I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome
to 3ABN Family Worship
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and whether you're watching
this on a Friday evening
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and a Sabbath is just
beginning to come in for you
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or a Saturday evening,
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and you're getting
ready to face your work week,
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we welcome you
to a time of prayer,
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and praise, and
study, and blessing,
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as together we
worship the Lord in spirit
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and in truth.
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I'm CA Murray, and
I've got a wonderful group
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of brothers and
sisters with me today.
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I'm giddy with
this particular group.
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These are students of the
Word, people who love the Lord,
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and people who have
something to say about Jesus.
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I'm in the company of my
wife, Boo, better known as Irma.
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Irma Boo Boo on a good day.
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Good to have you here. Yes.
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Good to be here with
you, honey, once again.
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Praise the Lord.
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To my left, Mr. and
Mrs. Quinn, JD and Shelley.
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Good to have you guys.
It's lovely to be here.
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It's our pleasure. Yeah.
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Love sharing Bible
timeless studies with Shelley.
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Whenever I call her,
morning, noon, day and night,
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she is on the spot.
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And thank you guys,
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like we got you
kind of late on this one.
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Yeah. So thank you.
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Actually, I got
to be kind of late,
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so we're praising the Lord
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because any time
you can sit together
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and study the Word
of God, it's refreshing,
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a refreshing thing
that builds you up.
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To my far right,
Miss Dee Hilderbrand.
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Hello. Good to have you here.
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It is so nice to be
here with the two of you.
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Amen. Good to
have you here. Yes.
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And Garry Will. Good
to have you here, man.
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Thank you for inviting me.
Good to have you here, man.
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It's great to be here.
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Another student of the word,
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and I'm told he does
little preaching on the side
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when he get the chance.
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So we pray the Lord. I
love the way he studies.
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He does, he does that
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he is a good
student of the Word.
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We want you know
and we're going to skew
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the singing today
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because we've got
so much to talk about.
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And we want to
make current application
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to some very
pertinent Bible information.
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So we're coming from actually
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three different
books of the New Testament
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that all bespeak the same
issue in the New Testament.
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Mark Chapter 14,
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John Chapter 12
and Luke Chapter 7,
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all of them
bespeak this incident
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that happened at
Simon the Pharisee's house,
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where Mary performed a
little act of obedience
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to the Lord.
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She was so thankful to the Lord
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that she did something that
put her in a little hot water
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with some of the
people that were around,
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but Christ defended her,
so we want to talk about that.
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We're going to
read a little bit of it
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from each chapter
and each book rather
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because we want you
to get the whole picture,
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and each writer
Mark, John, Luke,
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approach the story from
a slightly different angle,
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and Luke and John give you
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much more information than Mark.
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You know, Mark
is the miracle guy.
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Mark likes to get
right to the miracles.
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Back end of Chapter 1,
he's already into miracles,
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so he didn't give
you a lot of culture,
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he goes right to
what's happening.
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John gives you
much more information,
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and then Luke gives
you a whole other spin.
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He gives you the interpersonal,
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what's going on in the
heads of some of these people,
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so we're gonna read
a little bit of that.
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Then I want to do a
quick reading from Ellen White
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as she comments on
this particular passage
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and then you kind
of get the picture.
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Then each of us has a
little something to say
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as to how this
impacts us, affects us,
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and hopefully
we'll have ramifications
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for goodness in your own life.
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So let's start with Mark.
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Mark Chapter 14, and
we're beginning at verse 1.
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JD, is that yours?
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That is mine.
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And that's Mark 14.
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I'm gonna read
verses 1 through 4.
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JD, before we do
that, let's pray.
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I just, you know, you
get so excited to get into...
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Shelley, would you
lead us some prayer please?
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Absolutely.
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Heavenly Father,
we come before You
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in the name of Jesus Christ.
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Thanking You
for the Sabbath day,
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thanking you Father that
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it is a more a
memorial that You are a Creator,
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our Redeemer
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that You're the
one who recreates us
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in the image of Jesus,
and thanking You Father
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that as Exodus 31:13 says that
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the Sabbath is a sign that
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You are the one
who sanctifies us.
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Amen. Salvation
does belong to You.
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Father, we are so very
grateful to You for Jesus Christ
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and Your Holy
Spirit and Your Word,
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wonderful gifts of
grace You have given to us,
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and we ask in Jesus' name that
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now You would empty us of us,
fill us with Your Holy Spirit.
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Now send Your Holy
Spirit to be our teacher
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and may we Lord learn
from the story of Mary,
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what true worship
is really all about.
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We ask this for
the glory of Your name,
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in Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Thank you so much Shelley.
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JD? Yes.
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Once again, Mark 14:1- 4.
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"After two days
it was the Passover
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and the Feast of
Unleavened Bread.
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And the chief priest
and the scribes sought
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how they might take by
trickery and put Him to death.
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But they said, 'No,
not during the feast,
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lest there be an
uproar of the people.'
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And being in Bethany at
the house of Simon the leper,
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as he sat at the
table, a woman came having
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an alabaster flask of
very costly oil of spikenard,
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and then she broke the
flask, poured it on His head.
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But there were some who
were indignant among themselves
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and says 'Why was
this fragrant oil wasted?'"
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All right. Boo,
you pick that up.
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Yes.
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"For it might have been sold
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for more than
three hundred denarii
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and given to the poor.
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And they criticized her sharply.
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But Jesus said, 'Let her
alone, why did you trouble her?
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She has done a good work for me.
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For you have the
poor with you always
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and whenever you
wish, you may do them good,
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but me, you do not have always.
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She has done what she could.
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She has gone before hand
to anoint, My body for burial.
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Assuredly, I say to you,
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wherever this gospel is
preached in the whole world,
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what this woman has done
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will also be told
as a memorial to her.'"
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Very good. So
that's Mark's recitation.
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He has some very
pertinent information,
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particularly this last line,
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"Wherever the gospel is preached
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what she has done is going to be
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from now on a memorial to her."
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Let's go over the Book
of John. As we are in John.
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We go to Chapter 12
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and we begin
reading in John Chapter 12.
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And, Dee, I
think you have John 12.
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Let's see...
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No, Gary, Gary has John 12.
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Gary has a different verse
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and then I was
gonna pick up at five.
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Okay. Okay. So John 1:1.
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John 12:1,
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"Then Jesus six days before
the Passover came to Bethany,
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were Lazarus was,
which had been dead,
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whom He raised from the dead.
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There they made Him a
supper, and Martha served,
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but Lazarus was one of them
that sat at the table with Him.
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Then took Mary a pound
of ointment of spikenard,
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very costly, and
anointed the feet of Jesus,
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and wiped his
feet with her hair,
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and the house was filled
with the odor of the ointment."
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And then starting with verse 4.
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All right, no, go
ahead and do fourth.
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"Then saith one
of the disciples,
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Judas Iscariot, Simon's
son, which should betray him."
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What he said was
"'Why was this fragrant oil
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not sold for
three hundred denarii
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and given to the poor?
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This he said, not
that he cared for the poor,
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but because he was a
thief, and had the money box,
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and he used to take
what was put in it.'
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But Jesus said, 'Let her alone,
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she has kept this for
the day of my burial.'"
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Thank you so very much.
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Now, Shelley, I'm gonna put
Luke's recitation in your hands
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and read several verses
from that Chapter 7 if you will.
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I'm just going to read
because it gets quite detailed,
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so I'll just read Luke 7
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and this is
verses 36 through 39.
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It says, "Then
one of the Pharisees,"
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this would be Simon,
"ask him to eat with him
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and he went down to
the Pharisee's house
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and sat down to eat.
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And, behold a
woman in the city, "
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now this is important,
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"who was a sinner
when she knew that
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Jesus sat at the table
in the Pharisee's house,
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brought an alabaster
flask of fragrant oil.
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And stood at His
feet behind Him weeping,
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and she began to wash
His feet with her tears,
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and wipe them with
the hair of her head,
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and she kissed His feet,
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and anointed them
with the fragrant oil.
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Now when the Pharisee
who had invited Him saw this,
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he spoke to himself saying,
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'This man, if he were a prophet,
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would know who and what
manner of woman this is,
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who is touching him,
for she is a sinner.'"
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Wow! Powerful. Powerful.
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So you see now,
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there are several
layers of things going on.
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Many, many layers.
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We have to assume some things.
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This supper, this
feast was being held
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at the house of Simon the leper.
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Obviously, he was
no longer a leper,
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because had he been a
leper, no one would come.
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I mean, no one's gonna go
to a leper's house for feast.
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Plus, lepers
couldn't have houses
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and lepers would
not invite anybody
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and no one would come.
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So he is post leprosy now.
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He is there, having been
as good as dead and revived,
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and Lazarus is there,
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who was dead and
revived, so this is...
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You've got many, many layers.
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You've got the disciples there,
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you've got Mary there,
you've got Martha there,
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you've got things
going on in Simon's mind,
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you've got things
going on in Judas' mind,
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you've got things going on...
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You know, many,
many layers of story,
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and yet above all
of this what stands out
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is the sacrifice
that Mary is making.
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That's what I
want to talk about.
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Ellen White talks about this.
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Just gonna read a
couple of paragraphs
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and then I want you to wade
in and each person kind of give
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what you're
impressed to talk about.
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This is called
Nothing Too Costly,
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"Christ delighted in
the earnest desire of Mary
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to do the will of her Lord.
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He accepted the
wealth of pure affection
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which His disciples did
not and would not understand.
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The desire that Mary had to
do this service for her Lord
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was of more value to Christ
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than all the precious
ointment in the world,
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because it
expressed her appreciation
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of the world's Redeemer.
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It was the love of
Christ that constrained her.
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The matchless excellence
of the character of Christ
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filled her soul."
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You know, when God
does something for you,
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you got to do something back,
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there's nowhere to go around it.
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"The matchless excellence
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of the character of
Christ filled her soul.
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The ointment was a symbol
of the heart of the giver.
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It was an outward
demonstration of a love
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fed by heavenly
streams until it overflowed."
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I love that. Just
a little bit more.
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"The work of Mary
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was just a lesson the
disciples needed to show them,
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that the expression
of their love for Him
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would be pleasing to Christ.
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He had been everything to
them and they did not realize
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that soon they would be
deprived of His presence,
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that soon they could suffer..."
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I'm sorry.
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"That soon they could offer him
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no token of their
gratitude for his love.
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The loneliness of Christ
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separated from
the heavenly courts,
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living a life of humanity
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was never
understood or appreciated
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by the disciples as
it should have been."
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He left glory to come down here,
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and His closest
followers didn't really get it
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that He was
separated from His fellows.
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He was in a
strange place for Him,
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doing the work
that is assigned to do,
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and sometimes
you just get lonely,
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you know, when you're
out there by yourself.
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Last paragraph.
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"The same want is
evident in our world today.
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But few appreciate all
that Christ is to them.
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If they did the great love
of Mary would be expressed,
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the anointing
would be freely bestowed.
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The expensive ointment
would not be called a waste.
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Nothing would be thought
too costly to give for Christ,
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no self-denial
or self-sacrifice,
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too great to be
endured for His sake."
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Amen.
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And I think each of
us in our Christian walk
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has to answer the question,
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how much is Jesus worth to me?
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How much am I going
to sacrifice for Him?
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Am I going to give Him all,
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or am I going to
give Him nothing?
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Am I gonna try to
hold back part for myself?
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Well, He gave all,
He needs to get all.
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Amen. All right.
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Shelley, I see you
got some stuff here.
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You want to wade out for us.
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Sure, the first thing that
comes to my mind is, you know,
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here it is just six days
before His triumphal entry,
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the crucifixion and everything.
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Jesus has become
very popular in Bethany.
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I mean, his good friends
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Lazarus, Mary and
Martha lived there.
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He went to visit
them all the time,
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but after He raised
Lazarus from the death,
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He gained even greater respect.
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So He comes to visit them
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during His
final week of His life
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and Simon invites Jesus,
and when you invited Jesus,
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all of His disciples come,
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so here you've got a
Pharisee, who as you said,
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after he had that encounter
with Christ and was healed,
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this was the Pharisee
who knew what it was like
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to be unclean.
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He had lived in
a leper's colony,
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he had to be separated
from his family and his friends,
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and he's throwing this feast.
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Now, there's a lot
of Bible interpreters
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who will say because
Matthew, Mark and Luke
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don't identify
the name of the woman.
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They just say
the woman, the woman.
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Now here we saw in Luke.
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Luke calls her a sinner.
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Now this is significant
because we've all sinned
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and fallen short
of the glory of God.
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For him to put that
designation shows that...
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Can I say, she was
notorious for her sin.
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It said, had a reputation.
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So there was a reputation there.
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Now, we know this is Mary
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who sat at Jesus' feet, who was,
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you know, one of the three
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that didn't
leave Him at the cross,
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who was the first to the tomb.
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Here is a
devoted disciple of Jesus
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but because He brings this up,
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you know, I believe there
is a reasonable assumption
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that we can say,
this was Mary Magdalene,
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that here she had
fallen into this sin,
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she'd moved
away from her family,
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you know, to another area
so to spare them embarrassment
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and she has an
encounter with Jesus.
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He cast seven demons out of her.
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She is now a devoted follower.
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John's the only one
who tells us, in John 11:2,
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what her name
is, that she is Mary,
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so that we know she is
Lazarus' sister, right?
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And once again, we see Martha.
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What is she
doing at this dinner?
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Serving. She is serving.
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She's in the kitchen
rattling the pots and pans,
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that's what she does.
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But here comes Mary,
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I believe because
Simon knows and has,
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he recoils and casts judgment,
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not only on her but on
Jesus for letting him touch her.
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I believe he was one
who had encounters with her,
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perhaps even led her into sin,
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and now think of what
it had to be like for her
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to walk into his house.
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But you know what?
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True love, true
adoration for Christ,
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you lose all self-consciousness,
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you're not worried
about what others will say.
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She comes in, and when
they were at the table,
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all the men are at the table.
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There was Lazarus
giving silent witness
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to the power of
Christ's resurrection, right?
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But what they did was
when they ate in the east,
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they reclined at the table,
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they propped one
arm up on the table
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and their feet
would be behind them.
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Correct.
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So she doesn't
come around the front
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to make a big to do out of this,
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but she comes
behind Him and as she,
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you know, probably she heard
like the other disciples heard,
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that Jesus was
talking about His death
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and she probably knew
His death was imminent,
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and maybe she understood it
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better than the
other disciples did.
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But she's at His feet,
humbly she bows down there
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and she just is
overcome with emotion,
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and her tears are flowing,
and I love what Luke says
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that she began to wash
His feet with her tears.
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I don't think this was
planned, you know, why?
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She didn't have
a towel with her.
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And so what she did
was let down her hair,
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which in their culture, a
woman's hair was her glory,
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so to let down the
hair was not so acceptable,
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but she's drying His feet
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and then she's
kissing His feet which is...
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Did you know that
was a common practice
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to embrace and kiss the
feet was considered an honor?
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So there's nothing wrong there,
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but this is a woman who takes,
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the alabaster box was
very expensive, very soft.
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It could be carved and
it was like a rose bud.
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It was closed up and
it didn't have a stopper
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that you could take it
out and just pour a little bit
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like we do for
your perfume bottles.
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But as she pours
this out on His feet,
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she had to break
open this alabaster box,
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which was expensive.
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The spikenard was
worth a year's wages.
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And, you know,
I have to ask you.
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I'll quit and let somebody,
I got a lot I could say
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but how would we feel
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if someone came
into our church service
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and they walked up
front and to honor the Lord
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they took say
$30,000 or $40,000,
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and they let it
match and it went up,
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would be going.
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What a waste?
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Now that, you
know, that's a waste.
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That could have been...
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We'd have probably been
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just as guilty as
the others saying,
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"It could have
been given to the poor."
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Wouldn't we have?
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But now we'll get
into Judas in a minute.
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But the whole point is,
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I believe the only
reason we have this story
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is because
Christ was memorializing
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her act of worship.
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Amen.
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He said, "Where ever
the gospel is told..."
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And it's in all four gospels,
it's in Matthew as well,
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in Matthew Chapter 26,
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"Wherever this gospel is
told, this story will be shared
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to memorialize what
she's done here today."
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So Mary was in an act
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of humility and
adoration for the Lord.
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She loved Him so much.
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She loved Him so much
because He had done so much.
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Mark makes it very
plain and you really need
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all four readings
to get the equivalent
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because there's
so much going on.
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John names names.
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You know, Mark says,
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"One of the disciples
of John calls him up..."
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Well, and John was
written several decades later.
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Right. Precisely so.
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Because she was
probably already dead,
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the others out of respect.
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But he also names Judas.
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He indeed names names, you know,
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and it connects him to Simon.
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So, but with all of
that Christ is reading that
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and He comes to her defense,
you know, He defends her.
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And I love this statement,
if you're a full gospel church.
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You say you're full gospel,
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you've got to put
this story in there
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because it's part
of the full gospel
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and it's
because of what she did,
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she took the
opportunity that she had,
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she flew in the
face of convention,
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she broke a lot of rules.
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Absolutely.
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During this time,
she broke a lot of rules
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but she wasn't focused on rules.
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She was focused on Jesus.
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Who wants to pick that up?
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As I was reading this,
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and we weren't there,
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so we obviously don't
know exactly what happened,
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but she certainly was grateful
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because if she was
bringing up her mind
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how special Jesus was
to her, let her out of sin,
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you know, raised her brother,
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and so she went in
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I think having this
spikenard with the...
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Perhaps the premise of
saving this for His burial.
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But yet, they
started around the table,
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start talking about
Him being the next king.
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All of a sudden, she
became very confused,
00:22:25.64\00:22:29.34
and in her
anxiety of that confusion,
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we then have an accident,
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and the accident was that...
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That's not the right
word, we had a happening.
00:22:39.42\00:22:42.22
And then all of a sudden,
00:22:42.26\00:22:43.59
perhaps what
could have happened was
00:22:43.63\00:22:45.69
now we have perfume
that is all over everywhere.
00:22:45.73\00:22:50.13
And, of course, she was
trying to do this real quiet.
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You did a great presentation
in how quiet this was,
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but because of the
expanse of the spikenard,
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all of a sudden,
everyone in the room knew that
00:23:00.91\00:23:03.35
there was something
different, and at that time,
00:23:03.38\00:23:05.81
you know, then the little
whispering story taking place.
00:23:05.85\00:23:09.82
The keeper of the box,
00:23:09.85\00:23:11.49
the keeper of the
funds for the poor
00:23:11.52\00:23:15.49
of which he was always into.
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Yeah.
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Judas was always
snaffling out of there.
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Yes.
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Now the next thing that we know,
00:23:22.43\00:23:25.13
there's going to
be a train wreck here.
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Now we're looking at
this good versus evil,
00:23:27.44\00:23:30.21
which that's
where I'm looking at,
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you know, you have the
work of Satan over here,
00:23:32.61\00:23:34.61
but you have the work
of Jesus over here guiding.
00:23:34.64\00:23:38.08
So now something is
gonna have to happen
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and then in few minutes as
we're connecting these dots,
00:23:40.68\00:23:44.49
we'll see what happened
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and how we still
speak about this today.
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Well, JD, I want
to clarify one thing,
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you weren't saying that
her act was unintentional.
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No. No. No.
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Because the way
you said, it was...
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No. Okay.
00:23:58.13\00:24:00.04
But, I think that, the way
that I read it and everything,
00:24:00.07\00:24:05.41
she was going there
under the impression
00:24:05.44\00:24:08.24
that my savior is
going to die soon.
00:24:08.28\00:24:12.28
So then there was that moment
00:24:12.31\00:24:14.82
whenever they were
talking about kinship,
00:24:14.85\00:24:18.29
nobody could read the future.
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So I mean, they had
no idea. Could they?
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I think of what you said that
00:24:23.43\00:24:27.76
the two
mentalities, the two hearts
00:24:27.80\00:24:33.03
that were in that room
is very impressive to me
00:24:33.07\00:24:37.77
because as you study
00:24:37.81\00:24:44.15
the sacrifice of Christ.
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Sometimes, you know, I
have in the past read and read.
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You know, at
times, you know... Wow!
00:24:55.19\00:24:57.13
This is really something
00:24:57.16\00:24:58.96
but when He finally
comes into your heart,
00:24:58.99\00:25:03.67
then you understand and
that's what was happening
00:25:03.70\00:25:08.54
and that Christ wanted
the people to understand.
00:25:08.57\00:25:13.01
Christ wanted
this story to go on
00:25:13.04\00:25:16.98
because we need it
00:25:17.01\00:25:20.28
to understand
through the Holy Spirit,
00:25:20.32\00:25:23.08
when he meant that
Christ was going to die,
00:25:23.12\00:25:25.49
no longer is going to be there.
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But when you recognize
what God has done for you,
00:25:27.46\00:25:33.76
and people criticize you,
when you do something wrong,
00:25:33.80\00:25:38.30
and oh, well,
00:25:38.33\00:25:40.57
she did this or he did that
and that we are so easily tend
00:25:40.60\00:25:45.41
to dismiss that
person immediately.
00:25:45.44\00:25:51.85
And Christ instead,
00:25:51.88\00:25:54.18
you know, he was
affirming that she was a sinner
00:25:54.22\00:25:58.52
but she had been restored.
00:25:58.55\00:26:01.32
He has restored her,
00:26:01.36\00:26:03.63
but nobody else
there was understanding
00:26:03.66\00:26:09.20
what she was doing.
00:26:09.23\00:26:11.00
She had completely
surrendered to the Lord,
00:26:11.03\00:26:15.04
and obviously more
than once or twice.
00:26:15.07\00:26:19.07
So her heart was
just so overwhelmed
00:26:19.11\00:26:23.11
on what Christ had done for her,
00:26:23.14\00:26:25.68
she didn't
care, she didn't care.
00:26:25.71\00:26:28.45
And that's what He
wants us to come to Him.
00:26:28.48\00:26:31.59
I'm busted here too.
00:26:31.62\00:26:33.76
Gary, you
actually do get to talk.
00:26:33.79\00:26:35.69
I won't make
comment, I'll just read this
00:26:35.72\00:26:37.89
because it goes perfectly
with what you're saying.
00:26:37.93\00:26:40.16
In Luke 7:47, when Jesus said,
00:26:40.20\00:26:43.16
"Therefore I say to you,
00:26:43.20\00:26:45.10
her sins, which
are many, are forgiven,
00:26:45.13\00:26:48.27
for she loved much.
00:26:48.30\00:26:50.97
But to whom little is forgiven,
the same loves little."
00:26:51.01\00:26:56.64
The one thing I want to add,
00:26:56.68\00:26:58.05
I see a parallel here
with this little woman
00:26:58.08\00:27:00.42
and the woman's issue of blood.
00:27:00.45\00:27:01.78
When you want to do
your worship to Christ,
00:27:01.82\00:27:06.25
you're not really
looking for an audience,
00:27:06.29\00:27:07.92
you know, that
wouldn't want us to sneak in
00:27:07.96\00:27:09.52
and touch the
garment and get out of there.
00:27:09.56\00:27:11.43
And Christ said,
"Wait, wait, wait,
00:27:11.46\00:27:12.79
who touched me?"
00:27:12.83\00:27:14.16
So now everybody knows.
00:27:14.20\00:27:15.53
Well, she wanted to come in,
00:27:15.56\00:27:17.87
wash His feet with
her hair and get out.
00:27:17.90\00:27:20.34
But the spikenard
broadcasted her activity,
00:27:20.37\00:27:22.80
so she couldn't sneak away
because now everybody knows.
00:27:22.84\00:27:25.81
So the thing that says to
me, when I'm worshipping Christ,
00:27:25.84\00:27:29.44
it's one-on-one.
00:27:29.48\00:27:30.95
I'm not worried
about what you're thinking,
00:27:30.98\00:27:32.45
I'm not worried
about what you're thinking
00:27:32.48\00:27:33.82
because as much I'm
just focused on Jesus
00:27:33.85\00:27:35.42
and I'm trying
to get that blessing
00:27:35.45\00:27:36.79
and I'm trying to let Him know
00:27:36.82\00:27:38.55
that I love Him and that
I appreciate His sacrifice.
00:27:38.59\00:27:40.46
Amen.
00:27:40.49\00:27:41.82
Let me use this.
00:27:41.86\00:27:43.19
See I think that...
00:27:43.22\00:27:46.06
I think I knew your background,
00:27:46.09\00:27:47.43
I know most of your backgrounds.
00:27:47.46\00:27:50.43
I relate to Mary
00:27:50.47\00:27:53.34
because I lived
many, many years insane,
00:27:53.37\00:27:57.97
and so when the Lord love...
00:27:58.01\00:28:03.58
When love raises
you up out of sin
00:28:03.61\00:28:06.55
because there's
no other place to go,
00:28:06.58\00:28:10.02
and people...
00:28:10.05\00:28:11.89
The thing is people don't
think that you can be saved.
00:28:11.92\00:28:15.52
"You're so bad," then
you feel so bad yourself.
00:28:15.56\00:28:18.96
And Christ saved me
over and over many times.
00:28:18.99\00:28:21.56
I'm like Mary.
00:28:21.60\00:28:22.93
I didn't always take in,
00:28:22.96\00:28:25.37
you slide back and you
come forward and you slide back,
00:28:25.40\00:28:28.84
and other people don't accept
that you're a changed person.
00:28:28.87\00:28:32.27
They don't know, your
reputation is out there.
00:28:32.31\00:28:34.98
Yes.
00:28:35.01\00:28:36.34
And I can
understand when I first...
00:28:36.38\00:28:39.48
Where I lived before,
everybody knew who I was.
00:28:39.51\00:28:43.25
So being a
Christian was not something
00:28:43.28\00:28:46.92
even my own family
really believed per se.
00:28:46.96\00:28:50.93
I've had people say,
00:28:50.96\00:28:52.29
"Oh, I don't think
you've changed that much,"
00:28:52.33\00:28:53.70
and that just crushes you.
00:28:53.73\00:28:55.66
But that Satan,
but when I came here,
00:28:55.70\00:28:58.50
see no one knew my baggage,
00:28:58.53\00:29:02.54
so then it was like,
00:29:02.57\00:29:04.77
"What if somebody
walks in and tells."
00:29:04.81\00:29:08.58
So there are many
people here who I shared with,
00:29:08.61\00:29:11.75
they knew where I came
out of and what I came out of.
00:29:11.78\00:29:14.78
And then, you
know, it didn't matter.
00:29:14.82\00:29:17.59
It was okay because
I came to the point of,
00:29:17.62\00:29:22.42
"If God can save me,
He can save anybody."
00:29:22.46\00:29:26.06
And see the whole idea
of why you can't sneak in
00:29:26.09\00:29:28.86
and worship the Lord
00:29:28.90\00:29:30.67
is because that is praise to Him
00:29:30.70\00:29:33.23
that shows His power
and shows what He can do.
00:29:33.27\00:29:37.54
And so you do
want the world to know
00:29:37.57\00:29:39.57
how mighty and power,
God, how powerful God is.
00:29:39.61\00:29:43.14
And you don't care
when you're worshiping Him
00:29:43.18\00:29:48.12
and when you
realize what He paid that
00:29:48.15\00:29:49.95
He did pay for,
paid for everything.
00:29:49.98\00:29:52.75
It does bring you to
tears when you're thinking like
00:29:52.79\00:29:55.42
what can I offer Him.
00:29:55.46\00:29:56.96
And really the only thing
I have to offer is my life.
00:29:56.99\00:30:00.96
And then when you fail Him,
00:30:01.00\00:30:04.07
that, that rips me
apart more than anything else
00:30:04.10\00:30:07.30
is when I feel like I failed Him
00:30:07.34\00:30:09.04
because anybody here
at this table can know
00:30:09.07\00:30:11.37
when I didn't act.
00:30:11.41\00:30:13.91
You know, every one of us
has acted like or thought like
00:30:13.94\00:30:19.15
Judas.
00:30:19.18\00:30:20.52
We have seen someone do
something very spiritual,
00:30:20.55\00:30:23.32
very moving, very...
00:30:23.35\00:30:25.99
You mean like
Simon, he was judgmental.
00:30:26.02\00:30:27.52
Simon, oh, Simon, yes.
00:30:27.56\00:30:29.62
Well, Judas
judged too but Simon too
00:30:29.66\00:30:32.39
when they look and say
if he knew who that was.
00:30:32.43\00:30:35.33
Because we look
at people and we go,
00:30:35.36\00:30:37.70
I've thought it myself,
00:30:37.73\00:30:39.07
we've seen someone do
something, we're like,
00:30:39.10\00:30:40.67
"Really, I know
who you really are."
00:30:40.70\00:30:43.20
You know, but we don't
know who they are, really are
00:30:43.24\00:30:45.74
when they're having an
encounter with the Lord.
00:30:45.77\00:30:47.81
Amen, yeah.
00:30:47.84\00:30:49.18
You don't know
who they really were.
00:30:49.21\00:30:50.55
Yes, right we don't
know who they really are.
00:30:50.58\00:30:52.91
But Mary is so
special in the Bible
00:30:52.95\00:30:56.05
because she shows,
she gives hope to people
00:30:56.08\00:31:00.26
that don't have hope.
00:31:00.29\00:31:01.62
Yes, exactly.
00:31:01.66\00:31:02.99
She gave hope to
me when I had no hope.
00:31:03.02\00:31:06.03
And it says, "God."
00:31:06.06\00:31:08.76
And we use that
when we worship Him,
00:31:08.80\00:31:11.27
when we praise Him
00:31:11.30\00:31:13.07
and we give Him
everything that we have
00:31:13.10\00:31:15.07
because that's
all we have to give
00:31:15.10\00:31:17.04
then He does use that.
00:31:17.07\00:31:19.17
He uses it that why you
couldn't keep it a secret.
00:31:19.21\00:31:22.18
Because then all
of a sudden His spirit
00:31:22.21\00:31:25.48
and the beauty of the
worship that Mary gave,
00:31:25.51\00:31:29.32
the beauty of
the Lord surrounded
00:31:29.35\00:31:31.22
and covered everyone.
00:31:31.25\00:31:32.59
Amen.
00:31:32.62\00:31:33.96
And it just amazes me
that Simon who was a leper
00:31:33.99\00:31:37.06
who really understood
00:31:37.09\00:31:38.53
what it was to
live in a black hole
00:31:38.56\00:31:40.03
and to have no hope that God,
00:31:40.06\00:31:43.20
Jesus gave, stepped in there.
00:31:43.23\00:31:45.10
And gave him hope and
gave him back his life.
00:31:45.13\00:31:47.50
And he was not willing to
surrender and give to Him.
00:31:47.54\00:31:51.64
Yeah, and, Gary,
before it comes to you,
00:31:51.67\00:31:53.74
this says
something about Simon too.
00:31:53.78\00:31:55.28
It says that Simon was healed
without a perfection of faith.
00:31:55.31\00:31:58.71
He's still
thinking evil thoughts
00:31:58.75\00:32:00.62
after his healing.
00:32:00.65\00:32:01.98
Now, later on we found out
that he finally does surrender.
00:32:02.02\00:32:05.32
But at this point he's still,
00:32:05.35\00:32:07.26
things are still
going on in his head
00:32:07.29\00:32:09.46
and he's thinking
even evil of other people.
00:32:09.49\00:32:12.13
It shows the length and
breadth of the love of Christ.
00:32:12.16\00:32:14.93
Yes, absolutely.
00:32:14.96\00:32:16.30
To reach out to somebody
who is not quite yet there.
00:32:16.33\00:32:19.03
But Christ does get
him across the line,
00:32:19.07\00:32:20.90
but he ain't there just yet.
00:32:20.94\00:32:22.50
He never gives up on
you. Never gave up on me.
00:32:22.54\00:32:25.04
Every time I called to
Him and then I fall away,
00:32:25.07\00:32:27.78
He never gave up.
00:32:27.81\00:32:29.21
And He, and that's what
He wants us to understand
00:32:29.24\00:32:32.31
and to believe because He
can and He wants to change us.
00:32:32.35\00:32:37.62
He wants to change our heart.
He wants us to be like Him.
00:32:37.65\00:32:41.16
And He will.
00:32:41.19\00:32:42.52
He has the power to do it Right.
00:32:42.56\00:32:44.69
We've known you since 2003
00:32:44.73\00:32:47.23
and you're one of
the most godly woman...
00:32:47.26\00:32:49.70
That's true, I've
told her that too.
00:32:49.73\00:32:51.07
And to hear the story of,
00:32:51.10\00:32:52.97
you know, when
you bring this up,
00:32:53.00\00:32:54.34
it's always like, "Wow!"
00:32:54.37\00:32:57.04
You know, but then I
look back on my own life
00:32:57.07\00:32:59.57
and realize how much
God has transformed me
00:32:59.61\00:33:02.01
because I have my PC days too.
00:33:02.04\00:33:03.95
You're not the
only one, you know, so.
00:33:03.98\00:33:07.48
That's what I like
about the story so much.
00:33:07.52\00:33:09.62
It's about Jesus is
more willing to forgive us
00:33:09.65\00:33:12.45
than we're
willing to forgive others.
00:33:12.49\00:33:13.82
Yes. Amen.
00:33:13.86\00:33:15.19
And so if you ask the question,
00:33:15.22\00:33:16.56
"Why should this story
be included in the gospels?"
00:33:16.59\00:33:18.83
The answer came back to me is,
00:33:18.86\00:33:20.40
"This story is about
forgiveness and gratitude.
00:33:20.43\00:33:23.06
Yes, yes.
00:33:23.10\00:33:24.43
And that's why it should
be included in the gospel.
00:33:24.47\00:33:26.60
And also some,
going through the story,
00:33:26.63\00:33:28.24
I came across an
interesting contrast.
00:33:28.27\00:33:30.44
And if you back up all way
00:33:30.47\00:33:31.81
to beginning of
the story, Jesus...
00:33:31.84\00:33:33.84
In which account?
00:33:33.88\00:33:35.54
Well, just the whole
story, you take it as a whole.
00:33:35.58\00:33:39.01
Jesus didn't own a home.
00:33:39.05\00:33:40.62
And so because of that
a lot of people thought
00:33:40.65\00:33:42.72
He was too poor to own a home.
00:33:42.75\00:33:44.82
However the contrast is that
00:33:44.85\00:33:46.19
He owned
everything in the planet.
00:33:46.22\00:33:47.56
Yeah. Yes, yes.
00:33:47.59\00:33:48.92
So that's an
interesting contrast.
00:33:48.96\00:33:50.29
And so Simon thought that
he was doing Jesus the honor
00:33:50.33\00:33:53.29
by preparing a feast for Jesus.
00:33:53.33\00:33:55.26
But it was Simon
who Jesus honored
00:33:55.30\00:33:57.83
by accepting the invitation
00:33:57.87\00:33:59.70
and having His
presence at the feast.
00:33:59.73\00:34:02.37
That's the contrast there.
00:34:02.40\00:34:04.57
Simon was cured of leprosy
as we talked about by Jesus
00:34:04.61\00:34:09.54
but when He saw
that a great sinner,
00:34:09.58\00:34:12.91
Mary was touching Him.
00:34:12.95\00:34:14.48
He purposed in his heart that,
well, this can't be a prophet.
00:34:14.52\00:34:18.69
The contrast is, Jesus
showed him unequivocally
00:34:18.72\00:34:22.06
that He was a prophet
'cause he read his heart
00:34:22.09\00:34:23.86
and then He spoke
to him before Simon
00:34:23.89\00:34:25.43
ever had a
chance to say the word.
00:34:25.46\00:34:26.83
Precisely, right, right.
00:34:26.86\00:34:28.20
So right there He showed that
He was a prophet of prophets.
00:34:28.23\00:34:32.17
And that Simon was
actually condemned in that
00:34:32.20\00:34:34.67
that he had said,
"Well, He can't be a prophet
00:34:34.70\00:34:36.30
if he's let him touch His feet."
00:34:36.34\00:34:38.84
Another contrast is Simon
had been cleansed by Jesus
00:34:38.87\00:34:42.11
of his outward ailment
00:34:42.14\00:34:44.28
but He didn't see
his inward defilement.
00:34:44.31\00:34:46.98
Mary was sorrow for
what she had done in the body
00:34:47.02\00:34:50.62
and repented and
Jesus cleansed her
00:34:50.65\00:34:52.25
of the inward defilement.
00:34:52.29\00:34:53.62
Yes, amen.
00:34:53.66\00:34:54.99
I think that's a beautiful
contrast between the two.
00:34:55.02\00:34:57.46
And then lastly, Mary
shows her appreciation
00:34:57.49\00:35:01.43
by washing Jesus' feet
with her tears and hair,
00:35:01.46\00:35:04.80
anointing Him with
the expensive ointment
00:35:04.83\00:35:06.87
while Simon didn't
even show common courtesy.
00:35:06.90\00:35:09.94
Because that was the host...
00:35:09.97\00:35:11.31
Because that was the
host's duty, exactly.
00:35:11.34\00:35:13.17
So the story is
full of contrast,
00:35:13.21\00:35:15.01
I think that really illustrate
God's willing to forgive us
00:35:15.04\00:35:19.58
beyond what we're willing
00:35:19.61\00:35:20.95
because Simon
wanted Mary condemned.
00:35:20.98\00:35:23.42
He wanted Jesus to condemn her.
00:35:23.45\00:35:25.49
Everyone at the place
wanted Jesus to condemn her.
00:35:25.52\00:35:27.96
But Jesus wasn't
going to do that.
00:35:27.99\00:35:29.56
He actually showed who
was really in the wrong.
00:35:29.59\00:35:32.73
It was Simon.
00:35:32.76\00:35:35.76
Go ahead, yeah.
00:35:35.80\00:35:37.13
Everyone's around the
table, yeah, yeah, go ahead.
00:35:37.17\00:35:38.50
If you can take a
breath, I'm not gonna jump you.
00:35:38.53\00:35:40.57
Don't worry.
00:35:40.60\00:35:41.94
You know what you have
to sit here and think too
00:35:41.97\00:35:43.67
is that Judas is sitting here
00:35:43.71\00:35:45.77
calculating the cost of
his life as were others.
00:35:45.81\00:35:50.18
They only thought they
were calculating the cost.
00:35:50.21\00:35:53.31
This was Mary's IRA,
00:35:53.35\00:35:55.75
her Individual
Retirement Account,
00:35:55.78\00:35:58.32
the money that was in, I mean,
00:35:58.35\00:35:59.92
the money that had purchased
this expensive alabaster box
00:35:59.95\00:36:04.59
and the spikenard had been money
00:36:04.63\00:36:07.53
that cost her her
reputation, her self-esteem,
00:36:07.56\00:36:12.93
her lack of respect,
00:36:12.97\00:36:14.67
the cost that what
went in to purchase this
00:36:14.70\00:36:20.04
with the wages that she'd earned
00:36:20.08\00:36:22.18
in her previous life.
00:36:22.21\00:36:24.88
This was something
that cost her everything
00:36:24.91\00:36:29.32
until she met Jesus.
00:36:29.35\00:36:31.92
You know, and so to me, I
think that that's something
00:36:31.95\00:36:36.52
that another thing is that
sometimes we look at people
00:36:36.56\00:36:40.50
and we're trying to figure out
00:36:40.53\00:36:43.40
the value of what they're doing,
00:36:43.43\00:36:45.97
where as we don't
know the back story.
00:36:46.00\00:36:51.07
We don't know like the
widow with the two mite
00:36:51.11\00:36:53.98
and you think, "Oh,
big deal, two mites."
00:36:54.01\00:36:56.68
But that's all
she had to live on.
00:36:56.71\00:36:58.18
So this was such an
act of worship, I mean.
00:36:58.21\00:37:03.95
I think it's interesting
that you kind of touched on.
00:37:03.99\00:37:05.69
She seemed to be the only
one that actually understood
00:37:05.72\00:37:08.29
what Jesus was
saying about His death.
00:37:08.32\00:37:10.13
Yes.
00:37:10.16\00:37:11.49
'Cause she actually
put that belief into action
00:37:11.53\00:37:13.63
and got something to
prepare for that event.
00:37:13.66\00:37:15.96
Yes.
00:37:16.00\00:37:17.33
And like as you related to is,
as she heard them saying that,
00:37:17.37\00:37:19.03
well, you know,
He might be King.
00:37:19.07\00:37:20.47
They're going to make Him
King when He goes to Jerusalem,
00:37:20.50\00:37:22.77
she got caught up
in the whole atmosphere
00:37:22.80\00:37:26.37
and so she was like, "Well, hey,
00:37:26.41\00:37:28.08
I'm going to anoint Him now
because He's going to be king.
00:37:28.11\00:37:29.98
He's not going to be
dying like He said He was."
00:37:30.01\00:37:32.21
She wanted to be
the first to honor Him.
00:37:32.25\00:37:33.92
Yes.
00:37:33.95\00:37:35.28
I think that's
the wonders of God
00:37:35.32\00:37:38.95
that He cease where we are.
00:37:38.99\00:37:42.82
But He never stops to
come and see how to move us
00:37:42.86\00:37:47.56
into to know Him personal.
00:37:47.60\00:37:51.17
Just like Mary
became to know Him personal
00:37:51.20\00:37:56.00
to the extent that
she didn't care about,
00:37:56.04\00:38:01.41
like, you said to you
use whatever anybody thought.
00:38:01.44\00:38:04.65
Or that maybe that was
her last money forever,
00:38:04.68\00:38:10.35
you have these so that people
that are pretending to be,
00:38:10.39\00:38:15.66
to know Christ to the end,
00:38:15.69\00:38:18.13
yet their minds
went on everything else
00:38:18.16\00:38:20.80
but the money, you
know, why is she doing this.
00:38:20.83\00:38:25.47
We know who she is.
00:38:25.50\00:38:27.54
And yet Christ was
there just to show love,
00:38:27.57\00:38:32.07
to shine in love
00:38:32.11\00:38:33.54
because that's
what He chose Simon.
00:38:33.58\00:38:37.35
He knew, Simon is
saying these things about Mary.
00:38:37.38\00:38:40.62
Jesus seen it and
if he'd really knew.
00:38:40.65\00:38:42.75
Well, who could know better
the heart of anybody but Jesus?
00:38:42.78\00:38:47.89
I don't think at that point
all of the other disciples knew
00:38:47.92\00:38:50.73
what a devoted disciple she was.
00:38:50.76\00:38:52.69
It was really Simon
00:38:52.73\00:38:54.13
who was thinking
of her in the past.
00:38:54.16\00:38:57.30
Do you think that...
00:38:57.33\00:38:59.17
You brought up something
that now I just thought about
00:38:59.20\00:39:01.77
that she didn't know
if Jesus was going to die
00:39:01.80\00:39:04.61
or if He was going to be king.
00:39:04.64\00:39:05.97
But what she might
have known in her heart,
00:39:06.01\00:39:08.78
whether He was
king or going to die,
00:39:08.81\00:39:10.65
this may be the last chance...
00:39:10.68\00:39:12.91
That she has, yeah.
00:39:12.95\00:39:14.28
That I can honor Him,
that I can let Him know
00:39:14.32\00:39:17.09
what He's done for me.
00:39:17.12\00:39:18.75
So she was taking
her last chance to say,
00:39:18.79\00:39:22.79
"You are my Savior, my Lord.
00:39:22.82\00:39:24.26
I want to give You all that I am
00:39:24.29\00:39:26.09
because You have taken
darkness out of my heart.
00:39:26.13\00:39:28.86
You've taken all this pain out.
00:39:28.90\00:39:31.03
And You've
given me joy and life.
00:39:31.07\00:39:33.50
Jesus gave a context
because He said burial.
00:39:33.54\00:39:36.84
So He kind of played it out.
00:39:36.87\00:39:38.21
He said, that's
what I was gonna look at.
00:39:38.24\00:39:39.57
Okay, yes. Mark 4:8, it says...
00:39:39.61\00:39:41.41
Precisely, precisely.
She has done what she could.
00:39:41.44\00:39:44.08
She's come before head,
00:39:44.11\00:39:46.01
beforehand to
anoint My body for burial.
00:39:46.05\00:39:49.78
Two, the gospels talk
about her anointing His feet
00:39:49.82\00:39:54.59
that were soon to have
the nails driven through them.
00:39:54.62\00:39:57.99
Two, the gospels talk
about her anointing His head
00:39:58.03\00:40:01.80
which was soon to
have that crown of thorns.
00:40:01.83\00:40:04.57
So I'm sure she did both.
00:40:04.60\00:40:07.17
But I think what Jesus is
doing in my personal opinion,
00:40:07.20\00:40:11.87
the whole of this
story is, yes it does show
00:40:11.91\00:40:15.28
the difference between
forgiveness and unforgiveness.
00:40:15.31\00:40:17.61
I think He's holding her
up as the model of worship,
00:40:17.65\00:40:23.32
unreserved worship.
00:40:23.35\00:40:25.25
Yes, yes. Agreed, agreed.
00:40:25.29\00:40:26.62
And here's something
00:40:26.65\00:40:28.16
if we're going to make
the personal application.
00:40:28.19\00:40:31.46
Why do we come to church?
00:40:31.49\00:40:33.93
Do we come because it
is culturally correct,
00:40:33.96\00:40:38.17
this is how we grew up?
00:40:38.20\00:40:39.83
Is it just habit?
00:40:39.87\00:40:42.20
Is it something that
someone expects of us?
00:40:42.24\00:40:45.77
Some people come to church
just to be with their family
00:40:45.81\00:40:50.15
or to be with fellowship,
00:40:50.18\00:40:51.55
others are coming
to study the Word.
00:40:51.58\00:40:54.02
But the true reason for us
coming to church is to worship.
00:40:54.05\00:40:58.72
And if we ever go to church
00:40:58.75\00:41:00.62
and leave without
worshipping the Lord,
00:41:00.66\00:41:03.12
we'd miss the whole thing.
00:41:03.16\00:41:05.39
And you know, there
is something about us
00:41:05.43\00:41:11.07
that we want to be
soberly proper in our worship.
00:41:11.10\00:41:17.21
You know, there's
people that I remember
00:41:17.24\00:41:19.31
and I'm going to
tell the story of myself,
00:41:19.34\00:41:20.68
my first day at
ASI, I'd only been,
00:41:20.71\00:41:22.58
I'd only been joined the
church just weeks before.
00:41:22.61\00:41:26.85
And my first day at ASI,
I'm sitting on the front row
00:41:26.88\00:41:29.18
and I think, "Oh boy this,
oh, this man was singing a song
00:41:29.22\00:41:32.75
that was true worship.
00:41:32.79\00:41:34.12
He wasn't performing.
00:41:34.16\00:41:35.56
And I remember, I raised my hand
00:41:35.59\00:41:37.56
and I was just, oh, I was
just caught up in the worship.
00:41:37.59\00:41:41.86
And then a gentleman,
00:41:41.90\00:41:43.87
a well-known evangelist
came up to me afterwards
00:41:43.90\00:41:46.87
and he said, well,
because he'd seen me on,
00:41:46.90\00:41:50.31
Danny had me up there
00:41:50.34\00:41:51.67
the night before
giving a little testimony.
00:41:51.71\00:41:53.31
He said, "We're so excited
that you joined the church."
00:41:53.34\00:41:56.34
And I said, "Well, I
hope you won't judge me
00:41:56.38\00:41:59.61
because I raised my hand."
00:41:59.65\00:42:02.55
You know what he said to
me, "I hope you won't judge us
00:42:02.58\00:42:05.65
because we didn't."
00:42:05.69\00:42:08.36
I think we're so quick to judge
00:42:08.39\00:42:10.79
but I want to read
them with something if I may
00:42:10.83\00:42:13.73
before this time gets apart.
00:42:13.76\00:42:16.30
Because Ellen G
White, Testimonies, volume 5,
00:42:16.33\00:42:20.04
page 317 and 18 says this,
00:42:20.07\00:42:24.07
"Praise the Lord
00:42:24.11\00:42:25.67
in the
congregation of the people."
00:42:25.71\00:42:27.71
Yes, yes.
00:42:27.74\00:42:29.08
"There is too much formality
in our religious services.
00:42:29.11\00:42:34.85
When the church is
walking in the light,
00:42:34.88\00:42:37.69
there will ever be
cheerful hearty responses
00:42:37.72\00:42:43.26
and words of joyous praise."
00:42:43.29\00:42:47.13
Love it. Love it, yes.
00:42:47.16\00:42:48.53
I think that much of
our religious activity
00:42:48.56\00:42:52.77
lacks
enthusiastic love for the Lord.
00:42:52.80\00:42:55.97
Yes. What would
seem with mere...
00:42:56.00\00:42:57.51
Hearty
relationship with the Lord.
00:42:57.54\00:42:59.87
Enthusiastic love.
00:42:59.91\00:43:01.54
None of us want
chaos in our church.
00:43:01.58\00:43:03.55
But I cannot stop,
00:43:03.58\00:43:06.08
sometimes when the
spirit is really moving on me
00:43:06.11\00:43:08.95
and I'm
feeling, I raise my hands
00:43:08.98\00:43:11.79
'cause I can't not.
00:43:11.82\00:43:16.49
And there are times when I just,
00:43:16.52\00:43:19.09
I wish I could just
drop to my knees but I...
00:43:19.13\00:43:23.33
But it's true that
all the times that,
00:43:23.37\00:43:26.60
you want to and what happens,
00:43:26.63\00:43:29.57
the enemy brings
that thought of, you know,
00:43:29.60\00:43:32.67
I can't do this because there's
all these people are looking
00:43:32.71\00:43:35.81
and they're going
to think whatever.
00:43:35.84\00:43:38.81
And yet...
00:43:38.85\00:43:40.18
And we don't want...
We're supposed to be...
00:43:40.22\00:43:42.62
Praise and worship
is what we're there for.
00:43:42.65\00:43:44.82
Yeah, it's like
you saw this cup,
00:43:44.85\00:43:47.69
and you don't see nothing else.
00:43:47.72\00:43:49.96
This is Christ that
we are supposed to be.
00:43:49.99\00:43:53.60
Just Christ. I'm sorry.
00:43:53.63\00:43:56.83
Excuse me, there's one
thing, you know, I think
00:43:56.87\00:44:00.10
that Jesus certainly
appreciated about Mary
00:44:00.14\00:44:03.64
was is that she was
bringing her love to Him
00:44:03.67\00:44:09.81
while He was alive,
sharing some of His love,
00:44:09.84\00:44:12.85
you know, He says,
"Yes, Nicodemus and Joseph,
00:44:12.88\00:44:15.58
they've provided a
place for me after the fact.
00:44:15.62\00:44:19.89
Yes there was this precious,
00:44:19.92\00:44:22.32
this other lady that
showed up at the grave
00:44:22.36\00:44:25.73
with her
perfumes after the fact.
00:44:25.76\00:44:29.90
But the lesson is,
is that she was there
00:44:29.93\00:44:33.17
while He was living.
00:44:33.20\00:44:34.87
And I think it's a
lesson for all of us.
00:44:34.90\00:44:37.47
You know, He said,
we need to take care
00:44:37.51\00:44:39.31
of our brothers and sisters
00:44:39.34\00:44:40.71
and take care of
them while they're living
00:44:40.74\00:44:43.31
rather than, well,
we'll take care of,
00:44:43.35\00:44:45.51
you know, after
the fact, you know.
00:44:45.55\00:44:48.05
And anyways I was reading
in and I really like that.
00:44:48.08\00:44:53.46
Closing chapter
of Ellen White's,
00:44:53.49\00:44:55.09
I think we need
to open ourselves up
00:44:55.12\00:44:56.73
to worship to receive the Lord
00:44:56.76\00:44:58.76
and not be so constrained
by fear or convention.
00:44:58.79\00:45:03.83
And I think as Dee,
00:45:03.87\00:45:05.20
someone said we
don't want chaos.
00:45:05.23\00:45:06.63
we don't want
bedlam in the church.
00:45:06.67\00:45:08.24
But I think we, if the
pendulum is swinging one way,
00:45:08.27\00:45:12.17
it tends to swing a little
too much towards conservatism
00:45:12.21\00:45:16.28
and kind of buttoned-down-ism.
00:45:16.31\00:45:19.95
And we need to let go.
00:45:19.98\00:45:21.38
There are some people
who, I've heard people say,
00:45:21.42\00:45:23.49
"Hope you didn't mind me
saying amen during a ceremony."
00:45:23.52\00:45:27.86
Mind? Please.
00:45:27.89\00:45:31.46
That time, my
favorite and I'm just,
00:45:31.49\00:45:35.20
I don't mean anything by this
00:45:35.23\00:45:36.56
but I love to
preach at a black church
00:45:36.60\00:45:40.10
because they're
going, "Amen! Mercy!"
00:45:40.14\00:45:43.61
And they, as you're preaching
00:45:43.64\00:45:46.27
it draws the
anointing out of you.
00:45:46.31\00:45:48.48
It does.
00:45:48.51\00:45:49.84
People are responding and
you see this and I love it.
00:45:49.88\00:45:54.02
I just absolutely love it.
00:45:54.05\00:45:55.38
There is
something with this call
00:45:55.42\00:45:56.75
and responses
just fills your spirit.
00:45:56.79\00:45:58.52
Phrases catching is
contagious. It is, it is.
00:45:58.55\00:46:01.46
And you don't
want chaos or confusion
00:46:01.49\00:46:04.13
but if it is a
sincere worship from you,
00:46:04.16\00:46:06.19
deep in your part,
00:46:06.23\00:46:07.56
you don't have
confusion and chaos.
00:46:07.60\00:46:09.66
It is and it is a
lifting up in joy.
00:46:09.70\00:46:12.30
It's a lifting
each other up in praise.
00:46:12.33\00:46:16.44
One necessity that
you're praising the same God.
00:46:16.47\00:46:19.54
If I could say one thing
00:46:19.57\00:46:21.31
and I'm going to get in
trouble for saying this.
00:46:21.34\00:46:23.11
That's okay,
we're all in trouble.
00:46:23.14\00:46:24.48
When we have praise
and worship in our music.
00:46:24.51\00:46:28.35
And sometimes the Lord has just,
00:46:28.38\00:46:31.69
you know, that's what
praise and worship is for
00:46:31.72\00:46:33.59
is to plough up the heart,
00:46:33.62\00:46:35.49
to get you ready
to receive the seed.
00:46:35.52\00:46:38.66
And somebody
stands up there afterwards
00:46:38.69\00:46:41.06
and starts joking around
00:46:41.10\00:46:43.06
or just even
reading the bulletin,
00:46:43.10\00:46:45.83
it's like, that moment...
00:46:45.87\00:46:48.24
We have an
announcement. I don't like that.
00:46:48.27\00:46:50.31
I don't like the announcements.
00:46:50.34\00:46:51.67
I wish they do
announcements before...
00:46:51.71\00:46:53.41
Many times I said to you,
00:46:53.44\00:46:55.48
oh, that was the
message was so wonderful.
00:46:55.51\00:46:58.78
And then they
came with all that.
00:46:58.81\00:47:01.65
And then saying
now, we're gonna do this,
00:47:01.68\00:47:03.75
and whatever, anyway, so like...
00:47:03.79\00:47:05.32
If I had, if I could
write the order of worship,
00:47:05.35\00:47:08.82
I would do announcements
before praise and worship.
00:47:08.86\00:47:13.50
And don't get up
there and start telling me
00:47:13.53\00:47:15.50
a joke afterwards
00:47:15.53\00:47:16.87
because you think you're
going to get my attention.
00:47:16.90\00:47:19.10
Because if God's been
working on my heart in worship,
00:47:19.13\00:47:22.40
He's got my
attention in what you're doing.
00:47:22.44\00:47:24.87
Yes, yes.
00:47:24.91\00:47:26.24
If you're in worship,
you want to stay there.
00:47:26.27\00:47:27.61
I agree.
00:47:27.64\00:47:29.11
Gary, if you got
something to say,
00:47:29.14\00:47:30.48
you better jump in because...
00:47:30.51\00:47:32.21
We're running out of time.
00:47:32.25\00:47:34.68
Well, it's not in
the church service.
00:47:34.72\00:47:36.28
But I think God is wounded
00:47:36.32\00:47:38.15
when we don't show our gratitude
00:47:38.19\00:47:40.09
in words and deeds.
00:47:40.12\00:47:42.56
I found this interesting quote,
I'd like to share, you know,
00:47:42.59\00:47:46.09
Simon was quick to condemn.
00:47:46.13\00:47:47.53
Christ is never is.
00:47:47.56\00:47:48.90
And this is an
interesting quote,
00:47:48.93\00:47:50.27
"Christ might
commission the angels of heaven
00:47:50.30\00:47:52.40
to pour out the vials of wrath
on the world full of hypocrisy
00:47:52.43\00:47:55.80
and sin destroying those
00:47:55.84\00:47:57.17
who are filled
with hatred to God.
00:47:57.21\00:47:59.47
He might blot this
dark spot from His universe
00:47:59.51\00:48:02.61
but He does not.
00:48:02.64\00:48:05.61
This, but He's not.
00:48:05.65\00:48:07.38
He is today standing
at the altar of incense
00:48:07.42\00:48:10.22
presenting before
God the prayers of those
00:48:10.25\00:48:12.55
who desire his help.
00:48:12.59\00:48:14.12
Who is he that condemneth?
00:48:14.16\00:48:15.52
It is Christ that died
00:48:15.56\00:48:16.89
getting rather
that is raised again
00:48:16.93\00:48:18.73
who is even at
the right hand of God
00:48:18.76\00:48:20.90
who also makes
intercessions for us."
00:48:20.93\00:48:23.23
Romans 832.
00:48:23.26\00:48:25.50
He could wipe us out
because we deserve it.
00:48:25.53\00:48:27.07
But He doesn't. He loves us.
00:48:27.10\00:48:28.44
And so my
appeal is, you may say,
00:48:28.47\00:48:30.64
I am sinful, very sinful.
00:48:30.67\00:48:32.11
You may be, but
the worse you are
00:48:32.14\00:48:34.88
the more you need Jesus.
00:48:34.91\00:48:36.24
He turns no
weeping contrite soul away.
00:48:36.28\00:48:39.41
He does not tell to any or
any all that He might reveal
00:48:39.45\00:48:43.62
but He by, bid everyone
trembling so take courage.
00:48:43.65\00:48:47.82
He will not reject any
who comes to Him penitent
00:48:47.86\00:48:50.29
and believing.
00:48:50.33\00:48:51.66
Freely will He
pardon all who come
00:48:51.69\00:48:53.66
to the
forgiveness of restoration.
00:48:53.70\00:48:56.70
And another quote I
couldn't find it but,
00:48:56.73\00:49:00.24
"God's blessing
today is a guarantee
00:49:00.27\00:49:02.04
of blessings tomorrow."
00:49:02.07\00:49:03.41
Yes, yes.
00:49:03.44\00:49:04.77
And He loves you and He
wants to forgive you today.
00:49:04.81\00:49:08.08
Just go to Him today and
ask for that forgiveness.
00:49:08.11\00:49:10.55
Amen. Praise the lord.
00:49:10.58\00:49:11.91
Praise the lord.
00:49:11.95\00:49:13.28
You know, He wants to
forgive you and love you.
00:49:13.31\00:49:14.78
And fill you with joy.
00:49:14.82\00:49:17.25
Yes, fill you with
the joy of the salvation.
00:49:17.29\00:49:20.26
Quality of life. Yes.
00:49:20.29\00:49:21.89
You know what
broke Simon's heart?
00:49:21.92\00:49:23.63
And this is this so wonderful.
00:49:23.66\00:49:25.39
Christ in
telling him that parable,
00:49:25.43\00:49:28.53
he realized, had to realize
that had Christ wished to,
00:49:28.56\00:49:32.97
he could have
exposed him at his own party.
00:49:33.00\00:49:36.44
Tell what the parable is
'cause we didn't actually...
00:49:36.47\00:49:38.34
That's in Luke.
Yeah, let me just...
00:49:38.37\00:49:41.88
Start with verse
40... It's in the 40, 44.
00:49:41.91\00:49:46.95
Forty. So that's the difference.
00:49:46.98\00:49:48.32
Satan get you to
sin and exposes you.
00:49:48.35\00:49:50.52
Jesus saves you
and protects you.
00:49:50.55\00:49:53.66
Yes, yes.
00:49:53.69\00:49:55.02
Yeah, at 41, there
was a certain creditor
00:49:55.06\00:49:56.39
who had two debtors.
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One owed 500
denarii the other 50.
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And when they had
nothing with which to repay
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he freely forgave them both.
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Tell me, therefore
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which of them
will love him more.
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And, of course the,
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it's a rhetorical kind of thing.
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But because the one who was
forgiven more would love more.
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But by that he realized,
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Christ knew what
was going on his head.
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And he was acting like the 50.
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I think he acts
like he had nothing,
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he owned no one anything.
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And she was acting like
the one who owed the 500.
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He realized then,
He's reading my thoughts.
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He knows what's in my heart.
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And if you wish to,
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He could publish this
to this whole gathering.
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But it was the
fact and we see this
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in that wonderful
book, Desire of Ages
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that Christ kept silent.
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He knew Christ is
holding on to a secret.
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That's what broke his heart.
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And see when we see
ourselves as a sin as we are,
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the fact is we don't
often times take the time
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to see ourselves
as Christ sees us
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because we tend to look
around, me head's around,
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so I look at,
I'm better than Gary.
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I got Dee covered,
she's got that past.
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Boo, I'll talk about.
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Okay, so I'm the top
one here at the table.
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But I'm not
supposed to compare myself
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with any of you.
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I'm supposed to
compare myself with Christ.
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And only in doing that do
I see myself as I really am
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then I have a
lot to worship for,
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a lot to be thankful for
00:51:18.74\00:51:20.08
because I know He
has forgiven me much.
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Amen.
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Every individual
feels that they understand
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how much they've been forgiven
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when they are a
spiritual Christian
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and connected with the Lord.
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Very true.
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That each of us feels
exactly the way each of us does
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that we have been
forgiven much, everyone.
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And it's a shame that
so many times, you know,
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we look at our
brothers and sisters
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that have been with the Lord
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and have made a change in their,
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do you see the humility in that
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and then we
look at them as such,
00:51:50.87\00:51:53.21
"Oh he's just a goody goody.
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He's trying to be biased."
00:51:55.44\00:51:57.41
And we're not only being wrong,
00:51:57.45\00:52:01.28
but we are
really blaspheming God
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in that attitude because...
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God has changed them. Yes.
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And we all go on
different routes,
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you know, different
routes to come to Christ.
00:52:15.03\00:52:21.40
And He brings us where He knows
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that we need to be brought.
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So it's not for none
of us to criticize that
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and put that down
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because what we're doing,
we're putting down Christ.
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Amen.
00:52:35.02\00:52:36.35
You know it just occurred to me,
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this was the
second alabaster box
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that she'd broken.
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Because, you know,
you've heard that song
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broken and poured
out to Lord Jesus.
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Just think that at one
point when she met Jesus
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and she looked into His eyes.
00:52:52.20\00:52:55.64
And she saw understanding,
she saw a real love,
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her heart was broken
and poured out for Him.
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I mean, in unreserved love.
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And He recreated, I
mean, it's just like our hearts
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that alabaster box
needs to be opened up,
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it needs to be broken
and poured out for Him.
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Yes.
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What a joy to know
that, you know, she came as,
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you know, I think
we look at our own past
00:53:22.80\00:53:25.43
because we know ourselves
better than anybody else.
00:53:25.47\00:53:27.50
We can be like Paul saying,
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"Lord, I'm the
chief of sinners."
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But it is such a joy to
know that God will be praised.
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Yeah, but it's just about time
00:53:35.34\00:53:37.31
when do, we are able to do that,
00:53:37.35\00:53:39.81
that Christ gone
with All His love.
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Amen.
00:53:42.22\00:53:43.55
And He says, "Child, I love you.
00:53:43.59\00:53:46.59
You are okay now."
00:53:46.62\00:53:47.96
Amen. Amen.
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And He has the
power to keep us now.
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Let's run the table.
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We're down to our last minute
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so everybody give me
that one or two lines
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and we kind of pull
a little bow on this.
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Well, I just like, I
just read this earlier.
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And it answers your
question right there.
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Mary knew not
the full significance
00:54:08.44\00:54:10.01
of her deed of love.
00:54:10.05\00:54:11.38
She could not
answer her accuser.
00:54:11.41\00:54:12.75
She could not explain
00:54:12.78\00:54:14.12
why she had chosen that occasion
00:54:14.15\00:54:15.52
for anointing Jesus.
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The Holy Spirit.
00:54:17.39\00:54:19.69
The Holy Spirit
had planned for her
00:54:19.72\00:54:21.62
and she had obeyed His promise.
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His promptings.
00:54:23.79\00:54:25.13
Inspiration
stoops to give no reason.
00:54:25.16\00:54:26.96
An unseen presence, it
speaks to mind and soul,
00:54:27.00\00:54:29.56
and moves the heart to action.
00:54:29.60\00:54:31.23
It's its own justification.
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Amen. Amen.
00:54:33.03\00:54:34.37
Well said. Thank you, Jesus.
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Well said. Shelley? Amen.
00:54:35.77\00:54:37.11
Worship prompted
by love and gratitude
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is what Jesus is looking for.
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And the fragrance of a life
00:54:42.14\00:54:44.88
that is lived in
obedience to Him.
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Yes, well, I'd say,
let's not discourage.
00:54:49.48\00:54:53.99
Let's be totally encouraged
00:54:54.02\00:54:57.09
because Christ
wants us to be like He is.
00:54:57.13\00:55:01.50
And He will never
leave anything unturned
00:55:01.53\00:55:06.37
to bring us there.
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Amen.
00:55:07.77\00:55:09.10
And when we are
there, we are going to really
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experience that
joy and that worship
00:55:11.44\00:55:15.24
that He deserves.
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I think He...
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This story just
gives hope to everyone.
00:55:19.45\00:55:20.88
Yes. It shows you God's love.
00:55:20.92\00:55:24.32
Not only His love for you
but that He has the power.
00:55:24.35\00:55:28.69
I worship a powerful God. Amen.
00:55:28.72\00:55:31.49
And He has enough
power to not only save me
00:55:31.53\00:55:34.66
but He has the
power to protect me.
00:55:34.70\00:55:37.27
He takes that old
life that is so painful
00:55:37.30\00:55:40.90
and He fills you with joy.
00:55:40.94\00:55:43.37
And it's just walking whatever,
00:55:43.41\00:55:45.37
He has a very
special path for each person.
00:55:45.41\00:55:48.04
And I think in this story,
00:55:48.08\00:55:50.18
He is showing so
many different lives
00:55:50.21\00:55:52.11
in so many different ways
00:55:52.15\00:55:53.52
everyone can see themselves
somewhere in this story
00:55:53.55\00:55:57.15
and have redemption
00:55:57.19\00:55:59.15
no matter where you're
at or what you're doing.
00:55:59.19\00:56:01.22
Amen. Amen.
00:56:01.26\00:56:02.86
Jesus forgave us much,
so we should love much.
00:56:02.89\00:56:05.96
Amen.
00:56:05.99\00:56:07.33
And we should show Him,
00:56:07.36\00:56:08.70
just the way the Bible tells us,
00:56:08.73\00:56:10.07
"But if you love Me,
keep My commandments."
00:56:10.10\00:56:11.57
And keeping commandments
is showing love to Him
00:56:11.60\00:56:14.80
and then love to
those our fellow men.
00:56:14.84\00:56:16.71
Yeah, well done. Well said.
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We are called by Christ
00:56:18.71\00:56:20.04
to be a pathway
of grace to others.
00:56:20.08\00:56:22.74
The love that
has been shown to us,
00:56:22.78\00:56:24.51
we need to show to others.
00:56:24.55\00:56:25.95
The forgiveness that
has been shown to us,
00:56:25.98\00:56:27.85
we need to show to others.
00:56:27.88\00:56:29.45
The patience that
Christ has shown to us,
00:56:29.48\00:56:32.35
we need to show it to others.
00:56:32.39\00:56:33.72
And if we would but attempt
to exemplify these traits
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how much nicer we would be,
how much sweeter we would be,
00:56:38.43\00:56:41.90
how much sweeter
the world would be.
00:56:41.93\00:56:44.57
We are told by Ellen White.
00:56:44.60\00:56:47.94
She says, "If we were kind,
00:56:47.97\00:56:49.60
tender,
hearted, pitiful, loving,
00:56:49.64\00:56:51.84
there would be 100
sessions to the truth of God
00:56:51.87\00:56:55.28
where now there is only one.
00:56:55.31\00:56:57.78
Sometimes the greatest hindrance
00:56:57.81\00:56:59.71
to individuals
coming to the Lord
00:56:59.75\00:57:01.55
are those who are
already in the Lord,
00:57:01.58\00:57:03.39
but not living like the
Lord and not showing God's love.
00:57:03.42\00:57:07.36
The greatest thing that
Christ could say to anyone,
00:57:07.39\00:57:09.92
He said to Mary
there in Luke 8:48,
00:57:09.96\00:57:15.56
"Then he said to her,
Your sins are forgiven."
00:57:15.60\00:57:21.04
That's Luke 7.
00:57:21.07\00:57:22.40
I'm sorry it's
7.48, yes, Luke 7.48.
00:57:22.44\00:57:25.07
"Your sins are forgiven."
00:57:25.11\00:57:28.14
Nothing better.
That's what I want to hear.
00:57:28.18\00:57:29.51
I'm sure that's what
everyone wants to hear also.
00:57:29.54\00:57:32.51
Again our time has run out.
We'll see you again next time.
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Stay faithful and
keep on loving Jesus.
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Amen.
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