Thursday, May 24, 2018

A Certain Poor Widow

"And He looked and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, and He saw a CERTAIN POOR WIDOW putting in two mites. So He said, 'Truly I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all; for all these out of their abundance have put in offerings for God, but she OUT OF HER POVERTY put in all the livelihood that she had.' "(Luke 21:1-4)

This particular woman, free from doubt or reservation and in humility, was empowered to put in, more than all the others, the offering God desires. She put in the entirety of her life. (Definitions of certain, poor from Webster's College Dictionary)

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." (Matthew 5:3)

"....the poor have the gospel preached to them," (Matthew 11:5)

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went out and sold all that he had and bought it." (Matthew 13:44-46)

Widow can be defined as deprivation of anything cherished or needed (WCD). This woman: the church and members in particular, won't be denied any good thing! 

     

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