Luke 21:1-4

(Luke 21:1-4) And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all: For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.

 

The text is a well-known word related to offerings. This text is also recorded in Mark 12:41-44. The Lord was seeing the rich and the poor widows giving. Jesus mentioned that the rich gave some of their money. Perhaps they didn't put much prayer or heart into the offering, or perhaps they made an offering proudly, proudly, and with a desire to be seen by someone, but this widow may have made an offering to God before making an offering. It is believed that many prayers have been made. She wants to give to God, but she wants to give thanks, but she has nothing, so she may have prayed to God. Maybe there was no hesitation at all.

 

In any case, this woman must have made a gift to God with earnestness and heart to give her life. The Lord said that he gave everything he had now. The Lord did not see the amount of the offering. He looked at the hearts and centers of those who donated. Surely the Lord would have blessed this woman. Faith is faith. That belief can be said to be asserted at the heart of the heart. With what kind of faith do I respond to my situation, environment, and mission from moment to moment?

 

The Israelites had three types of faith. It is the faith that the Exodus was painted with the blood of the lamb, the faith that entered Canaan, and the faith to be righteous by keeping the law thoroughly. Before the tenth plague came, Israel painted the blood of the Lamb on its gates, escaped from the messenger of death, and escaped from Pharaoh. By the way, when they came to Kadeshbadea, they tried to enter Canaan, but the people asked Moses to send the spies in Canaan.

So, with God's permission, one by one from each tribe, 12 spies were sent in Canaan for 40 days to spy. And as a result, ten spies are said to die if they enter. It was believed that only Joshua and Caleb would get the land that God promised. About two million people believed the words of the ten spies, and they all died in the wilderness, except the children. Only the new man, Joshua Caleb, and the children, who were born through 40 years of wilderness life, entered Canaan.

 

Before entering Canaan, God gave Moses the law and asked the people to keep the law. If you keep it well and do it, you will make him a righteous person. But the people could not keep the law completely. So they offered sacrifices. The purpose of God's law is to realize that you are all sinners. So, look to the promised Christ through the law. The people who entered Canaan zealously obeyed the law and offered sacrifices. So they considered themselves to be righteous. Jesus pointed out his righteousness to the Pharisees and scribes.

 

Even today, there will be a person with three beliefs in the church. Just as those who escaped with the blood of Jesus, but the old people who thought, "If you enter Canaan, die in the wilderness" (who died in the wilderness), and who entered Canaan and tried to keep the law thoroughly, even today, they think of the Ten Commandments of the Bible and judge their sins. People. Jesus gave many parables to the third person. The parable of the ten virgins, tithing, the story of the temple, and more.

 

Faith requires not only the Exodus from the blood of Jesus, but also the repentance of the death of the old man with Jesus. If you believe that you have been born again, you must realize that you are completely free from the law. That is why you enter into Christ. If you believe in Jesus, if you accept Jesus, you do not enter into Christ, but when all three things are accomplished, you enter into Christ. These three things are realized simultaneously or sequentially, and when they are realized, God gives the gift of faith. In Galatians 3:23, even though you entered Canaan before faith came, you still become bound by the law.

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