WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.200 by believing in me will never die. 00:00:05.719 --> 00:00:07.419 Do you believe this? 00:00:08.580 --> 00:00:13.019 For those who entrust their life to Jesus, 00:00:14.019 --> 00:00:17.059 death is just a doorway to life. 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:20.960 The moment we breathe our last breath here, 00:00:21.140 --> 00:00:25.320 we take our first breath in the presence of Christ. 00:00:26.379 --> 00:00:28.120 Death is not the end. 00:00:28.120 --> 00:00:31.140 It is but the beginning of life in all its fullness. 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:35.480 But how do we begin to say thank you? 00:00:36.420 --> 00:00:39.480 How do you express your love for someone 00:00:39.480 --> 00:00:42.560 who gives you new and eternal life? 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:49.260 Well, let's follow Jesus to the home of Lazarus 00:00:49.260 --> 00:00:55.460 and we will see how we can begin to say thank you. 00:00:55.460 --> 00:01:01.719 Back to chapter 12, verse 2. 00:01:03.100 --> 00:01:04.480 Grateful honour. 00:01:05.620 --> 00:01:10.400 Jesus arrives at the family home along with his disciples. 00:01:10.859 --> 00:01:11.359 Verse 2. 00:01:11.359 --> 00:01:15.500 Here a dinner was given in Jesus' honour. 00:01:16.560 --> 00:01:22.319 Martha served while Lazarus, who was alive, obviously, 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:25.480 was among those reclining at the table with him. 00:01:26.500 --> 00:01:29.900 What an occasion it must have been. 00:01:31.319 --> 00:01:33.420 Could you imagine the conversation? 00:01:33.420 --> 00:01:35.859 I can't believe it. 00:01:36.540 --> 00:01:38.019 It's Lazarus. 00:01:38.540 --> 00:01:40.060 You're actually here. 00:01:41.560 --> 00:01:45.200 Lazarus, what was it like when you came out of the grave? 00:01:45.480 --> 00:01:46.760 Did you feel anything? 00:01:47.879 --> 00:01:50.079 Here, have something more to eat. 00:01:50.159 --> 00:01:51.500 You must be starving. 00:01:52.960 --> 00:01:54.659 Each one taking in turn, 00:01:55.299 --> 00:01:58.379 embracing the once dead man, 00:01:58.780 --> 00:01:59.900 clutching tight, 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:01.840 not wanting to let go. 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:06.840 And in all the midst of the talk and the celebrations, 00:02:07.719 --> 00:02:11.620 we see Martha making a dinner. 00:02:12.819 --> 00:02:17.620 The very best she can do to honour Jesus. 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:20.039 Thank you. 00:02:21.120 --> 00:02:24.199 Thank you, Jesus, so much. 00:02:24.199 --> 00:02:29.379 You see, the celebrations here are not for Lazarus, 00:02:29.899 --> 00:02:30.939 but for Jesus. 00:02:31.839 --> 00:02:36.399 For Jesus deserves and receives all the honour, 00:02:36.959 --> 00:02:38.099 all the praise, 00:02:38.519 --> 00:02:39.500 all the glory, 00:02:39.899 --> 00:02:40.939 all the thanks, 00:02:41.359 --> 00:02:42.439 goes to him 00:02:42.439 --> 00:02:46.299 who does what we can never do. 00:02:46.300 --> 00:02:48.640 You see, 00:02:48.640 --> 00:02:50.300 this dinner celebration 00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:54.260 taking place in Lazarus' home 00:02:54.260 --> 00:02:56.300 is just a taste 00:02:56.300 --> 00:02:58.480 of a greater feast to come 00:02:58.480 --> 00:02:59.880 for all those 00:02:59.880 --> 00:03:02.560 who will honour the Lord today. 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:05.379 Isaiah the prophet 00:03:05.379 --> 00:03:07.280 gives us a glimpse 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:08.680 of what that will be like. 00:03:09.140 --> 00:03:10.240 Have a look back with me 00:03:10.240 --> 00:03:12.340 to Isaiah chapter 25. 00:03:14.900 --> 00:03:16.640 Isaiah chapter 25. 00:03:16.639 --> 00:03:34.319 And we'll pick it up in verse 6. 00:03:36.699 --> 00:03:38.599 As we think of Jesus 00:03:38.599 --> 00:03:41.619 and Mary and Martha and Lazarus 00:03:41.619 --> 00:03:44.459 feasting, celebrating together. 00:03:44.460 --> 00:03:49.480 Here is what Isaiah points to. 00:03:50.480 --> 00:03:51.320 Verse 6. 00:03:51.379 --> 00:03:52.260 On this mountain, 00:03:52.379 --> 00:03:53.340 the Lord Almighty 00:03:53.340 --> 00:03:55.080 will prepare a feast 00:03:55.080 --> 00:03:58.240 of rich food for all peoples, 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:01.180 a banquet of aged wine, 00:04:02.060 --> 00:04:03.219 the best of meats 00:04:03.219 --> 00:04:04.680 and the finest of wines. 00:04:05.960 --> 00:04:07.280 On this mountain, 00:04:07.719 --> 00:04:09.740 he will destroy the shroud 00:04:09.740 --> 00:04:11.860 that enfolds all peoples, 00:04:12.780 --> 00:04:14.439 the sheet that covers 00:04:14.439 --> 00:04:16.000 all nations. 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:19.800 And what is it that covers us 00:04:19.800 --> 00:04:21.339 with fear? 00:04:22.060 --> 00:04:22.819 Verse 8. 00:04:23.660 --> 00:04:26.160 He will swallow up death 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:27.240 forever. 00:04:28.360 --> 00:04:29.560 The sovereign Lord 00:04:29.560 --> 00:04:31.379 will wipe away the tears 00:04:31.379 --> 00:04:32.540 from all faces. 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:34.819 And he will remove 00:04:34.819 --> 00:04:36.240 his people's disgrace 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:37.740 from all the earth. 00:04:37.740 --> 00:04:37.819 Jesus. 00:04:38.360 --> 00:04:41.120 The Lord has spoken. 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:41.960 The Lord has spoken. 00:04:41.959 --> 00:04:45.819 Back to chapter 12. 00:04:47.319 --> 00:04:48.979 You see what Jesus did 00:04:48.979 --> 00:04:50.079 for Lazarus. 00:04:51.379 --> 00:04:53.019 Jesus did for all 00:04:53.019 --> 00:04:55.039 who will trust in him 00:04:55.039 --> 00:04:56.680 and his resurrection. 00:04:57.519 --> 00:04:58.979 He comes and destroys 00:04:58.979 --> 00:05:00.259 the enemy of death 00:05:00.259 --> 00:05:01.419 that plagues us all. 00:05:01.420 --> 00:05:02.439 and one day 00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:04.000 the same risen Jesus 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:05.939 is going to come again 00:05:05.939 --> 00:05:08.040 and he will call us 00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:09.340 out from the grave 00:05:09.340 --> 00:05:10.980 and we will rise 00:05:10.980 --> 00:05:12.759 with brand new bodies 00:05:12.759 --> 00:05:14.120 never to decay 00:05:14.120 --> 00:05:16.200 or die again. 00:05:16.200 --> 00:05:18.520 And we will feast 00:05:18.520 --> 00:05:19.879 together 00:05:19.879 --> 00:05:21.600 in honour 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:22.800 of Jesus. 00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:25.079 all the praise 00:05:25.079 --> 00:05:26.639 all the glory 00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:28.620 and all the thanks 00:05:28.620 --> 00:05:30.939 and all the honour 00:05:30.939 --> 00:05:33.780 goes to him. 00:05:34.860 --> 00:05:36.900 So how do we say thank you? 00:05:37.680 --> 00:05:40.139 Well, grateful honour. 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:42.360 Second, 00:05:43.639 --> 00:05:45.000 humble service. 00:05:46.400 --> 00:05:48.000 The guests are all 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:49.060 enjoying the meal. 00:05:50.019 --> 00:05:50.800 Now when we think 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:51.720 of the meal here 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:53.980 as we would sit 00:05:53.980 --> 00:05:54.920 round a table 00:05:54.920 --> 00:05:55.580 on chairs 00:05:55.580 --> 00:05:57.220 the custom in those days 00:05:57.220 --> 00:05:58.020 was that you would 00:05:58.020 --> 00:05:59.280 lie on the ground 00:05:59.280 --> 00:06:01.260 facing in towards 00:06:01.260 --> 00:06:02.160 where all the food 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:02.940 was in the middle 00:06:02.940 --> 00:06:03.840 and you would rest 00:06:03.840 --> 00:06:04.560 with your head 00:06:04.560 --> 00:06:05.660 on your elbow 00:06:05.660 --> 00:06:06.940 and help yourself 00:06:06.940 --> 00:06:07.500 to food 00:06:07.500 --> 00:06:09.500 with your smelly feet 00:06:09.500 --> 00:06:10.940 away from 00:06:10.940 --> 00:06:12.720 where the food was. 00:06:13.420 --> 00:06:14.480 So there they are 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:16.040 all around the food 00:06:16.040 --> 00:06:17.720 chatting and eating. 00:06:18.980 --> 00:06:19.900 And then something 00:06:19.900 --> 00:06:21.700 extraordinary happens. 00:06:21.720 --> 00:06:23.160 verse 3 00:06:23.160 --> 00:06:25.360 Then Mary 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:27.180 this is Lazarus' 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:27.800 sister 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:29.580 took about 00:06:29.580 --> 00:06:30.560 half a litre 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:31.720 of pure nard 00:06:31.720 --> 00:06:33.140 that is an 00:06:33.140 --> 00:06:34.460 expensive perfume 00:06:34.460 --> 00:06:36.760 and she poured it 00:06:36.760 --> 00:06:38.180 on Jesus' feet 00:06:38.180 --> 00:06:40.140 and wiped 00:06:40.140 --> 00:06:40.920 his feet 00:06:40.920 --> 00:06:41.720 with her hair 00:06:41.720 --> 00:06:44.000 and the house 00:06:44.000 --> 00:06:44.860 was filled 00:06:44.860 --> 00:06:46.720 with the fragrance 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:47.780 of the perfume. 00:06:47.779 --> 00:06:50.179 Now 00:06:50.179 --> 00:06:51.959 washing feet 00:06:51.959 --> 00:06:53.279 was a custom 00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:54.479 for people 00:06:54.479 --> 00:06:55.379 as they arrived 00:06:55.379 --> 00:06:56.399 into the house 00:06:56.399 --> 00:06:57.759 walking through 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00:07:28.719 --> 00:07:29.599 stops. 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:31.299 It's almost 00:07:31.299 --> 00:07:32.099 embarrassing 00:07:32.099 --> 00:07:33.379 silence 00:07:33.379 --> 00:07:35.119 as they all glare 00:07:35.119 --> 00:07:36.059 at what Mary 00:07:36.059 --> 00:07:36.719 is doing. 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:39.720 And to make 00:07:39.720 --> 00:07:40.840 matters worse 00:07:40.840 --> 00:07:42.280 Mary 00:07:42.280 --> 00:07:43.800 unties her hair 00:07:43.800 --> 00:07:44.840 and lets it 00:07:44.840 --> 00:07:45.600 hang down 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:46.540 and begins 00:07:46.540 --> 00:07:47.500 to wipe 00:07:47.500 --> 00:07:48.260 the perfume 00:07:48.260 --> 00:07:49.680 into Jesus' 00:07:49.980 --> 00:07:50.420 feet. 00:07:52.580 --> 00:07:54.100 Well only a woman 00:07:54.100 --> 00:07:55.140 of a dubious 00:07:55.140 --> 00:07:55.880 and immoral 00:07:55.880 --> 00:07:56.620 background 00:07:56.620 --> 00:07:58.440 would let their 00:07:58.440 --> 00:07:59.180 hair down 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--> 00:08:24.960 for us? 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:27.360 In humble 00:08:27.360 --> 00:08:28.100 service 00:08:28.100 --> 00:08:28.620 Jesus 00:08:28.620 --> 00:08:30.100 I give 00:08:30.100 --> 00:08:30.780 myself 00:08:30.780 --> 00:08:32.080 to you. 00:08:32.080 --> 00:08:36.379 you see 00:08:36.379 --> 00:08:36.840 I think 00:08:36.840 --> 00:08:37.360 one of the 00:08:37.360 --> 00:08:37.900 things that 00:08:37.900 --> 00:08:38.600 holds us 00:08:38.600 --> 00:08:39.060 back 00:08:39.060 --> 00:08:40.160 in our 00:08:40.160 --> 00:08:40.740 service 00:08:40.740 --> 00:08:42.320 is we 00:08:42.320 --> 00:08:42.800 worry 00:08:42.800 --> 00:08:43.480 about what 00:08:43.480 --> 00:08:44.100 people will 00:08:44.100 --> 00:08:44.560 think. 00:08:45.560 --> 00:08:46.139 Yeah we 00:08:46.139 --> 00:08:46.820 want to be 00:08:46.820 --> 00:08:47.240 committed 00:08:47.240 --> 00:08:48.840 but we 00:08:48.840 --> 00:08:49.400 don't want 00:08:49.400 --> 00:08:50.040 to look like 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00:09:30.720 Jesus 00:09:30.720 --> 00:09:32.559 I give 00:09:32.559 --> 00:09:33.480 my life 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:34.899 to you. 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:40.059 So 00:09:40.059 --> 00:09:42.340 third 00:09:42.340 --> 00:09:45.159 extravagant 00:09:45.159 --> 00:09:45.779 devotion 00:09:45.779 --> 00:09:48.279 Mary's 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:48.980 response 00:09:48.980 --> 00:09:49.720 to Jesus 00:09:49.720 --> 00:09:50.360 was right 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:50.960 and good 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:52.580 but not 00:09:52.580 --> 00:09:53.279 everybody 00:09:53.279 --> 00:09:54.039 at this 00:09:54.039 --> 00:09:54.419 meal 00:09:54.419 --> 00:09:55.080 was very 00:09:55.080 --> 00:09:55.559 happy 00:09:55.559 --> 00:09:56.159 with what 00:09:56.159 --> 00:09:56.500 Mary 00:09:56.500 --> 00:09:56.979 did. 00:09:57.699 --> 00:09:58.199 Look at 00:09:58.199 --> 00:09:58.819 verse 4. 00:10:00.479 --> 00:10:00.799 One of 00:10:00.799 --> 00:10:01.659 the disciples 00:10:01.659 --> 00:10:02.319 Judas 00:10:02.319 --> 00:10:03.279 Iscariot 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:04.299 who was 00:10:04.299 --> 00:10:04.859 later to 00:10:04.859 --> 00:10:05.379 betray 00:10:05.379 --> 00:10:06.079 Jesus 00:10:06.079 --> 00:10:07.419 objected. 00:10:08.419 --> 00:10:08.659 Why 00:10:08.659 --> 00:10:09.099 wasn't 00:10:09.099 --> 00:10:09.319 this 00:10:09.319 --> 00:10:09.799 perfume 00:10:09.799 --> 00:10:10.359 sold 00:10:10.359 --> 00:10:10.699 and the 00:10:10.699 --> 00:10:10.879 money 00:10:10.879 --> 00:10:11.179 given 00:10:11.179 --> 00:10:11.559 to the 00:10:11.559 --> 00:10:11.879 poor? 00:10:12.559 --> 00:10:13.239 It was 00:10:13.239 --> 00:10:13.639 worth a 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:14.019 year's 00:10:14.019 --> 00:10:14.539 wages. 00:10:16.099 --> 00:10:16.239 Well 00:10:16.239 --> 00:10:16.859 fair point 00:10:16.859 --> 00:10:17.379 Judas 00:10:17.379 --> 00:10:18.299 you're 00:10:18.299 --> 00:10:18.879 spot on 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:19.279 the money 00:10:19.279 --> 00:10:19.639 there. 00:10:20.119 --> 00:10:20.339 Why 00:10:20.339 --> 00:10:20.899 waste 00:10:20.899 --> 00:10:21.379 something 00:10:21.379 --> 00:10:21.719 so 00:10:21.719 --> 00:10:22.459 valuable 00:10:22.460 --> 00:10:24.460 when there 00:10:24.460 --> 00:10:25.040 are those 00:10:25.040 --> 00:10:25.759 with such 00:10:25.759 --> 00:10:26.740 great need. 00:10:27.660 --> 00:10:28.180 It's like 00:10:28.180 --> 00:10:29.139 burning money 00:10:29.139 --> 00:10:30.139 to keep 00:10:30.139 --> 00:10:30.620 warm. 00:10:30.900 --> 00:10:31.200 It's 00:10:31.200 --> 00:10:31.780 completely 00:10:31.780 --> 00:10:32.639 wasteful. 00:10:34.500 --> 00:10:34.759 Well 00:10:34.759 --> 00:10:35.500 behind the 00:10:35.500 --> 00:10:36.100 objection 00:10:36.100 --> 00:10:37.759 was a 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:38.100 different 00:10:38.100 --> 00:10:38.820 kind of 00:10:38.820 --> 00:10:39.300 devotion 00:10:39.300 --> 00:10:39.680 on 00:10:39.680 --> 00:10:40.040 Judas' 00:10:40.259 --> 00:10:40.580 part. 00:10:40.700 --> 00:10:40.980 Look at 00:10:40.980 --> 00:10:41.680 verse 6. 00:10:42.440 --> 00:10:42.720 John 00:10:42.720 --> 00:10:43.420 gives us 00:10:43.420 --> 00:10:44.820 the reason 00:10:44.820 --> 00:10:45.720 really what 00:10:45.720 --> 00:10:46.220 was going 00:10:46.220 --> 00:10:46.700 on in 00:10:46.700 --> 00:10:47.019 Judas' 00:10:47.019 --> 00:10:47.740 mind. 00:10:48.740 --> 00:10:49.300 Verse 6. 00:10:49.299 --> 00:10:49.379 Judas, 00:10:49.859 --> 00:10:50.539 he did 00:10:50.539 --> 00:10:51.079 not say 00:10:51.079 --> 00:10:51.740 this because 00:10:51.740 --> 00:10:52.579 he cared 00:10:52.579 --> 00:10:53.219 about the 00:10:53.219 --> 00:10:53.579 poor, 00:10:54.299 --> 00:10:55.039 but because 00:10:55.039 --> 00:10:55.599 he was a 00:10:55.599 --> 00:10:56.019 thief. 00:10:57.000 --> 00:10:57.259 As 00:10:57.259 --> 00:10:57.819 keeper of 00:10:57.819 --> 00:10:58.179 the money 00:10:58.179 --> 00:10:58.500 bag, 00:10:58.599 --> 00:10:58.959 he was 00:10:58.959 --> 00:11:00.279 the treasurer 00:11:00.279 --> 00:11:00.779 for the 00:11:00.779 --> 00:11:01.659 disciples and 00:11:01.659 --> 00:11:02.299 making sure 00:11:02.299 --> 00:11:02.620 that it 00:11:02.620 --> 00:11:03.079 was looked 00:11:03.079 --> 00:11:03.519 after. 00:11:04.059 --> 00:11:04.500 He used 00:11:04.500 --> 00:11:05.019 to help 00:11:05.019 --> 00:11:05.839 himself to 00:11:05.839 --> 00:11:06.279 what was 00:11:06.279 --> 00:11:06.879 put into 00:11:06.879 --> 00:11:07.279 it. 00:11:08.500 --> 00:11:08.759 For 00:11:08.759 --> 00:11:09.120 Judas, 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:09.779 selling the 00:11:09.779 --> 00:11:11.120 perfume would 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:11.939 most certainly 00:11:11.939 --> 00:11:12.759 increase their 00:11:12.759 --> 00:11:13.719 bank balance. 00:11:14.579 --> 00:11:15.279 But rather 00:11:15.279 --> 00:11:15.919 than helping 00:11:15.919 --> 00:11:16.519 the poor, 00:11:16.939 --> 00:11:17.599 he saw it 00:11:17.599 --> 00:11:17.919 as an 00:11:17.919 --> 00:11:18.559 opportunity 00:11:18.559 --> 00:11:19.339 to skim 00:11:19.339 --> 00:11:19.739 off the 00:11:19.739 --> 00:11:20.739 top and 00:11:20.739 --> 00:11:21.559 give himself 00:11:21.559 --> 00:11:22.559 something nice, 00:11:22.959 --> 00:11:23.579 perhaps a 00:11:23.579 --> 00:11:24.239 nice plot 00:11:24.239 --> 00:11:25.099 of land 00:11:25.099 --> 00:11:25.739 around the 00:11:25.739 --> 00:11:26.299 shores of 00:11:26.299 --> 00:11:27.079 Lake Galilee, 00:11:27.439 --> 00:11:27.839 a little 00:11:27.839 --> 00:11:28.459 villa for 00:11:28.459 --> 00:11:29.339 his retirement. 00:11:32.479 --> 00:11:32.839 You see, 00:11:32.919 --> 00:11:33.639 Judas failed 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:34.439 to see that 00:11:34.439 --> 00:11:35.179 behind the 00:11:35.179 --> 00:11:35.719 act of 00:11:35.719 --> 00:11:36.639 pouring the 00:11:36.639 --> 00:11:37.399 perfume on 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:38.619 Jesus was 00:11:38.619 --> 00:11:39.179 a heart 00:11:39.179 --> 00:11:40.319 overflowing 00:11:40.319 --> 00:11:41.659 with extravagant 00:11:41.659 --> 00:11:42.199 devotion. 00:11:43.559 --> 00:11:43.859 Yes, 00:11:43.959 --> 00:11:44.559 the perfume 00:11:44.559 --> 00:11:45.319 was of great 00:11:45.319 --> 00:11:45.779 value, 00:11:46.199 --> 00:11:46.799 nearly a 00:11:46.799 --> 00:11:47.359 year's 00:11:47.359 --> 00:11:47.799 wages. 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:49.139 Yes, 00:11:49.179 --> 00:11:49.559 it could 00:11:49.559 --> 00:11:49.939 have been 00:11:49.939 --> 00:11:50.419 sold. 00:11:50.899 --> 00:11:51.279 Instead, 00:11:51.639 --> 00:11:52.500 Mary pours 00:11:52.500 --> 00:11:53.000 it all 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:54.019 out on 00:11:54.019 --> 00:11:54.579 Jesus, 00:11:54.939 --> 00:11:55.579 not to 00:11:55.579 --> 00:11:56.039 make him 00:11:56.039 --> 00:11:56.959 smell nice, 00:11:57.259 --> 00:11:57.719 but to 00:11:57.719 --> 00:11:58.779 declare that 00:11:58.779 --> 00:12:00.059 Jesus is 00:12:00.059 --> 00:12:01.319 worth it. 00:12:05.159 --> 00:12:06.099 I wonder 00:12:06.099 --> 00:12:06.719 how we 00:12:06.719 --> 00:12:07.319 think about 00:12:07.319 --> 00:12:08.039 the possessions 00:12:08.039 --> 00:12:09.679 that we 00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:10.159 have, 00:12:10.939 --> 00:12:12.059 because how 00:12:12.059 --> 00:12:12.959 we use our 00:12:12.959 --> 00:12:13.799 possessions and 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:14.299 our money 00:12:14.299 --> 00:12:15.659 reveals the 00:12:15.659 --> 00:12:16.739 true devotion 00:12:16.740 --> 00:12:17.879 of our 00:12:17.879 --> 00:12:18.440 hearts. 00:12:20.120 --> 00:12:20.580 Do you 00:12:20.580 --> 00:12:21.299 refer to 00:12:21.299 --> 00:12:21.779 what you 00:12:21.779 --> 00:12:22.480 have as 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:23.480 mine, 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:25.820 or a 00:12:25.820 --> 00:12:26.360 gift that 00:12:26.360 --> 00:12:26.799 God has 00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:27.539 given you 00:12:27.539 --> 00:12:28.480 to give 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:29.259 to others? 00:12:30.580 --> 00:12:31.320 Are we 00:12:31.320 --> 00:12:32.180 tight-fisted, 00:12:32.899 --> 00:12:34.279 or open 00:12:34.279 --> 00:12:34.879 and generous? 00:12:36.580 --> 00:12:36.980 You see, 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:38.139 when we see 00:12:38.139 --> 00:12:39.139 what Jesus 00:12:39.139 --> 00:12:39.740 has done, 00:12:39.799 --> 00:12:40.360 and what we 00:12:40.360 --> 00:12:41.000 have in 00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:41.419 Jesus, 00:12:41.419 --> 00:12:42.259 it will 00:12:42.259 --> 00:12:42.979 enable us 00:12:42.979 --> 00:12:43.479 to give 00:12:43.479 --> 00:12:44.559 in outrageous, 00:12:44.879 --> 00:12:45.799 extravagant 00:12:45.799 --> 00:12:46.419 ways. 00:12:46.919 --> 00:12:47.579 In use of 00:12:47.579 --> 00:12:48.360 our time, 00:12:48.740 --> 00:12:49.419 our possessions, 00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:50.219 and our 00:12:50.219 --> 00:12:50.519 money, 00:12:50.939 --> 00:12:51.259 there will 00:12:51.259 --> 00:12:51.779 be no 00:12:51.779 --> 00:12:52.879 holding back. 00:12:54.139 --> 00:12:54.579 You see, 00:12:54.699 --> 00:12:55.399 Mary saw 00:12:55.399 --> 00:12:56.019 the true 00:12:56.019 --> 00:12:56.879 value of 00:12:56.879 --> 00:12:57.199 Jesus. 00:12:57.579 --> 00:12:58.099 She came 00:12:58.099 --> 00:12:59.059 to experience 00:12:59.059 --> 00:12:59.620 the love 00:12:59.620 --> 00:13:00.139 and life 00:13:00.139 --> 00:13:00.719 that Jesus 00:13:00.719 --> 00:13:01.259 came to 00:13:01.259 --> 00:13:01.559 give, 00:13:01.979 --> 00:13:02.519 and so she 00:13:02.519 --> 00:13:03.419 responds in 00:13:03.419 --> 00:13:04.259 extravagant 00:13:04.259 --> 00:13:04.759 devotion, 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:05.699 not to 00:13:05.699 --> 00:13:06.319 gain the 00:13:06.319 --> 00:13:06.939 favour of 00:13:06.939 --> 00:13:07.279 Jesus, 00:13:07.679 --> 00:13:08.099 but to 00:13:08.099 --> 00:13:08.899 declare that 00:13:08.899 --> 00:13:09.879 knowing Jesus 00:13:09.879 --> 00:13:10.899 is beyond 00:13:10.899 --> 00:13:11.439 price. 00:13:11.799 --> 00:13:12.580 He is 00:13:12.580 --> 00:13:13.620 worth it. 00:13:15.899 --> 00:13:16.759 You see, 00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:17.419 the value 00:13:17.419 --> 00:13:18.100 of Jesus 00:13:18.100 --> 00:13:19.980 is beyond 00:13:19.980 --> 00:13:20.580 measure, 00:13:21.480 --> 00:13:22.139 so there 00:13:22.139 --> 00:13:22.779 is never 00:13:22.779 --> 00:13:23.899 no act 00:13:23.899 --> 00:13:24.620 of devotion 00:13:24.620 --> 00:13:25.639 that is 00:13:25.639 --> 00:13:26.980 ever too 00:13:26.980 --> 00:13:28.039 great. 00:13:29.939 --> 00:13:30.320 Jesus' 00:13:30.679 --> 00:13:31.200 worth 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:32.799 are all 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:34.139 and are 00:13:34.139 --> 00:13:34.919 best 00:13:34.919 --> 00:13:36.360 and are 00:13:36.360 --> 00:13:37.039 everything. 00:13:39.879 --> 00:13:41.139 so 00:13:41.139 --> 00:13:42.059 extravagant 00:13:42.059 --> 00:13:42.620 devotion. 00:13:44.980 --> 00:13:45.659 Fourth, 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:46.679 how do we 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:47.299 say thank 00:13:47.299 --> 00:13:47.559 you? 00:13:49.100 --> 00:13:49.879 Costly 00:13:49.879 --> 00:13:50.659 commitment. 00:13:52.779 --> 00:13:53.000 The 00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:53.580 resurrection 00:13:53.580 --> 00:13:55.220 of Lazarus 00:13:55.220 --> 00:13:56.639 had caused 00:13:56.639 --> 00:13:57.399 quite a 00:13:57.399 --> 00:13:57.740 stir. 00:13:58.419 --> 00:13:58.960 Jump with 00:13:58.960 --> 00:13:59.360 me to 00:13:59.360 --> 00:14:00.100 verse 9. 00:14:02.659 --> 00:14:03.379 Meanwhile, 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:04.059 while the 00:14:04.059 --> 00:14:04.539 meal was 00:14:04.539 --> 00:14:05.080 going on, 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:05.559 a large 00:14:05.559 --> 00:14:06.200 crowd of 00:14:06.200 --> 00:14:07.059 Jews found 00:14:07.059 --> 00:14:08.139 out that 00:14:08.139 --> 00:14:08.960 Jesus was 00:14:08.960 --> 00:14:10.240 there and 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:10.819 came not 00:14:10.819 --> 00:14:11.439 only because 00:14:11.439 --> 00:14:12.039 of him, 00:14:12.480 --> 00:14:13.399 but also 00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:13.939 to see 00:14:13.939 --> 00:14:14.819 Lazarus, 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:15.639 whom he 00:14:15.639 --> 00:14:16.080 had raised 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:16.460 from the 00:14:16.460 --> 00:14:16.840 dead. 00:14:18.080 --> 00:14:18.779 It seems 00:14:18.779 --> 00:14:19.500 that Lazarus 00:14:19.500 --> 00:14:19.980 is turning 00:14:19.980 --> 00:14:20.639 into quite 00:14:20.639 --> 00:14:21.360 a celebrity. 00:14:22.059 --> 00:14:22.639 Everybody's 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:23.159 coming to 00:14:23.159 --> 00:14:23.699 see him, 00:14:24.279 --> 00:14:25.639 but not 00:14:25.639 --> 00:14:26.279 for long. 00:14:28.139 --> 00:14:28.500 You see, 00:14:28.620 --> 00:14:29.399 commitment to 00:14:29.399 --> 00:14:30.059 Jesus, 00:14:31.259 --> 00:14:31.819 honouring 00:14:31.819 --> 00:14:32.299 Jesus, 00:14:32.779 --> 00:14:33.259 is a 00:14:33.259 --> 00:14:33.779 costly 00:14:33.779 --> 00:14:34.319 thing. 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:36.399 Look how 00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:36.919 the religious 00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:37.559 authorities 00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:38.500 responded to 00:14:38.500 --> 00:14:39.740 Jesus after 00:14:39.740 --> 00:14:40.159 he had 00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:41.379 raised Lazarus 00:14:41.379 --> 00:14:41.759 from the 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:42.059 dead. 00:14:42.500 --> 00:14:42.979 Look back 00:14:42.979 --> 00:14:43.479 at chapter 00:14:43.479 --> 00:14:43.939 11, 00:14:44.039 --> 00:14:44.879 verse 53. 00:14:45.979 --> 00:14:46.399 It's an 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:47.019 extraordinary 00:14:47.019 --> 00:14:48.620 response to 00:14:48.620 --> 00:14:49.139 one who 00:14:49.139 --> 00:14:49.539 had just 00:14:49.539 --> 00:14:50.360 given life 00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:50.979 to somebody 00:14:50.979 --> 00:14:51.399 who had 00:14:51.399 --> 00:14:51.879 died. 00:14:52.839 --> 00:14:53.679 Verse 53, 00:14:54.439 --> 00:14:55.279 so from 00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:55.959 that day 00:14:55.959 --> 00:14:56.399 on, 00:14:57.319 --> 00:14:58.019 they plotted 00:14:58.019 --> 00:14:58.819 to take 00:14:58.819 --> 00:14:59.779 his life. 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:00.839 They plotted 00:15:00.839 --> 00:15:01.500 to kill 00:15:01.500 --> 00:15:01.980 Jesus. 00:15:01.980 --> 00:15:02.200 Lazarus. 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:04.840 Now look 00:15:04.840 --> 00:15:05.159 at how 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:05.659 they want 00:15:05.659 --> 00:15:06.360 to treat 00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:07.440 Lazarus. 00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:08.659 Chapter 00:15:08.659 --> 00:15:09.259 12, 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:10.279 verse 10. 00:15:12.379 --> 00:15:13.320 So the 00:15:13.320 --> 00:15:13.639 chief 00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:14.440 priest made 00:15:14.440 --> 00:15:15.360 plans to 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:16.379 kill 00:15:16.379 --> 00:15:17.340 Lazarus 00:15:17.340 --> 00:15:18.060 as well. 00:15:19.259 --> 00:15:19.680 For on 00:15:19.680 --> 00:15:20.259 account of 00:15:20.259 --> 00:15:20.460 him, 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:21.220 many of 00:15:21.220 --> 00:15:21.639 the Jews 00:15:21.639 --> 00:15:22.139 were going 00:15:22.139 --> 00:15:22.759 over to 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:23.879 Jesus and 00:15:23.879 --> 00:15:24.720 believing in 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:24.980 him. 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:26.980 You see, 00:15:26.980 --> 00:15:27.879 maybe if 00:15:27.879 --> 00:15:28.639 Lazarus had 00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:29.100 kept his 00:15:29.100 --> 00:15:30.019 distance from 00:15:30.019 --> 00:15:30.439 Jesus. 00:15:31.199 --> 00:15:31.799 Maybe if 00:15:31.799 --> 00:15:32.220 he didn't 00:15:32.220 --> 00:15:32.740 go to 00:15:32.740 --> 00:15:33.240 the meal, 00:15:33.559 --> 00:15:33.960 then he 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:34.299 would have 00:15:34.299 --> 00:15:35.159 avoided any 00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:35.740 kind of 00:15:35.740 --> 00:15:36.579 death threat. 00:15:38.079 --> 00:15:38.659 But no, 00:15:38.819 --> 00:15:39.579 Lazarus wanted 00:15:39.579 --> 00:15:40.679 to honour 00:15:40.679 --> 00:15:41.539 Jesus. 00:15:43.059 --> 00:15:43.720 Was anything 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:44.500 too much 00:15:44.500 --> 00:15:45.259 for Lazarus 00:15:45.259 --> 00:15:45.740 to do 00:15:45.740 --> 00:15:46.620 after what 00:15:46.620 --> 00:15:47.279 Jesus had 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:47.699 done for 00:15:47.699 --> 00:15:47.939 him? 00:15:48.299 --> 00:15:48.600 No, 00:15:48.699 --> 00:15:49.039 he was 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:49.519 committed 00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:50.240 to Jesus 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:51.159 and that 00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:52.159 was costly. 00:15:54.159 --> 00:15:54.919 This was 00:15:54.919 --> 00:15:55.299 something 00:15:55.299 --> 00:15:56.019 Jesus would 00:15:56.019 --> 00:15:57.460 teach his 00:15:57.460 --> 00:15:58.079 disciples. 00:15:58.360 --> 00:15:58.899 Just jump 00:15:58.899 --> 00:15:59.460 over to 00:15:59.460 --> 00:16:00.540 chapter 15 00:16:00.540 --> 00:16:01.920 verse 20. 00:16:04.139 --> 00:16:05.360 Chapter 15 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:06.259 verse 20. 00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:16.280 Jesus 00:16:16.280 --> 00:16:16.840 says, 00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:17.800 Remember 00:16:17.800 --> 00:16:18.420 what I 00:16:18.420 --> 00:16:19.080 told you? 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:20.120 A 00:16:20.120 --> 00:16:20.780 servant is 00:16:20.780 --> 00:16:21.420 not greater 00:16:21.420 --> 00:16:21.920 than his 00:16:21.920 --> 00:16:22.400 master. 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:23.860 If they 00:16:23.860 --> 00:16:24.860 persecuted 00:16:24.860 --> 00:16:25.300 me, 00:16:26.460 --> 00:16:27.240 they will 00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:28.120 persecute 00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:29.580 you also. 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:32.159 You see, 00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:33.100 to identify 00:16:33.100 --> 00:16:34.179 with Jesus, 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:36.120 to honour 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:36.879 Jesus, 00:16:37.299 --> 00:16:37.940 to be 00:16:37.940 --> 00:16:38.779 devoted to 00:16:38.779 --> 00:16:39.700 Jesus means 00:16:39.700 --> 00:16:40.500 you will 00:16:40.500 --> 00:16:41.060 become a 00:16:41.060 --> 00:16:41.440 target. 00:16:42.560 --> 00:16:43.080 You won't 00:16:43.080 --> 00:16:43.720 always be 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:44.659 liked or be 00:16:44.659 --> 00:16:45.759 popular or 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:46.799 be invited to 00:16:46.799 --> 00:16:47.799 social events. 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:49.720 You might get 00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:50.600 overlooked in a 00:16:50.600 --> 00:16:51.379 position or a 00:16:51.379 --> 00:16:52.060 promotion at 00:16:52.060 --> 00:16:52.419 work. 00:16:53.539 --> 00:16:54.180 To live a 00:16:54.180 --> 00:16:54.639 life of 00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:55.519 thanks to 00:16:55.519 --> 00:16:56.699 Jesus is 00:16:56.699 --> 00:16:57.579 costly. 00:16:58.579 --> 00:16:59.379 It's not 00:16:59.379 --> 00:17:00.120 going to be 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:00.659 easy. 00:17:02.259 --> 00:17:03.179 But if we 00:17:03.179 --> 00:17:03.460 have 00:17:03.460 --> 00:17:04.200 resurrection 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:05.940 life in 00:17:05.940 --> 00:17:06.359 a hundred 00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:07.339 years, in 00:17:07.339 --> 00:17:07.879 a thousand 00:17:07.879 --> 00:17:08.539 years from 00:17:08.539 --> 00:17:09.400 now, it 00:17:09.400 --> 00:17:09.940 will be 00:17:09.940 --> 00:17:11.720 all worth 00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:12.099 it. 00:17:12.099 --> 00:17:16.679 how do 00:17:16.679 --> 00:17:17.119 we say 00:17:17.119 --> 00:17:17.819 thank you? 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:21.699 Well, it's 00:17:21.699 --> 00:17:22.079 been a 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:22.599 remarkable 00:17:22.599 --> 00:17:23.299 occasion, 00:17:23.439 --> 00:17:24.019 hasn't it? 00:17:24.699 --> 00:17:25.179 An 00:17:25.179 --> 00:17:26.159 extraordinary 00:17:26.159 --> 00:17:27.379 dinner party. 00:17:28.679 --> 00:17:29.299 The house, 00:17:29.939 --> 00:17:30.480 look at the 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:30.839 end of 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:31.379 verse 3, 00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:31.779 this is 00:17:31.779 --> 00:17:32.559 chapter 12, 00:17:32.659 --> 00:17:33.199 verse 3, 00:17:33.859 --> 00:17:34.719 is still 00:17:34.719 --> 00:17:35.619 filled with 00:17:35.619 --> 00:17:36.299 the fragrance 00:17:36.299 --> 00:17:36.799 of the 00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:37.219 perfume. 00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:39.099 The love 00:17:39.099 --> 00:17:39.699 and honour 00:17:39.699 --> 00:17:40.439 for Jesus 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:41.759 is filling 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:42.420 the room. 00:17:44.100 --> 00:17:44.880 But here's 00:17:44.880 --> 00:17:45.500 the pinch 00:17:45.500 --> 00:17:46.320 of what 00:17:46.320 --> 00:17:46.799 we're looking 00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:47.140 at. 00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:48.680 I don't 00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:49.360 know if I 00:17:49.360 --> 00:17:49.880 can live 00:17:49.880 --> 00:17:50.640 like this. 00:17:51.860 --> 00:17:52.620 I'm not 00:17:52.620 --> 00:17:53.700 sure I 00:17:53.700 --> 00:17:54.500 can respond 00:17:54.500 --> 00:17:55.080 with such 00:17:55.080 --> 00:17:56.000 extravagant 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:56.860 love and 00:17:56.860 --> 00:17:57.740 humble service, 00:17:58.120 --> 00:17:59.000 never mind 00:17:59.000 --> 00:17:59.880 costly 00:17:59.880 --> 00:18:00.480 commitment. 00:18:03.299 --> 00:18:04.200 How can 00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:05.000 we maintain, 00:18:05.160 --> 00:18:05.779 how can we 00:18:05.779 --> 00:18:07.980 live such 00:18:07.980 --> 00:18:09.279 thankful lives? 00:18:10.440 --> 00:18:12.580 well, two 00:18:12.580 --> 00:18:14.460 things that 00:18:14.460 --> 00:18:14.960 will help 00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:15.380 us. 00:18:16.740 --> 00:18:18.580 First, the 00:18:18.580 --> 00:18:19.600 fragrance of 00:18:19.600 --> 00:18:20.000 Jesus. 00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:22.019 Let the 00:18:22.019 --> 00:18:23.160 fragrance of 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:25.360 Jesus fill 00:18:25.360 --> 00:18:26.900 your life. 00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:28.519 You see, 00:18:28.620 --> 00:18:29.279 throughout this 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:29.660 account, 00:18:29.820 --> 00:18:30.460 throughout this 00:18:30.460 --> 00:18:31.299 dinner party, 00:18:31.860 --> 00:18:32.680 the beauty 00:18:32.680 --> 00:18:34.320 and glory of 00:18:34.320 --> 00:18:35.320 Jesus is being 00:18:35.320 --> 00:18:36.140 poured out 00:18:36.140 --> 00:18:37.100 before us, 00:18:37.259 --> 00:18:38.460 and the scent 00:18:38.460 --> 00:18:40.140 is captivating. 00:18:41.220 --> 00:18:41.980 Look how 00:18:41.980 --> 00:18:43.079 Jesus responded 00:18:43.079 --> 00:18:43.799 to Judas' 00:18:44.039 --> 00:18:44.880 objection to 00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:46.039 Mary for 00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:46.700 pouring out 00:18:46.700 --> 00:18:47.340 the perfume. 00:18:47.500 --> 00:18:47.779 Look at 00:18:47.779 --> 00:18:48.420 verse 7. 00:18:50.600 --> 00:18:51.480 Leave her 00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:52.100 alone, 00:18:53.100 --> 00:18:53.960 Jesus replied. 00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:55.460 It was 00:18:55.460 --> 00:18:56.360 intended that 00:18:56.360 --> 00:18:56.940 she should 00:18:56.940 --> 00:18:57.700 save this 00:18:57.700 --> 00:18:58.840 perfume for 00:18:58.840 --> 00:18:59.440 the day of 00:18:59.440 --> 00:19:00.140 my burial. 00:19:00.140 --> 00:19:02.000 You see, 00:19:02.060 --> 00:19:02.520 when somebody 00:19:02.520 --> 00:19:03.180 died in 00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:03.759 those days, 00:19:03.840 --> 00:19:04.100 they were 00:19:04.100 --> 00:19:04.620 wrapped in 00:19:04.620 --> 00:19:05.320 grave clothes 00:19:05.320 --> 00:19:06.380 and spices 00:19:06.380 --> 00:19:07.340 and perfumes 00:19:07.340 --> 00:19:08.320 were poured 00:19:08.320 --> 00:19:08.980 onto the 00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:09.360 body. 00:19:10.320 --> 00:19:11.040 So Jesus 00:19:11.040 --> 00:19:12.160 interprets 00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:13.140 the action 00:19:13.140 --> 00:19:13.880 of Mary 00:19:13.880 --> 00:19:15.300 as an act 00:19:15.300 --> 00:19:16.000 of his 00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:17.060 very burial. 00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:17.940 In fact, 00:19:18.040 --> 00:19:18.740 in a week's 00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:19.480 time from 00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:20.080 this very 00:19:20.080 --> 00:19:20.580 event, 00:19:21.080 --> 00:19:21.800 Jesus would 00:19:21.800 --> 00:19:22.400 be in a 00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:22.759 tomb. 00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:24.759 He's 00:19:24.759 --> 00:19:25.740 reminding us 00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:26.380 that the 00:19:26.380 --> 00:19:26.960 reason he 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:27.620 came was 00:19:27.620 --> 00:19:28.020 to come 00:19:28.020 --> 00:19:28.640 to die, 00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:29.660 that Jesus 00:19:29.660 --> 00:19:30.180 came to 00:19:30.180 --> 00:19:30.940 die for 00:19:30.940 --> 00:19:31.480 you and 00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:32.040 for me 00:19:32.040 --> 00:19:32.780 so that 00:19:32.780 --> 00:19:33.300 we might 00:19:33.300 --> 00:19:33.560 have 00:19:33.560 --> 00:19:34.200 resurrection 00:19:34.200 --> 00:19:34.860 life. 00:19:36.180 --> 00:19:36.600 You see, 00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:37.160 the death 00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:37.759 of Jesus 00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:38.600 was an 00:19:38.600 --> 00:19:39.140 act of 00:19:39.140 --> 00:19:39.680 great 00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:40.240 honour, 00:19:41.800 --> 00:19:42.259 one of 00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:42.820 humble 00:19:42.820 --> 00:19:43.880 service, 00:19:44.600 --> 00:19:45.920 of pure 00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:46.960 extravagant 00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:47.420 love, 00:19:47.780 --> 00:19:48.220 and of 00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:48.820 costly 00:19:48.820 --> 00:19:49.620 commitment. 00:19:50.220 --> 00:19:50.600 Jesus 00:19:50.600 --> 00:19:51.240 held 00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:52.040 nothing 00:19:52.040 --> 00:19:52.540 back. 00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:53.400 He gave 00:19:53.400 --> 00:19:54.000 his all, 00:19:54.320 --> 00:19:54.759 he gave 00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:55.440 his life 00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:56.060 for our 00:19:56.060 --> 00:19:56.660 good and 00:19:56.660 --> 00:19:57.020 for the 00:19:57.020 --> 00:19:57.780 glory and 00:19:57.780 --> 00:19:58.300 the honour 00:19:58.299 --> 00:19:58.700 of his 00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:59.240 father. 00:20:01.339 --> 00:20:01.960 Can you 00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:03.680 smell the 00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:04.579 fragrance of 00:20:04.579 --> 00:20:04.960 Jesus? 00:20:06.579 --> 00:20:07.200 Do you 00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:07.659 get the 00:20:07.659 --> 00:20:08.779 scent of 00:20:08.779 --> 00:20:09.639 his beauty 00:20:09.639 --> 00:20:10.440 and all 00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:10.759 that he 00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:11.220 has done 00:20:11.220 --> 00:20:11.740 for you? 00:20:13.579 --> 00:20:14.019 You see, 00:20:14.119 --> 00:20:14.480 as we 00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:15.419 breathe in 00:20:15.419 --> 00:20:16.159 the fragrance 00:20:16.159 --> 00:20:17.200 of Jesus, 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:19.299 so we 00:20:19.299 --> 00:20:20.339 are changed 00:20:20.339 --> 00:20:22.379 and we 00:20:22.379 --> 00:20:23.019 become, 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.259 secondly, 00:20:24.259 --> 00:20:27.000 the aroma 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:28.599 of life. 00:20:30.220 --> 00:20:30.980 Look at 00:20:30.980 --> 00:20:31.680 verse 8. 00:20:33.099 --> 00:20:33.339 Jesus 00:20:33.339 --> 00:20:33.700 says, 00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:34.140 you will 00:20:34.140 --> 00:20:35.079 always have 00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:35.579 the poor 00:20:35.579 --> 00:20:36.259 among you, 00:20:37.299 --> 00:20:38.160 but you 00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:38.640 will not 00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:39.440 always have 00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:39.779 me. 00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:42.000 But Jesus 00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:42.680 isn't saying 00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:43.140 the poor 00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:43.879 don't matter. 00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:45.259 In fact, 00:20:45.339 --> 00:20:46.140 Jesus commands 00:20:46.140 --> 00:20:46.960 that we should 00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:47.779 care for the 00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:48.500 poor and 00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:49.119 that's how we 00:20:49.119 --> 00:20:49.740 should live. 00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:50.480 But what 00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:51.220 Jesus is 00:20:51.220 --> 00:20:51.859 saying here 00:20:51.859 --> 00:20:52.079 is, 00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:52.839 he's saying, 00:20:53.299 --> 00:20:54.039 I am more 00:20:54.039 --> 00:20:55.140 important than 00:20:55.140 --> 00:20:55.759 the poor. 00:20:56.900 --> 00:20:57.740 It's not 00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:58.579 about what you 00:20:58.579 --> 00:20:59.240 can do for 00:20:59.240 --> 00:20:59.599 others, 00:20:59.740 --> 00:21:00.819 but look at 00:21:00.819 --> 00:21:02.200 me and look 00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:02.740 at what I 00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:03.140 have done 00:21:03.140 --> 00:21:03.980 for you. 00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:05.920 what you 00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:06.380 could ever 00:21:06.380 --> 00:21:06.860 give to 00:21:06.860 --> 00:21:07.920 anybody is 00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:08.920 only temporary, 00:21:09.420 --> 00:21:10.019 but what I 00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:10.860 give to you 00:21:10.860 --> 00:21:11.480 is of 00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:12.660 eternal value. 00:21:13.900 --> 00:21:14.519 I give 00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:15.420 my life 00:21:15.420 --> 00:21:16.099 that you 00:21:16.099 --> 00:21:16.460 will be 00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:17.039 forgiven 00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:17.759 and loved 00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:18.640 and treasured. 00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:19.720 Come to 00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.200 me. 00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:21.980 Let the 00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:22.839 fragrance of 00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:23.519 my life 00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:24.259 fill you 00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:25.140 and you 00:21:25.140 --> 00:21:25.519 will be 00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:26.000 changed 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:26.720 and transformed. 00:21:27.319 --> 00:21:27.720 I will 00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:28.360 take away 00:21:28.360 --> 00:21:29.120 the stench 00:21:29.120 --> 00:21:29.680 of death 00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:30.360 that fills 00:21:30.360 --> 00:21:31.339 your life 00:21:31.339 --> 00:21:32.940 and I 00:21:32.940 --> 00:21:33.460 will give 00:21:33.460 --> 00:21:34.220 to you 00:21:34.220 --> 00:21:35.480 the aroma 00:21:35.480 --> 00:21:36.880 of life. 00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:39.680 You see, 00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:40.340 it's only 00:21:40.340 --> 00:21:41.240 when we 00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:42.180 meditate 00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:44.140 and think 00:21:44.140 --> 00:21:44.960 and reflect 00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:45.740 and let 00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:46.480 the fragrance 00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:47.180 of Jesus 00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:47.799 fill our 00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:48.240 lives, 00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:49.039 it's only 00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:49.660 when the 00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:50.220 scent of 00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:50.880 his love 00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:52.279 captivates 00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:52.779 us 00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:54.460 that we 00:21:54.460 --> 00:21:55.200 begin to 00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:55.740 live as 00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:56.180 Jesus. 00:21:57.720 --> 00:21:58.160 And in 00:21:58.160 --> 00:21:59.039 response to 00:21:59.039 --> 00:21:59.539 all that 00:21:59.539 --> 00:21:59.920 he has 00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:00.279 done, 00:22:01.579 --> 00:22:01.980 we will 00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.319 live a 00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:02.860 life of 00:22:02.860 --> 00:22:03.400 grateful 00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:03.840 honour, 00:22:05.060 --> 00:22:05.580 humble 00:22:05.580 --> 00:22:06.380 service, 00:22:07.540 --> 00:22:08.420 extravagant 00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:09.000 devotion, 00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:11.120 and costly 00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:11.759 commitment. 00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.280 And so 00:22:14.280 --> 00:22:15.000 wherever we 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:15.480 go and 00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:16.080 wherever we 00:22:16.080 --> 00:22:16.840 walk this 00:22:16.840 --> 00:22:17.180 week, 00:22:17.540 --> 00:22:18.120 into our 00:22:18.120 --> 00:22:19.600 homes and 00:22:19.600 --> 00:22:20.120 into our 00:22:20.120 --> 00:22:21.019 workplaces, 00:22:21.460 --> 00:22:22.140 amongst our 00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:22.580 neighbours, 00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:24.700 conversations 00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:25.560 with people, 00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:27.740 so we go 00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.280 with the 00:22:28.280 --> 00:22:29.200 aroma of 00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:29.740 life. 00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:29.799 love, 00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:31.740 and the 00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:32.420 rooms that 00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:32.960 we walk 00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:34.079 into will 00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:34.839 be filled 00:22:34.839 --> 00:22:36.079 with the 00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:36.960 fragrance of 00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:39.279 Christ as 00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:39.779 we live 00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:41.200 different lives 00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:42.700 loving those 00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:43.859 we come in 00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:44.799 contact with. 00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:47.500 How do we 00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:48.279 ever say 00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:49.180 thank you 00:22:49.180 --> 00:22:51.759 but to live 00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.480 our life 00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:54.359 in grateful 00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:56.220 devotion for 00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:56.860 all that 00:22:56.860 --> 00:22:57.420 he has 00:22:57.420 --> 00:22:57.779 done. 00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:58.740 Let's 00:22:59.460 --> 00:22:59.740 pray. 00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:29.720 Thank you.