tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503559743795412933.post638870795058530656..comments2018-11-09T12:39:59.298+04:00Comments on Word Ventures Blog: THE WIDOW'S MITEjodias27http://www.blogger.com/profile/02295612986975319893noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503559743795412933.post-26992416889765532442012-11-05T17:45:03.642+04:002012-11-05T17:45:03.642+04:00Pastor David Jonklaas Responds:
The purpose of th...Pastor David Jonklaas Responds:<br /><br />The purpose of this temporary earthly life is to test our hearts and faith (Jerem.17:10; 1 Sam.16:7). Christianity is a relationship. The Members of the Trinity are madly in love with us, and they look for people who love them back in the same way. Giving is the proof and expression of love and faith. Giving can be expressed in many ways, and financial giving is one of them and one in which God tests our love and faith. The tithe (10%) is the first test. Those who are blessed with abundance have the privilege of giving more. The Scribes and Pharisees were religious hypocrites, who used their position of religious prominence to glorify themselves before men. Theory were also masters at manipulating the law to force poor and uneducated people (even defenseless widows who had no husbands to protect them) to release even their homes to the temple and priests, with threats of damnation on the one hand and promises of spiritual blessing on the other. There are many who prey on unsuspecting Christians in this same fashion today. Jesus does not give this teaching in His Word for nothing, but to alert us to be wary of these religious vultures that divert money given to God for their own use and pleasure.<br /> As for the poor widow...... it was nothing but her love that prompted her to give 100% of what she had without thinking about where her next meal would come from. My personal belief, based on Luke 6:38, is that her faith was rewarded by God miraculously. It is impossible for God to lie (Heb.6:18). We are not told what happened to her after she left the temple, but it is certain that the Lord, who saw and noted her gift of love, rewarded her amply.<br />jodias27https://www.blogger.com/profile/02295612986975319893noreply@blogger.com