WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.879 on TV, and I'm sure you've all seen it, or at least you've heard of it. 00:00:05.740 --> 00:00:09.279 It's called the Antiques Roadshow. Do you know it? 00:00:10.380 --> 00:00:12.900 No, some of you aren't. Well, let me explain what it is. 00:00:13.280 --> 00:00:19.440 People bring along all kinds of items to this show, perhaps an old item they've discovered in the attic, 00:00:20.019 --> 00:00:25.160 or maybe it's something that's belonged to their family and it's been passed down through each generation. 00:00:25.160 --> 00:00:32.679 And what they do is they bring this old item along to the show and it's valued by the experts 00:00:32.679 --> 00:00:40.899 who tell the owner how much this old picture or this piece of jewellery is worth. 00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:47.140 And for the viewer, well, we're trying to guess how much it is worth. 00:00:47.820 --> 00:00:50.799 What price are they going to put on it? 00:00:50.799 --> 00:00:58.500 Well, throughout Mark's Gospel, Mark has been introducing us to Jesus. 00:00:59.439 --> 00:01:02.280 We've been watching what Jesus does. 00:01:02.959 --> 00:01:05.840 We've been listening to what Jesus says. 00:01:06.759 --> 00:01:09.840 Now, chapter 14, verse 1. 00:01:09.840 --> 00:01:15.299 We're told that the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, 00:01:16.240 --> 00:01:22.520 which was a week-long festival to remember the escape, the rescue of God's people from Egypt, 00:01:23.520 --> 00:01:26.400 that this great festival was only two days away. 00:01:27.460 --> 00:01:31.320 Now, that's Mark's little editorial note to tell us 00:01:31.320 --> 00:01:37.219 that in two days' time, Jesus is going to be killed, 00:01:37.219 --> 00:01:40.859 crucified on a cross. 00:01:42.659 --> 00:01:43.420 Hang on. 00:01:43.980 --> 00:01:44.700 We've got... 00:01:44.700 --> 00:01:45.840 Here we go. 00:01:46.799 --> 00:01:47.659 There we are. 00:01:49.260 --> 00:01:53.519 So this is this two days' time little note is to tell us 00:01:53.519 --> 00:01:58.200 that Jesus is going to be killed, crucified on a cross. 00:01:58.200 --> 00:02:03.780 In fact, chapter 14 begins what is called as the Passion of Jesus. 00:02:03.780 --> 00:02:10.620 So as we get close to his death, as we focus in on his death, 00:02:10.699 --> 00:02:13.159 we're being asked a very important question. 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:19.080 What is the true value of Jesus? 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:26.760 It's as if Jesus is standing before us this morning 00:02:26.760 --> 00:02:30.960 and he's asking me and he's asking you personally and directly, 00:02:31.500 --> 00:02:33.880 what am I worth to you? 00:02:34.880 --> 00:02:38.840 How valuable am I to you? 00:02:40.720 --> 00:02:42.700 Well, we're going to look at three things. 00:02:42.699 --> 00:02:45.119 What Jesus is worth, 00:02:46.819 --> 00:02:48.579 why Jesus is worth it, 00:02:49.859 --> 00:02:52.979 and how Jesus' worth is shown. 00:02:52.979 --> 00:02:54.199 Why Jesus is... 00:02:54.199 --> 00:02:55.359 What Jesus is worth, 00:02:55.780 --> 00:02:57.399 why Jesus is worth it, 00:02:58.199 --> 00:03:00.780 and how Jesus' worth is shown. 00:03:01.620 --> 00:03:03.179 So what Jesus is worth? 00:03:03.839 --> 00:03:07.819 First, we get the valuation of the religious leaders. 00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:10.759 Look at the end of verse 1. 00:03:10.759 --> 00:03:14.459 The chief priests and the teachers of the law 00:03:14.459 --> 00:03:19.280 were looking for some sly way to arrest Jesus and kill him. 00:03:20.359 --> 00:03:23.739 They simply want Jesus dead, removed, out the way. 00:03:24.519 --> 00:03:26.939 To them, Jesus has been a constant threat. 00:03:27.479 --> 00:03:29.340 After all, he's been confronting them 00:03:29.340 --> 00:03:31.979 and challenging their religious ritual 00:03:31.979 --> 00:03:35.719 and has exposed it as empty and false. 00:03:35.719 --> 00:03:40.379 But it's not until we get to meet Judas 00:03:40.379 --> 00:03:46.159 that we get to see how much they really value Jesus. 00:03:46.819 --> 00:03:47.900 Look at verse 10. 00:03:49.719 --> 00:03:52.000 Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, 00:03:52.759 --> 00:03:55.560 went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them. 00:03:56.300 --> 00:03:58.479 They were delighted to hear this 00:03:58.479 --> 00:04:01.479 and promised to give him money. 00:04:01.479 --> 00:04:06.739 We know that the price that they were willing to pay for Jesus 00:04:06.739 --> 00:04:09.099 from the other gospel accounts 00:04:09.099 --> 00:04:11.280 was 30 pieces of silver. 00:04:12.399 --> 00:04:14.780 That was the minimum amount of money 00:04:14.780 --> 00:04:17.980 you would pay for a slave, 00:04:18.920 --> 00:04:20.120 the lowest of the low. 00:04:20.939 --> 00:04:21.699 In other words, 00:04:22.839 --> 00:04:24.039 he's worth nothing. 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:27.260 In fact, he's worth more dead 00:04:27.260 --> 00:04:29.220 than he is alive. 00:04:30.819 --> 00:04:33.600 And that's the value that many people put 00:04:33.600 --> 00:04:35.640 on the head of Jesus today. 00:04:36.320 --> 00:04:38.120 He's worth more dead 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:40.600 than he is alive. 00:04:41.939 --> 00:04:44.140 Because a dead Jesus, 00:04:44.780 --> 00:04:47.000 well, he can't challenge you or confront you. 00:04:48.400 --> 00:04:50.460 A dead Jesus isn't going to tell you 00:04:50.460 --> 00:04:52.780 what's true or what's good or what's right. 00:04:52.779 --> 00:04:55.799 If we can somehow remove Jesus, 00:04:55.939 --> 00:04:58.179 if we can push Jesus out the way, 00:04:58.279 --> 00:05:00.539 if we can kill him off, 00:05:01.699 --> 00:05:03.919 then that means we can live as we please. 00:05:04.179 --> 00:05:05.679 We're answerable to no one. 00:05:05.939 --> 00:05:07.599 We might as well just all go home 00:05:07.599 --> 00:05:09.219 and do whatever we like. 00:05:11.319 --> 00:05:12.399 In other words, 00:05:13.119 --> 00:05:15.599 his life is worthless. 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:19.099 It counts for nothing. 00:05:19.100 --> 00:05:22.420 To these religious people, 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:25.780 Jesus has no real value. 00:05:26.740 --> 00:05:29.740 So they plot to kill him. 00:05:33.320 --> 00:05:37.120 Next, we get the valuation of a woman. 00:05:39.379 --> 00:05:40.720 She's a nobody. 00:05:41.840 --> 00:05:43.000 She's an outsider. 00:05:44.040 --> 00:05:46.280 We don't even know what her name is. 00:05:46.279 --> 00:05:48.259 Look at verse 3. 00:05:49.299 --> 00:05:50.819 While Jesus was in Bethany, 00:05:50.979 --> 00:05:52.819 reclining at the table in the home 00:05:52.819 --> 00:05:54.779 of a man known as Simon the leper, 00:05:55.239 --> 00:05:55.859 we don't know, 00:05:55.959 --> 00:05:58.339 maybe Jesus had healed him in the past, 00:05:58.399 --> 00:05:59.019 we don't know, 00:05:59.899 --> 00:06:02.919 a woman came with an alabaster jar 00:06:02.919 --> 00:06:05.500 of very expensive perfume 00:06:05.500 --> 00:06:07.679 made of pure nard. 00:06:07.680 --> 00:06:10.540 So ladies, 00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:12.860 you can forget your Chanel No. 5 00:06:12.860 --> 00:06:14.920 or your Dulce & Gabbana 00:06:14.920 --> 00:06:16.360 or whatever you wear. 00:06:17.459 --> 00:06:18.699 This perfume 00:06:18.699 --> 00:06:22.400 was the very best. 00:06:23.280 --> 00:06:24.420 It was made of, 00:06:25.040 --> 00:06:25.759 look what it says, 00:06:25.899 --> 00:06:26.819 pure nard. 00:06:27.259 --> 00:06:28.519 That was an extract 00:06:28.519 --> 00:06:30.480 from a very rare root 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:33.340 which came all the way 00:06:33.340 --> 00:06:35.500 from the Himalayas in Nepal. 00:06:35.500 --> 00:06:35.660 Wow. 00:06:36.079 --> 00:06:36.980 So you could imagine 00:06:36.980 --> 00:06:37.939 the costs 00:06:37.939 --> 00:06:39.240 at that time 00:06:39.240 --> 00:06:40.360 involved to bring that 00:06:40.360 --> 00:06:40.920 all the way 00:06:40.920 --> 00:06:42.860 to a place like Bethany. 00:06:43.819 --> 00:06:44.519 In fact, 00:06:44.600 --> 00:06:45.920 we are told it's cost. 00:06:46.540 --> 00:06:47.459 Look at verse 5. 00:06:47.579 --> 00:06:48.860 We're told that it was worth 00:06:48.860 --> 00:06:51.500 more than a year's wages. 00:06:53.500 --> 00:06:55.240 So an average wage today, 00:06:55.980 --> 00:06:57.120 40,000. 00:06:57.980 --> 00:06:59.879 It's worth at least that. 00:06:59.879 --> 00:07:02.199 And a year's wage then 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:04.100 was of much greater significance. 00:07:04.259 --> 00:07:06.040 So we could even multiply that number. 00:07:06.519 --> 00:07:08.199 It's a huge amount. 00:07:10.379 --> 00:07:12.560 But not only did this perfume 00:07:12.560 --> 00:07:15.480 have monetary or financial value, 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:17.839 it also has sentimental 00:07:17.839 --> 00:07:19.579 or personal value. 00:07:21.659 --> 00:07:22.240 You see, 00:07:22.279 --> 00:07:23.360 it's very unlikely 00:07:23.360 --> 00:07:24.759 that a woman of that time 00:07:24.759 --> 00:07:25.459 would have been able 00:07:25.459 --> 00:07:27.259 to afford such an item. 00:07:27.259 --> 00:07:29.560 They didn't have careers 00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:30.379 and, well, 00:07:30.420 --> 00:07:31.139 if they did work, 00:07:31.219 --> 00:07:32.800 they certainly didn't get paid 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:33.560 very much. 00:07:34.719 --> 00:07:36.439 So it's most likely 00:07:36.439 --> 00:07:38.659 a family heirloom. 00:07:39.379 --> 00:07:40.439 Something that's been 00:07:40.439 --> 00:07:41.519 passed down 00:07:41.519 --> 00:07:42.920 over time. 00:07:43.980 --> 00:07:44.959 Something precious 00:07:44.959 --> 00:07:45.719 and valuable. 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:47.259 Never to be used 00:07:47.259 --> 00:07:48.180 except perhaps 00:07:48.180 --> 00:07:50.360 in dire circumstances. 00:07:51.939 --> 00:07:52.959 In many ways, 00:07:53.019 --> 00:07:53.560 to this woman, 00:07:53.659 --> 00:07:54.139 it was like 00:07:54.139 --> 00:07:55.659 an insurance policy. 00:07:55.660 --> 00:08:00.880 And this costly perfume 00:08:00.880 --> 00:08:03.140 was kept in 00:08:03.140 --> 00:08:05.040 an alabaster jar 00:08:05.040 --> 00:08:07.060 which itself 00:08:07.060 --> 00:08:08.420 was very expensive. 00:08:08.740 --> 00:08:09.920 And what was unique 00:08:09.920 --> 00:08:11.000 about this kind of jar, 00:08:11.080 --> 00:08:12.280 it didn't have a screw top 00:08:12.280 --> 00:08:14.320 or a little spray canister 00:08:14.320 --> 00:08:15.420 or anything else like that. 00:08:15.460 --> 00:08:16.300 It was sealed. 00:08:17.820 --> 00:08:19.000 And the point was this. 00:08:19.140 --> 00:08:20.760 Once the seal was broken, 00:08:21.760 --> 00:08:23.820 it all had to be used up. 00:08:23.820 --> 00:08:25.340 You couldn't save any. 00:08:25.660 --> 00:08:29.340 Now look what happens 00:08:29.340 --> 00:08:31.220 at the end of verse 3. 00:08:32.879 --> 00:08:35.120 She broke the jar 00:08:35.120 --> 00:08:37.560 and poured the perfume 00:08:37.560 --> 00:08:38.980 on his head. 00:08:41.180 --> 00:08:42.460 The symbolism 00:08:42.460 --> 00:08:44.800 is as potent 00:08:44.800 --> 00:08:46.420 as the fragrance 00:08:46.420 --> 00:08:47.600 that is now beginning 00:08:47.600 --> 00:08:48.639 to fill the room. 00:08:49.519 --> 00:08:51.180 To this unknown woman, 00:08:51.639 --> 00:08:53.500 Jesus is priceless. 00:08:53.500 --> 00:08:55.620 He is invaluable 00:08:55.620 --> 00:08:56.440 to her. 00:08:57.259 --> 00:08:57.860 The worth 00:08:57.860 --> 00:08:58.740 that she places 00:08:58.740 --> 00:08:59.440 on Jesus 00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:01.039 is infinitely greater 00:09:01.039 --> 00:09:02.799 than anything else. 00:09:04.460 --> 00:09:05.240 He is worth 00:09:05.240 --> 00:09:06.360 more to her 00:09:06.360 --> 00:09:08.159 than all she owns 00:09:08.159 --> 00:09:09.179 financially 00:09:09.179 --> 00:09:10.620 and personally. 00:09:12.179 --> 00:09:13.080 And in this 00:09:13.080 --> 00:09:15.120 act of extravagant 00:09:15.120 --> 00:09:16.059 love and devotion, 00:09:16.559 --> 00:09:17.419 she is literally 00:09:17.419 --> 00:09:18.940 poured out 00:09:18.940 --> 00:09:20.720 on top of Jesus 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:21.980 everything. 00:09:22.899 --> 00:09:23.399 Everything. 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:25.100 She has held 00:09:25.100 --> 00:09:26.519 nothing back. 00:09:28.680 --> 00:09:29.560 It gives us 00:09:29.560 --> 00:09:30.200 a glimpse 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:31.779 of her heart. 00:09:32.759 --> 00:09:33.360 Her heart 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:34.040 is like that 00:09:34.040 --> 00:09:35.000 of the poor widow. 00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:36.440 Do you remember 00:09:36.440 --> 00:09:37.060 we met her 00:09:37.060 --> 00:09:37.600 at the end 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:38.580 of chapter 12 00:09:38.580 --> 00:09:39.420 verse 42. 00:09:39.940 --> 00:09:41.340 She was the poor widow 00:09:41.340 --> 00:09:42.720 who had 00:09:42.720 --> 00:09:44.500 two copper coins 00:09:44.500 --> 00:09:45.720 worth 00:09:45.720 --> 00:09:46.899 less than a penny. 00:09:46.899 --> 00:09:48.319 That's all she had. 00:09:49.120 --> 00:09:49.799 But remember 00:09:49.799 --> 00:09:50.699 what Jesus said 00:09:50.699 --> 00:09:51.179 about her? 00:09:51.980 --> 00:09:52.840 She put in 00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:53.620 everything. 00:09:54.679 --> 00:09:56.059 All that she had 00:09:56.059 --> 00:09:57.079 to live on. 00:09:57.379 --> 00:09:58.139 And here we get 00:09:58.139 --> 00:09:58.659 a glimpse 00:09:58.659 --> 00:10:00.019 into this woman. 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:03.019 Everything else 00:10:03.019 --> 00:10:04.740 and everyone else 00:10:04.740 --> 00:10:05.679 fades 00:10:05.679 --> 00:10:07.079 in comparison 00:10:07.079 --> 00:10:09.039 to the beauty 00:10:09.039 --> 00:10:10.679 and the wonder 00:10:10.679 --> 00:10:12.360 of who Jesus is. 00:10:12.740 --> 00:10:13.439 He is 00:10:13.439 --> 00:10:14.779 invaluable 00:10:14.779 --> 00:10:16.039 to her. 00:10:16.899 --> 00:10:20.720 So you see 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:21.819 at the very beginning 00:10:21.819 --> 00:10:22.500 we're faced 00:10:22.500 --> 00:10:22.959 with these 00:10:22.959 --> 00:10:23.559 two 00:10:23.559 --> 00:10:24.860 extreme 00:10:24.860 --> 00:10:26.220 contrasts 00:10:26.220 --> 00:10:26.939 to the one 00:10:26.939 --> 00:10:29.159 Jesus is worth 00:10:29.159 --> 00:10:29.600 nothing. 00:10:29.759 --> 00:10:30.279 He's worth 00:10:30.279 --> 00:10:32.079 more dead. 00:10:33.539 --> 00:10:34.720 But to the woman 00:10:34.720 --> 00:10:36.039 he is 00:10:36.039 --> 00:10:36.799 invaluable. 00:10:39.379 --> 00:10:40.419 Which brings us 00:10:40.419 --> 00:10:41.019 to the second 00:10:41.019 --> 00:10:41.699 why 00:10:41.699 --> 00:10:42.939 Jesus 00:10:42.939 --> 00:10:44.120 is worth it. 00:10:44.980 --> 00:10:45.899 Why Jesus 00:10:45.899 --> 00:10:46.799 is worth it. 00:10:47.759 --> 00:10:48.879 Like the disciples 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:49.939 we might think 00:10:49.939 --> 00:10:51.100 come on 00:10:51.100 --> 00:10:51.659 this is a bit 00:10:51.659 --> 00:10:52.360 over the top 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:52.899 isn't it? 00:10:53.319 --> 00:10:54.079 Look at verse 4. 00:10:54.419 --> 00:10:54.899 Some of those 00:10:54.899 --> 00:10:55.379 present 00:10:55.379 --> 00:10:56.059 they were the 00:10:56.059 --> 00:10:57.139 disciples by the way 00:10:57.139 --> 00:10:57.600 were saying 00:10:57.600 --> 00:10:58.600 indignantly to one 00:10:58.600 --> 00:10:58.860 another 00:10:58.860 --> 00:11:00.419 why this waste 00:11:00.419 --> 00:11:01.139 of perfume? 00:11:02.500 --> 00:11:03.379 It could have been 00:11:03.379 --> 00:11:04.019 sold for more 00:11:04.019 --> 00:11:05.199 than a year's wages 00:11:05.199 --> 00:11:05.720 and the money 00:11:05.720 --> 00:11:06.699 given to the poor. 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:09.039 What's she doing? 00:11:10.279 --> 00:11:11.299 And they rebuked 00:11:11.299 --> 00:11:12.059 her harshly. 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:13.500 And to our minds 00:11:13.500 --> 00:11:13.899 this is 00:11:13.899 --> 00:11:14.539 absolutely 00:11:14.539 --> 00:11:15.399 crazy. 00:11:16.199 --> 00:11:16.659 This is 00:11:16.659 --> 00:11:17.299 financial 00:11:17.299 --> 00:11:17.980 suicide. 00:11:18.579 --> 00:11:19.259 It's 00:11:19.259 --> 00:11:19.620 even 00:11:19.620 --> 00:11:20.319 unchristian. 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:20.699 It's a 00:11:20.699 --> 00:11:21.120 nonsense. 00:11:21.579 --> 00:11:21.980 Who would 00:11:21.980 --> 00:11:22.559 do such 00:11:22.559 --> 00:11:22.959 a thing? 00:11:23.579 --> 00:11:24.079 Verse 6 00:11:24.079 --> 00:11:25.240 leave her 00:11:25.240 --> 00:11:25.799 alone. 00:11:28.279 --> 00:11:29.120 Why are you 00:11:29.120 --> 00:11:30.059 bothering her? 00:11:31.519 --> 00:11:32.439 She has done 00:11:32.439 --> 00:11:33.099 a beautiful 00:11:33.099 --> 00:11:33.659 thing 00:11:33.659 --> 00:11:34.699 to me. 00:11:35.659 --> 00:11:36.099 Jesus 00:11:36.099 --> 00:11:36.679 saying she 00:11:36.679 --> 00:11:37.139 has come 00:11:37.139 --> 00:11:37.819 to see 00:11:37.819 --> 00:11:39.099 how valuable 00:11:39.099 --> 00:11:39.599 I am. 00:11:39.600 --> 00:11:40.879 She knows 00:11:40.879 --> 00:11:41.720 what I am 00:11:41.720 --> 00:11:42.180 worth. 00:11:43.019 --> 00:11:43.540 What she 00:11:43.540 --> 00:11:43.960 has done 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:44.519 for me 00:11:44.519 --> 00:11:45.879 this is 00:11:45.879 --> 00:11:46.560 how you 00:11:46.560 --> 00:11:47.279 should treat 00:11:47.279 --> 00:11:47.659 me. 00:11:48.340 --> 00:11:48.500 Her 00:11:48.500 --> 00:11:49.360 extravagance 00:11:49.360 --> 00:11:49.720 isn't 00:11:49.720 --> 00:11:50.340 wasteful 00:11:50.340 --> 00:11:51.639 it is 00:11:51.639 --> 00:11:52.420 beautiful. 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:55.159 So once 00:11:55.159 --> 00:11:55.600 again 00:11:55.600 --> 00:11:56.980 Jesus 00:11:56.980 --> 00:11:57.580 is having 00:11:57.580 --> 00:11:58.220 to take 00:11:58.220 --> 00:11:59.159 the opportunity 00:11:59.159 --> 00:12:00.019 to teach 00:12:00.019 --> 00:12:01.159 his disciples 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:02.960 through 00:12:02.960 --> 00:12:04.200 an outsider 00:12:04.200 --> 00:12:07.020 why he 00:12:07.020 --> 00:12:07.900 is of 00:12:07.900 --> 00:12:08.440 infinite 00:12:08.440 --> 00:12:09.040 value 00:12:09.040 --> 00:12:09.800 and he's 00:12:09.800 --> 00:12:10.220 teaching 00:12:10.220 --> 00:12:10.900 us 00:12:10.900 --> 00:12:12.440 why he 00:12:12.440 --> 00:12:13.100 is worth 00:12:13.100 --> 00:12:14.060 what he 00:12:14.060 --> 00:12:14.540 is. 00:12:15.340 --> 00:12:15.720 Look at 00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:16.300 verse 7. 00:12:17.640 --> 00:12:18.480 The poor 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:18.980 he says 00:12:18.980 --> 00:12:19.320 you will 00:12:19.320 --> 00:12:20.100 always have 00:12:20.100 --> 00:12:20.580 with you 00:12:20.580 --> 00:12:22.040 and you 00:12:22.040 --> 00:12:22.460 can help 00:12:22.460 --> 00:12:23.160 them anytime 00:12:23.160 --> 00:12:23.820 you want 00:12:23.820 --> 00:12:25.480 but you 00:12:25.480 --> 00:12:25.800 will not 00:12:25.800 --> 00:12:26.340 always have 00:12:26.340 --> 00:12:26.680 me. 00:12:27.980 --> 00:12:28.379 She 00:12:28.379 --> 00:12:28.920 did what 00:12:28.920 --> 00:12:29.660 she could. 00:12:30.860 --> 00:12:31.040 She 00:12:31.040 --> 00:12:31.560 poured 00:12:31.560 --> 00:12:32.180 perfume 00:12:32.180 --> 00:12:32.920 on my 00:12:32.920 --> 00:12:33.300 body 00:12:33.300 --> 00:12:33.980 beforehand 00:12:33.980 --> 00:12:35.639 to prepare 00:12:35.639 --> 00:12:36.139 for my 00:12:36.139 --> 00:12:36.600 burial. 00:12:39.680 --> 00:12:40.019 Now in 00:12:40.019 --> 00:12:40.779 those times 00:12:40.779 --> 00:12:42.019 funerals 00:12:42.019 --> 00:12:42.379 were very 00:12:42.379 --> 00:12:43.019 different than 00:12:43.019 --> 00:12:43.399 what they 00:12:43.399 --> 00:12:44.080 are today. 00:12:45.039 --> 00:12:45.519 In those 00:12:45.519 --> 00:12:46.220 times it 00:12:46.220 --> 00:12:46.600 was the 00:12:46.600 --> 00:12:47.060 practice 00:12:47.060 --> 00:12:47.519 well to 00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:48.519 put perfume 00:12:48.519 --> 00:12:49.879 and spices 00:12:49.879 --> 00:12:50.759 on the 00:12:50.759 --> 00:12:51.379 dead body 00:12:51.379 --> 00:12:52.080 to cover 00:12:52.080 --> 00:12:52.500 up the 00:12:52.500 --> 00:12:52.980 smell of 00:12:52.980 --> 00:12:53.300 all the 00:12:53.300 --> 00:12:53.840 decaying 00:12:53.840 --> 00:12:54.240 that went 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:54.519 on. 00:12:56.039 --> 00:12:56.800 So this 00:12:56.800 --> 00:12:57.420 act of 00:12:57.420 --> 00:12:57.960 this woman 00:12:57.960 --> 00:12:58.580 the pouring 00:12:58.580 --> 00:12:58.940 of the 00:12:58.940 --> 00:12:59.300 perfume 00:12:59.300 --> 00:12:59.680 on the 00:12:59.680 --> 00:13:00.180 head 00:13:00.180 --> 00:13:02.580 is to 00:13:02.580 --> 00:13:03.500 remind us 00:13:03.500 --> 00:13:04.279 that Jesus 00:13:04.279 --> 00:13:04.879 is going 00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:05.460 to die. 00:13:05.559 --> 00:13:05.940 As Jesus 00:13:05.940 --> 00:13:06.919 says she's 00:13:06.919 --> 00:13:07.620 preparing for 00:13:07.620 --> 00:13:08.460 my burial. 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:09.399 Don't you 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:10.019 get it? 00:13:10.519 --> 00:13:11.200 I'm going 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:11.820 to die. 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:14.860 And this 00:13:14.860 --> 00:13:15.460 is what 00:13:15.460 --> 00:13:16.480 makes Jesus 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:17.179 worth 00:13:17.179 --> 00:13:17.820 everything. 00:13:18.340 --> 00:13:18.960 This is 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:20.340 why Jesus 00:13:20.340 --> 00:13:21.860 is priceless. 00:13:23.659 --> 00:13:24.600 Because he 00:13:24.600 --> 00:13:25.340 died for 00:13:25.340 --> 00:13:25.860 us. 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:27.779 The 00:13:27.779 --> 00:13:28.460 disciples 00:13:28.460 --> 00:13:30.399 they haven't 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:30.899 got it. 00:13:31.500 --> 00:13:31.840 They're 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:32.539 concerned for 00:13:32.539 --> 00:13:33.099 the poor. 00:13:33.919 --> 00:13:34.659 But Jesus 00:13:34.659 --> 00:13:35.480 wants them 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:35.719 and he 00:13:35.719 --> 00:13:36.279 wants us 00:13:36.279 --> 00:13:36.819 to see 00:13:36.819 --> 00:13:37.719 that he 00:13:37.719 --> 00:13:38.139 is the 00:13:38.139 --> 00:13:38.879 one who 00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:39.319 became 00:13:39.319 --> 00:13:40.099 poor for 00:13:40.099 --> 00:13:40.620 us. 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:41.959 He was 00:13:41.959 --> 00:13:42.240 the one 00:13:42.240 --> 00:13:42.759 who became 00:13:42.759 --> 00:13:43.679 a slave 00:13:43.679 --> 00:13:44.519 for us. 00:13:44.879 --> 00:13:45.500 Treated as 00:13:45.500 --> 00:13:46.000 the lowest 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:46.579 of the 00:13:46.579 --> 00:13:46.899 low. 00:13:47.459 --> 00:13:48.019 Coming to 00:13:48.019 --> 00:13:48.899 serve the 00:13:48.899 --> 00:13:49.279 world. 00:13:49.459 --> 00:13:49.899 Coming to 00:13:49.899 --> 00:13:50.599 serve people 00:13:50.599 --> 00:13:51.079 like you 00:13:51.079 --> 00:13:51.539 and me. 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:53.259 He came 00:13:53.259 --> 00:13:53.519 and he 00:13:53.519 --> 00:13:54.059 was treated 00:13:54.059 --> 00:13:54.599 as a 00:13:54.599 --> 00:13:54.899 sinner. 00:13:55.899 --> 00:13:56.339 He was 00:13:56.339 --> 00:13:56.879 judged 00:13:56.879 --> 00:13:57.740 in my 00:13:57.740 --> 00:13:58.319 place. 00:13:58.559 --> 00:13:59.019 He was 00:13:59.019 --> 00:13:59.519 condemned 00:13:59.519 --> 00:14:00.099 in your 00:14:00.099 --> 00:14:00.519 place. 00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:01.159 He was 00:14:01.159 --> 00:14:01.559 punished. 00:14:01.659 --> 00:14:01.899 He was 00:14:01.899 --> 00:14:02.360 killed. 00:14:02.539 --> 00:14:03.079 He was 00:14:03.079 --> 00:14:03.639 buried. 00:14:05.219 --> 00:14:06.019 He died 00:14:06.019 --> 00:14:06.659 for my 00:14:06.659 --> 00:14:07.019 sin and 00:14:07.019 --> 00:14:07.279 your 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:07.699 sin. 00:14:10.339 --> 00:14:11.159 But it's 00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:11.659 so much 00:14:11.659 --> 00:14:12.199 more than 00:14:12.199 --> 00:14:12.620 that. 00:14:13.860 --> 00:14:14.740 The burial 00:14:14.740 --> 00:14:15.419 of Jesus 00:14:15.419 --> 00:14:16.899 is the 00:14:16.899 --> 00:14:17.639 link between 00:14:17.639 --> 00:14:18.319 his death 00:14:18.319 --> 00:14:18.620 on the 00:14:18.620 --> 00:14:19.179 one hand 00:14:19.179 --> 00:14:20.240 and his 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:20.899 resurrection 00:14:20.899 --> 00:14:21.899 on the 00:14:21.899 --> 00:14:22.219 other. 00:14:23.919 --> 00:14:24.480 Constantly 00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:25.139 we're told 00:14:25.139 --> 00:14:25.879 that he 00:14:25.879 --> 00:14:26.639 would die, 00:14:26.980 --> 00:14:27.240 he would 00:14:27.240 --> 00:14:27.879 be killed, 00:14:28.139 --> 00:14:28.519 that he 00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:28.899 would be 00:14:28.899 --> 00:14:29.279 buried, 00:14:29.599 --> 00:14:30.000 and on 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:30.419 the third 00:14:30.419 --> 00:14:30.860 day he 00:14:30.860 --> 00:14:31.539 would rise 00:14:31.539 --> 00:14:31.939 again. 00:14:32.919 --> 00:14:33.159 And 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:33.399 through 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:33.620 his 00:14:33.620 --> 00:14:34.139 resurrection 00:14:34.139 --> 00:14:34.659 he's 00:14:34.659 --> 00:14:35.339 defeated 00:14:35.339 --> 00:14:36.159 and 00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:36.899 destroyed 00:14:36.899 --> 00:14:37.459 death, 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:37.980 our 00:14:37.980 --> 00:14:38.579 greatest 00:14:38.579 --> 00:14:39.079 enemy. 00:14:39.079 --> 00:14:39.159 We 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:43.639 all know 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:44.399 that Halloween 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:44.959 has been 00:14:44.959 --> 00:14:45.980 celebrated over 00:14:45.980 --> 00:14:46.579 this past 00:14:46.579 --> 00:14:46.980 week. 00:14:47.579 --> 00:14:48.259 It's the 00:14:48.259 --> 00:14:49.480 great irony, 00:14:49.759 --> 00:14:50.019 it's the 00:14:50.019 --> 00:14:50.959 great tragedy 00:14:50.959 --> 00:14:51.740 that people 00:14:51.740 --> 00:14:53.000 mock and 00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:53.799 laugh about 00:14:53.799 --> 00:14:54.139 death, 00:14:54.259 --> 00:14:55.019 but for the 00:14:55.019 --> 00:14:55.539 rest of the 00:14:55.539 --> 00:14:55.879 year they 00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:56.299 live in 00:14:56.299 --> 00:14:57.059 fear of 00:14:57.059 --> 00:14:57.439 death. 00:14:58.199 --> 00:14:58.679 They can't 00:14:58.679 --> 00:14:59.359 even talk 00:14:59.359 --> 00:15:00.099 about it. 00:15:01.620 --> 00:15:02.379 Yet here's 00:15:02.379 --> 00:15:02.879 the one 00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:04.000 who defeated 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:04.919 it and 00:15:04.919 --> 00:15:06.219 destroyed it. 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:08.000 And that's 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:09.000 what makes 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:09.939 Jesus 00:15:09.939 --> 00:15:10.979 priceless. 00:15:11.599 --> 00:15:12.500 That's why 00:15:12.500 --> 00:15:13.599 Jesus is 00:15:13.599 --> 00:15:14.639 invaluable. 00:15:15.239 --> 00:15:16.459 Nobody offers 00:15:16.459 --> 00:15:17.479 what he can 00:15:17.479 --> 00:15:17.799 offer. 00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:19.479 In fact, 00:15:19.579 --> 00:15:20.120 you can't 00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:21.879 buy what 00:15:21.879 --> 00:15:22.719 Jesus offers. 00:15:23.519 --> 00:15:24.219 No amount 00:15:24.219 --> 00:15:24.959 of money will 00:15:24.959 --> 00:15:25.359 get you 00:15:25.359 --> 00:15:26.419 forgiveness of 00:15:26.419 --> 00:15:27.059 all of your 00:15:27.059 --> 00:15:28.099 sin, past, 00:15:28.299 --> 00:15:28.799 present and 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:29.159 future. 00:15:29.500 --> 00:15:30.159 No amount 00:15:30.159 --> 00:15:30.859 of money is 00:15:30.859 --> 00:15:31.239 going to 00:15:31.239 --> 00:15:31.879 buy you 00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:32.459 into the 00:15:32.459 --> 00:15:32.959 eternal 00:15:32.959 --> 00:15:33.539 kingdom. 00:15:34.739 --> 00:15:35.319 Nobody's 00:15:35.319 --> 00:15:35.719 going to 00:15:35.719 --> 00:15:36.059 give you 00:15:36.059 --> 00:15:36.619 the life 00:15:36.619 --> 00:15:37.059 that only 00:15:37.059 --> 00:15:37.539 he can 00:15:37.539 --> 00:15:37.899 give. 00:15:38.919 --> 00:15:39.319 That's 00:15:39.319 --> 00:15:39.899 why Jesus 00:15:39.899 --> 00:15:40.559 came, 00:15:41.319 --> 00:15:42.219 to die 00:15:42.219 --> 00:15:42.839 our death, 00:15:43.299 --> 00:15:44.000 to rise 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:44.279 again, 00:15:44.379 --> 00:15:45.139 to secure 00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:46.299 our eternal 00:15:46.299 --> 00:15:47.139 security 00:15:47.139 --> 00:15:48.019 forever. 00:15:49.119 --> 00:15:50.000 That act 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:52.119 is priceless. 00:15:53.439 --> 00:15:54.239 That act 00:15:54.239 --> 00:15:55.879 is invaluable. 00:15:57.059 --> 00:15:59.500 And we 00:15:59.500 --> 00:15:59.899 must be 00:15:59.899 --> 00:16:00.299 clear, 00:16:01.299 --> 00:16:02.459 this woman 00:16:02.459 --> 00:16:02.879 is not 00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:03.399 trying to 00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:04.199 buy Jesus. 00:16:04.819 --> 00:16:05.319 She's not 00:16:05.319 --> 00:16:05.739 trying to 00:16:05.739 --> 00:16:06.379 earn his 00:16:06.379 --> 00:16:06.839 favour. 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:08.479 This is 00:16:08.479 --> 00:16:09.519 simply an 00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:10.279 expression 00:16:10.279 --> 00:16:11.259 and an 00:16:11.259 --> 00:16:12.000 outpouring 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:13.039 of her 00:16:13.039 --> 00:16:14.379 faith in 00:16:14.379 --> 00:16:14.719 Jesus, 00:16:14.939 --> 00:16:15.719 her love 00:16:15.719 --> 00:16:16.299 for Jesus, 00:16:16.439 --> 00:16:17.119 her devotion 00:16:17.119 --> 00:16:17.799 to him. 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:19.419 She's come 00:16:19.419 --> 00:16:19.879 to see 00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:20.279 who he 00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:20.659 is. 00:16:21.019 --> 00:16:21.299 She 00:16:21.299 --> 00:16:22.179 understands 00:16:22.179 --> 00:16:23.179 who Jesus 00:16:23.179 --> 00:16:23.759 is. 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:24.539 and she 00:16:24.539 --> 00:16:25.120 is simply 00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:25.759 entrusting 00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:26.220 her whole 00:16:26.220 --> 00:16:26.960 life to 00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:27.299 him. 00:16:28.799 --> 00:16:29.960 By giving 00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:31.039 of all 00:16:31.039 --> 00:16:31.460 that she 00:16:31.460 --> 00:16:32.139 has, 00:16:32.960 --> 00:16:33.639 she knows 00:16:33.639 --> 00:16:34.059 that in 00:16:34.059 --> 00:16:34.720 Jesus she 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:35.039 has 00:16:35.039 --> 00:16:35.939 everything. 00:16:37.779 --> 00:16:38.460 More 00:16:38.460 --> 00:16:38.919 than what 00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:39.679 money could 00:16:39.679 --> 00:16:40.439 ever buy. 00:16:43.779 --> 00:16:44.759 The woman, 00:16:45.899 --> 00:16:46.919 this unknown 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:47.840 outsider, 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:49.080 we don't 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:49.480 even know 00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:50.059 her name, 00:16:50.059 --> 00:16:51.919 but we 00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:52.479 know she's 00:16:52.479 --> 00:16:53.119 got Jesus 00:16:53.119 --> 00:16:53.679 right. 00:16:54.559 --> 00:16:54.919 She's 00:16:54.919 --> 00:16:55.279 come to 00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:55.899 see his 00:16:55.899 --> 00:16:56.819 true value, 00:16:57.839 --> 00:16:58.439 his true 00:16:58.439 --> 00:16:58.939 worth. 00:16:59.379 --> 00:16:59.599 The 00:16:59.599 --> 00:17:00.139 disciples, 00:17:00.379 --> 00:17:00.579 on the 00:17:00.579 --> 00:17:01.000 other hand, 00:17:01.059 --> 00:17:01.659 the privileged 00:17:01.659 --> 00:17:02.279 insiders 00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:02.839 who's been 00:17:02.839 --> 00:17:03.179 with him 00:17:03.179 --> 00:17:03.539 all this 00:17:03.539 --> 00:17:03.879 time, 00:17:04.679 --> 00:17:04.940 they're 00:17:04.940 --> 00:17:05.220 still 00:17:05.220 --> 00:17:05.720 struggling. 00:17:06.659 --> 00:17:06.899 They 00:17:06.899 --> 00:17:07.559 still don't 00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:08.559 get who 00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:09.139 he is. 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:13.359 So how 00:17:13.359 --> 00:17:16.039 is Jesus' 00:17:16.299 --> 00:17:17.879 worth going 00:17:17.879 --> 00:17:18.559 to be shown 00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:19.619 in our 00:17:19.619 --> 00:17:20.039 lives? 00:17:20.059 --> 00:17:22.519 So let's 00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:23.159 ask ourselves 00:17:23.159 --> 00:17:23.679 the question 00:17:23.679 --> 00:17:24.179 we asked 00:17:24.179 --> 00:17:24.440 at the 00:17:24.440 --> 00:17:24.639 very 00:17:24.639 --> 00:17:25.039 beginning. 00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:26.639 What is 00:17:26.639 --> 00:17:27.639 Jesus worth 00:17:27.639 --> 00:17:29.359 to you? 00:17:30.599 --> 00:17:31.279 What is 00:17:31.279 --> 00:17:31.960 the value 00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:32.440 that you 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:33.799 place on 00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:34.099 Jesus? 00:17:34.240 --> 00:17:34.819 What do I 00:17:34.819 --> 00:17:35.500 place on 00:17:35.500 --> 00:17:35.819 Jesus? 00:17:37.220 --> 00:17:37.759 Well the 00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:38.500 true value 00:17:38.500 --> 00:17:38.899 that we 00:17:38.899 --> 00:17:39.480 place on 00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:40.740 Jesus will 00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:41.500 be shown 00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:42.319 by the 00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:42.779 kind of 00:17:42.779 --> 00:17:43.319 lives 00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:44.220 that we 00:17:44.220 --> 00:17:44.599 live. 00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:46.440 First, 00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:48.799 we can 00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:49.240 simply 00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:49.799 use 00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:50.379 Jesus. 00:17:51.339 --> 00:17:51.779 Look at 00:17:51.779 --> 00:17:52.240 verse 10 00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:52.599 again. 00:17:54.240 --> 00:17:54.700 Then 00:17:54.700 --> 00:17:55.720 Judas Iscariot, 00:17:55.779 --> 00:17:56.220 one of the 00:17:56.220 --> 00:17:56.639 twelve, 00:17:56.799 --> 00:17:57.319 went to 00:17:57.319 --> 00:17:57.859 the chief 00:17:57.859 --> 00:17:58.500 priest to 00:17:58.500 --> 00:17:59.099 betray 00:17:59.099 --> 00:17:59.899 Jesus to 00:17:59.899 --> 00:18:00.159 them. 00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:01.599 They were 00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:02.319 delighted to 00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:02.859 hear this 00:18:02.859 --> 00:18:03.339 and promised 00:18:03.339 --> 00:18:03.839 to give him 00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:04.099 money. 00:18:05.099 --> 00:18:05.980 So Judas 00:18:05.980 --> 00:18:07.099 watched for 00:18:07.099 --> 00:18:07.980 an opportunity 00:18:07.980 --> 00:18:09.500 to hand him 00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:09.819 over. 00:18:11.419 --> 00:18:12.000 You see, 00:18:12.099 --> 00:18:12.740 for Judas, 00:18:13.899 --> 00:18:14.720 well Jesus 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:15.220 was just 00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:15.759 simply a 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:16.299 means to 00:18:16.299 --> 00:18:16.839 an end. 00:18:17.639 --> 00:18:17.940 His 00:18:17.940 --> 00:18:18.419 approach 00:18:18.419 --> 00:18:18.759 to it 00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:19.259 all was, 00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:20.379 what can 00:18:20.379 --> 00:18:20.759 I get 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:21.139 out of 00:18:21.139 --> 00:18:21.379 him? 00:18:23.099 --> 00:18:23.940 And that's 00:18:23.940 --> 00:18:24.619 how we 00:18:24.619 --> 00:18:25.740 can treat 00:18:25.740 --> 00:18:26.119 Jesus. 00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:26.659 We don't 00:18:26.659 --> 00:18:27.500 value him, 00:18:27.940 --> 00:18:28.680 we just 00:18:28.680 --> 00:18:29.680 use him. 00:18:30.779 --> 00:18:31.259 Jesus, 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:32.240 if you 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:32.740 make me 00:18:32.740 --> 00:18:33.180 better, 00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:34.299 then I'll 00:18:34.299 --> 00:18:34.879 follow you. 00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:35.819 Jesus, 00:18:36.119 --> 00:18:36.500 if you 00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:36.919 get me 00:18:36.919 --> 00:18:37.519 that job 00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:37.839 and you 00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:38.460 ease my 00:18:38.460 --> 00:18:38.980 financial 00:18:38.980 --> 00:18:39.440 worries, 00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:40.480 then I 00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:40.940 will love 00:18:40.940 --> 00:18:41.159 you. 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:41.839 Jesus, 00:18:41.980 --> 00:18:42.240 if you 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:42.819 provide a 00:18:42.819 --> 00:18:43.379 spouse for 00:18:43.379 --> 00:18:43.539 me, 00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:44.419 then I 00:18:44.419 --> 00:18:44.859 will do 00:18:44.859 --> 00:18:45.460 whatever you 00:18:45.460 --> 00:18:46.120 ask of 00:18:46.120 --> 00:18:46.380 me. 00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:48.200 In other 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:48.600 words, 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:49.900 Jesus, 00:18:50.100 --> 00:18:50.480 if you 00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:51.059 are really 00:18:51.059 --> 00:18:51.759 worth it, 00:18:52.920 --> 00:18:53.500 you will 00:18:53.500 --> 00:18:54.059 do what 00:18:54.059 --> 00:18:54.600 I tell 00:18:54.600 --> 00:18:54.920 you to 00:18:54.920 --> 00:18:55.140 do. 00:18:57.680 --> 00:18:58.319 You see, 00:18:58.400 --> 00:18:58.700 we can 00:18:58.700 --> 00:18:59.059 simply 00:18:59.059 --> 00:18:59.660 measure the 00:18:59.660 --> 00:19:00.059 worth of 00:19:00.059 --> 00:19:01.660 Jesus by 00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:02.100 what we 00:19:02.100 --> 00:19:02.559 think we 00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:03.000 can just 00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:03.579 get out 00:19:03.579 --> 00:19:03.900 of him, 00:19:04.120 --> 00:19:04.640 what we 00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:05.539 can squeeze 00:19:05.539 --> 00:19:06.160 out of 00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:06.380 him. 00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:08.700 We don't 00:19:08.700 --> 00:19:09.259 love him 00:19:09.259 --> 00:19:09.640 for who 00:19:09.640 --> 00:19:10.140 he is. 00:19:11.420 --> 00:19:11.940 Jesus is 00:19:11.940 --> 00:19:12.380 only there 00:19:12.380 --> 00:19:13.019 to meet 00:19:13.019 --> 00:19:14.079 my wants 00:19:14.079 --> 00:19:14.720 and my 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:15.380 desires. 00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:20.180 the 00:19:20.180 --> 00:19:20.799 tragedy 00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:22.420 of this 00:19:22.420 --> 00:19:23.079 valuation 00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:24.819 is it 00:19:24.819 --> 00:19:25.360 leads to 00:19:25.360 --> 00:19:25.779 death. 00:19:26.940 --> 00:19:27.480 Look what 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:28.140 Jesus had 00:19:28.140 --> 00:19:28.539 to say 00:19:28.539 --> 00:19:28.860 about 00:19:28.860 --> 00:19:29.319 Judas 00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:30.700 in verse 00:19:30.700 --> 00:19:31.240 21. 00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:31.700 We'll get 00:19:31.700 --> 00:19:31.980 on to 00:19:31.980 --> 00:19:32.519 this next 00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:32.779 week, 00:19:32.900 --> 00:19:33.299 but let's 00:19:33.299 --> 00:19:33.680 just have 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:34.500 a preview. 00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:35.620 Chapter 00:19:35.620 --> 00:19:36.140 14, 00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:36.420 verse 00:19:36.420 --> 00:19:37.079 21, 00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:39.039 the second 00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:39.539 part of 00:19:39.539 --> 00:19:39.700 it. 00:19:39.840 --> 00:19:40.120 This is 00:19:40.120 --> 00:19:40.860 what Jesus 00:19:40.860 --> 00:19:41.539 says about 00:19:41.539 --> 00:19:42.039 Judas, 00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:43.259 but woe 00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:44.240 to that 00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:44.839 man who 00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:45.759 betrays 00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:46.339 the Son 00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:46.879 of Man. 00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:48.180 It would 00:19:48.180 --> 00:19:48.680 be better 00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:49.299 for him 00:19:49.299 --> 00:19:50.379 if he 00:19:50.379 --> 00:19:50.759 had not 00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:51.399 been born. 00:19:53.319 --> 00:19:53.980 You see, 00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:54.379 we know 00:19:54.379 --> 00:19:55.000 that Judas 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:55.779 squeezed 00:19:55.779 --> 00:19:56.159 what he 00:19:56.159 --> 00:19:56.680 could to 00:19:56.680 --> 00:19:57.039 get out 00:19:57.039 --> 00:19:57.539 of Jesus, 00:19:58.379 --> 00:19:59.240 but it 00:19:59.240 --> 00:19:59.759 destroyed 00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:00.420 his life. 00:20:00.420 --> 00:20:01.960 it left 00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:02.740 him empty 00:20:02.740 --> 00:20:03.779 and broken 00:20:03.779 --> 00:20:04.740 and to 00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:05.180 treat 00:20:05.180 --> 00:20:05.660 Jesus 00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:06.180 in that 00:20:06.180 --> 00:20:06.539 way, 00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:07.840 he's just 00:20:07.840 --> 00:20:08.340 there to 00:20:08.340 --> 00:20:08.980 meet my 00:20:08.980 --> 00:20:09.400 needs, 00:20:09.660 --> 00:20:10.380 it will 00:20:10.380 --> 00:20:11.000 break you, 00:20:11.080 --> 00:20:11.300 it will 00:20:11.300 --> 00:20:12.400 destroy you, 00:20:13.400 --> 00:20:14.519 it will 00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:15.120 leave you 00:20:15.120 --> 00:20:15.900 separated 00:20:15.900 --> 00:20:17.019 from God. 00:20:20.360 --> 00:20:21.279 So we 00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:21.779 can use 00:20:21.779 --> 00:20:22.200 Jesus, 00:20:22.320 --> 00:20:22.820 or second, 00:20:24.580 --> 00:20:25.720 we can 00:20:25.720 --> 00:20:26.120 preach 00:20:26.120 --> 00:20:26.759 Jesus, 00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:28.000 or if you 00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:28.240 like, 00:20:28.360 --> 00:20:28.860 proclaim 00:20:28.860 --> 00:20:29.300 Jesus. 00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:29.759 Look at 00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:30.360 verse 9. 00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:32.160 I tell you 00:20:32.160 --> 00:20:32.620 the truth, 00:20:32.720 --> 00:20:33.300 Jesus says, 00:20:33.360 --> 00:20:33.880 whenever the 00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:34.480 gospel is 00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:34.900 preached 00:20:34.900 --> 00:20:35.259 throughout 00:20:35.259 --> 00:20:35.860 the world, 00:20:36.220 --> 00:20:36.820 what she 00:20:36.820 --> 00:20:37.560 has done 00:20:37.560 --> 00:20:38.920 will also 00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:39.460 be told 00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:40.039 in memory 00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:40.680 of her. 00:20:41.340 --> 00:20:42.060 If we 00:20:42.060 --> 00:20:42.860 really value 00:20:42.860 --> 00:20:43.279 Jesus, 00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:43.820 or if we 00:20:43.820 --> 00:20:44.500 see his 00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:45.220 true worth, 00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:46.019 we will 00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:46.960 proclaim 00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:47.820 Jesus. 00:20:48.140 --> 00:20:48.560 We will 00:20:48.560 --> 00:20:49.140 begin to 00:20:49.140 --> 00:20:49.779 tell the 00:20:49.779 --> 00:20:50.800 gospel story, 00:20:51.120 --> 00:20:51.519 the good 00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:52.100 news that 00:20:52.100 --> 00:20:53.100 Jesus died, 00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:53.800 was buried, 00:20:54.080 --> 00:20:54.880 and rose 00:20:54.880 --> 00:20:55.400 again from 00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:56.140 the grave. 00:20:59.080 --> 00:20:59.900 On one 00:20:59.900 --> 00:21:00.620 episode of 00:21:00.620 --> 00:21:00.759 the 00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:01.220 Antiques 00:21:01.220 --> 00:21:01.820 Roadshow, 00:21:02.700 --> 00:21:03.040 and I 00:21:03.040 --> 00:21:03.720 don't want 00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:04.000 you to 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:04.440 think this 00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:04.680 would be 00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:05.120 bad for 00:21:05.120 --> 00:21:05.680 my image, 00:21:05.820 --> 00:21:06.120 that I'm 00:21:06.120 --> 00:21:06.600 an avid 00:21:06.600 --> 00:21:07.060 follower. 00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:08.080 You can 00:21:08.080 --> 00:21:08.480 look it up 00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:08.880 on the 00:21:08.880 --> 00:21:09.320 YouTube, 00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:09.740 by the 00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:09.960 way. 00:21:10.360 --> 00:21:11.060 A lady 00:21:11.060 --> 00:21:11.800 bought this 00:21:11.800 --> 00:21:12.580 ordinary 00:21:12.580 --> 00:21:13.740 glass 00:21:13.740 --> 00:21:14.620 vase. 00:21:14.619 --> 00:21:16.599 she got 00:21:16.599 --> 00:21:16.979 it at a 00:21:16.979 --> 00:21:17.519 car boot 00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:17.899 sale, 00:21:18.399 --> 00:21:18.899 not because 00:21:18.899 --> 00:21:19.379 she liked 00:21:19.379 --> 00:21:20.159 the vase, 00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:20.719 but because 00:21:20.719 --> 00:21:21.099 she liked 00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:21.679 the plant 00:21:21.679 --> 00:21:22.119 that was 00:21:22.119 --> 00:21:22.500 in it. 00:21:23.239 --> 00:21:23.779 She bought 00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:24.199 it for 00:21:24.199 --> 00:21:24.979 one pound. 00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:27.139 They'd 00:21:27.139 --> 00:21:27.519 kept it 00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:28.000 for years 00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:28.519 and wondered 00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:28.879 what it 00:21:28.879 --> 00:21:29.439 was worth, 00:21:30.379 --> 00:21:30.839 and they 00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:31.259 brought it 00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:31.879 along to 00:21:31.879 --> 00:21:32.659 the Antiques 00:21:32.659 --> 00:21:33.199 Roadshow. 00:21:33.719 --> 00:21:34.599 They discovered 00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:35.259 it was made 00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:35.779 by some 00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:36.679 French designer, 00:21:37.219 --> 00:21:37.819 I can't even 00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:38.379 pronounce his 00:21:38.379 --> 00:21:38.719 name, 00:21:39.319 --> 00:21:40.019 but here's the 00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:40.279 point, 00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:41.019 it was worth 00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:42.859 £25,000. 00:21:45.299 --> 00:21:46.139 And the 00:21:46.139 --> 00:21:47.619 story of 00:21:47.619 --> 00:21:48.160 that event 00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:48.720 has travelled 00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:49.460 far wide. 00:21:49.539 --> 00:21:49.899 It was in 00:21:49.899 --> 00:21:50.639 the newspapers, 00:21:51.019 --> 00:21:51.599 it's all 00:21:51.599 --> 00:21:52.039 over the 00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:52.420 net. 00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:54.379 They came 00:21:54.379 --> 00:21:55.019 to see 00:21:55.019 --> 00:21:56.319 the true 00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:57.379 value. 00:21:58.700 --> 00:21:59.240 And when 00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:00.359 they saw 00:22:00.359 --> 00:22:00.839 the true 00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:01.259 value, 00:22:01.379 --> 00:22:01.859 they couldn't 00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:03.099 help but 00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:03.559 tell the 00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:04.059 story. 00:22:06.079 --> 00:22:06.639 And now 00:22:06.639 --> 00:22:07.259 Jesus is 00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:07.740 saying to 00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:08.139 us, 00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:09.740 what this 00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:10.259 woman has 00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:12.019 done is 00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.460 to tell 00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:13.200 the story 00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:13.559 of the 00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:13.960 gospel. 00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:15.779 She came 00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.619 to understand 00:22:16.619 --> 00:22:17.279 who I am, 00:22:17.339 --> 00:22:17.819 that I must 00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:18.220 die. 00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.160 Did you see 00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:19.559 what she 00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:19.779 did? 00:22:19.859 --> 00:22:20.279 She poured 00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:21.039 perfume on 00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:21.559 my head 00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:22.440 to prepare 00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:22.920 for my 00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:23.420 burial. 00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:24.799 By her 00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.799 very action, 00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:26.680 she was 00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:27.680 proclaiming 00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:28.359 the good 00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:29.359 news of 00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:29.799 Jesus, 00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:30.640 his death 00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:31.819 and his 00:22:31.819 --> 00:22:32.579 resurrection. 00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:34.779 She came 00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:35.339 to see 00:22:35.339 --> 00:22:36.059 the true 00:22:36.059 --> 00:22:36.819 value and 00:22:36.819 --> 00:22:37.220 worth. 00:22:39.379 --> 00:22:39.980 And Jesus 00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:40.460 is saying 00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:40.900 to us, 00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:41.200 if you 00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:41.640 understand 00:22:41.640 --> 00:22:42.220 who I 00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:42.519 am, 00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:44.759 if you 00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.319 know what 00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:45.660 I have 00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:46.200 done for 00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:46.620 you, 00:22:47.620 --> 00:22:48.200 if you 00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:49.000 understand 00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:49.819 my true 00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.400 worth and 00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:50.900 value, 00:22:51.900 --> 00:22:52.539 then you 00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:53.019 will begin 00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:53.819 to live 00:22:53.819 --> 00:22:54.599 and you 00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:55.019 will begin 00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:55.779 to tell 00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:56.839 the gospel 00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:57.519 story. 00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.799 You see, 00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:01.500 the value, 00:23:02.339 --> 00:23:03.099 the only 00:23:03.099 --> 00:23:03.660 way of 00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:04.240 telling the 00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:04.839 value we 00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:05.440 place on 00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:05.779 Jesus, 00:23:06.940 --> 00:23:07.579 will be 00:23:07.579 --> 00:23:08.000 shown 00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:09.059 through 00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:09.259 our 00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.839 lives. 00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:11.779 We will 00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.539 either use 00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:15.079 him or 00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:15.400 we will 00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:16.819 begin to 00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:17.319 proclaim 00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:17.859 him. 00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:20.720 We need 00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.460 to stop 00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:23.700 and wonder 00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:24.920 at the 00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:25.480 saviour 00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:27.059 and see 00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:27.759 how beautiful 00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:29.140 he is and 00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:29.680 all that he 00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:30.119 has done 00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:30.819 for us. 00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:33.079 Learn the 00:23:33.079 --> 00:23:33.859 true value 00:23:33.859 --> 00:23:35.500 and tell 00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.619 the story. 00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:38.519 Let's 00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:38.799 pray. 00:23:51.399 --> 00:23:52.079 Father, 00:23:52.179 --> 00:23:52.859 we confess 00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:55.159 that at 00:23:55.159 --> 00:23:55.819 times we 00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:56.500 treat you 00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:56.939 like, 00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:58.719 or rather 00:23:58.719 --> 00:23:59.199 we treat 00:23:59.199 --> 00:23:59.719 your son 00:23:59.719 --> 00:24:00.279 like an 00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:01.000 old 00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.579 pitcher, 00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:04.299 just this 00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:05.379 item that's 00:24:05.379 --> 00:24:06.119 been hanging 00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:06.919 around and 00:24:06.919 --> 00:24:09.279 we just 00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:10.199 forget or 00:24:10.199 --> 00:24:11.119 we fail 00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:11.819 to see 00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:13.599 your true 00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:14.240 value and 00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:14.579 worth. 00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:18.139 Help us 00:24:18.139 --> 00:24:18.939 afresh to 00:24:18.939 --> 00:24:19.740 see you 00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:21.419 through your 00:24:21.419 --> 00:24:21.740 eyes. 00:24:21.879 --> 00:24:22.279 May your 00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:23.099 Holy Spirit 00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:24.000 open up our 00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:24.659 eyes to 00:24:24.659 --> 00:24:26.179 see who 00:24:26.179 --> 00:24:26.779 you are 00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.500 and what 00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.119 you have 00:24:28.119 --> 00:24:28.559 done. 00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:31.759 to be 00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.259 amazed 00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:32.899 afresh 00:24:32.899 --> 00:24:33.879 the glory 00:24:33.879 --> 00:24:35.139 of your 00:24:35.139 --> 00:24:35.559 death, 00:24:36.119 --> 00:24:36.500 of your 00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:37.119 resurrection, 00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:38.000 of the 00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.500 life, 00:24:38.639 --> 00:24:39.019 the new 00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.599 life that 00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:39.980 it gives 00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.440 us. 00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:45.599 Father, 00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:47.119 please help 00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:47.720 us to take 00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:48.200 that in 00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:50.819 and please 00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:51.159 would you 00:24:51.159 --> 00:24:51.659 fill us 00:24:51.659 --> 00:24:52.019 with the 00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.539 power of 00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:52.700 your 00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:54.139 spirit so 00:24:54.139 --> 00:24:54.539 that we 00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:54.919 may be 00:24:54.919 --> 00:24:55.480 people who 00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:57.279 go and 00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:57.819 begin to 00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:58.299 tell the 00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:59.019 story of 00:24:59.019 --> 00:24:59.579 your true 00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:00.240 value and 00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.779 your true 00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.179 worth. 00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.220 And may 00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:04.039 our lives 00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:05.659 reflect it 00:25:05.659 --> 00:25:07.899 also in 00:25:07.899 --> 00:25:08.279 how we 00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:08.740 use our 00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:10.619 time and 00:25:10.619 --> 00:25:11.099 in how we 00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:11.519 give. 00:25:14.879 --> 00:25:15.740 Help us to 00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:16.279 learn from 00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:16.859 this woman 00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:18.960 and help us 00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.939 to see Jesus 00:25:19.939 --> 00:25:21.379 in all his 00:25:21.379 --> 00:25:21.759 greatness. 00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:24.059 We ask 00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:24.419 this in 00:25:24.419 --> 00:25:24.740 Jesus' 00:25:24.939 --> 00:25:25.159 name. 00:25:26.379 --> 00:25:26.740 Amen. 00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:28.960 Amen. 00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:30.079 Thank you. 00:25:30.139 --> 00:25:30.779 Amen. 00:25:31.179 --> 00:25:31.559 Amen. 00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:31.899 Amen. 00:25:32.099 --> 00:25:32.119 Amen. 00:25:32.119 --> 00:25:32.619 Amen. 00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:33.240 Amen. 00:25:33.439 --> 00:25:34.079 Amen. 00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:34.319 Amen. 00:25:34.379 --> 00:25:45.960 Amen. 00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:49.079 Amen. 00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:50.079 Amen. 00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.819 Amen. 00:25:50.899 --> 00:25:51.200 Amen. 00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:51.939 Amen. 00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:53.000 Amen. 00:25:53.159 --> 00:25:53.879 Amen. 00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:54.980 Amen. 00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:56.019 Amen. 00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.700 Amen.