TRUE DISCIPLESHIP
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Mark 14:1–11
(ESV)
1 It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him, 2 for they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people.”
3 And while he was at Bethany (since saturday) in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head. 4 There were some who said to themselves indignantly, “Why was the ointment wasted like that? 5 For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor.” And they scolded her.
6 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 7 For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me. 8 She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial. 9 And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.”
10 Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them. 11 And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him.
MARKAN SANDWICH…BREAD, MEAT, BREAD......STORY, INTERRUPTION, STORY (FLASHBACK)---JUDAS LAST STRAW
not chronological but thematically
1 It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him, 2 for they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people.”
TIMES STAMP: 2 DAYS BEFORE PASSOVER , SO WEDNESDAY
8 day period: started with passover and follow by week Unleavened Bread
NOT DURING THE FEAST.....AFRAID OF RIOT.
ADULT MALE WITHING 15MILES MAKE TRIP.....256K LAMBS. MINIMUM OF 10, SO ESTIMATED MORE THAN 2 MILLION
SPEAK ON GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY
Jesus killed precisely when chief priests and scribes DID NOT want to for fear of riot
GOD’S IN CONTROL.....PREDETERMINED AND FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD
JESUS already predicted back in John 10 handed over to chief priests, condemed to death and given over to gentiles, and the mocked, spit on, flogged, and killed. and on the 3rd day will rise
JESUS PREDICTED THIS CAUSE THIS WAS THE PLAN ALL ALONG
23 this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.
John 10:18 (ESV)
18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord.
TO THE DISCIPLES LIFE BEGAN TO LOOK OUT OF CONTROL....THE SERIES OF EVENTS THAT ABOUT TO UNFOLD SENDS THEM INTO FEAR, AND DOUBT, ALL THEIR PLANS BEGIN TO FALL APART
Even when life FEELS out of control, trust that God is still on the throne!
THIS WAS ALWAYS THE PLAN. THIS WAS WHY jESUS CAME. To save sinners.
GOD’S SOVEREIGN HAND IS ALL OVER THIS EVEN DOWN TO THE EXACT HOUR OF HIS DEATH
JESUS sacrificed on the friday when all the lambs would begin to be sacrificed
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MARKS GONNA FLASHBACK HERE TO 6 DAYS BEFORE PASSOVER, SATURDAY....INCIDENT THAT PUSHES JUDAS OVER THE EDGE
3 And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head. 4 There were some who said to themselves indignantly, “Why was the ointment wasted like that? 5 For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor.” And they scolded her.
SYNOPTIC GOSPELS: ANOTHER ANGLE. MORE CHARACTERS
WHO IS THIS WOMAN? WHO’S AT THIS DINNER? WHO ARE THESE SCOLDING HER?
JOHN....more details.
1 Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table. 3 Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was about to betray him), said, 5 “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” 6 He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it.
FLASHBACK>
simon the LEPER…always knowN now.........LAZARUS was there as well as his sisters (they lived close)
Mary, sister of martha and Lazarus.
WHAT IS MARY DOING? COMMON COURTESY, ANNOINT DAB OIL. NOT AS COMMON but still considered normal practice WASHING FEET AND PUTTING PERFUME
NOT COMMON IS AMOUNT!!!
WHAT KIND OF GIFT FOR THE MAN WHO RAISED YOUR BROTHER BACK TO LIFE?
BREAKS ALBASTAR FLASK PURE NARD---SPIKENARD FLOWERING PLANT HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY
1 LB, 16 OUNCES.....
13 If we are “out of our mind,” as some say, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.
What do we see about Mary?
YEARS WORTH OF WAGES
LOOKS CRAZY
3X AT HIS FEET
MARY IS HUMBLE (LET DOWN HAIR)
MARY IS WISE (ANNOINT KING)
MARY IS GENEROUS, BECAUSE SHE’S FAITHFUL (SHE’S SEEN JESUS RAISE HER BRO FROM DEAD, WHAT WONT HE DO)
**NO LOOKING BACK, ALL IN
62 Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
BURN THE SHIPS
WHAT DOES YOUR ALL IN LOOK LIKE?
DOES THIS MEAN WE ALL GO GIVE EVERYTHING, SELL IT ALL----NO WAY
THIS WAS A ONE TIME THING WE SEE MARY DO........
GOD WON’T CONDEMN YOU, BUT HE WILL CONVICT YOU TO CRITIQUE YOURSELF
ARE YOU SOLD OUT?
WHAT’S JESUS THINK OF THIS FOOLISH THING MARY HAS DONE?
Mark 14:6–9 (ESV)
6 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 7 For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me. 8 She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial. 9 And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.”
DONE WHAT SHE COULD! ALWAYS HAVE THE POOR....
PRIMARILY NOW one of the greatest ways we show our love for God is how you care for the poor
annoint his feet is how you use YOURS AND BE THE HANDS AND FEET OF JESUS!!
MARY IS WISE AND DISCERNING!! ----BURIAL----she gets it!!
BEAUTIFUL PROMISE AND PREDICTION
WHAT THE WORLD SEES AS FOOLISH,
GOD SEES AS BEAUTIFUL!
27 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;
IN CLOSING, STARK CONTRAST, TRUE DISCLIPE
10 Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them. 11 And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him.
30 PIECES OF SILVER
LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL
SEE SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO HOLD SO TIGHTLY, COMPARED TO MARY WHO WAS WILLING TO LET GO.
SEE SOMEONE ON THE SURFACE CHECKS ALL THE BOXES YET IS A DEVIL!!
EXAMINE OURSELVES.
SHE HAS DONE WHAT SHE COULD
ARE YOU DOING WHAT YOU CAN?