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 Heavenly Father, we thank you that as we come to this portion of Mark that looks at the gradual abandonment of your Son,

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 Lord, that in this time we will hold fast to him by your Spirit.

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 Lord, that you would reveal to us what true worship looks like.

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 And although on one hand it may seem very convicting because it is hard to worship you in the way that you would desire us to worship you,

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 and yet you are a God that loves to extend mercy and grace and loves to patiently refine us and sanctify us and help us to grow in you.

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 So Lord, may this morning be a time where we do just that.

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 We grow in you. We learn from you.

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 And as a result of all of it, we will worship you in the way that you'd want us to worship.

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 In Jesus' name. Amen.

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 If you want to follow along, we're in Mark chapter 14, verses 1 to 11.

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 There's a stack of Bibles in the back, if you didn't bring yours.

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 And there's also, I think there's a couple of the Black Gospel of Mark books.

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 And it's just on one side, it's lined paper for taking notes.

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 The other side, it's the text.

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 And you're more than welcome to grab one of those and keep it.

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 But if you can, please follow along.

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 So here we are.

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 We've just wrapped up chapter 13.

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 Chapter 13 had a lot of prophecy about the end of the age.

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 And if I'm honest, it was a bit of a, I felt like I was walking into landmines in dealing with it.

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 And yet, going into this week, chapter 14, great relief in a sense from being finished talking about end times.

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 But now we enter into the very heavy portion of scripture where Jesus begins, in a sense, his passion.

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 Where he gets abandoned gradually.

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 And Judas Iscariot will be the first one to abandon him.

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 As we'll see in verse 11.

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 So just a bit of a background here.

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 Jesus has spent time in Jerusalem.

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 The triumphal entry happens in chapter 11.

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 And he begins these indictments against the false worship that's happening in Jerusalem.

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 And, I mean, he does not speak cryptically at all.

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 He just goes right for it.

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 And attacks the religious leaders for negating their responsibility to the people of God.

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 In 13, chapter 13, he leaves Jerusalem.

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 He goes to the Mount of Olives overlooking Jerusalem.

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 And he pronounces the fall of Jerusalem.

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 But also connects it, like I said, to the end of the age.

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 And it's a bit of that end times theology that we looked at.

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 The prophecy of Jesus.

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 Now, he is in Bethany.

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 Bethany is just outside of the city limits.

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 And the Passover is fast approaching.

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 He is at a place, we don't know exactly where in Bethany.

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 But he's at Simon the Leper's house.

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 And interestingly about Simon the Leper, two things that are of note.

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 Whenever you see these seemingly random names in the Bible, they're like ancient footnotes.

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 Mark is writing for contemporaries.

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 So the idea would be if somebody is skeptical, because skepticism existed 2,000 years ago,

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 they could find Simon the Leper and verify it.

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 Or they could find somebody that knew Simon the Leper and acted as an ancient footnote.

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 Also, what's interesting is that Simon is called Simon the Leper.

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 But we know that lepers have no place in society because they're contagious.

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 So maybe it would be better to understand Simon as the former Leper.

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 Because here he is, seemingly a part of society hosting people.

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 Something that would never have happened if he still had leprosy.

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 So, did Jesus connect with him?

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 Was he a recipient of the grace and healing and mercy of our Lord Jesus?

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 It would seem likely.

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 So, Jesus is there.

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 The preparations are being made for the Passover.

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 And Jerusalem here is getting swollen.

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 By the time the Passover will come, the population of Jerusalem will be five times what it is in normal times.

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 It's a pilgrimage holiday.

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 People are coming there to worship.

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 And with the pilgrimage come the messianic fervor.

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 However, the people, by and large, are not okay with Roman rule.

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 And there is always the potential for rioting to happen.

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 People are looking for God to liberate them.

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 So, with all that as a bit of a background,

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 Jesus reclines at the table of Simon the Leper.

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 And we can jump into the text in verses 1 and 2.

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 It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleathered Bread.

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 And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

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 For they said, not during the feast, lest there be an uproar by the people.

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 So, the religious leaders, their hatred of Jesus continues to grow.

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 So, the first instance of their desire to kill Jesus comes in chapter 3 of Mark,

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 where the Pharisees and the Herodians have colluded to figure out a way to destroy Jesus.

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 And here it continues on.

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 And there's a few other parts in the narrative where the religious leaders are here to,

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 have gathered to destroy Jesus.

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 And what they want to do here in verses 1 and 2 is to make sure that they take Jesus out

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 in such a way as to not somehow elevate his messianic claims,

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 nor to start some kind of riot which would result in further Roman occupation.

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 They're crafty.

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 One of the things it says here in verse 1 is they were looking for ways to arrest him by stealth.

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 They, this is like murderous intent in the first degree.

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 This has been planned out for weeks and months, maybe even years.

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 And they are trying to avoid any kind of situation where it's going to result in more oppression

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 or more of an elevation of Jesus.

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 So, here they are as Israel's religious leaders.

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 And their job, and this is where Jesus attacks them back in chapter 11 and 12,

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 their job is to lead God's people to truth,

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 to the scriptures,

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 to the hope of the good news that God will not just liberate them from Rome,

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 but liberate them from sin and from death.

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 And here they are plotting to kill the very one that the scripture points to.

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 It is a remarkable thing.

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 And just on the side, I don't have this in my notes,

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 kind of have to figure out what to cut, what to keep.

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 But notice here it doesn't say all the Jews.

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 It's like some kind of like blanket general statement against Jewish people.

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 With the history of the church, unfortunately, the Jews have been called Christ killer.

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 But in fact, here it makes it very clear,

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 it is the chief priests and the scribes, the religious leaders that are at work here.

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 And in a sense, because of sin, Jesus dying for our sins,

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 we are the ones responsible for his death as well.

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 It's an aside.

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 That's not what we're going to get into, but I'll just bring that up.

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 So the religious leaders, the backbone of Israel,

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 they are doing Israel a huge disservice.

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 They're doing God's people a huge disservice here.

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 And in classic Mark fashion, he's going to show how deeply wrong they are

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 by contrasting the religious elites, the scribes, and the chief priests to another figure.

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 And in this case, it's going to be an unnamed woman.

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 It's significant that he does it.

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 And through this contrast, he's going to show us and his readers

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 what extravagant and costly worship looks like.

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 The worship that God desires, what it really looks like.

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 And that's what we're going to be exploring this morning.

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 So three points for clarity's sake.

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 We're going to be looking at what true worship is.

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 And the first thing is that it is costly and selfless.

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 The second thing is that true worship is rooted in the gospel and the triune God.

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 And the last thing is that true worship is rooted in the sovereign will of God.

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 So true worship is costly and selfless.

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 It's rooted in the gospel and the triune God.

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 And the last is it is rooted in the sovereign will of God.

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 So let's look at the first one.

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 True worship is costly and selfless.

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 So we'll return back to the narrative.

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 Jesus is in Bethany.

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 He's reclining at this table with the guests of Simon.

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 It would not be uncustomary for the host to have some kind of perfume

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 or something to wash the feet, to mask the smell.

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 This is 2,000 years ago.

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 Air conditioning is not invented.

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 It's getting hot.

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 People don't bathe every day.

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 You don't want to eat with this smell.

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 So it would not be...

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 It would be customary for there to be some kind of perfume or ointment to mask the smell.

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 And we'll jump into the text now.

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 And we'll see how, on one hand, it seems customary what's happening.

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 On the other hand, it seems completely lavish and over the top.

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 So look with me in verses 3 and following.

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 And while he, Jesus, was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,

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 as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard,

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 very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over Jesus' head.

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 So in walks this woman.

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 She's unnamed.

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 Mark keeps her unnamed.

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 In the tradition, she might be Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus.

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 But Mark keeps her unnamed.

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 And I think he does that for a purpose.

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 So she is simply unnamed.

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 She's a woman interrupting men.

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 Not a problem necessarily in our day,

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 except for maybe it would be rude for anybody to interrupt anybody.

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 But in this case, it's a woman who has lower status.

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 She is unnamed.

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 And she is interrupting a group of men sitting at table.

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 That's a problem.

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 She likely, because of her little status,

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 has this expensive jar of perfume.

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 And because she has little status,

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 it's unlikely that this is something that she just picked up at the market.

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 But it's a good possibility that's a family heirloom.

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 Something that's been passed down.

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 Something of great worth.

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 It's something of a bit of a rainy day savings.

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 So if crops fail or something happens,

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 they have something so precious and expensive

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 that they could trade it for food.

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 But by and large, we can understand that this jar of ointment,

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 it was very costly and very important.

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 Potentially her most important item that she had.

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 It had deep, deep value.

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 And notice too that she doesn't just dab a little bit on a rag

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 or just pour a little bit on Jesus' head and rub it around.

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 What does she do?

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 She takes the flask and she breaks it.

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 She smashes it.

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 There's no going back.

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 There's no collecting the drippings.

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 Everything that she has in this flask,

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 this family heirloom,

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 this very pricey item,

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 it is spent completely and wholly on Jesus alone.

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 It is something that is, I think, hard to understand

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 because later on we see that the cost of this would be a year's wage.

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 I don't know what the average median income is,

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 but imagine an item, tens of thousands of dollars,

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 just spent in one shot.

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 I'm not sure we can quite grasp it,

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 but whatever you hold dear,

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 you give it away.

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 Okay, imagine you finally,

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 you know, your days of buying a used car,

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 they're over.

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 You're buying a new car for the first time.

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 Maybe this isn't applying to anybody,

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 but you know, you've spent tens of thousands of dollars on a car

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 and you cash it in, you send it back,

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 you sell it,

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 and you take whatever money you've made

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 and you give it away.

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 It's hard to fathom that

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 because it's so bizarre.

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 You never see that in our culture,

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 in our city.

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 Maybe you know somebody who's done something kind of like it,

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 but by and large it seems so outlandish

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 and this is what this woman is doing.

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 And it is an act of deep worship and devotion.

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 It is costly to this woman.

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 Her worship was indeed costly.

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 She spent everything she had on Jesus.

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 But what's interesting here is that

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 the cost of the perfume isn't what is commended.

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 It is her faith and her heart that is turned towards Christ.

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 Interestingly, if you go back in chapter 13,

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 there is,

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 or sorry, in the end of chapter 12,

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 there's a very similar scene with another woman

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 who is also unnamed,

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 but in this case she's a widow

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 and she's at the temple

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 and she has two coins

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 and Jesus makes it very clear that that's all she had

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 and she gave it to God.

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 And in a sense,

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 with the widow

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 and with this unnamed woman,

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 with this jar of pure nard,

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 they are spending all that they have

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 and really kind of burning all the bridges.

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 They're not making a contingency plan

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 as they are entering into what it means to serve and love God.

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 They are not hedging their bets.

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 Maybe it's not going to work out if I worship the Lord.

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 If I put my hope in Him,

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 He might fail.

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 I should come up with a backup plan.

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 None of that.

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 But in both cases,

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 and especially in here

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 with the breaking of the flask of ointment,

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 there's no going back.

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 All the eggs are in the Jesus basket, so to speak.

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 This level of devotion is complete.

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 It's whole.

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 It is all in.

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 Completely all in.

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 And constantly we have seen in Mark,

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 oftentimes what's interesting is,

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 in Mark,

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 the vast majority of instances

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 where women are in the narrative,

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 it's vastly positive

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 in terms of their faith

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 in how they are approaching Jesus.

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 But we see the rich man

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 who comes to Jesus in chapter 10,

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 who comes up to Him and says,

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 like, look at me.

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 Look at all the things that I have done.

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 I am charitable.

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 I am righteous.

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 And Jesus says to him,

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 sell everything you have and follow me.

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 And because his heart was

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 wanting to be righteous

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 in a way that would kind of

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 bolster his own reputation

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 or not necessarily infringe

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 on his own rights,

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 it says that the man went away

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 with great sorrow

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 because he had many possessions.

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 Here, this woman is saying,

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 in a sense,

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 to hell with my reputation,

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 to hell with my hopes and other things.

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 I am trusting wholly in Jesus.

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 And it is,

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 I don't know,

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 I mean, in some ways,

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 I come to this text

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 and I want to,

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 I mean, I haven't lived a long life,

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 in a sense.

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 I haven't gone through

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 a ton of trials.

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 The people that,

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 I think I've mentioned this in the past,

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 the people that have died in my life

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 have been older.

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 I haven't gone through

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 difficult situations.

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 And my temptation

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 is to speak of a type of moderation

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 when it comes to

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 religious fervor.

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 And this text is blowing that

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 out of the water.

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 And,

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 and the zeal that it's calling for,

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 the devotion that it's calling for,

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 is,

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 I mean,

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 you could try to explain it away

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 in some kind of

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 roundabout,

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 find a loophole,

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 find something,

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 I don't know,

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 but,

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 the text is quite clear

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 that this woman's devotion

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 is total.

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 and it is not just

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 a description

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 of what is happening,

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 but it's a prescription for us.

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 And it is hard,

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 I'll be honest,

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 as,

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 just personally,

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 but also,

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 as a pastor

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 who is opening God's word

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 to say to the congregation,

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 this is what true worship looks like.

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 Because,

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 I would put forward,

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 I would,

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 I would ask you guys,

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 I'd put forward to you

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 that this isn't my true worship.

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 I have contingency plans.

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 I'm hedging my bets.

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 I don't think that way,

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 but I,

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 or I don't,

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 I don't actively talk that way,

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 but I think that way.

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 Maybe you do too.

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 And yet,

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 here we have

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 it very clear

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 that this woman's faith

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 is commended.

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 The woman with two coins,

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 her faith is commended,

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 her worship is commended,

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 because there's a devotion to it

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 that is completely on,

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 on Jesus.

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 So,

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 worship,

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 worshiping God

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 calls for every aspect

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 of our life.

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 And,

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 there's aspects that are respectable

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 to give to the Lord,

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 but there's other aspects

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 that might not be respectable,

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 or they would infringe

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 too much on our own

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 desires and hopes.

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 When I was,

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 when I was

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 in the early stages

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 of planting,

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 I met up with as many pastors

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 and ministry leaders

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 as I could.

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 not to

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 get like money or anything,

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 but I'm like,

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 I don't know what I'm doing.

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 Like,

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 share.

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 Like,

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 what have,

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 what have,

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 what's been your experiences?

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 I want to hear stuff.

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 And,

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 it's interesting

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 what people will,

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 like people will agree

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 to meet you with,

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 meet with you if,

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 you know,

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 they're going to be talking

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 about their own experiences.

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 So,

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 a lot of people took me up

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 on the offer.

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 But,

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 one pastor said,

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 the,

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 some of the other gods

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 that,

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 that his people worship,

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 among them are the gods

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 of minor hockey.

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 And,

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 I heard that and I was like,

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 oh my goodness,

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 interesting.

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 I didn't have,

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 I mean,

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 we have kids.

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 I think Nora was the only one

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 at the time.

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 But,

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 all too often,

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 we want to give,

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 say our children,

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 the best opportunities.

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 We want to have the best opportunities.

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 And,

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 those opportunities

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 aren't necessarily bad,

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 but they conflict.

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 I'm not picking on minor hockey.

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 I think minor hockey is great.

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 But,

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 they,

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 but they conflict.

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 And,

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 we have an opportunity

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 to either relegate God,

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 and we're not necessarily

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 talking about church,

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 but that's a part of it,

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 but to relegate God

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 to the,

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 to the fringes,

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 so that we can flourish

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 in the ways that we want

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 to flourish.

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 Or,

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 we have to sacrifice

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 certain things.

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 Or,

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 engage with them

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 in a way

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 that is not all in.

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 So,

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 it's not just minor hockey,

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 it's anything.

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 Moderation often

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 is the key to life,

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 but in Christianity,

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 moderation is the cry

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 of the defeated Christian.

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 And,

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 that's,

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 that's,

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 anyways,

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 I,

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 I kind of,

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 I say it in a,

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 in a,

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 in a very,

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 I humbly put that forward to you

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 because,

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 I mean,

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 it cuts deep to me as well.

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 And why?

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 Why is moderation

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 the cry of the defeated Christian?

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 Because the Christian faith

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 is a,

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 is a,

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 is a faith of selfless,

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 self-giving,

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 self-denying,

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 trusting love.

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 And how on earth

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 can that be given

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 in moderation?

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 How can you love

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 somebody in moderation?

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 And if you feel,

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 like,

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 the weight of that,

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 I think that's good.

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 Now,

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 we're not going to stay

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 feeling,

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 like,

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 guilted down.

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 We want,

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 we want the gospel

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 to liberate us

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 because it is the message

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 of freedom.

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 But moderation

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 is,

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 I mean,

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 I'm going to,

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 I'm going to moderately

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 love Christine.

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 I mean,

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 I probably do,

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 I don't mean to,

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 it's because I'm a sinful man,

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 but,

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 but moderation

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 in relationships,

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 it's,

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 I mean,

00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:37.859
 I,

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 you feel it.

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 You feel like you're

00:20:40.819 --> 00:20:41.519
 second fiddle

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 to whatever else.

00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:45.039
 We need to be

00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:46.019
 honest with ourselves

00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:47.379
 about what true worship is.

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 So worship

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 that is true,

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 that God accepts it,

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 it is costly.

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 And it's not,

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 as we've seen,

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 about a monetary value,

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 but it's about

00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:58.200
 a generosity of heart

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 that is,

00:20:58.680 --> 00:20:59.579
 that is rooted

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 in selfless,

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:01.079
 self-giving,

00:21:01.299 --> 00:21:01.960
 self-denying,

00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:02.839
 and trusting love.

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 So the generosity

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 and devotion

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 and worship

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 of this unnamed woman

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 has up till now,

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 and for the rest of Mark,

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 it is

00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:13.700
 worship

00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:14.639
 par excellence.

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 It is,

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 it is the

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 standard of worship

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 in all of

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 Mark's account,

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 in his narrative.

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 There is,

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 there is nothing

00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:23.980
 in a sense,

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 I mean,

00:21:24.820 --> 00:21:25.539
 you could couple it

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 in a,

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 with,

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 with the,

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 with the widow

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 in chapter 12,

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 but really this woman,

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 she is worshiping

00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:33.380
 in the way that,

00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:33.920
 that is held

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 at the highest esteem.

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 Not the disciples.

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 Those that have been

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 traveling with Jesus,

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 hearing what he has to say

00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:41.240
 time and time again.

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 it is not

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 the disciples,

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 it is this woman.

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 And a reason for this

00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:48.519
 is that the disciples

00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:50.039
 have still yet to grasp

00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:51.779
 that Jesus is destined

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 for the cross

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 as the Passover lamb

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 that will take away

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 the sins of the world.

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 So of course,

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 the disciples do not

00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:58.299
 see this

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 as an act of

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 legitimate worship

00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:01.660
 to imitate

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 or to applaud,

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.740
 but rather a show

00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.740
 of complete waste.

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 Remember,

00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:06.140
 Jesus,

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 he has talked

00:22:07.380 --> 00:22:08.400
 about his death

00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:09.200
 plainly.

00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:10.400
 Chapter 8,

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 it is kind of like

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 the pinnacle in a sense

00:22:12.320 --> 00:22:13.340
 of,

00:22:13.340 --> 00:22:13.759
 of,

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.980
 of Mark's narrative.

00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:16.980
 And he asks the disciples,

00:22:17.180 --> 00:22:17.660
 who do people say

00:22:17.660 --> 00:22:18.300
 that I am?

00:22:18.340 --> 00:22:19.700
 And they list off

00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:20.160
 a bunch of names,

00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:20.880
 but who do you say

00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:21.500
 that I am?

00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:22.620
 You are the Christ.

00:22:22.780 --> 00:22:23.420
 Peter says that

00:22:23.420 --> 00:22:24.259
 and then Jesus goes on

00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:24.740
 to talk about

00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:25.160
 how the Christ

00:22:25.160 --> 00:22:26.140
 has to die and suffer.

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 And what does Peter do?

00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:30.220
 He starts rebuking Jesus.

00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:31.380
 Same word here

00:22:31.380 --> 00:22:32.320
 of the disciples

00:22:32.320 --> 00:22:33.500
 rebuking this woman.

00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:35.620
 And Jesus says,

00:22:35.860 --> 00:22:36.540
 get behind me,

00:22:36.620 --> 00:22:36.880
 Satan.

00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:37.120
 Peter,

00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:38.640
 you are,

00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:40.000
 you are proclaiming

00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:41.400
 a gospel of Satan,

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:42.640
 which is no gospel at all.

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:44.800
 And the disciples

00:22:44.800 --> 00:22:45.240
 seem to,

00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:46.360
 they seem to

00:22:46.360 --> 00:22:48.080
 not quite grasp this,

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:48.980
 but it is always,

00:22:49.100 --> 00:22:49.660
 it seems like,

00:22:50.120 --> 00:22:51.240
 the one on the fringe,

00:22:51.600 --> 00:22:52.300
 the fringes,

00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:53.060
 they are the ones

00:22:53.060 --> 00:22:53.500
 that get it

00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:54.160
 in Mark's account.

00:22:54.280 --> 00:22:54.820
 And this woman

00:22:54.820 --> 00:22:55.540
 is one of them.

00:22:56.780 --> 00:22:58.300
 So the true worship

00:22:58.300 --> 00:22:59.140
 that we see,

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 it is costly.

00:23:01.800 --> 00:23:02.840
 It's lavish.

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 But also,

00:23:04.360 --> 00:23:05.280
 it is rooted

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:06.440
 in the gospel

00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:07.599
 and the triune God.

00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:08.420
 Look with me

00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:09.660
 in verses 4 to 9.

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 There were some

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 who said

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 to themselves indignantly,

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 I'll pause really quickly here.

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 Those some,

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 I mean,

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.960
 includes other people,

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 but it,

00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:24.500
 those people

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:25.500
 that are indignant here

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:26.180
 are the disciples.

00:23:26.619 --> 00:23:27.399
 It's very clear

00:23:27.399 --> 00:23:28.200
 in the narrative

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 and especially

00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:30.700
 in verses 10 and 11

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 when Judas

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 takes off,

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 that the indignant ones

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 are the disciples.

00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:35.420
 So I'll start

00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:36.400
 with verse 4 again.

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:38.759
 There were some

00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:39.720
 who said to them,

00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:40.799
 to themselves,

00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:41.420
 indignantly,

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:43.640
 why was the ointment

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:45.000
 wasted like that?

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:46.299
 For this ointment

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 could have been sold

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 for more than 300 denarii

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 and given to the poor.

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 And they scolded her.

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.720
 Other translations,

00:23:54.860 --> 00:23:55.720
 they rebuked her.

00:23:56.339 --> 00:23:57.140
 But Jesus said,

00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:58.160
 leave her alone.

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 Why do you trouble her?

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 She has done

00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:02.180
 a beautiful thing to me

00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:02.980
 for you always

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:03.940
 have the poor with you

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 and whenever you want,

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.600
 you can do good for them.

00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:07.660
 But you will not

00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:08.680
 always have me.

00:24:09.340 --> 00:24:10.040
 She has done

00:24:10.040 --> 00:24:10.700
 what she could.

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 She has anointed

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 my body beforehand

00:24:13.280 --> 00:24:13.860
 for burial.

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 And truly I say to you,

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:17.000
 wherever the gospel

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.680
 is proclaimed

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.800
 in the whole world,

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:20.640
 what she has done

00:24:20.640 --> 00:24:21.360
 will be told

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 in memory of her.

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 Isn't that interesting

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:24.900
 that we are reading

00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:27.440
 and legitimizing

00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:28.220
 Jesus' words

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:28.760
 this morning?

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 I mean,

00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:30.820
 this happened

00:24:30.820 --> 00:24:32.040
 just outside of Jerusalem

00:24:32.040 --> 00:24:32.940
 2,000 years ago.

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:34.540
 We're in Ottawa

00:24:34.540 --> 00:24:37.100
 in 2023

00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:38.320
 and Jesus' words

00:24:38.320 --> 00:24:38.980
 are ringing true

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:40.680
 in verse 9.

00:24:42.280 --> 00:24:43.140
 Jesus knows

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:43.560
 that he's headed

00:24:43.560 --> 00:24:44.180
 to the cross.

00:24:45.060 --> 00:24:45.680
 He has spoken

00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:46.300
 about this

00:24:46.300 --> 00:24:47.360
 in parables

00:24:47.360 --> 00:24:47.940
 and plainly

00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:48.800
 I mentioned

00:24:48.800 --> 00:24:50.120
 about chapter 8.

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 His death

00:24:51.540 --> 00:24:52.840
 is the critical component

00:24:52.840 --> 00:24:53.580
 to the gospel.

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 That good news

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:56.000
 that ushers

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:56.620
 in the kingdom

00:24:56.620 --> 00:24:57.540
 of God.

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:58.879
 repent and believe

00:24:58.879 --> 00:24:59.480
 in the gospel.

00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:00.559
 Chapter 1

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:01.359
 verses 15.

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 It's the thesis

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.059
 in a sense

00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:04.180
 of all of

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:05.480
 Mark's

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:06.500
 narrative

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:07.460
 of Jesus' life.

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.180
 So what this woman

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:09.759
 is doing

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:11.480
 by way of the Holy Spirit's

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:11.980
 prompting

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:13.440
 is doing a wondrous

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:14.799
 deed to Jesus

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:16.839
 to the Son of God

00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:17.720
 that recognizes

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.819
 his immeasurable worth

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:20.399
 but also recognizes

00:25:20.399 --> 00:25:21.139
 that suffering

00:25:21.139 --> 00:25:22.200
 is connected

00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:22.920
 to the gospel

00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:24.200
 because she is

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:24.980
 preparing him

00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:26.360
 for burial.

00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:28.620
 That no mere man

00:25:28.620 --> 00:25:29.560
 goes to the cross

00:25:29.560 --> 00:25:30.779
 but the incarnate God

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:31.940
 will die

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.680
 for the salvation

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:33.580
 of all those

00:25:33.580 --> 00:25:34.539
 who trust in him.

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:36.259
 So we have the Son

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:37.220
 Jesus

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:38.259
 accomplishing

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:40.080
 the will

00:25:40.080 --> 00:25:40.779
 of the Father

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:42.100
 being anointed

00:25:42.100 --> 00:25:42.700
 for burial

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.340
 by a woman

00:25:43.340 --> 00:25:43.900
 who has been

00:25:43.900 --> 00:25:44.259
 prompted

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:45.220
 by the Holy Spirit.

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:46.700
 I mean

00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:47.740
 this woman

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.700
 unnamed woman

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.539
 she is

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:50.759
 clearly

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.879
 she clearly

00:25:51.879 --> 00:25:52.839
 has affections

00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:54.859
 a deep longing

00:25:54.859 --> 00:25:55.640
 to connect

00:25:55.640 --> 00:25:56.180
 with Jesus

00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:57.319
 and to know

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:57.700
 Jesus'

00:25:58.099 --> 00:26:00.000
 delight

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.740
 in her life.

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:01.819
 This is the work

00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.680
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.879
 So here

00:26:04.879 --> 00:26:05.400
 already

00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:06.700
 again

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.460
 not necessarily

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:08.099
 explicitly

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:09.140
 but very much

00:26:09.140 --> 00:26:09.779
 implicitly

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.480
 we see

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:11.879
 the triune God

00:26:11.879 --> 00:26:12.519
 at work

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:13.759
 in the good news

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.359
 the gospel

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:14.980
 of Jesus.

00:26:16.119 --> 00:26:16.960
 That true worship

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:18.099
 must always be rooted

00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:18.900
 in the good news

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:19.960
 that the triune God

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:20.860
 has come

00:26:20.860 --> 00:26:21.799
 to save his people.

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:22.279
 So worship

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:22.980
 must ultimately

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.660
 be about God

00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:24.440
 and what he has proclaimed.

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:26.019
 That means

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:27.480
 our agendas

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:28.720
 our style

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.180
 of work

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:29.960
 not necessarily

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.519
 style

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:32.460
 but the substance

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:33.059
 of our worship

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:34.019
 is not really

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:34.680
 up for debate.

00:26:35.620 --> 00:26:36.000
 We can

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:37.120
 worship God

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:37.940
 in different styles

00:26:37.940 --> 00:26:38.600
 absolutely

00:26:38.600 --> 00:26:39.200
 and that's part

00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:39.740
 of that whole

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:41.180
 Holy Catholic Church

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:42.620
 that we alluded to.

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:45.039
 But when it comes

00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:46.680
 to who God is

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.880
 and what he has done

00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:48.799
 the substance

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.919
 the content

00:26:49.919 --> 00:26:51.859
 of the faith

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.539
 that's not really

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:53.339
 up for debate.

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.460
 That is why

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:57.460
 the indignation

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:58.759
 of the disciples

00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.919
 is more egregious

00:26:59.919 --> 00:27:00.680
 than their contempt

00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:01.259
 for the woman.

00:27:02.399 --> 00:27:02.980
 Indignantly

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:03.759
 they scolded

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.500
 and rebuked her

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.119
 but really

00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:06.180
 they have expressed

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:07.480
 indignation

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:08.980
 towards Jesus himself.

00:27:11.159 --> 00:27:11.879
 They have

00:27:11.879 --> 00:27:13.720
 like Peter

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.919
 back in chapter 8

00:27:14.919 --> 00:27:16.579
 have affirmed

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:18.099
 Jesus as the Christ

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:19.199
 but have

00:27:19.199 --> 00:27:21.460
 I mean their brains

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:21.919
 in a sense

00:27:21.919 --> 00:27:22.579
 they're absent

00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:24.199
 of what the good news is

00:27:24.199 --> 00:27:24.980
 and how it's completely

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:26.019
 connected to suffering.

00:27:27.139 --> 00:27:27.799
 That at the core

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:28.659
 of what it is

00:27:28.659 --> 00:27:29.639
 for the good news

00:27:29.639 --> 00:27:30.919
 is Jesus

00:27:30.919 --> 00:27:31.740
 to die

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:33.039
 upon the cross.

00:27:34.199 --> 00:27:34.919
 And this

00:27:34.919 --> 00:27:35.759
 connection

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.480
 between the life

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:36.899
 of faith

00:27:36.899 --> 00:27:37.579
 and sacrifice

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:39.279
 it seems wasteful

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:39.819
 and completely

00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:40.919
 unpragmatic

00:27:40.919 --> 00:27:41.980
 to those

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:43.059
 that have not been

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:44.339
 considering

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:45.319
 or searching

00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:46.279
 or prompted

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:47.240
 by the Holy Spirit.

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:48.579
 And in a sense

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:48.980
 it is

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:50.099
 what this woman

00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:50.460
 is doing

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:50.859
 is very

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:52.700
 what's pragmatic

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:53.299
 about it?

00:27:53.919 --> 00:27:54.740
 One man

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.619
 gets oil

00:27:55.619 --> 00:27:56.639
 that might

00:27:56.639 --> 00:27:57.339
 stick with him

00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:58.159
 for a few days

00:27:58.159 --> 00:27:58.819
 besides he's

00:27:58.819 --> 00:27:59.500
 going to die.

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:00.799
 I mean

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:02.119
 sell the oil.

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.700
 It's tens

00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:04.119
 of thousands

00:28:04.119 --> 00:28:04.579
 of dollars.

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.299
 Feed the poor.

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:06.399
 I mean

00:28:06.399 --> 00:28:07.259
 the Passover

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:07.819
 was supposed to be

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:08.240
 a time where

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:09.099
 you extend charity.

00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:10.779
 So there's nothing

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.599
 pragmatic about

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:12.339
 what she's doing.

00:28:13.399 --> 00:28:14.500
 But for us

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:15.139
 if we

00:28:15.139 --> 00:28:15.919
 if we have put

00:28:15.919 --> 00:28:16.719
 our faith and hope

00:28:16.719 --> 00:28:17.839
 and trust in Jesus

00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:18.659
 we are seeing

00:28:18.659 --> 00:28:19.599
 that she is

00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:20.179
 participating

00:28:20.179 --> 00:28:21.879
 in the gospel

00:28:21.879 --> 00:28:22.459
 itself.

00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:24.379
 That

00:28:24.379 --> 00:28:25.980
 how can you

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.959
 waste something

00:28:26.959 --> 00:28:27.899
 on Jesus

00:28:27.899 --> 00:28:28.779
 as if his

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:29.599
 worthiness

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:30.559
 kind of hits

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:31.099
 a ceiling

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:32.959
 so we can

00:28:32.959 --> 00:28:33.599
 only give him

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:34.199
 so much

00:28:34.199 --> 00:28:35.159
 but then

00:28:35.159 --> 00:28:36.639
 he's not really

00:28:36.639 --> 00:28:37.139
 worth it

00:28:37.139 --> 00:28:37.899
 to keep going

00:28:37.899 --> 00:28:39.059
 or to keep

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:40.079
 giving him praise

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:40.859
 to keep giving him

00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:41.439
 honor.

00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:42.919
 to pour out

00:28:42.919 --> 00:28:43.599
 our lives

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:44.079
 for him

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:45.299
 it's not worth it.

00:28:45.719 --> 00:28:46.319
 This woman

00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:47.199
 she understands

00:28:47.199 --> 00:28:47.919
 the worthiness

00:28:47.919 --> 00:28:48.980
 of Jesus

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:50.099
 and she understands

00:28:50.099 --> 00:28:51.319
 that sacrifice

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:52.179
 is deeply

00:28:52.179 --> 00:28:53.059
 connected to

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:53.679
 the gospel.

00:28:55.139 --> 00:28:55.659
 So

00:28:55.659 --> 00:28:57.139
 the disciples

00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:58.079
 and the woman

00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:59.419
 are completely

00:28:59.419 --> 00:29:00.399
 at odds

00:29:00.399 --> 00:29:01.240
 and through

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:01.939
 this contrast

00:29:01.939 --> 00:29:02.740
 we see

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.480
 that true worship

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:04.740
 it must be

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:05.740
 rooted in truth

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:07.299
 of who God

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:07.859
 is and what

00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:08.259
 he has come

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.759
 to do

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:10.099
 or else

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:10.740
 worship

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:12.500
 or else

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.259
 it's a false

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:13.559
 worship

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:14.379
 it's them

00:29:14.379 --> 00:29:14.740
 worshipping

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.339
 something else

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:15.900
 or in part

00:29:15.900 --> 00:29:16.859
 which isn't

00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:18.299
 true worship.

00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:19.879
 So the Christian

00:29:19.879 --> 00:29:20.720
 faith has always

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.500
 and must always

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.000
 be rooted

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.720
 in truth

00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:23.740
 in the gospel

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.599
 in the triune

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:25.039
 God

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:26.599
 and this must

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:27.160
 be revealed

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:27.680
 to each

00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:28.339
 and every one

00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:28.619
 of us

00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:29.619
 by the Holy Spirit

00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:30.460
 just like this

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:30.720
 woman.

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:34.680
 That doesn't

00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:35.059
 mean it's

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:35.319
 going to be

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:35.660
 easy.

00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:36.160
 I mean I

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:36.720
 think we

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.400
 touched on

00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:37.839
 this earlier

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:38.860
 in the sermon.

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:42.680
 Worshipping

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.360
 God in the

00:29:43.360 --> 00:29:43.799
 ways that

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.319
 he has

00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:45.100
 called us

00:29:45.100 --> 00:29:45.380
 to

00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:47.019
 it is

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.519
 costly

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:48.299
 it is

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:48.700
 difficult

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.579
 because by

00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:49.920
 and large

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.400
 it goes

00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:50.940
 against the

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:51.299
 message

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:52.519
 the predominant

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.059
 message of

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:54.720
 this city

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.539
 of this

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:56.000
 country

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.600
 of our

00:29:56.600 --> 00:29:56.960
 culture

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.519
 it's

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:57.900
 difficult

00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:59.700
 it is

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:01.200
 we find

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:01.620
 ourselves

00:30:01.620 --> 00:30:02.240
 in a sense

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:03.460
 being sympathetic

00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:04.019
 to the

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.440
 disciples

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:05.500
 this doesn't

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:06.100
 make sense

00:30:06.100 --> 00:30:06.519
 this isn't

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.019
 pragmatic

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:08.140
 this isn't

00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:08.860
 furthering my

00:30:08.860 --> 00:30:09.340
 goals

00:30:09.340 --> 00:30:10.620
 and yet this

00:30:10.620 --> 00:30:11.080
 is the way

00:30:11.080 --> 00:30:11.440
 that God

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:11.820
 has called

00:30:11.820 --> 00:30:12.140
 us to

00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:12.400
 worship

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:16.560
 so what

00:30:16.560 --> 00:30:16.980
 do we do

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:17.640
 how do we

00:30:17.640 --> 00:30:18.620
 live for him

00:30:18.620 --> 00:30:19.360
 how do we

00:30:19.360 --> 00:30:20.480
 navigate all

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:20.620
 this

00:30:20.620 --> 00:30:20.940
 I think

00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:21.960
 deep down

00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:22.320
 and this is

00:30:22.320 --> 00:30:22.640
 why we've

00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:22.900
 seen it

00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:23.120
 in the

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:23.540
 liturgy

00:30:23.540 --> 00:30:25.220
 repentance

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:25.640
 is a

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:26.280
 key part

00:30:26.280 --> 00:30:26.540
 of the

00:30:26.540 --> 00:30:27.080
 Christian

00:30:27.080 --> 00:30:27.420
 life

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:28.700
 because we

00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:29.259
 are bound

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:30.680
 to mix

00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:31.000
 up our

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.440
 priorities

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:31.880
 we are

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:32.259
 bound

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:32.660
 to

00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:33.560
 chicken

00:30:33.560 --> 00:30:33.860
 out

00:30:33.860 --> 00:30:34.120
 and I'll

00:30:34.120 --> 00:30:34.460
 just say

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:34.820
 this

00:30:34.820 --> 00:30:38.039
 I went

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.300
 to visit

00:30:38.300 --> 00:30:38.860
 family

00:30:38.860 --> 00:30:41.840
 in 2017

00:30:41.840 --> 00:30:42.400
 and at the

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:42.960
 time I wasn't

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:43.340
 a pastor

00:30:43.340 --> 00:30:43.680
 I was an

00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:44.060
 intern

00:30:44.060 --> 00:30:45.600
 a dear

00:30:45.600 --> 00:30:45.800
 dear

00:30:45.800 --> 00:30:46.180
 intern

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.860
 but before

00:30:46.860 --> 00:30:47.380
 that when I

00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:47.800
 visited my

00:30:47.800 --> 00:30:48.820
 family I

00:30:48.820 --> 00:30:49.700
 worked as

00:30:49.700 --> 00:30:50.400
 a support

00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:50.920
 worker for

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:51.380
 people with

00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:52.080
 special needs

00:30:52.080 --> 00:30:52.920
 and I

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.680
 worked on

00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:54.200
 Parliament Hill

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:54.500
 I had a

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.300
 secular job

00:30:55.300 --> 00:30:56.220
 and I was

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.960
 fine to go

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.220
 as a

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:57.539
 Christian

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:57.860
 to visit

00:30:57.860 --> 00:30:58.400
 my family

00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:58.700
 who are

00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:59.160
 not

00:30:59.160 --> 00:30:59.720
 Christians

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.160
 at all

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:00.880
 various

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.500
 degrees

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:01.819
 of

00:31:01.819 --> 00:31:03.640
 religiosity

00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:04.380
 but not

00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:04.640
 in the

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:04.920
 Christian

00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:05.240
 faith

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:06.539
 so I

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:06.779
 could go

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.079
 there

00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:07.519
 and I

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:08.000
 could just

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.420
 get along

00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:09.140
 we could talk

00:31:09.140 --> 00:31:09.640
 about work

00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:10.480
 it was fine

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:10.880
 but when I

00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:11.779
 went in 2017

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.319
 to visit

00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:13.559
 all of a sudden

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:14.100
 I worked for the

00:31:14.100 --> 00:31:14.400
 church

00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:16.220
 and the

00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:16.720
 temptation

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.380
 to

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:18.600
 not

00:31:18.600 --> 00:31:19.819
 worship

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:20.400
 God

00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:20.920
 in my

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.400
 life

00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:23.400
 to downplay

00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:23.980
 my devotion

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:24.480
 to him

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:24.900
 to

00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:26.460
 change

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:26.819
 a subject

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.079
 really

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.400
 quickly

00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:27.860
 or

00:31:27.860 --> 00:31:28.539
 to

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:29.500
 I don't

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:29.720
 know

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.599
 whatever

00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:31.539
 I was

00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:31.799
 studying

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:32.240
 in seminary

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:32.559
 oh I'm

00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:33.039
 doing graduate

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.339
 work

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:33.740
 or something

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.059
 like that

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.920
 the temptation

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:35.700
 was high

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:36.960
 and I was

00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:37.220
 there for

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:37.519
 less than

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:37.779
 a week

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.319
 sometimes

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:40.220
 I was

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:40.839
 faithful to

00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:41.259
 the Lord

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:42.880
 in how I

00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:43.440
 in a sense

00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:44.220
 bore witness

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:44.500
 to him

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:44.839
 how I

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:45.660
 worshipped

00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:45.940
 him

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:46.900
 and

00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:47.380
 very

00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:47.740
 uncomfortable

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.400
 conversations

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:49.920
 and

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:50.580
 other times

00:31:50.580 --> 00:31:51.360
 I chickened

00:31:51.360 --> 00:31:51.580
 out

00:31:51.580 --> 00:31:52.880
 and I

00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:53.519
 felt like

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.280
 trash

00:31:54.280 --> 00:31:55.360
 I really

00:31:55.360 --> 00:31:55.680
 did

00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:57.340
 this life

00:31:57.340 --> 00:31:57.840
 is not

00:31:57.840 --> 00:31:59.240
 easy to

00:31:59.240 --> 00:31:59.960
 worship God

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.640
 in spirit

00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:01.300
 and in truth

00:32:01.300 --> 00:32:02.280
 according to

00:32:02.280 --> 00:32:02.800
 who he is

00:32:02.800 --> 00:32:03.120
 and what he

00:32:03.120 --> 00:32:03.519
 has done

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:04.740
 because the

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.180
 world is

00:32:05.180 --> 00:32:05.980
 against us

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.860
 in a sense

00:32:06.860 --> 00:32:08.080
 so what do

00:32:08.080 --> 00:32:08.400
 we do

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:08.940
 we ask for

00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:09.259
 forgiveness

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:09.940
 we encourage

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.360
 one another

00:32:10.360 --> 00:32:11.100
 we feast

00:32:11.100 --> 00:32:11.620
 in a sense

00:32:11.620 --> 00:32:12.140
 on God's

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:12.360
 word

00:32:12.360 --> 00:32:12.759
 but also

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.660
 on testimonies

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:14.360
 of each

00:32:14.360 --> 00:32:14.640
 other

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:15.860
 and saints

00:32:15.860 --> 00:32:16.200
 from the

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:16.640
 past

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:19.880
 we really

00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:20.280
 we pray

00:32:20.280 --> 00:32:20.620
 for one

00:32:20.620 --> 00:32:20.880
 another

00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:21.400
 and trust

00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:22.080
 that people

00:32:22.080 --> 00:32:22.460
 are praying

00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:22.960
 for us

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.600
 and that

00:32:23.600 --> 00:32:24.360
 Jesus himself

00:32:24.360 --> 00:32:24.780
 is making

00:32:24.780 --> 00:32:25.340
 intercession

00:32:25.340 --> 00:32:25.740
 for us

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:26.240
 right now

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:27.640
 to bolster

00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:28.120
 us up

00:32:28.120 --> 00:32:29.740
 and to

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.940
 remember

00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:31.420
 too that

00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:31.720
 when we

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:32.180
 fail

00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:32.700
 the story

00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:32.960
 is not

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.220
 over

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.460
 we

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:34.320
 continue

00:32:34.320 --> 00:32:35.080
 we repent

00:32:35.080 --> 00:32:35.700
 we continue

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:36.040
 on

00:32:36.040 --> 00:32:37.120
 so it's

00:32:37.120 --> 00:32:37.560
 not easy

00:32:37.560 --> 00:32:38.280
 to

00:32:38.280 --> 00:32:39.560
 worship

00:32:39.560 --> 00:32:40.100
 God

00:32:40.100 --> 00:32:40.960
 in spirit

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.620
 and in

00:32:41.620 --> 00:32:41.860
 truth

00:32:41.860 --> 00:32:42.420
 according to

00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:42.900
 who he is

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:43.240
 and what he

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:43.640
 has done

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:45.140
 but we

00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:45.400
 can be

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:45.820
 confident

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:46.659
 that

00:32:46.659 --> 00:32:47.939
 as we

00:32:47.939 --> 00:32:48.659
 do so

00:32:48.659 --> 00:32:49.240
 that he

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.679
 will

00:32:49.679 --> 00:32:50.159
 honor

00:32:50.159 --> 00:32:51.119
 his word

00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:52.679
 that what

00:32:52.679 --> 00:32:53.779
 he values

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.879
 and his

00:32:54.879 --> 00:32:55.319
 will

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:56.700
 will always

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:57.099
 come to

00:32:57.099 --> 00:32:57.419
 pass

00:32:57.419 --> 00:32:57.619
 it will

00:32:57.619 --> 00:32:58.039
 never be

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.519
 thwarted

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:59.220
 it will

00:32:59.220 --> 00:32:59.980
 never expire

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:01.099
 it will

00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:02.220
 never rust

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:04.119
 because God

00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:04.720
 is sovereign

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.059
 overall

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:05.319
 and this

00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:05.659
 brings us

00:33:05.659 --> 00:33:05.919
 to our

00:33:05.919 --> 00:33:06.220
 third

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:06.839
 point

00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:07.079
 about

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.319
 true

00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:07.619
 worship

00:33:07.619 --> 00:33:08.000
 that it

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.439
 is rooted

00:33:08.439 --> 00:33:08.819
 in the

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.159
 sovereign

00:33:09.159 --> 00:33:09.460
 will

00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:09.919
 of God

00:33:09.919 --> 00:33:11.079
 look with

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.259
 me

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.799
 verses 1

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.139
 and 2

00:33:12.139 --> 00:33:12.539
 and then

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:12.879
 10

00:33:12.879 --> 00:33:13.439
 and 11

00:33:13.439 --> 00:33:14.379
 of chapter

00:33:14.379 --> 00:33:14.819
 14

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:18.939
 it was

00:33:18.939 --> 00:33:19.220
 now two

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:19.679
 days before

00:33:19.679 --> 00:33:20.220
 the Passover

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:20.559
 and the

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:20.919
 feast of

00:33:20.919 --> 00:33:21.279
 unleavened

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:21.500
 bread

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:22.460
 and the

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:22.759
 chief

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:23.179
 priests

00:33:23.179 --> 00:33:23.500
 and the

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:23.919
 scribes

00:33:23.919 --> 00:33:24.359
 were seeking

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:24.700
 how to

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:25.099
 arrest

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:26.139
 Jesus

00:33:26.139 --> 00:33:26.720
 by stealth

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:26.980
 and to

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.279
 kill him

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:27.919
 for they

00:33:27.919 --> 00:33:28.439
 said not

00:33:28.439 --> 00:33:28.819
 during the

00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:29.899
 feast

00:33:29.899 --> 00:33:30.939
 lest there

00:33:30.939 --> 00:33:31.220
 be an

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:31.539
 uproar

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:31.839
 from the

00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:32.099
 people

00:33:32.099 --> 00:33:32.700
 and verse

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:32.960
 10

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:34.480
 then Judas

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:35.119
 Iscariot

00:33:35.119 --> 00:33:35.579
 who was

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:36.179
 one of the

00:33:36.179 --> 00:33:36.519
 twelve

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:36.919
 went to

00:33:36.919 --> 00:33:37.279
 the chief

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:37.639
 priests

00:33:37.639 --> 00:33:37.919
 in order

00:33:37.919 --> 00:33:38.439
 to betray

00:33:38.439 --> 00:33:38.759
 him

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:39.599
 to them

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:40.759
 and when

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.200
 they heard

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.439
 it

00:33:41.439 --> 00:33:41.899
 they were

00:33:41.899 --> 00:33:42.259
 glad

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:42.779
 and promised

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:43.119
 to give

00:33:43.119 --> 00:33:43.579
 him money

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:44.579
 and he

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:45.099
 sought an

00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:45.559
 opportunity

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:46.399
 to betray

00:33:46.399 --> 00:33:46.759
 him

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:48.980
 remember

00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:49.359
 that the

00:33:49.359 --> 00:33:49.639
 religious

00:33:49.639 --> 00:33:49.960
 elites

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.339
 are looking

00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:50.839
 for a

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:51.000
 way

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.220
 to

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:51.559
 snuff

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:51.779
 out

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.139
 Jesus

00:33:52.139 --> 00:33:53.519
 in a

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:53.919
 quiet

00:33:53.919 --> 00:33:54.299
 way

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:54.779
 and rob

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:55.039
 him

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.500
 of his

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:56.159
 messianic

00:33:56.159 --> 00:33:56.699
 credibility

00:33:56.699 --> 00:33:58.759
 and yet

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.919
 their plan

00:33:59.919 --> 00:34:00.639
 it would

00:34:00.639 --> 00:34:00.919
 seem

00:34:00.919 --> 00:34:01.139
 that it

00:34:01.139 --> 00:34:01.500
 was for

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:02.159
 post

00:34:02.159 --> 00:34:03.379
 Passover

00:34:03.379 --> 00:34:04.240
 Passover

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.759
 would last

00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:05.079
 about a

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:05.359
 week

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:06.419
 post

00:34:06.419 --> 00:34:07.000
 Passover

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:07.579
 it gets

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:07.960
 turned on

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.319
 his head

00:34:08.319 --> 00:34:09.599
 Judas

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:10.159
 comes

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:11.360
 indignant

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:11.840
 one of

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:11.920
 the

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.200
 indignant

00:34:12.200 --> 00:34:12.440
 ones

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:13.180
 indignant

00:34:13.180 --> 00:34:13.700
 at what

00:34:13.700 --> 00:34:14.019
 has been

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:14.480
 happening

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:14.820
 and who

00:34:14.820 --> 00:34:15.099
 knows

00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:16.019
 how long

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.360
 he has

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:16.599
 been

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:17.519
 just

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:18.900
 rattled

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.079
 at

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:19.340
 Jesus

00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:20.019
 he's

00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:20.160
 had

00:34:20.160 --> 00:34:20.440
 enough

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:20.820
 clearly

00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:21.400
 and he

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:21.780
 goes

00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:22.440
 to the

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:22.680
 chief

00:34:22.680 --> 00:34:23.120
 priests

00:34:23.120 --> 00:34:24.019
 in order

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:24.599
 to betray

00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:24.980
 Jesus

00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:25.400
 to them

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:26.519
 and they

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:26.880
 see an

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:27.380
 opportunity

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:27.920
 that they

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.099
 cannot

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:28.559
 give up

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:30.000
 and

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.559
 although

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:30.920
 they wanted

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.200
 to wait

00:34:31.200 --> 00:34:31.700
 until after

00:34:31.700 --> 00:34:32.519
 the Passover

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:33.280
 to betray

00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:35.440
 the betrayal

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:36.059
 of Judas

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:36.680
 presents an

00:34:36.680 --> 00:34:37.079
 opportunity

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:37.480
 for them

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:37.840
 to nab

00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:38.120
 Jesus

00:34:38.120 --> 00:34:38.480
 early

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:39.340
 and they're

00:34:39.340 --> 00:34:39.980
 not gonna

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:42.860
 they're gonna

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.579
 embrace this

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:44.219
 this is an

00:34:44.219 --> 00:34:44.539
 opportunity

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:44.980
 who knows

00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:45.440
 maybe it's

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:46.000
 God's will

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.420
 in their

00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:46.780
 minds

00:34:46.780 --> 00:34:47.900
 but in

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.639
 doing so

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.199
 Jesus

00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:49.639
 will go

00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:49.900
 to the

00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:50.320
 cross

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:51.480
 not after

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:52.860
 the Passover

00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:54.740
 but on

00:34:54.740 --> 00:34:55.400
 the Passover

00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:56.860
 as the

00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:57.340
 Passover

00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:57.760
 lamb

00:34:57.760 --> 00:34:59.000
 that he

00:34:59.000 --> 00:34:59.460
 has

00:34:59.460 --> 00:35:00.380
 that he

00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:00.820
 has

00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:02.139
 prophesied

00:35:02.139 --> 00:35:02.500
 about

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:03.460
 that it

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:03.800
 has been

00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:04.139
 written in

00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:04.619
 the scriptures

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:05.000
 that he

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:05.519
 fulfills the

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:05.800
 scriptures

00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:06.840
 so he

00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:07.240
 goes to

00:35:07.240 --> 00:35:07.800
 the cross

00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:08.580
 not as

00:35:08.580 --> 00:35:09.060
 some common

00:35:09.060 --> 00:35:09.460
 criminal

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:10.760
 but as

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:11.320
 the Passover

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:11.720
 lamb

00:35:11.720 --> 00:35:12.560
 as the

00:35:12.560 --> 00:35:12.860
 innocent

00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:13.140
 one

00:35:13.140 --> 00:35:13.340
 who

00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:13.500
 would

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:13.640
 be

00:35:13.640 --> 00:35:14.180
 slain

00:35:14.180 --> 00:35:14.620
 so that

00:35:14.620 --> 00:35:14.980
 death

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:15.200
 would

00:35:15.200 --> 00:35:15.480
 pass

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:15.700
 over

00:35:15.700 --> 00:35:15.880
 all

00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:16.180
 people

00:35:16.180 --> 00:35:16.880
 we see

00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:17.539
 we'll get

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:18.019
 this next

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:18.320
 week

00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:19.640
 this would

00:35:19.640 --> 00:35:19.940
 be the

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.580
 the last

00:35:20.580 --> 00:35:21.180
 supper

00:35:21.180 --> 00:35:22.260
 but in

00:35:22.260 --> 00:35:22.780
 verse 12

00:35:22.780 --> 00:35:23.460
 and on the

00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:23.920
 first day

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.480
 of unleavened

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:24.660
 bread

00:35:24.660 --> 00:35:25.380
 when the

00:35:25.380 --> 00:35:25.920
 sacrifice

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:26.600
 when they

00:35:26.600 --> 00:35:27.180
 sacrifice

00:35:27.180 --> 00:35:27.780
 the Passover

00:35:27.780 --> 00:35:28.180
 lamb

00:35:28.180 --> 00:35:29.400
 it's very

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:29.960
 interesting

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:31.320
 little markers

00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:31.760
 like that

00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:32.200
 in scriptures

00:35:32.200 --> 00:35:32.820
 we know

00:35:32.820 --> 00:35:33.120
 that

00:35:33.120 --> 00:35:33.780
 something's

00:35:33.780 --> 00:35:34.140
 at work

00:35:34.140 --> 00:35:34.560
 Jesus

00:35:34.560 --> 00:35:35.620
 is in

00:35:35.620 --> 00:35:35.820
 fact

00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:36.539
 that Passover

00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:37.519
 lamb

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:38.420
 that the

00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:38.759
 sovereign

00:35:38.759 --> 00:35:39.159
 plan

00:35:39.159 --> 00:35:39.659
 of God

00:35:39.659 --> 00:35:40.219
 can never

00:35:40.219 --> 00:35:40.619
 be

00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:41.139
 upended

00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:41.860
 it can't

00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:42.059
 be

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:42.679
 thwarted

00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:45.179
 and this is a great hope for us

00:35:45.179 --> 00:35:46.940
 because it means that when our faith

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:50.480
 is put in the one who will win

00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:51.519
 and has won

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:53.019
 that means we win

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:57.759
 even if the tide is coming against us

00:35:57.759 --> 00:36:01.860
 and everything is claiming that we are

00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:03.659
 misguided at best

00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:06.639
 the victory is already won

00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:09.779
 and because God's sovereign will can never be thwarted

00:36:09.779 --> 00:36:11.899
 it means that our hope in him

00:36:11.899 --> 00:36:14.099
 all of our spent

00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:17.539
 beautiful flask of nard

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:18.960
 whatever that is in our lives

00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:19.879
 that we're willing to give up

00:36:19.879 --> 00:36:21.219
 it is not wasted

00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:23.279
 that it is for a purpose

00:36:23.279 --> 00:36:23.940
 and that

00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:27.159
 that God's plan will always come to fruition

00:36:27.159 --> 00:36:30.259
 it also means that when our faith falters

00:36:30.260 --> 00:36:31.600
 or we begin to doubt

00:36:31.600 --> 00:36:33.560
 that the devotion is worth it

00:36:33.560 --> 00:36:36.480
 we can be sure that God's promises will come to pass

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:38.260
 we can be sure of that

00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:40.240
 we can encourage one another

00:36:40.240 --> 00:36:41.380
 like we mentioned previously

00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:43.040
 that God will

00:36:43.040 --> 00:36:45.200
 he will come through

00:36:45.200 --> 00:36:47.160
 on the things that he has promised us

00:36:47.160 --> 00:36:48.960
 he will give us strength in our time of need

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:51.460
 that even in the difficulties

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:53.240
 and the sufferings

00:36:53.240 --> 00:36:55.160
 that are so germane to

00:36:55.160 --> 00:36:56.360
 the life of faith

00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:57.700
 will be used for good

00:36:57.699 --> 00:36:59.939
 so that

00:36:59.939 --> 00:37:01.859
 so that we can be sure

00:37:01.859 --> 00:37:04.119
 any evil or suffering that we go through

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:05.699
 will be for God's glory in the end

00:37:05.699 --> 00:37:07.460
 no act of faith will be wasted

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:09.079
 it's interesting

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:10.559
 that woman did not waste

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:11.980
 not a drop of that nard

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:14.460
 nor will any of our worship

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:15.439
 be wasted on the Lord

00:37:15.439 --> 00:37:17.139
 so to wrap things up

00:37:17.139 --> 00:37:18.779
 the thing about this episode

00:37:18.779 --> 00:37:20.659
 is that the woman poured out her life

00:37:20.659 --> 00:37:22.359
 poured out her life

00:37:22.359 --> 00:37:23.259
 onto Jesus

00:37:23.259 --> 00:37:25.399
 figuratively speaking

00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:28.619
 but in only a couple days

00:37:28.619 --> 00:37:30.320
 Jesus will hang on the cross

00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:31.619
 in his literal life

00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:32.880
 his blood will pour out

00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:34.480
 and it will cover

00:37:34.480 --> 00:37:35.420
 over

00:37:35.420 --> 00:37:37.099
 his people

00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:39.039
 that have put their trust in him

00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:40.860
 and they will be made

00:37:40.860 --> 00:37:41.860
 completely

00:37:41.860 --> 00:37:43.119
 completely ready

00:37:43.119 --> 00:37:44.160
 but not for a burial

00:37:44.160 --> 00:37:45.099
 but for a banquet

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:47.960
 that those that have been

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:50.639
 covered in the blood of Christ

00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:52.079
 in the same way that

00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:53.500
 the angel of death

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:54.679
 passed over the houses

00:37:54.679 --> 00:37:55.500
 with the blood

00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:57.460
 on the doorposts

00:37:57.460 --> 00:37:59.199
 so death will pass over us

00:37:59.199 --> 00:38:01.420
 but not just so that

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:02.259
 we can live forever

00:38:02.259 --> 00:38:03.679
 that we can live in glory

00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:04.699
 with God forever

00:38:04.699 --> 00:38:06.880
 and this is our hope

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:08.360
 so when we

00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:10.519
 are afraid

00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:11.940
 that we will miss out

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:12.659
 in this life

00:38:12.659 --> 00:38:13.739
 let us think about

00:38:13.739 --> 00:38:14.519
 the life to come

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:16.179
 that it will be

00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:17.920
 far greater than anything

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:18.719
 anything

00:38:18.719 --> 00:38:19.719
 that we could give up

00:38:19.719 --> 00:38:20.539
 in this life

00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:22.639
 Christ has already provided

00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:23.420
 for our eternity

00:38:23.420 --> 00:38:25.259
 let us in response

00:38:25.259 --> 00:38:25.820
 to him

00:38:25.820 --> 00:38:27.779
 worship with selfless devotion

00:38:27.779 --> 00:38:29.739
 in the truth of who he is

00:38:29.739 --> 00:38:30.559
 and what he has done

00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:32.860
 and also trust in his sovereign will

00:38:32.860 --> 00:38:33.699
 let's pray

00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:35.759
 Heavenly Father

00:38:35.759 --> 00:38:36.820
 thank you for

00:38:36.820 --> 00:38:38.039
 this wonderful woman

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:39.800
 and we thank you that

00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:42.380
 that you promised

00:38:42.380 --> 00:38:44.360
 that the testimony

00:38:44.360 --> 00:38:46.519
 of what she did for you

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:47.820
 would be proclaimed

00:38:47.820 --> 00:38:49.380
 wherever the gospel

00:38:49.380 --> 00:38:50.580
 would be proclaimed

00:38:50.580 --> 00:38:52.860
 and this morning

00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:54.460
 that has been fulfilled

00:38:54.460 --> 00:38:55.400
 we thank you

00:38:55.400 --> 00:38:56.940
 and Lord we recognize

00:38:56.940 --> 00:38:57.660
 that true worship

00:38:57.660 --> 00:38:58.240
 is difficult

00:38:58.240 --> 00:38:59.300
 and we ask for your help

00:38:59.300 --> 00:39:01.140
 Lord give us the strength

00:39:01.140 --> 00:39:01.620
 we need

00:39:01.620 --> 00:39:03.140
 to worship you

00:39:03.140 --> 00:39:04.539
 when it hurts

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:06.180
 Lord that we won't

00:39:06.180 --> 00:39:07.300
 be people that

00:39:07.300 --> 00:39:09.720
 that engage in

00:39:09.720 --> 00:39:10.500
 in moderation

00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:11.460
 in our love

00:39:11.460 --> 00:39:12.320
 and worship for you

00:39:12.320 --> 00:39:14.200
 but Lord also give us

00:39:14.200 --> 00:39:15.019
 the strength to do it

00:39:15.019 --> 00:39:16.440
 we are feeble

00:39:16.440 --> 00:39:18.119
 at best we need your strength

00:39:18.119 --> 00:39:19.519
 we need your power

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:20.980
 so Lord by your Holy Spirit

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:22.920
 do just that in our lives

00:39:22.920 --> 00:39:24.740
 we pray this in Christ's name

00:39:24.740 --> 00:39:25.059
 Amen

00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:26.380
 Amen