WELCOME- GLAD YOU ARE HERE
3RD WEEK OF A SERIES ON WORSHIP
BEYOND THE SONG- A LIFE OF WORSHIP
WEEK 1: WORSHIP ISNT JUST FOR SUNDAY AM
WORSHIP IN SCRIPTURE CAN’T BE CONTAINED IN 1 WORD
CONSECRATION- ROMANS 12:1-2 PRESENT YOUR BODIES
ADORATION–IN AWE OF JESUS
PARTICIPATION- HE INVITES US TO DO WHAT CREATION ALREADY IS DOING
CELEBRATION-YOUR HEART/MIND AND EVEN BODY RESPOND AT TIMES.
WE ARE HARD WIRED FOR WORSHIP (MJ/T SWIFT/SPORTS
WEEK 2: PASTOR BILLY SHARED PASSIONATELY
WE ARE NEVER NOT WORSHIPPING
WE ARE ALWAYS DIRECTING OUR ATTENTIONS/AFFECTIONS/ALEGIANCE TOWARD GOD OR IDOLS THAT CAN NEVER SATISFY
“BEHAVIORS IN A BELIEVER THAT REFLECTS THE AWESOME MAJESTY AND WORTH (WORTH-SHIP) OF ALMIGHTY AND HOLY GOD. “
“WE HAVE A GOD WHO IS FOR US BUT WE HAVE AN ENEMY WHO IS AGAINST US AND THE ENEMY OF OUR SOUL HATES OUR WORSHIP.”
TODAY PART 3 OF WORSHIP- TWO UNLIKELY WOMEN
STORY IN LUKE 21 AND HERE MARK 12:42
JESUS CONDEMNS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF WIDOWS RIGHT BEFORE THIS.
MARK 12:41
41Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were putand watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts.
MARK 12:42
42But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents. (DROP)
JESUS IN -LAST 5 SECTIONS IN OPOSITION
MARK 12:43-44
43Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said,“Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.44They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”
WE WORSHIP IN OUR GIVING/GENEROSITY
- OUR TIME- ITS AN ACT OF WORSHIP
- OUR TALENT- GIVE THAT- WORSHIP
- TOUCH- SHARE THAT-ACT OF WORSHIP
- TREASURE- OFFER IT IN WORSHIP
TRUTH IS THIS:
- SOME HAVE THOUGHT- I KNEW HE’D TALK MONEY
- SOME IT’S YOUR FIRST TIME HERE
- PEOPLE ARE SITTING NEAR YOU CRINGING NOW
- I COULD ADDRESS RACIAL DIVISION
- I COULD TALK ABOUT SEX TODAY
- I COULD TALK ABOUT POLITICS- LESS OF ISSUE
- BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MONEY- IN CHURCH?
TODAY ISN’T ABOUT MONEY- ITS ABOUT WORSHIP
- SOME THOUGHTS THOUGH ABOUT FINANCES
- MORE THAN ½ PARABLE JESUS TOLD
- MONEY AND POSSESSIONS
- 500 VERSES IN BIBLE SPEAK ABOUT PRAYER
- LESS THAN 500 ON FAITH
- OVER 2000 VERSES DEAL WITH FINANCES
- 1 OUT OF EVERY 7 VERSES IN NT REFERS TO FINANCES AND POSSESSION
PICTURE OF THE TEMPLE
- DO YOU SEE THE SIZE OF THIS STRUCTURE?
- DO YOU SEE THE RENDERINGS OF THE PEOPLE?
- COURT OF GENTILES- EVERYONE (NON JEWS)
- THEY CAN’T GO TO WOMENS COURT
- COURT OF ISRAEL- 15 STEPS UP
- COURT OF PRIEST
CLOSE UP COURT OF WOMEN
- STRUCTURE WAS 37 ACRES
- 18,000 PEOPLE TO BUILD IT
- ITS PASSOVER WEEK
- JEWISH HIST JOSEPHUS POPULATON 2.7MILL
COLUMNS-COURT OF WOMEN PORCH
- THERE ARE 13 RECEPTICLES AROUND COURT
- PEOPLE EVERYWHERE-
TRUMPET LIKE STRUCTURE
- METAL STRUCTURES
- 6 FOR:
- 7 FOR :
- 41 Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts.
ALL THIS COMMOTION- A SOUND- CATCHES JESUS EAR
JUST TWO LITTLE COINS-
JESUS HAD JUST RAISED LAZARUS- PEOPLE WANT TO SEE
AMONG ALL THE CHANGE WIDOW- 2 SOUNDS RING OUT
WE ALL ASSUME SHES OLD- 2 SOUNDS
SOME OLDER PEOPLE THINK SHES YOUNG
A SOUND– A MINIMAL- SHORT RATTLE SOUND
JESUS GRABS HIS GUYS- DID YOU HEAR THAT?
DID YOU GUYS SEE THAT? SEE WHAT JESUS- 2 COINS
THEY HEARD ALL THE SOUNDS OF THE RICH-NOISY
JESUS SAYS- YOU SEE THAT WIDOW- SHE GAVE 2 MITES
SHE GAVE MORE THAN ALL THE REST-
WAIT JESUS WHAT? 2 MITES? WORD WAS LEPTA
WORTH ESSENTIALLY A PENNY OR LESS
SHE DIDN’T HAVE TO GIVE BOTH- JEWISH LAW GIVE 1
THE EQUIVALENT OF 6 MINUTES OF A WORK DAY
A NO NAME WIDOW- DEPOSITS HER WORSHIP
JESUS DOESN’T CONDEMN THE WEALTHY
HE JUST SAYS SHE GAVE MORE-
OTHERS GAVE IN RELATIONSHIP WHAT THEY COULD KEEP- WE DO THE SAME
- SCRIPTURE SAYS “JESUS POSITIONED HIMSELF SO HE COULD SEE WHAT PEOPLE GIVE”
- LUKE 12:34
“FOR WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS, THERE YOUR HEART WILL BE ALSO.”
- 2 SOUNDS INDICATE WHERE HER HEART IS
QUOTE
“ITS NOT EQUAL GIFTS-ITS EQUAL SACRIFICE.”
GIVE/SAVE/LIVE
- 3 WAYS MOST PEOPLE HANDLE FINANCES
- THEY LIVE FIRST
- SAVE SECOND
- GIVE LAST
Matthew 6:24
24“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
“WE HAVE A GOD WHO IS FOR US BUT WE HAVE AN ENEMY WHO IS AGAINST US AND THE ENEMY OF OUR SOUL HATES OUR WORSHIP.”
JOHN 12
- Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him.
3Then Mary took about a pintof pure nard, an expensive perfume;she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair.And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
4But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him,objected,5“Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages.”6He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief;
VIDEO THE CHOSEN
- DID YOU MISS IT?
- SHE IS SO FOCUSED ON HIM AND HIM ALONE
- NOTHING ELSE MATTERS
2 SAMUEL 24:18-24
18That day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to theLordon the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.” 19So David went up to do what theLordhad commanded him.20When Araunah saw the king and his men coming toward him, he came and bowed before the king with his face to the ground.21“Why have you come, my lord the king?” Araunah asked.
David replied, “I have come to buy your threshing floor and to build an altar to theLordthere, so that he will stop the plague.”
22“Take it, my lord the king, and use it as you wish,” Araunah said to David. “Here are oxen for the burnt offering, and you can use the threshing boards and ox yokes for wood to build a fire on the altar.23I will give it all to you, Your Majesty, and may theLordyour God accept your sacrifice.”
2 SAMUEL 24:24
“BUT THE KING REPLIED TO ARAUNAH, “NO, I INSIST ON BUYING IT, FOR I WILL NOT PRESENT BURNT OFFERINGS TO THE LORD MY GOD THAT HAVE COST ME NOTHING.”
WHAT IS IT THAT SHE DID THAT DREW HIS ATTENTION
I WONDER IF THE SOUND CAUGHT HIS EAR BECAUSE
HE WAS REMINDED OF THE SACRIFICE HE WAS ABOUT TO MAKE
EXPRESSING OUR LOVE AND GRATITUDE TO GOD FOR WHO HE IS, WHAT HE IS, WHAT HE’S DONE, WHAT HES SAID, AND WHAT HE’S PROMISED TO DO. (R WARREN)
WIDOW DOESN’T COME BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT JESUS WOULD NOTICE HER