:40.139
 to God

00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:40.739
 if you realize

00:38:40.739 --> 00:38:41.179
 it's already

00:38:41.179 --> 00:38:41.559
 his

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:42.179
 it already

00:38:42.179 --> 00:38:42.879
 belongs to

00:38:42.879 --> 00:38:43.259
 him

00:38:43.259 --> 00:38:45.879
 you know

00:38:45.879 --> 00:38:46.940
 Psalm 107

00:38:46.940 --> 00:38:47.679
 verse 22

00:38:47.679 --> 00:38:48.559
 tells us this

00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:49.419
 and let them

00:38:49.419 --> 00:38:50.319
 sacrifice

00:38:50.319 --> 00:38:51.440
 the sacrifices

00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:52.419
 of thanksgiving

00:38:52.419 --> 00:38:53.699
 and declare

00:38:53.699 --> 00:38:54.779
 his works

00:38:54.779 --> 00:38:56.279
 with rejoicing

00:38:56.279 --> 00:38:58.699
 now I want you

00:38:58.699 --> 00:38:59.319
 to see here

00:38:59.319 --> 00:39:00.000
 that Jesus

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:00.779
 is pointing out

00:39:00.779 --> 00:39:01.539
 the reality

00:39:01.539 --> 00:39:03.379
 of the assessment

00:39:03.379 --> 00:39:04.219
 of your giving

00:39:04.219 --> 00:39:06.219
 how we ought

00:39:06.219 --> 00:39:06.799
 to measure

00:39:06.799 --> 00:39:07.500
 ourselves

00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:08.339
 against his

00:39:08.339 --> 00:39:08.799
 assessment

00:39:08.799 --> 00:39:11.339
 we find

00:39:11.339 --> 00:39:11.960
 the reality

00:39:11.960 --> 00:39:12.539
 is tied

00:39:12.539 --> 00:39:13.199
 to our heart

00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:13.799
 this widow

00:39:13.799 --> 00:39:14.319
 gave

00:39:14.319 --> 00:39:15.339
 because she

00:39:15.339 --> 00:39:15.899
 trusted

00:39:15.899 --> 00:39:16.779
 and honored

00:39:16.779 --> 00:39:17.199
 God

00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:17.659
 she wanted

00:39:17.659 --> 00:39:18.299
 to do

00:39:18.299 --> 00:39:19.059
 with what

00:39:19.059 --> 00:39:19.799
 she had

00:39:19.799 --> 00:39:20.279
 you know

00:39:20.279 --> 00:39:20.799
 this morning

00:39:20.799 --> 00:39:21.379
 your aim

00:39:21.379 --> 00:39:22.019
 in giving

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:22.659
 ought to be

00:39:22.659 --> 00:39:23.759
 that of one

00:39:23.759 --> 00:39:24.500
 that gives

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:25.199
 because of what

00:39:25.199 --> 00:39:25.639
 the Lord

00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:26.119
 has given

00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:26.519
 you

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:28.460
 and it

00:39:28.460 --> 00:39:29.019
 starts with

00:39:29.019 --> 00:39:29.439
 the fact

00:39:29.439 --> 00:39:29.779
 that he's

00:39:29.779 --> 00:39:30.199
 offered

00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:30.899
 to give

00:39:30.899 --> 00:39:31.779
 you salvation

00:39:31.779 --> 00:39:34.059
 he's offered

00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:34.639
 to forgive

00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:35.159
 you of your

00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:35.539
 sin

00:39:35.539 --> 00:39:37.039
 because he

00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:37.539
 paid the

00:39:37.539 --> 00:39:37.980
 price

00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:38.699
 for everything

00:39:38.699 --> 00:39:40.859
 the question

00:39:40.859 --> 00:39:41.219
 is what

00:39:41.219 --> 00:39:41.639
 will you do

00:39:41.639 --> 00:39:41.980
 with it

00:39:41.980 --> 00:39:42.699
 because he's

00:39:42.699 --> 00:39:43.239
 offered it

00:39:43.239 --> 00:39:43.779
 to you

00:39:43.779 --> 00:39:44.299
 and everybody

00:39:44.299 --> 00:39:44.980
 has a choice

00:39:44.980 --> 00:39:45.460
 with it

00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:47.159
 hopefully

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:47.519
 today

00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:47.920
 there's been

00:39:47.920 --> 00:39:48.460
 a time

00:39:48.460 --> 00:39:49.079
 and a place

00:39:49.079 --> 00:39:49.440
 when you

00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:49.900
 have called

00:39:49.900 --> 00:39:50.340
 upon the

00:39:50.340 --> 00:39:50.480
 Lord

00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:50.840
 saying I

00:39:50.840 --> 00:39:51.360
 recognize

00:39:51.360 --> 00:39:51.900
 what you

00:39:51.900 --> 00:39:52.260
 did

00:39:52.260 --> 00:39:52.760
 and I

00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:53.039
 want to

00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:53.460
 accept

00:39:53.460 --> 00:39:53.780
 what you

00:39:53.780 --> 00:39:54.179
 paid

00:39:54.179 --> 00:39:54.760
 I want

00:39:54.760 --> 00:39:54.960
 you to

00:39:54.960 --> 00:39:55.340
 take your

00:39:55.340 --> 00:39:55.659
 payment

00:39:55.659 --> 00:39:56.000
 and put

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:56.420
 it to my

00:39:56.420 --> 00:39:56.800
 account

00:39:56.800 --> 00:39:57.320
 because I

00:39:57.320 --> 00:39:57.820
 cannot pay

00:39:57.820 --> 00:39:58.019
 it

00:39:58.019 --> 00:39:58.420
 that's

00:39:58.420 --> 00:39:59.039
 calling upon

00:39:59.039 --> 00:39:59.300
 him

00:39:59.300 --> 00:40:00.119
 recognizing

00:40:00.119 --> 00:40:00.619
 who he

00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:01.000
 is

00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:02.059
 he has

00:40:02.059 --> 00:40:02.360
 given

00:40:02.360 --> 00:40:02.940
 freely

00:40:02.940 --> 00:40:03.539
 everything

00:40:03.539 --> 00:40:04.260
 you need

00:40:04.260 --> 00:40:04.579
 to be

00:40:04.579 --> 00:40:05.139
 saved

00:40:05.139 --> 00:40:06.000
 taking

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:06.760
 your sin

00:40:06.760 --> 00:40:07.260
 and paying

00:40:07.260 --> 00:40:07.920
 its price

00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:08.519
 and cleansing

00:40:08.519 --> 00:40:09.300
 all those

00:40:09.300 --> 00:40:10.139
 who call

00:40:10.139 --> 00:40:10.880
 upon him

00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:13.000
 you know

00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:13.420
 that ought to

00:40:13.420 --> 00:40:14.019
 change our

00:40:14.019 --> 00:40:14.539
 perspective

00:40:14.539 --> 00:40:15.320
 about giving

00:40:15.320 --> 00:40:15.940
 it ought to

00:40:15.940 --> 00:40:16.440
 change our

00:40:16.440 --> 00:40:16.920
 perspective

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:17.300
 of what

00:40:17.300 --> 00:40:17.700
 God has

00:40:17.700 --> 00:40:18.119
 given to

00:40:18.119 --> 00:40:18.480
 us

00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:19.140
 because just

00:40:19.140 --> 00:40:19.619
 like this

00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:19.920
 widow

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:20.380
 Jesus

00:40:20.380 --> 00:40:20.780
 gave

00:40:20.780 --> 00:40:21.140
 everything

00:40:21.140 --> 00:40:21.700
 for you

00:40:21.700 --> 00:40:22.500
 he came

00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:22.820
 and he

00:40:22.820 --> 00:40:23.180
 suffered

00:40:23.180 --> 00:40:23.840
 and died

00:40:23.840 --> 00:40:24.320
 for your

00:40:24.320 --> 00:40:24.700
 sin

00:40:24.700 --> 00:40:25.260
 and mine

00:40:25.260 --> 00:40:25.780
 what a

00:40:25.780 --> 00:40:26.140
 powerful

00:40:26.140 --> 00:40:26.619
 picture

00:40:26.619 --> 00:40:27.380
 we see

00:40:27.380 --> 00:40:27.840
 here this

00:40:27.840 --> 00:40:28.180
 morning

00:40:28.180 --> 00:40:30.180
 because

00:40:30.180 --> 00:40:30.740
 Jesus

00:40:30.740 --> 00:40:31.920
 has a

00:40:31.920 --> 00:40:32.559
 perspective

00:40:32.559 --> 00:40:34.519
 on you

00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:34.940
 today

00:40:34.940 --> 00:40:35.820
 if Jesus

00:40:35.820 --> 00:40:36.420
 was giving

00:40:36.420 --> 00:40:36.820
 a written

00:40:36.820 --> 00:40:37.300
 assessment

00:40:37.300 --> 00:40:37.860
 of you

00:40:37.860 --> 00:40:38.519
 what would

00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:38.940
 it say

00:40:38.940 --> 00:40:39.440
 that's a

00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:39.900
 question you

00:40:39.900 --> 00:40:40.140
 have to

00:40:40.140 --> 00:40:40.440
 answer

00:40:40.440 --> 00:40:40.760
 between

00:40:40.760 --> 00:40:40.940
 you

00:40:40.940 --> 00:40:41.039
 and

00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:41.159
 the

00:40:41.159 --> 00:40:41.360
 Lord

00:40:41.360 --> 00:40:43.740
 what's

00:40:43.740 --> 00:40:43.900
 that

00:40:43.900 --> 00:40:44.380
 assessment

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:44.840
 between

00:40:44.840 --> 00:40:45.280
 you

00:40:45.280 --> 00:40:46.800
 and

00:40:46.800 --> 00:40:47.079
 him

00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:48.579
 as

00:40:48.579 --> 00:40:48.760
 heads

00:40:48.760 --> 00:40:48.880
 are

00:40:48.880 --> 00:40:49.139
 bowed

00:40:49.139 --> 00:40:49.240
 and

00:40:49.240 --> 00:40:49.440
 eyes

00:40:49.440 --> 00:40:49.559
 are

00:40:49.559 --> 00:40:49.840
 closed

00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:50.019
 this

00:40:50.019 --> 00:40:50.260
 morning

00:40:50.260 --> 00:40:52.240
 what about

00:40:52.240 --> 00:40:52.480
 you

00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:52.860
 today

00:40:52.860 --> 00:40:53.420
 as the

00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:53.539
 Lord

00:40:53.539 --> 00:40:53.920
 spoke

00:40:53.920 --> 00:40:54.260
 to you

00:40:54.260 --> 00:40:54.500
 about

00:40:54.500 --> 00:40:54.740
 some

00:40:54.740 --> 00:40:55.139
 needs

00:40:55.139 --> 00:40:55.400
 maybe

00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:55.559
 it's

00:40:55.559 --> 00:40:55.700
 just

00:40:55.700 --> 00:40:55.860
 in

00:40:55.860 --> 00:40:56.000
 your

00:40:56.000 --> 00:40:56.420
 attitude

00:40:56.420 --> 00:40:56.920
 about

00:40:56.920 --> 00:40:57.800
 using

00:40:57.800 --> 00:40:58.159
 of your

00:40:58.159 --> 00:40:58.780
 resources

00:40:58.780 --> 00:40:59.200
 and your

00:40:59.200 --> 00:40:59.780
 time

00:40:59.780 --> 00:41:01.260
 and your

00:41:01.260 --> 00:41:01.780
 energies

00:41:01.780 --> 00:41:04.440
 towards

00:41:04.440 --> 00:41:04.880
 the things

00:41:04.880 --> 00:41:05.400
 of God

00:41:05.400 --> 00:41:06.619
 because of

00:41:06.619 --> 00:41:06.900
 what he's

00:41:06.900 --> 00:41:07.059
 done

00:41:07.059 --> 00:41:07.599
 for you

00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:08.059
 maybe

00:41:08.059 --> 00:41:08.400
 to get

00:41:08.400 --> 00:41:08.659
 with the

00:41:08.659 --> 00:41:08.880
 Lord

00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:09.320
 and say

00:41:09.320 --> 00:41:11.059
 I need

00:41:11.059 --> 00:41:11.600
 a change

00:41:11.600 --> 00:41:12.240
 of attitude

00:41:12.240 --> 00:41:13.200
 Lord

00:41:13.200 --> 00:41:13.539
 I want

00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:14.280
 you to

00:41:14.280 --> 00:41:14.620
 look at

00:41:14.620 --> 00:41:14.800
 me

00:41:14.800 --> 00:41:15.180
 and say

00:41:15.180 --> 00:41:15.820
 there's

00:41:15.820 --> 00:41:16.220
 a right

00:41:16.220 --> 00:41:17.300
 assessment

00:41:17.300 --> 00:41:17.780
 that I'm

00:41:17.780 --> 00:41:18.240
 thankful

00:41:18.240 --> 00:41:19.300
 and I'm

00:41:19.300 --> 00:41:19.780
 cheerful

00:41:19.780 --> 00:41:21.220
 and I'm

00:41:21.220 --> 00:41:21.740
 willing to

00:41:21.740 --> 00:41:22.120
 give

00:41:22.120 --> 00:41:24.480
 not because

00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:25.160
 to gain

00:41:25.160 --> 00:41:25.920
 favor but

00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:26.360
 because of

00:41:26.360 --> 00:41:26.720
 what you've

00:41:26.720 --> 00:41:27.240
 already done

00:41:27.240 --> 00:41:27.700
 for me

00:41:27.700 --> 00:41:28.260
 maybe you're

00:41:28.260 --> 00:41:28.760
 here today

00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:29.200
 and don't

00:41:29.200 --> 00:41:29.620
 know for

00:41:29.620 --> 00:41:30.019
 sure

00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:31.519
 where you

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:32.080
 stand with

00:41:32.080 --> 00:41:32.400
 God

00:41:32.400 --> 00:41:32.840
 I invite

00:41:32.840 --> 00:41:33.100
 you to

00:41:33.100 --> 00:41:33.320
 come

00:41:33.320 --> 00:41:33.500
 and I

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:33.740
 have somebody

00:41:33.740 --> 00:41:34.200
 show you

00:41:34.200 --> 00:41:34.700
 from God's

00:41:34.700 --> 00:41:35.000
 word how

00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:35.340
 you can

00:41:35.340 --> 00:41:35.700
 know

00:41:35.699 --> 00:41:37.079
 where you

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:37.659
 stand with

00:41:37.659 --> 00:41:37.819
 him

00:41:37.819 --> 00:41:38.039
 that you

00:41:38.039 --> 00:41:38.339
 might be

00:41:38.339 --> 00:41:38.799
 right with

00:41:38.799 --> 00:41:39.079
 him

00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:40.279
 that you

00:41:40.279 --> 00:41:40.799
 might have

00:41:40.799 --> 00:41:41.899
 his free

00:41:41.899 --> 00:41:42.339
 gift of

00:41:42.339 --> 00:41:42.879
 salvation

00:41:42.879 --> 00:41:44.819
 what about

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 you

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 today

00:41:46.199 --> 00:41:46.500
 heavenly

00:41:46.500 --> 00:41:46.899
 fathers

00:41:46.899 --> 00:41:47.819
 we have

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 an opportunity

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 to respond

00:41:49.079 --> 00:41:49.500
 here this

00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:49.739
 morning

00:41:49.739 --> 00:41:50.079
 Lord I

00:41:50.079 --> 00:41:50.439
 pray that you

00:41:50.439 --> 00:41:51.259
 have your

00:41:51.259 --> 00:41:51.759
 hand upon

00:41:51.759 --> 00:41:52.359
 hearts here

00:41:52.359 --> 00:41:52.819
 today your

00:41:52.819 --> 00:41:53.319
 spirit be

00:41:53.319 --> 00:41:53.719
 working

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 Lord you

00:41:55.439 --> 00:41:55.919
 know each

00:41:55.919 --> 00:41:56.379
 one you

00:41:56.379 --> 00:41:56.659
 know where

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 each one

00:41:57.179 --> 00:41:57.679
 stands

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 Lord there's

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 no hiding

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 from your

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 observation

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 Lord I

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 pray that you

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 just would

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 work mightily

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 upon your

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 people if

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 there's one

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 here today

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 that is not

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 your child

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 because they

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 haven't chosen

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 to call upon

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 you

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 accept you

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 by faith

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 and the

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 wonderful

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 gift that

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 you've given

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 to us

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 Lord I

00:42:15.260 --> 00:42:15.760
 pray today

00:42:15.760 --> 00:42:16.079
 would be

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 the day

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 Lord help

00:42:18.760 --> 00:42:19.260
 us not to

00:42:19.260 --> 00:42:19.880
 depart from

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 here the

00:42:20.200 --> 00:42:20.519
 way we

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 came in

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 Lord we

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 might have

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 a right

00:42:22.920 --> 00:42:23.559
 spirit and

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 a right

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 perspective

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:25.440
 your

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 perspective

00:42:26.059 --> 00:42:27.840
 of us

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 Lord we

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 ask it all

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 in your

00:42:30.139 --> 00:42:30.960
 precious name

00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:32.659
 as heads

00:42:32.659 --> 00:42:33.119
 are bowed

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 and eyes

00:42:33.480 --> 00:42:33.880
 are closed

00:42:33.880 --> 00:42:34.300
 what about

00:42:34.300 --> 00:42:34.639
 you

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 today is

00:42:35.299 --> 00:42:35.679
 a piano