WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:25.500 Let's begin with prayer. 00:00:25.500 --> 00:00:36.439 Father, our gracious Father, we do not pray out of habit. 00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:49.760 We do not pray because it is something that is planned and a formal part of worship. 00:00:50.939 --> 00:00:55.159 We pray because our hearts are inclined towards you by your grace. 00:00:56.500 --> 00:00:58.719 We pray because we are needy. 00:00:59.960 --> 00:01:02.340 We pray because you are sufficient. 00:01:04.180 --> 00:01:11.799 We pray because we are frail, inclined to all the wrong things. 00:01:11.799 --> 00:01:21.359 And this morning we would ask that your spirit would quicken our hearts, that the sweet words 00:01:21.359 --> 00:01:28.199 of Psalm 119 would be true, that we would have hearts that are opened to hear wonderful things 00:01:28.200 --> 00:01:29.040 out of your law. 00:01:31.340 --> 00:01:42.159 We pray that we have soil that is suited, that the word of Christ may fall upon prepared hearts 00:01:42.159 --> 00:01:46.280 and bear fruit that brings glory to your name. 00:01:47.619 --> 00:01:51.859 We pray because there are some here that don't know Christ. 00:01:51.859 --> 00:01:58.039 And that in the light of eternity, this moment is critical. 00:01:59.959 --> 00:02:06.039 We pray that you would bring conviction where there is that need for revival. 00:02:06.040 --> 00:02:16.819 We pray that you would enable me and my frailty and my very earthy vessel would reflect your glory. 00:02:16.819 --> 00:02:21.219 And that your people would delight in you. 00:02:23.359 --> 00:02:25.099 We ask this in Jesus' name. 00:02:26.199 --> 00:02:26.500 Amen. 00:02:26.500 --> 00:02:26.599 Amen. 00:02:29.659 --> 00:02:34.560 I want to leave you with a couple thoughts. 00:02:34.639 --> 00:02:37.219 I'm not leaving yet, but I just want to be sure these stick. 00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:40.080 Whoa. 00:02:40.340 --> 00:02:41.180 Early departure. 00:02:41.439 --> 00:02:41.580 No. 00:02:41.659 --> 00:02:42.060 Here we go. 00:02:42.060 --> 00:02:45.520 I want you to kind of frame this in your life and think about it. 00:02:45.580 --> 00:02:47.460 We cannot worship apart from truth. 00:02:49.180 --> 00:02:50.379 I want you to hold on to that. 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:53.039 We cannot worship apart from truth. 00:02:56.120 --> 00:02:59.439 We cannot grow apart from truth. 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:02.420 Now, I've got two pieces out here, so what I want you to do is, 00:03:02.780 --> 00:03:05.740 and this is a little bit of foretaste of what we're going to do tonight, right? 00:03:06.340 --> 00:03:09.199 All of you are going to be here, right? 00:03:09.199 --> 00:03:12.639 All God's people said, well, maybe. 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:13.139 Okay. 00:03:15.539 --> 00:03:16.099 I know. 00:03:16.219 --> 00:03:17.799 Some of you have very pressing details. 00:03:18.780 --> 00:03:19.039 Okay. 00:03:19.819 --> 00:03:21.399 We've got two pieces on. 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:22.280 Here's what I want you to do. 00:03:22.359 --> 00:03:30.719 I want you to think if you can attach a Bible text to the two statements I've made so far. 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:31.439 Is that fair? 00:03:34.299 --> 00:03:35.780 Isaiah chapter 8 says this, 00:03:35.780 --> 00:03:37.539 According to the law and to the testimonies, 00:03:37.819 --> 00:03:39.780 if they speak not according to this, 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:41.699 it's because there's no truth in them. 00:03:42.860 --> 00:03:45.259 And we know what the Bereans did. 00:03:45.340 --> 00:03:47.379 You know, they were more noble than those in Thessalonica 00:03:47.379 --> 00:03:48.580 because what they did was, 00:03:48.960 --> 00:03:50.560 as they listened to Paul preach, 00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:53.439 and they didn't have their phones in front of them, 00:03:53.460 --> 00:03:55.240 they were swiping to kind of check and see, 00:03:55.659 --> 00:04:00.719 but they were cross-referencing everything Paul said against the Scriptures. 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:03.280 So I made the statement, 00:04:03.639 --> 00:04:05.439 you can't worship apart from truth. 00:04:06.240 --> 00:04:06.580 Yeah? 00:04:06.759 --> 00:04:07.319 Where's that? 00:04:08.139 --> 00:04:09.300 I made the statement, 00:04:09.439 --> 00:04:10.979 you can't grow apart from truth. 00:04:11.379 --> 00:04:11.659 Yeah? 00:04:12.300 --> 00:04:13.079 Where's that? 00:04:13.699 --> 00:04:14.360 There's the third one. 00:04:15.319 --> 00:04:18.620 We cannot love him apart from truth. 00:04:18.620 --> 00:04:22.420 And so one of the things that I trust 00:04:22.420 --> 00:04:26.500 is happening in this slow and methodic journey 00:04:26.500 --> 00:04:28.300 that we're taking through the book of John, 00:04:28.899 --> 00:04:31.120 and we are in John chapter 12, 00:04:32.040 --> 00:04:33.259 verse 1. 00:04:34.660 --> 00:04:37.780 As we are taking this slow and methodic journey 00:04:37.780 --> 00:04:38.980 through the book of John, 00:04:39.079 --> 00:04:43.259 one of the things that I sincerely trust is happening 00:04:43.259 --> 00:04:46.560 is that you are growing in your affection 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:48.220 for the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:04:50.759 --> 00:04:52.920 We live in a wicked and perverse world. 00:04:54.759 --> 00:04:57.519 And not only do we live in a wicked and perverse world, 00:04:57.620 --> 00:04:59.280 but every one of us who are here, 00:04:59.740 --> 00:05:03.199 at least that are sensible to spiritual realities, 00:05:03.199 --> 00:05:07.300 know that we also carry in us this very frail heart 00:05:07.300 --> 00:05:12.519 that is inclined towards things of less than noble propositions, right? 00:05:12.519 --> 00:05:16.560 I like the words of the songwriter. 00:05:16.719 --> 00:05:16.879 It said, 00:05:17.899 --> 00:05:19.519 prone to wander, Lord, I feel it. 00:05:19.639 --> 00:05:21.879 Prone to leave the God I love. 00:05:23.060 --> 00:05:25.159 Take my heart, oh, take and seal it. 00:05:25.859 --> 00:05:26.000 Right? 00:05:26.979 --> 00:05:30.019 Do something with this heart I have. 00:05:30.019 --> 00:05:36.699 In relationship to this passage, 00:05:36.919 --> 00:05:38.620 I'm going to close with a statement. 00:05:40.039 --> 00:05:41.279 That's at least the plan. 00:05:42.299 --> 00:05:43.719 I'm going to tell you ahead of time 00:05:43.719 --> 00:05:45.620 so that you know how it's going to end up. 00:05:45.979 --> 00:05:47.560 And you may even write it on your notes 00:05:47.560 --> 00:05:51.139 because it's something I want you to frame and hold on to. 00:05:51.859 --> 00:05:53.839 Two choices on the shelf. 00:05:54.839 --> 00:05:57.319 Worship Christ or worship self. 00:05:57.319 --> 00:05:59.300 Not original with me. 00:05:59.379 --> 00:06:00.879 I want you to know that for certain. 00:06:01.159 --> 00:06:03.719 But really, at the heart of the lesson 00:06:03.719 --> 00:06:06.360 that we're going to take from this passage 00:06:06.360 --> 00:06:08.300 in John chapter 12 00:06:08.300 --> 00:06:11.639 is this fundamental truth of the reality 00:06:11.639 --> 00:06:14.159 that we are all worshipers. 00:06:15.939 --> 00:06:17.879 As I listened to you sing this morning, 00:06:18.019 --> 00:06:20.219 I couldn't help but take pleasure in it. 00:06:20.899 --> 00:06:23.420 I like the way you sing. 00:06:23.420 --> 00:06:27.900 And you know why I like that? 00:06:29.340 --> 00:06:31.199 Because I just cannot, 00:06:31.920 --> 00:06:34.420 I cannot understand people who go to church 00:06:34.420 --> 00:06:35.480 and say they're there to worship 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:37.000 and then kind of sit there 00:06:37.000 --> 00:06:39.819 with kind of a glum spirit on their face. 00:06:39.960 --> 00:06:40.360 You know, it's like, 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:43.580 yeah, I know the words, 00:06:43.740 --> 00:06:45.160 but I'm not in it today. 00:06:45.960 --> 00:06:46.660 Hey, you know what? 00:06:48.020 --> 00:06:50.580 He is happy to help you with that attitude. 00:06:50.700 --> 00:06:51.400 How many of you know that? 00:06:51.399 --> 00:06:54.839 You know, one of the things I love about salvation 00:06:54.839 --> 00:06:56.819 is you don't have to stay the way you are. 00:06:58.779 --> 00:07:01.560 And people that love Jesus 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:04.799 have every reason to sing. 00:07:04.899 --> 00:07:06.799 By the way, Pastor, I wrote this on my hand. 00:07:07.459 --> 00:07:09.899 The last part of every sermon 00:07:09.899 --> 00:07:11.479 or every service 00:07:11.479 --> 00:07:13.639 is that your pastor is going to read 00:07:13.639 --> 00:07:14.620 a passage of Scripture. 00:07:15.239 --> 00:07:17.500 Pastor Shear, I'm going to be in that place, 00:07:17.500 --> 00:07:19.579 so I'm going to ask you to read 00:07:19.579 --> 00:07:22.439 Psalm 96, 7 through 9. 00:07:22.660 --> 00:07:23.240 It's... 00:07:23.240 --> 00:07:25.860 Got it. 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:30.680 I make little notes to myself. 00:07:30.860 --> 00:07:32.379 That's the way I get around. 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:35.759 John chapter 12. 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:39.879 Six days before the Passover, 00:07:40.079 --> 00:07:41.500 Jesus therefore came to Bethany 00:07:41.500 --> 00:07:42.779 where Lazarus was, 00:07:43.839 --> 00:07:45.459 whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 00:07:46.300 --> 00:07:47.779 So they gave a dinner for him. 00:07:47.860 --> 00:07:48.740 There Martha served, 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:50.319 and Lazarus was one of those 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:51.719 reclining with him at the table. 00:07:54.300 --> 00:07:55.539 Mary therefore took a pound 00:07:55.539 --> 00:07:56.560 of expensive ointment 00:07:56.560 --> 00:07:57.620 made from pure nard 00:07:57.620 --> 00:07:58.939 and anointed the feet of Jesus 00:07:58.939 --> 00:08:01.120 and wiped his feet with her hair. 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:03.639 The house was filled 00:08:03.639 --> 00:08:06.139 with the fragrance of the perfume. 00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:08.840 But Judas Iscariot, 00:08:08.899 --> 00:08:09.759 one of his disciples, 00:08:10.199 --> 00:08:11.620 he who was about to betray him, 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:11.860 said, 00:08:12.319 --> 00:08:13.879 Why was not this ointment 00:08:13.879 --> 00:08:16.319 not sold for 300 denarii 00:08:16.319 --> 00:08:17.399 and given to the poor? 00:08:18.280 --> 00:08:19.420 He said this not because 00:08:19.420 --> 00:08:20.399 he cared about the poor, 00:08:21.399 --> 00:08:22.699 because he was a thief. 00:08:23.420 --> 00:08:24.680 And having charged the money bag, 00:08:24.959 --> 00:08:25.899 he used to help himself 00:08:25.899 --> 00:08:27.240 to what was put in it. 00:08:28.220 --> 00:08:28.800 Jesus said, 00:08:28.879 --> 00:08:29.579 Leave her alone. 00:08:29.579 --> 00:08:31.659 So that she may keep it 00:08:31.659 --> 00:08:32.740 for the day of my burial. 00:08:33.699 --> 00:08:36.019 For the poor you always have with you, 00:08:37.639 --> 00:08:39.100 but you do not always have me. 00:08:41.059 --> 00:08:43.139 Let me remind you 00:08:43.139 --> 00:08:43.860 that essentially 00:08:43.860 --> 00:08:44.960 what we're looking at 00:08:44.960 --> 00:08:45.699 in this passage, 00:08:45.860 --> 00:08:46.899 kind of press it together, 00:08:47.039 --> 00:08:47.799 is we're looking at 00:08:47.799 --> 00:08:50.659 two stark differences 00:08:50.659 --> 00:08:52.379 in what worship looks like. 00:08:53.240 --> 00:08:53.899 Remember what I said 00:08:53.899 --> 00:08:54.960 the end of the sermon is? 00:08:55.500 --> 00:08:56.899 But two choices on the shelf, 00:08:57.019 --> 00:08:59.059 worship Christ or worship self. 00:08:59.059 --> 00:09:00.579 You can see here, 00:09:00.959 --> 00:09:03.659 Mary is one illustration of worship 00:09:03.659 --> 00:09:06.939 and Judas is another illustration of worship. 00:09:07.219 --> 00:09:08.579 We tend to think that worship 00:09:08.579 --> 00:09:10.899 is something that we only do towards God, 00:09:10.959 --> 00:09:11.939 and that's not true at all. 00:09:12.039 --> 00:09:14.459 We are worshiping all the time. 00:09:14.460 --> 00:09:18.200 I was struck 00:09:18.200 --> 00:09:20.700 by the fact that 00:09:20.700 --> 00:09:22.420 yesterday there were 00:09:22.420 --> 00:09:23.639 30 of our men, 00:09:23.720 --> 00:09:24.639 I don't know how many ladies, 00:09:24.740 --> 00:09:26.460 were ladies involved in the move as well? 00:09:27.220 --> 00:09:27.740 Absolutely. 00:09:28.100 --> 00:09:29.000 Children as well? 00:09:29.660 --> 00:09:31.780 We had 30 people show up 00:09:31.780 --> 00:09:34.000 to conduct worship services 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:38.040 at Drew and Melissa Clausen's home. 00:09:38.320 --> 00:09:39.139 Okay, now you're wondering 00:09:39.139 --> 00:09:40.040 what's that all about? 00:09:40.039 --> 00:09:41.779 Hey, when you sacrifice 00:09:41.779 --> 00:09:43.439 your Saturday morning 00:09:43.439 --> 00:09:45.419 to go and move 00:09:45.419 --> 00:09:47.199 a brother and a sister in Christ, 00:09:47.519 --> 00:09:48.399 that's worship. 00:09:49.199 --> 00:09:49.620 Isn't it? 00:09:51.199 --> 00:09:53.500 And worship is something 00:09:53.500 --> 00:09:55.139 that we're always doing. 00:09:55.959 --> 00:09:56.799 And I think it's important 00:09:56.799 --> 00:09:57.819 to realize that. 00:09:59.120 --> 00:10:01.559 And so as you look at this passage 00:10:01.559 --> 00:10:03.439 and you step into it, 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:04.059 there are a couple things 00:10:04.059 --> 00:10:04.819 I think are important 00:10:04.819 --> 00:10:05.719 to lay out for us 00:10:05.719 --> 00:10:06.459 that we have in mind. 00:10:06.799 --> 00:10:07.319 First of all, 00:10:07.320 --> 00:10:09.000 let's grasp the setting. 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:12.500 It is worth remembering 00:10:12.500 --> 00:10:13.800 that John's gospel 00:10:13.800 --> 00:10:16.080 is substantially different 00:10:16.080 --> 00:10:17.640 from Matthew, Mark, and Luke, 00:10:17.680 --> 00:10:19.500 which we refer to as the synoptics. 00:10:20.420 --> 00:10:22.660 And John really only gives us 00:10:22.660 --> 00:10:23.460 seven miracles. 00:10:24.560 --> 00:10:26.760 He gives us very, very little detail 00:10:26.760 --> 00:10:28.160 about Christ's life. 00:10:29.100 --> 00:10:30.220 On the other hand, 00:10:30.500 --> 00:10:33.400 John's gospel is the most focused 00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:34.899 on the last week 00:10:34.899 --> 00:10:37.319 before the crucifixion. 00:10:38.539 --> 00:10:39.159 In fact, 00:10:39.819 --> 00:10:40.919 John actually spends 00:10:40.919 --> 00:10:42.419 about half of his gospel 00:10:42.419 --> 00:10:43.500 in the week 00:10:43.500 --> 00:10:45.919 preceding and in the crucifixion. 00:10:46.500 --> 00:10:48.340 Mark only uses about 20% 00:10:48.340 --> 00:10:50.399 to cover the crucifixion. 00:10:51.100 --> 00:10:52.879 Matthew uses about one-third. 00:10:53.639 --> 00:10:55.480 Luke, only a fourth. 00:10:55.480 --> 00:10:59.680 And as we step into the passage 00:10:59.680 --> 00:11:02.480 in this particular study, 00:11:03.139 --> 00:11:04.060 I want you to recognize 00:11:04.060 --> 00:11:05.180 that we're actually stepping 00:11:05.180 --> 00:11:06.139 into the last week 00:11:06.139 --> 00:11:07.139 of Christ's ministry 00:11:07.139 --> 00:11:08.480 and what takes place 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:10.820 actually happens 00:11:10.820 --> 00:11:12.920 less than a week 00:11:12.920 --> 00:11:14.519 from his death. 00:11:14.600 --> 00:11:15.620 Now, did Jesus know 00:11:15.620 --> 00:11:17.039 he was going to die? 00:11:18.300 --> 00:11:19.420 Did he know that? 00:11:19.980 --> 00:11:21.759 Did he know how many days 00:11:21.759 --> 00:11:23.700 were going to pass 00:11:23.700 --> 00:11:24.860 before that happened? 00:11:24.860 --> 00:11:25.259 Absolutely. 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:27.580 There was not a thing 00:11:27.580 --> 00:11:28.560 hidden from him 00:11:28.560 --> 00:11:29.720 and he had spoken 00:11:29.720 --> 00:11:30.800 over and over again 00:11:30.800 --> 00:11:31.600 to his disciples 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:33.220 about what was coming. 00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:36.500 And so as our passage 00:11:36.500 --> 00:11:37.539 records this week 00:11:37.539 --> 00:11:38.500 before the cross, 00:11:38.899 --> 00:11:39.659 I want you to kind of 00:11:39.659 --> 00:11:40.480 fix in your mind 00:11:40.480 --> 00:11:41.500 that this week 00:11:41.500 --> 00:11:42.240 before the cross 00:11:42.240 --> 00:11:43.580 is really the most 00:11:43.580 --> 00:11:45.060 momentous week 00:11:45.060 --> 00:11:46.639 of all of history. 00:11:47.560 --> 00:11:48.740 Now, again, 00:11:49.279 --> 00:11:50.600 when a pastor makes 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:51.920 a statement like that, 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:53.399 God's people should be 00:11:53.399 --> 00:11:54.019 doing what? 00:11:54.860 --> 00:11:55.419 Yeah? 00:11:55.419 --> 00:11:55.560 Yeah? 00:11:56.659 --> 00:11:58.180 I'm not sure about that. 00:11:58.460 --> 00:11:59.060 There's some other 00:11:59.060 --> 00:12:00.220 pretty important weeks, 00:12:00.279 --> 00:12:00.800 am I right? 00:12:01.220 --> 00:12:01.800 What would be 00:12:01.800 --> 00:12:02.759 an important week? 00:12:04.500 --> 00:12:06.460 Creation, right? 00:12:07.259 --> 00:12:07.879 And yet, 00:12:08.700 --> 00:12:09.340 as someone threw 00:12:09.340 --> 00:12:10.399 resurrection out there, 00:12:10.500 --> 00:12:11.440 we'll kind of tag that in 00:12:11.440 --> 00:12:11.899 with the week, 00:12:11.980 --> 00:12:12.379 I suppose. 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:14.820 But, yeah, 00:12:14.919 --> 00:12:15.779 without the resurrection, 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:16.899 the cross is worthless, 00:12:17.080 --> 00:12:17.300 correct? 00:12:17.299 --> 00:12:17.699 But, 00:12:18.379 --> 00:12:21.019 it tells us in 1 Peter 00:12:21.019 --> 00:12:23.059 that angels, 00:12:23.459 --> 00:12:24.559 when they look at 00:12:24.559 --> 00:12:26.299 the issue of grace 00:12:26.299 --> 00:12:27.620 and what Christ has done 00:12:27.620 --> 00:12:28.500 in saving us, 00:12:28.899 --> 00:12:29.959 that they're just 00:12:29.959 --> 00:12:30.819 kind of overwhelmed 00:12:30.819 --> 00:12:31.339 and awed. 00:12:32.620 --> 00:12:34.039 And we do know that 00:12:34.039 --> 00:12:35.659 during the creation week, 00:12:35.699 --> 00:12:36.479 what were they doing? 00:12:37.539 --> 00:12:39.000 They were hooping it up 00:12:39.000 --> 00:12:39.779 because they were pretty 00:12:39.779 --> 00:12:40.439 impressed with 00:12:40.439 --> 00:12:41.919 God's creative power. 00:12:42.319 --> 00:12:43.799 They enjoyed what they saw, 00:12:43.799 --> 00:12:44.979 they were impressed by it. 00:12:45.479 --> 00:12:48.339 But during the part 00:12:48.339 --> 00:12:51.120 of time that passed 00:12:51.120 --> 00:12:53.599 in Christ's redemptive work, 00:12:53.859 --> 00:12:54.799 they kind of put their hand 00:12:54.799 --> 00:12:55.299 over their mouth 00:12:55.299 --> 00:12:56.959 and they're just in awe. 00:12:59.059 --> 00:12:59.779 So, here we are 00:12:59.779 --> 00:13:01.259 in John chapter 12, 00:13:01.339 --> 00:13:02.159 verse 1 and 2. 00:13:02.539 --> 00:13:03.599 And what we find 00:13:03.599 --> 00:13:05.799 is that John, 00:13:06.679 --> 00:13:10.059 in a good journalistic approach, 00:13:10.139 --> 00:13:11.099 he gives us the who. 00:13:11.839 --> 00:13:13.240 He tells us when 00:13:13.240 --> 00:13:14.299 and he tells us where. 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:14.980 And we're not going to 00:13:14.980 --> 00:13:15.940 delve into all of that, 00:13:16.019 --> 00:13:17.240 just mark the fact 00:13:17.240 --> 00:13:18.600 that we have a picture here 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:20.039 of Jesus coming 00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:21.740 to a dinner 00:13:21.740 --> 00:13:24.180 and he is coming 00:13:24.180 --> 00:13:26.120 with at least 17 other people. 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:27.240 There's Lazarus, 00:13:27.299 --> 00:13:27.820 there's Martha, 00:13:27.960 --> 00:13:28.560 there's Mary, 00:13:29.139 --> 00:13:30.460 and himself, 00:13:30.820 --> 00:13:32.060 and then his 12. 00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:34.899 And I want you 00:13:34.899 --> 00:13:35.620 to just imagine, 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:36.440 if you would, 00:13:36.519 --> 00:13:37.399 that here is Jesus 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:38.899 walking towards 00:13:38.899 --> 00:13:40.039 this dinner party, 00:13:40.560 --> 00:13:41.600 knowing what is going 00:13:41.600 --> 00:13:42.139 to happen. 00:13:43.240 --> 00:13:45.039 knowing the things 00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:46.100 that are going to be said. 00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:49.580 Knowing the import 00:13:49.580 --> 00:13:51.100 and the significance 00:13:51.100 --> 00:13:53.279 of what lay in front of him. 00:13:53.379 --> 00:13:55.419 And he steps into this setting 00:13:55.419 --> 00:13:57.779 and we find that the dinner 00:13:57.779 --> 00:13:58.960 is in the process 00:13:58.960 --> 00:14:00.460 of being played out. 00:14:00.560 --> 00:14:01.159 We know that 00:14:01.159 --> 00:14:03.000 because it tells us there 00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:05.279 that Martha served. 00:14:05.539 --> 00:14:06.240 It was happening. 00:14:07.180 --> 00:14:08.200 It is interesting, 00:14:08.200 --> 00:14:09.280 and I think it's worth noting 00:14:09.280 --> 00:14:10.700 that previously, 00:14:11.259 --> 00:14:13.840 in the last dinner 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:14.600 that we have 00:14:14.600 --> 00:14:15.740 when Martha and Mary 00:14:15.740 --> 00:14:16.360 were together, 00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:16.879 remember, 00:14:17.420 --> 00:14:18.340 Martha was busy 00:14:18.340 --> 00:14:19.460 doing her thing 00:14:19.460 --> 00:14:21.740 and what was Mary doing? 00:14:22.780 --> 00:14:24.180 She wasn't participating 00:14:24.180 --> 00:14:25.540 in dishes and dinner. 00:14:25.660 --> 00:14:26.960 She was just sitting there 00:14:26.960 --> 00:14:27.879 listening to Jesus. 00:14:28.420 --> 00:14:29.440 And in that case, 00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:31.259 Martha takes it upon herself 00:14:31.259 --> 00:14:32.480 to go and talk to Jesus 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:33.200 about the fact 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:33.820 that her sister 00:14:33.820 --> 00:14:34.940 was falling down 00:14:34.940 --> 00:14:35.540 on the job. 00:14:35.539 --> 00:14:36.779 I'm impressed 00:14:36.779 --> 00:14:37.319 by the fact 00:14:37.319 --> 00:14:38.219 Martha evidently 00:14:38.219 --> 00:14:38.980 learned something 00:14:38.980 --> 00:14:40.899 and she didn't make 00:14:40.899 --> 00:14:42.539 the same mistake twice. 00:14:43.579 --> 00:14:44.360 She listened. 00:14:44.899 --> 00:14:45.559 She observed. 00:14:45.679 --> 00:14:46.740 She went about her business. 00:14:48.059 --> 00:14:49.059 And we find that Mary 00:14:49.059 --> 00:14:49.959 was not attached 00:14:49.959 --> 00:14:51.139 with that serving part. 00:14:51.459 --> 00:14:52.339 What does Mary do? 00:14:53.860 --> 00:14:54.899 I want you to look 00:14:54.899 --> 00:14:56.519 at the passage there 00:14:56.519 --> 00:14:57.259 in verse 3 00:14:57.259 --> 00:14:57.759 and mark, 00:14:58.179 --> 00:14:58.599 if you will, 00:14:58.699 --> 00:15:00.500 just the absolute brevity 00:15:00.500 --> 00:15:03.279 with which Scripture 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:05.319 describes what Mary did. 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:06.160 Let me read it to you. 00:15:06.540 --> 00:15:07.360 Mary therefore took 00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:08.860 a pound of expensive ointment 00:15:08.860 --> 00:15:10.280 made from pure nard 00:15:10.280 --> 00:15:11.680 and anointed the feet 00:15:11.680 --> 00:15:12.100 of Jesus 00:15:12.100 --> 00:15:13.100 and wiped His feet 00:15:13.100 --> 00:15:13.680 with her hair. 00:15:14.080 --> 00:15:15.360 The house was filled 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:16.580 with the fragrance 00:15:16.580 --> 00:15:17.520 of the perfume. 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:21.620 I'm struck by 00:15:21.620 --> 00:15:25.260 such a significant act 00:15:25.260 --> 00:15:27.920 being given 00:15:27.920 --> 00:15:29.340 merely one text, 00:15:29.780 --> 00:15:30.260 a verse. 00:15:31.260 --> 00:15:32.220 It's interesting 00:15:32.220 --> 00:15:33.200 to actually find 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:34.860 that this ministry 00:15:34.860 --> 00:15:36.900 that Mary engaged in 00:15:36.900 --> 00:15:37.920 is also referenced 00:15:37.920 --> 00:15:38.920 in at least two 00:15:38.920 --> 00:15:39.920 of the other Gospels. 00:15:40.040 --> 00:15:40.540 And let me just 00:15:40.540 --> 00:15:42.280 read the passage for you 00:15:42.280 --> 00:15:43.100 so you can frame it 00:15:43.100 --> 00:15:44.360 from what we find elsewhere. 00:15:44.900 --> 00:15:46.180 There in Matthew 26, 00:15:46.420 --> 00:15:46.879 verse 7, 00:15:46.940 --> 00:15:47.520 it says this, 00:15:47.860 --> 00:15:49.140 A woman came up to Him 00:15:49.140 --> 00:15:50.640 with an alabaster flask 00:15:50.640 --> 00:15:52.440 of very expensive ointment 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:53.460 and she poured it 00:15:53.460 --> 00:15:54.180 on His head 00:15:54.180 --> 00:15:55.420 as He was reclined 00:15:55.420 --> 00:15:56.200 at the table. 00:15:57.840 --> 00:15:59.360 Mark 14, verse 3, 00:15:59.360 --> 00:16:01.300 A woman came 00:16:01.300 --> 00:16:02.659 with an alabaster flask 00:16:02.659 --> 00:16:03.139 of ointment 00:16:03.139 --> 00:16:03.879 of pure nard 00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:05.300 very costly 00:16:05.300 --> 00:16:07.879 and anointed the feet 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:08.200 of Jesus 00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:10.019 and she broke the flask 00:16:10.019 --> 00:16:10.560 and poured it 00:16:10.560 --> 00:16:11.180 on His head. 00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:13.620 So I want you 00:16:13.620 --> 00:16:14.620 to stop just for a moment 00:16:14.620 --> 00:16:15.480 and we're going to 00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:16.360 step back 00:16:16.360 --> 00:16:17.200 and recognize 00:16:17.200 --> 00:16:18.720 something about Martha 00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:19.680 before we move on. 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:21.139 You'll remember earlier 00:16:21.139 --> 00:16:23.019 in John chapter 11 00:16:23.019 --> 00:16:25.300 that when Jesus came 00:16:25.300 --> 00:16:27.159 to Bethany 00:16:27.159 --> 00:16:28.659 where He had come 00:16:28.659 --> 00:16:29.899 to raise Lazarus 00:16:29.899 --> 00:16:30.480 from the dead, 00:16:30.779 --> 00:16:31.480 it was Mary 00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:32.319 who was grieving 00:16:32.319 --> 00:16:33.100 in the home 00:16:33.100 --> 00:16:34.319 and didn't come out 00:16:34.319 --> 00:16:35.279 to greet Jesus. 00:16:36.459 --> 00:16:37.959 When Martha came 00:16:37.959 --> 00:16:40.620 and she had that discourse 00:16:40.620 --> 00:16:41.360 with Jesus, 00:16:41.659 --> 00:16:42.279 one of the things 00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:43.339 that I am impressed by 00:16:43.339 --> 00:16:44.439 is that Martha 00:16:44.439 --> 00:16:45.839 had worshipped Christ 00:16:45.839 --> 00:16:46.980 with her confession 00:16:46.980 --> 00:16:47.439 of faith. 00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:47.799 Do you remember 00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:48.399 what she said? 00:16:49.659 --> 00:16:51.120 John 11, verse 27, 00:16:51.259 --> 00:16:52.100 You are the Christ, 00:16:52.199 --> 00:16:52.959 the Son of God, 00:16:53.100 --> 00:16:53.899 who is coming 00:16:53.899 --> 00:16:54.559 into the world. 00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:56.019 A very significant 00:16:56.019 --> 00:16:56.799 declaration 00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:58.120 of her absolute 00:16:58.120 --> 00:16:58.740 confidence 00:16:58.740 --> 00:17:00.959 that Jesus standing 00:17:00.959 --> 00:17:01.659 in front of her 00:17:01.659 --> 00:17:03.000 was indeed the Christ, 00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:04.740 the Son of God, 00:17:05.399 --> 00:17:06.399 the one that had been 00:17:06.399 --> 00:17:07.180 prophesied 00:17:07.180 --> 00:17:08.339 as a fulfillment 00:17:08.339 --> 00:17:09.519 of God's promise 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:10.619 going all the way back 00:17:10.619 --> 00:17:12.200 to Genesis chapter 3. 00:17:13.139 --> 00:17:14.659 She believed in Christ 00:17:14.659 --> 00:17:16.519 and her worship 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:18.899 was a confessional one, 00:17:19.740 --> 00:17:20.619 something she said. 00:17:22.119 --> 00:17:23.399 We find a different 00:17:23.399 --> 00:17:24.619 picture here of Mary 00:17:24.619 --> 00:17:25.579 and Mary's worship 00:17:25.579 --> 00:17:26.819 was one of her 00:17:26.819 --> 00:17:29.019 costly act of giving. 00:17:30.740 --> 00:17:32.119 The alabaster jar 00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:33.019 of pure nard 00:17:33.019 --> 00:17:34.099 must have been 00:17:34.099 --> 00:17:35.000 hers personally 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:36.299 and we're not told 00:17:36.299 --> 00:17:37.299 the details of it 00:17:37.299 --> 00:17:38.740 but I can imagine 00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:39.099 that, 00:17:39.460 --> 00:17:40.339 just imagine 00:17:40.339 --> 00:17:41.419 that you have 00:17:41.419 --> 00:17:41.919 something 00:17:41.919 --> 00:17:43.240 that is 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:45.220 so expensive. 00:17:46.399 --> 00:17:47.259 It represented 00:17:47.259 --> 00:17:49.879 one year's wages. 00:17:51.919 --> 00:17:52.279 Now, 00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:53.339 let's just do 00:17:53.339 --> 00:17:53.699 a little bit 00:17:53.700 --> 00:17:54.539 of exercise here. 00:17:54.600 --> 00:17:55.140 How many of you 00:17:55.140 --> 00:17:56.900 remember what was 00:17:56.900 --> 00:17:58.539 on your taxes 00:17:58.539 --> 00:17:59.460 when you filed them? 00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:00.200 Does anybody remember? 00:18:00.519 --> 00:18:01.700 Just in broad terms, 00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:02.819 I see some of you smiling. 00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:03.840 You don't need 00:18:03.840 --> 00:18:04.799 to shout out numbers 00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:05.740 but I just want you 00:18:05.740 --> 00:18:06.600 to imagine that 00:18:06.600 --> 00:18:07.680 proportionally 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:09.059 that's what this represents. 00:18:11.740 --> 00:18:12.140 Now, 00:18:12.200 --> 00:18:13.039 if we're going to spend 00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:14.180 a year's wages, 00:18:14.600 --> 00:18:14.920 right, 00:18:15.580 --> 00:18:17.420 what kind of things 00:18:17.420 --> 00:18:18.140 would we like 00:18:18.140 --> 00:18:19.480 to get out of that? 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:21.480 I see you're going 00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:22.180 to buy yourself 00:18:22.180 --> 00:18:22.700 a house. 00:18:22.860 --> 00:18:22.980 I mean, 00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:23.200 you know, 00:18:23.299 --> 00:18:23.480 well, 00:18:23.620 --> 00:18:24.420 not a year's wages 00:18:24.420 --> 00:18:25.380 but you want 00:18:25.380 --> 00:18:26.059 something that's 00:18:26.059 --> 00:18:26.759 going to last. 00:18:26.819 --> 00:18:27.240 Would you like 00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:27.799 something that would 00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:28.160 last? 00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:30.380 How many of you 00:18:30.380 --> 00:18:31.319 would willingly 00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:33.059 pour out, 00:18:33.120 --> 00:18:33.680 how many of you 00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:34.660 would burn 00:18:34.660 --> 00:18:35.839 a year's wages, 00:18:35.960 --> 00:18:36.819 just light it up 00:18:36.819 --> 00:18:37.660 and let it go? 00:18:39.799 --> 00:18:40.240 Now, 00:18:40.339 --> 00:18:40.720 perfume 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:42.539 has a little 00:18:42.539 --> 00:18:43.500 longer 00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:44.440 last 00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:46.039 to it 00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:46.400 than 00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:47.640 burning 00:18:47.640 --> 00:18:48.740 dollar bills. 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:50.519 But I do want 00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:50.980 you to know 00:18:50.980 --> 00:18:51.680 that within 00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:52.640 a short period 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:53.079 of time, 00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:53.740 what happens 00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:54.360 to perfume? 00:18:56.500 --> 00:18:57.779 It evaporates. 00:18:58.440 --> 00:18:59.360 It disappears. 00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:01.120 The aroma, 00:19:01.360 --> 00:19:01.980 the odor 00:19:01.980 --> 00:19:02.960 from that perfume 00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:03.980 is dissipated. 00:19:04.099 --> 00:19:04.680 It's gone. 00:19:07.180 --> 00:19:07.519 And so, 00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:08.440 here is Mary. 00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:09.360 She brings that 00:19:09.360 --> 00:19:10.039 which belongs 00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:10.779 to herself. 00:19:11.779 --> 00:19:12.519 And I'm struck 00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:13.440 also by the fact 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:15.400 that just earlier, 00:19:16.059 --> 00:19:16.700 her brother 00:19:16.700 --> 00:19:17.599 had died. 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:18.440 Right? 00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:22.779 It was not 00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:23.640 unusual 00:19:23.640 --> 00:19:24.900 for the Jews 00:19:24.900 --> 00:19:25.519 in preparing 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:26.140 the body 00:19:26.140 --> 00:19:27.099 of a loved 00:19:27.099 --> 00:19:27.500 one 00:19:27.500 --> 00:19:29.880 to use 00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:30.400 spices, 00:19:30.660 --> 00:19:31.140 anointments, 00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:31.880 and perfumes. 00:19:32.140 --> 00:19:33.000 They did not 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:33.779 embalm 00:19:33.779 --> 00:19:34.900 individuals back 00:19:34.900 --> 00:19:35.299 in the good 00:19:35.299 --> 00:19:35.759 old days, 00:19:35.819 --> 00:19:36.059 right? 00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:37.740 And nobody 00:19:37.740 --> 00:19:38.519 walked past 00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:39.160 the casket 00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:39.519 and said, 00:19:39.700 --> 00:19:39.960 my, 00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:40.440 don't they 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:41.160 look good. 00:19:42.120 --> 00:19:42.420 You know, 00:19:42.620 --> 00:19:43.400 they used 00:19:43.400 --> 00:19:44.759 heavy perfumes 00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:45.440 and things like 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:45.680 that. 00:19:45.779 --> 00:19:46.339 Guess why? 00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:48.379 In place 00:19:48.379 --> 00:19:50.179 of refrigeration 00:19:50.179 --> 00:19:51.159 and embalming, 00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:52.159 they were hoping 00:19:52.159 --> 00:19:52.919 in some kind 00:19:52.919 --> 00:19:53.139 of, 00:19:53.619 --> 00:19:54.319 and you remember 00:19:54.319 --> 00:19:56.179 when they prepared 00:19:56.179 --> 00:19:57.220 Jesus' body 00:19:57.220 --> 00:19:57.939 for burial, 00:19:58.279 --> 00:19:59.199 how many pounds 00:19:59.199 --> 00:20:00.319 of spices 00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:01.079 did they use? 00:20:02.299 --> 00:20:03.139 Who knows? 00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:06.399 75 pounds 00:20:06.399 --> 00:20:07.199 of spices, 00:20:07.539 --> 00:20:07.779 okay? 00:20:08.139 --> 00:20:09.019 I just finished 00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:09.819 reading that passage 00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:10.279 this morning, 00:20:10.379 --> 00:20:10.839 so it's kind of 00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:11.579 fresh in my mind. 00:20:11.879 --> 00:20:13.500 75 pounds 00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:14.180 of spices. 00:20:14.380 --> 00:20:15.299 That's a lot. 00:20:19.299 --> 00:20:19.859 Martha 00:20:19.859 --> 00:20:20.720 and Mary 00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:21.380 had lost 00:20:21.380 --> 00:20:22.039 their brother. 00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:23.779 Mary had 00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:24.880 chosen not 00:20:24.880 --> 00:20:25.980 to use this 00:20:25.980 --> 00:20:26.880 for her 00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:27.819 brother's burial. 00:20:30.019 --> 00:20:30.759 And yet, 00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:31.660 here she comes 00:20:31.660 --> 00:20:33.140 and she 00:20:33.140 --> 00:20:33.799 pours it out. 00:20:33.900 --> 00:20:34.420 She breaks 00:20:34.420 --> 00:20:35.539 the neck 00:20:35.539 --> 00:20:36.579 of the alabaster 00:20:36.579 --> 00:20:37.220 flask 00:20:37.220 --> 00:20:38.319 and she pours 00:20:38.319 --> 00:20:39.480 it on his head, 00:20:39.660 --> 00:20:40.400 Jesus' head, 00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:41.259 and down 00:20:41.259 --> 00:20:42.319 onto his feet. 00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:44.559 And I've got 00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:44.980 to tell you 00:20:44.980 --> 00:20:46.420 that it goes 00:20:46.420 --> 00:20:47.200 without saying 00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:47.819 that Mary 00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:48.720 did something 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:49.799 exceptional 00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:50.519 and stunning. 00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:52.140 Let me spell 00:20:52.140 --> 00:20:52.640 it out for you. 00:20:52.700 --> 00:20:53.220 For one thing, 00:20:53.579 --> 00:20:54.500 Mary's expenditure 00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:55.440 was great. 00:20:57.400 --> 00:20:58.460 This had to 00:20:58.460 --> 00:20:58.880 represent 00:20:58.880 --> 00:21:00.640 a very significant 00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:01.440 part 00:21:01.440 --> 00:21:03.380 of her life. 00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:05.559 I want you 00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:06.160 to imagine 00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:07.799 the thought 00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:08.599 processes 00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:09.359 that went 00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:10.480 through her mind 00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:11.559 in actually 00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:12.200 coming to the 00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:13.140 place of deciding 00:21:13.140 --> 00:21:13.940 that it was 00:21:13.940 --> 00:21:14.500 a reasonable 00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:15.060 thing 00:21:15.060 --> 00:21:16.140 to buy 00:21:16.140 --> 00:21:17.100 that perfume. 00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:19.800 One of the 00:21:19.800 --> 00:21:20.340 things I did 00:21:20.340 --> 00:21:20.960 last week 00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:21.880 was I actually 00:21:21.880 --> 00:21:22.340 did a little 00:21:22.340 --> 00:21:22.740 bit of 00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:23.720 internet search 00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:24.380 of what 00:21:24.380 --> 00:21:24.860 kind of 00:21:24.860 --> 00:21:25.300 perfumes 00:21:25.300 --> 00:21:25.940 were really 00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:26.720 expensive. 00:21:28.080 --> 00:21:29.000 Just raise 00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:29.280 your hand 00:21:29.280 --> 00:21:29.740 from the elbow 00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.000 up. 00:21:30.080 --> 00:21:30.360 How many 00:21:30.360 --> 00:21:30.740 of you 00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:31.640 know of 00:21:31.640 --> 00:21:32.060 perfumes 00:21:32.060 --> 00:21:32.640 that cost 00:21:32.640 --> 00:21:33.300 over a dollar? 00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.440 You're good. 00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:35.900 Okay. 00:21:36.340 --> 00:21:36.700 How many 00:21:36.700 --> 00:21:37.040 of you know 00:21:37.040 --> 00:21:37.720 perfumes that 00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.500 cost over 00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:38.900 a hundred 00:21:38.900 --> 00:21:39.480 dollars? 00:21:40.420 --> 00:21:41.060 Just up 00:21:41.060 --> 00:21:41.500 from the elbow. 00:21:41.600 --> 00:21:41.960 That's all I'm 00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:42.380 looking for. 00:21:42.380 --> 00:21:43.320 How many 00:21:43.320 --> 00:21:43.540 of you know 00:21:43.540 --> 00:21:44.240 perfumes that 00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:44.820 cost more 00:21:44.820 --> 00:21:45.160 than a 00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:45.520 thousand 00:21:45.520 --> 00:21:46.140 dollars? 00:21:48.100 --> 00:21:48.360 Ah, 00:21:48.540 --> 00:21:48.760 yeah, 00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.460 I got it. 00:21:50.600 --> 00:21:51.260 How many 00:21:51.260 --> 00:21:51.740 of you 00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:52.580 can imagine 00:21:52.580 --> 00:21:56.180 spending 00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:57.740 let's say 00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:58.520 fifty thousand 00:21:58.520 --> 00:21:59.080 dollars 00:21:59.080 --> 00:22:00.040 for a 00:22:00.040 --> 00:22:00.480 little 00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.880 little 00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:04.180 flask 00:22:04.180 --> 00:22:05.220 of perfume? 00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:06.720 How many 00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.140 of you know 00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:07.880 what buyer's 00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:08.260 remorse 00:22:08.260 --> 00:22:08.980 and anxiety 00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:09.320 is? 00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:09.600 How many 00:22:09.600 --> 00:22:09.720 of you 00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:12.259 should I 00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:12.620 have done 00:22:12.620 --> 00:22:12.960 that? 00:22:14.660 --> 00:22:15.259 You know, 00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:15.880 and here 00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:16.600 is Mary 00:22:16.600 --> 00:22:17.200 who bought 00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:17.440 that. 00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:17.680 There's 00:22:17.680 --> 00:22:18.100 hers. 00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:20.920 And here 00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:21.539 is Jesus. 00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:24.059 And she 00:22:24.059 --> 00:22:24.680 willingly, 00:22:25.120 --> 00:22:25.680 consciously, 00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.660 deliberately 00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:28.559 broke that 00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:29.200 flask and 00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:29.620 poured it on 00:22:29.620 --> 00:22:30.079 his head 00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:30.460 and poured 00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:30.660 it on 00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:31.339 his feet. 00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:31.399 great. 00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.279 There's 00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:35.859 something else 00:22:35.859 --> 00:22:36.259 that I want 00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:36.500 you to 00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:36.939 appreciate. 00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:37.459 Mary's 00:22:37.459 --> 00:22:37.939 humility 00:22:37.939 --> 00:22:38.639 was great. 00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:40.899 I think 00:22:40.899 --> 00:22:41.500 it's safe 00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:43.039 to say 00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:44.279 that there 00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:44.659 is not 00:22:44.659 --> 00:22:45.240 a single 00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:45.939 woman in 00:22:45.939 --> 00:22:46.559 this room 00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:46.959 that has 00:22:46.959 --> 00:22:47.339 ever 00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:47.939 abased 00:22:47.939 --> 00:22:48.559 herself 00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:49.299 at 00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:50.199 anyone's 00:22:50.199 --> 00:22:50.500 feet 00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.159 and ever 00:22:51.159 --> 00:22:51.759 wiped 00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.359 someone 00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:52.980 else's 00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:53.939 feet 00:22:53.939 --> 00:22:55.339 with her 00:22:55.339 --> 00:22:55.619 hair. 00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:56.959 Huh? 00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:57.339 Anybody? 00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:57.539 No? 00:22:57.539 --> 00:23:02.039 My bride 00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:03.039 is homesick 00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:03.940 today and 00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:04.519 I'll tell 00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:04.779 this, 00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:05.819 you know, 00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:06.799 she doesn't 00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:07.240 mind rubbing 00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:07.899 my shoulders 00:23:07.899 --> 00:23:10.299 but when I 00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:10.480 say, 00:23:10.659 --> 00:23:10.779 would you 00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.180 rub my 00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:11.440 feet? 00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:11.839 She says, 00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:12.319 I don't 00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:13.079 touch feet. 00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:17.000 Now, 00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:17.279 I know 00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:17.740 some of you 00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:18.039 are just 00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:18.500 wonderful, 00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.039 godly 00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:19.819 exceptions to 00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:20.119 the rule 00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:20.779 but for 00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.200 the most 00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:21.500 part, 00:23:22.399 --> 00:23:23.180 it's not 00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:24.000 something that 00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:25.139 most of you 00:23:25.139 --> 00:23:25.819 like doing, 00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:26.159 right? 00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:29.899 here was 00:23:29.899 --> 00:23:30.359 Mary 00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:31.399 willing 00:23:31.399 --> 00:23:32.759 to let 00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.180 her hair 00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:33.480 down. 00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:34.039 Did you 00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:34.420 know that 00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:34.940 in Jewish 00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.559 culture you 00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:35.940 didn't let 00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.240 your hair 00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:36.599 down in 00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:36.859 public? 00:23:37.099 --> 00:23:37.460 You never 00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:37.720 did. 00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:38.899 You never 00:23:38.899 --> 00:23:39.139 did. 00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:41.639 This was 00:23:41.639 --> 00:23:42.399 something that 00:23:42.399 --> 00:23:43.700 simply was 00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:44.759 not done 00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:47.200 and Mary 00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:47.940 let her hair 00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:49.440 down ahead 00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:49.940 of going 00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.859 in and 00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:51.379 anointing 00:23:51.379 --> 00:23:51.940 Christ's 00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:52.799 feet and 00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.460 then as 00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:53.859 she was 00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:54.720 stooped at 00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.740 his feet, 00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:56.599 she took 00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:57.259 her hair 00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:58.420 and she 00:23:58.420 --> 00:24:00.079 rubbed her 00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:00.879 hair over 00:24:00.879 --> 00:24:01.619 his feet. 00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:04.339 I'll never 00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:04.799 forget 00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:06.660 the wedding 00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:07.279 that I went 00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:08.099 to in which 00:24:08.099 --> 00:24:09.099 Jimmy, 00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:10.819 I think she 00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:11.500 married Kadar, 00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:11.980 this is 00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:13.099 Christy Brown's 00:24:13.099 --> 00:24:13.420 sister. 00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.599 It was an 00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:15.140 Indian wedding 00:24:15.140 --> 00:24:16.900 and after the 00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:17.539 wedding service 00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:18.200 was performed, 00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:18.920 the ceremony, 00:24:19.440 --> 00:24:19.940 you know how 00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:20.240 it is, 00:24:20.339 --> 00:24:20.980 you have the 00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.480 wedding and 00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.779 out go the 00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.339 bride and 00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:23.960 the groom and 00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:24.740 everybody's 00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.359 cheering and 00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:28.119 Jimmy stopped 00:24:28.119 --> 00:24:30.759 and at the 00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.859 first pew she 00:24:31.859 --> 00:24:32.779 knelt and 00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.819 kissed her 00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:35.019 mother-in-law's 00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.699 feet. 00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:38.319 I've never 00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:39.799 forgotten that. 00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:42.519 And here 00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:44.039 is Mary 00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:46.919 who with a 00:24:46.919 --> 00:24:47.539 heart that is 00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.939 so unbelievably 00:24:48.939 --> 00:24:49.719 thankful, 00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:53.120 she willingly 00:24:53.120 --> 00:24:54.500 pours out 00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:57.100 not only a 00:24:57.100 --> 00:24:58.160 costly gift 00:24:58.160 --> 00:24:59.299 but a 00:24:59.299 --> 00:24:59.740 profoundly 00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.360 humbling 00:25:00.360 --> 00:25:00.819 gift. 00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:02.500 You know, 00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:03.079 it's interesting 00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:03.620 when you stop 00:25:03.620 --> 00:25:04.200 and think about 00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:05.059 it that all 00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:06.299 worship really 00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:07.519 shows worth. 00:25:08.360 --> 00:25:08.799 Can you say 00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.200 that with me? 00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:10.180 All worship 00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:11.019 shows worth. 00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:12.559 All worship 00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:13.360 shows worth. 00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:14.200 Let me illustrate 00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:14.779 that for you 00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.400 just for a second. 00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.200 I want you to 00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:16.579 look in your 00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:17.400 Bible, turn back 00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:18.200 to 2 Samuel 00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:18.980 chapter 24. 00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:19.580 Just look at 00:25:19.580 --> 00:25:19.820 this. 00:25:20.120 --> 00:25:20.740 This is at the 00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.380 very end of 00:25:21.380 --> 00:25:22.480 2 Samuel and 00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:23.560 you remember that 00:25:23.560 --> 00:25:24.740 David was tempted 00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.860 and decided that 00:25:25.860 --> 00:25:26.420 he would number 00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:27.140 the people and 00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:27.740 God comes to 00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.100 him and says, 00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:29.080 you messed up 00:25:29.080 --> 00:25:29.360 and here are 00:25:29.360 --> 00:25:30.140 the consequences. 00:25:37.840 --> 00:25:39.019 In verse 18 it 00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:39.220 says, 00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:52.200 David runs off 00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:52.819 there because 00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:54.339 the people are 00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:55.120 suffering and the 00:25:55.120 --> 00:25:55.819 nation of Israel 00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:57.079 is suffering because 00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:58.380 of David's sin. 00:25:59.460 --> 00:26:00.140 And when Arunah 00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:01.640 sees David coming 00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:02.839 he says, 00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:03.420 what's up? 00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:05.440 And David says 00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:06.120 in verse 21, 00:26:06.119 --> 00:26:26.319 I don't know if 00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:26.819 you have the next 00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.699 verse underlined. 00:26:29.879 --> 00:26:30.579 All this, 00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:31.899 O king, 00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.759 Arunah gives to 00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.239 the king. 00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:35.079 And Arunah said 00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:35.480 to the king, 00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:36.079 may the Lord 00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:37.180 your God accept 00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:37.539 you. 00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:39.339 Now mark this. 00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:40.980 And the king 00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:41.759 said to Arunah, 00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:43.440 no, but I will 00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:44.259 buy it from you 00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:45.000 for a price. 00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:46.640 I will not 00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:47.519 offer burnt 00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:48.519 offerings to the 00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:49.819 Lord my God. 00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.880 That costs me 00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:51.220 nothing. 00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.400 Do you 00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:53.960 understand that? 00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:56.759 Here was David 00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:59.299 expressing the 00:26:59.299 --> 00:27:02.079 worth of his 00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:02.439 God. 00:27:04.139 --> 00:27:04.939 And here is 00:27:04.939 --> 00:27:06.980 Mary expressing 00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:09.599 the worth of 00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:10.119 our Savior. 00:27:11.439 --> 00:27:12.240 Now what Mary 00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:13.480 did was a 00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:14.699 display of her 00:27:14.699 --> 00:27:15.559 view of Christ. 00:27:16.939 --> 00:27:17.839 She declared 00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:19.039 his worth. 00:27:20.379 --> 00:27:21.000 And when we 00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.720 speak of 00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:23.319 worshiping Christ 00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:24.359 and really at 00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:24.879 the end of the 00:27:24.879 --> 00:27:25.379 day, remember 00:27:25.379 --> 00:27:25.980 what I said, 00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:26.759 but two choices 00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.460 on the shelf, 00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.519 worship Christ 00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:29.019 or worship 00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.460 self. 00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:30.399 The truth of 00:27:30.399 --> 00:27:30.980 the matter is 00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:32.059 we are always 00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:34.440 engaged in the 00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:35.259 activity of 00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:35.619 worship. 00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.720 The question is 00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.779 who is on the 00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:38.539 throne and who 00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.220 are we focused 00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.619 on? 00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.339 Allow me a 00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:43.019 couple practical 00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.799 notes before we 00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:44.460 move on here. 00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:45.980 For one, I'm 00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.539 struck by the 00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:47.039 fact that we 00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.859 find no rebuke 00:27:47.859 --> 00:27:48.599 from Christ or 00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:50.059 from Lazarus or 00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:50.599 from Martha. 00:27:51.679 --> 00:27:52.740 Jesus accepted 00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.579 this worship and 00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:54.399 I'm struck by the 00:27:54.399 --> 00:27:55.480 fact in other 00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.159 passages you'll 00:27:56.159 --> 00:27:56.940 remember when 00:27:56.940 --> 00:28:00.779 John fell at the 00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.200 feet of an 00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:01.519 angel. 00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:02.180 The angel says 00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.740 don't be doing 00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.200 that. 00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:05.539 Worship God. 00:28:06.399 --> 00:28:07.160 Here's Jesus 00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:09.259 accepting this 00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:11.119 worship and not 00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:12.740 rebuking Martha 00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:14.359 or not rebuking 00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:15.139 Mary for this 00:28:15.139 --> 00:28:15.859 exceptionally 00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:18.519 expensive and 00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.480 costly gift. 00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:22.339 Furthermore, we 00:28:22.339 --> 00:28:23.220 know that Mary's 00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:24.059 act of worship 00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:24.759 while condemned 00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.960 by wickedness 00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:28.539 lifted up her 00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:29.460 sacrifice to 00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:30.720 eternal significance. 00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:32.100 What do I mean 00:28:32.100 --> 00:28:32.480 by that? 00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:34.180 Turn back. 00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:34.539 You're in 00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:34.960 John. 00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:36.019 You were in 00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:37.460 another passage, 00:28:37.620 --> 00:28:38.779 2 Samuel, but I 00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.279 want you to look 00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:39.779 at John. 00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:41.079 I'm sorry. 00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:42.500 Turn to Mark 00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.220 14. 00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.660 Mark 14, 00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.480 verse 9. 00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.740 Truly I say to 00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.539 you, wherever the 00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:57.159 gospel is 00:28:57.159 --> 00:28:57.920 proclaimed in the 00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:58.659 whole world, 00:28:59.139 --> 00:29:00.059 what she has 00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:00.839 done will be 00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:01.879 told in 00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:04.680 memory of 00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:04.899 her. 00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:07.759 That's 00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.059 something, 00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:08.519 isn't it? 00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:11.700 Mary's act of 00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:14.279 worship was one 00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:16.519 that ended up as 00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.579 a benchmark and a 00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:18.839 reminder to all of 00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.839 us of what real 00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:21.000 genuine worship 00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.700 looks like. 00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:22.220 So let me stop 00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:22.759 just for a minute 00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:23.940 and ask yourself 00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:24.720 this question. 00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:27.180 What have you 00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:28.019 given him? 00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.580 When have you 00:29:30.580 --> 00:29:33.320 ever consciously 00:29:33.320 --> 00:29:34.860 chosen to give to 00:29:34.860 --> 00:29:37.640 him something that 00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:38.480 you were reserving 00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:41.740 for yourself out of 00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:43.900 nothing other than a 00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:45.580 mere expression of 00:29:45.580 --> 00:29:47.000 your worth for him? 00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:51.599 So a practical 00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:52.519 question to follow 00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.099 that would be 00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:53.539 this. 00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:56.440 How often has 00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:57.259 your worship been 00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:58.259 as significant and 00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:59.000 as sweet as 00:29:59.000 --> 00:29:59.660 Mary's? 00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:04.220 How often has 00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:05.279 your worship been 00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:07.440 as significant and 00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:08.759 sweet as Mary's? 00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:10.339 I got to tell you, 00:30:10.380 --> 00:30:12.140 we live in an age 00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:13.420 where the 00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:14.460 vocabulary of our 00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:15.700 culture is a dead 00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.059 giveaway. 00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.539 How many of you 00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:16.960 have ever heard 00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:17.500 somebody say, 00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:18.200 I'm worth it? 00:30:19.919 --> 00:30:20.839 Two weeks ago I 00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:21.319 was having a 00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:22.059 conversation with 00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:23.240 an individual and 00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.720 we were dealing 00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:24.480 with the issue of 00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:24.799 sin. 00:30:26.179 --> 00:30:27.720 And the person 00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:28.419 was trying to 00:30:28.419 --> 00:30:29.279 understand why I 00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:30.220 was concerned about 00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:31.240 what had been going 00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:31.740 on in the 00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.519 individual's life 00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:33.139 morally. 00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.460 And in the flow 00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:36.440 of conversation the 00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:37.179 individual said 00:30:37.179 --> 00:30:38.879 this, I should 00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:39.919 think more of 00:30:39.919 --> 00:30:41.079 myself and not 00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:42.359 keep doing this. 00:30:42.379 --> 00:30:42.799 I thought, 00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:43.339 what? 00:30:43.339 --> 00:30:46.079 You're not the 00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:46.519 problem. 00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.599 It's your view of 00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:48.159 God. 00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:49.279 Do you follow 00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.539 that? 00:30:52.459 --> 00:30:53.399 I'm worth it. 00:30:56.339 --> 00:30:57.359 Here is Mary 00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:59.959 saying, Christ, 00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:01.779 you're worth it. 00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:04.279 And I find my 00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:05.039 pleasure and my 00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:06.059 satisfaction in 00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:07.200 giving to you 00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:08.779 that which is my 00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.859 best and most 00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:10.599 prized. 00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:13.359 Well, there's 00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:14.039 another person in 00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.740 the picture and I 00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.299 don't think we 00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:15.879 should miss him. 00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:18.180 Look at Judas 00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:19.879 at his altar. 00:31:21.879 --> 00:31:22.480 Verse 4, but 00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:23.500 Judas Iscariot, one 00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:24.879 of his disciples, he 00:31:24.879 --> 00:31:25.660 who was about to 00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:27.059 betray him, said, 00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:30.240 you can hear his 00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.879 attitude, right? 00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:32.480 Kind of snarky. 00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:33.960 Hey, stop just for 00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.119 a minute. 00:31:34.399 --> 00:31:34.879 How many of you 00:31:34.879 --> 00:31:35.679 specialize in being 00:31:35.679 --> 00:31:36.319 critical of other 00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:36.619 people? 00:31:36.919 --> 00:31:37.740 Raise your hands if 00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.240 you want to wave at 00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:39.519 me and say, I'm 00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:40.059 good at that. 00:31:45.379 --> 00:31:46.319 Why was this 00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:47.179 ointment not sold 00:31:47.179 --> 00:31:48.700 for 300 denarii and 00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:49.519 given to the poor? 00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.799 Here is Mary's 00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.759 beautiful act of 00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:55.220 worship that Christ 00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:56.059 accepts. 00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:59.099 Have you ever been 00:31:59.099 --> 00:32:00.139 amazed at how stupid 00:32:00.139 --> 00:32:01.000 you can be and put 00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.819 your foot in when you 00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.500 really should think 00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:03.039 more carefully? 00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:04.500 There is wisdom 00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:05.319 sometimes in just 00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:05.980 being quiet. 00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:07.759 Judas would have 00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.899 been well served to 00:32:08.899 --> 00:32:09.919 keep his comments to 00:32:09.919 --> 00:32:10.460 himself. 00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:12.700 No, he opens his 00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:12.960 mouth. 00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:15.259 Why did he do that? 00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:17.059 I mean, you know, 00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:17.659 hey, he could have 00:32:17.659 --> 00:32:18.299 said, well, hey, it's 00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:19.099 her business, it's her 00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:19.919 stuff, let her throw 00:32:19.919 --> 00:32:20.720 it away if she wants 00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:20.919 to. 00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:22.319 No, he had to step 00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:23.879 into it and really 00:32:23.879 --> 00:32:26.019 show his heart. 00:32:27.059 --> 00:32:31.259 The truth is, whether 00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:32.240 it is in regards to 00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:34.319 moral purity or 00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:35.559 honesty or the value 00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:36.240 of human life, 00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:38.779 ultimately, truth is 00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:39.519 something that is 00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:40.419 offensive to the 00:32:40.419 --> 00:32:40.679 sinner. 00:32:42.139 --> 00:32:43.799 And the sinner is not 00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:45.619 going to let truth go 00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:46.819 unchecked. 00:32:46.819 --> 00:32:50.079 think with me just for 00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:50.939 a moment of a passage 00:32:50.939 --> 00:32:51.899 over in John chapter 00:32:51.899 --> 00:32:53.460 3, verse 19 and 20. 00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:54.759 Remember, Jesus, in 00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.599 essence, says this. 00:32:55.659 --> 00:32:57.279 He says, listen, I've 00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:58.079 brought light into the 00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:59.099 situation, and those 00:32:59.099 --> 00:32:59.960 who hate the light, 00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.319 right? 00:33:00.939 --> 00:33:01.720 They hate the light 00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:02.619 because their deeds 00:33:02.619 --> 00:33:04.779 are evil. 00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:08.079 I want you to 00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:09.039 understand that true 00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:10.679 worship exposes false 00:33:10.679 --> 00:33:12.759 worship and will always 00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:13.319 stir hatred. 00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:15.819 You don't have to go 00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:18.039 out of your way, but 00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:18.799 you have to worship. 00:33:19.879 --> 00:33:20.879 And you shouldn't be 00:33:20.879 --> 00:33:21.899 surprised if your 00:33:21.899 --> 00:33:23.419 worship ends up being 00:33:23.419 --> 00:33:25.619 something that is 00:33:25.619 --> 00:33:28.679 maligned, is hated, 00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:31.439 because of your joy and 00:33:31.439 --> 00:33:32.740 satisfaction ultimately 00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:34.419 in Christ rather than a 00:33:34.419 --> 00:33:35.619 fallen and broken world 00:33:35.619 --> 00:33:36.899 in the messiness of the 00:33:36.899 --> 00:33:37.839 place we live. 00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:40.500 It's interesting to 00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.579 notice that Judas hid 00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:42.619 his wickedness behind 00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:45.220 false piety and a 00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:46.659 well-known discipline of 00:33:46.659 --> 00:33:47.259 generosity. 00:33:48.619 --> 00:33:50.359 It is clear from the 00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:53.179 passage that Jesus and 00:33:53.179 --> 00:33:54.419 his disciples collected 00:33:54.419 --> 00:33:55.259 money, and one of the 00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:56.500 things that they did was 00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:57.359 they shared it with 00:33:57.359 --> 00:33:58.459 others who were needy. 00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:01.899 And Judas knew that. 00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:04.559 Now, if you want 00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:05.319 something to kind of 00:34:05.319 --> 00:34:06.259 chew on when you go 00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:07.819 home, ask yourself 00:34:07.819 --> 00:34:08.579 this question. 00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:10.059 Why would Jesus, did 00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:11.719 Jesus know everything 00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:12.980 about Judas' heart? 00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:13.860 What's the answer? 00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:16.099 Over in John chapter 2, 00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:16.739 it says, for he knew 00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:17.440 the hearts of men. 00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:18.380 Remember when his 00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:19.239 disciples were having 00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:20.519 arguments and Jesus 00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:21.260 would say, what's up? 00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:21.800 And they'd say, oh, 00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:23.760 and he'd say, bang, 00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:24.300 he'd tell them. 00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.360 He knew what people 00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:25.900 were thinking. 00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:29.199 Why did Jesus let 00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:31.880 Judas be the 00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:33.920 treasurer for the 00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:34.320 disciples? 00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:35.599 Go home and chew on 00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:36.079 that one, right? 00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:41.839 But here we find 00:34:41.839 --> 00:34:45.659 Judas having no 00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:47.019 problem whatever in 00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:48.079 voicing his 00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.819 criticism. 00:34:49.759 --> 00:34:50.679 By the way, I think 00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:51.579 this is the first 00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:53.719 place in the 00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:54.699 Gospels where we 00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:55.940 actually see Judas 00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:57.099 saying anything. 00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:02.339 Not very nice thing to 00:35:02.339 --> 00:35:03.099 comment on, is it? 00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:05.199 A critical and 00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:06.519 dismissive spirit is 00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:07.719 often a sign of 00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:08.819 spiritual issues 00:35:08.819 --> 00:35:09.619 elsewhere in a 00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:10.259 person's life. 00:35:10.299 --> 00:35:10.719 Wouldn't you agree 00:35:10.719 --> 00:35:11.059 with that? 00:35:11.940 --> 00:35:12.559 How many of you 00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:13.319 recognize that? 00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:15.400 You don't have to 00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:16.500 work hard to be 00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:17.179 critical and 00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:18.400 sarcastic and 00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:19.259 belittling of other 00:35:19.259 --> 00:35:20.279 people when your 00:35:20.279 --> 00:35:22.739 own spirit is 00:35:22.739 --> 00:35:24.940 frail and struggling 00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:26.000 in your walk with 00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.599 Christ. 00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:28.799 When your heart is 00:35:28.799 --> 00:35:29.900 overwhelmed with the 00:35:29.900 --> 00:35:30.519 beauty of his 00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:32.239 grace, there's not 00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:32.900 much of that 00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:33.960 bitterness there. 00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.519 Am I right? 00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:39.880 So we find here this 00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:41.159 criticism of Judas 00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:43.639 recorded not only in 00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:45.219 John, but let me 00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:46.259 strike something else 00:35:46.259 --> 00:35:47.320 for you to attend to. 00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:51.039 Sadly, sadly, when you 00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:52.539 look at Mark and you 00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:54.360 look at Matthew, you 00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:55.420 find that the other 00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:57.300 disciples picked up and 00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:58.300 ran with Judas' 00:35:58.300 --> 00:35:59.080 criticism. 00:35:59.320 --> 00:35:59.900 That's a little 00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:00.960 shameful, isn't it? 00:36:03.720 --> 00:36:06.039 So, just a little 00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:07.039 note to self. 00:36:08.780 --> 00:36:10.640 Do not be a person 00:36:10.640 --> 00:36:13.140 who spends energy in 00:36:13.140 --> 00:36:14.220 being critical of 00:36:14.220 --> 00:36:15.340 everybody else because 00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:16.500 usually it's a 00:36:16.500 --> 00:36:18.539 reflective note of 00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:19.440 your own heart. 00:36:20.360 --> 00:36:21.640 Secondly, don't cause 00:36:21.640 --> 00:36:22.740 other people to 00:36:22.740 --> 00:36:24.420 stumble by your own 00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:24.720 bitterness. 00:36:24.720 --> 00:36:25.019 Yes. 00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:30.200 So I want you to 00:36:30.200 --> 00:36:31.060 think with me as we 00:36:31.060 --> 00:36:33.700 close of some 00:36:33.700 --> 00:36:35.580 practical application. 00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:40.420 We're all 00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:41.080 worshipers. 00:36:41.620 --> 00:36:42.539 We're all 00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:43.140 worshipers. 00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:45.019 And we're 00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:46.019 worshiping all the 00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:46.400 time. 00:36:48.060 --> 00:36:49.740 The question is not 00:36:49.740 --> 00:36:50.920 if we worship. 00:36:51.120 --> 00:36:51.920 The question is 00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.140 who. 00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:57.619 There are some of 00:36:57.619 --> 00:36:58.539 you here today that 00:36:58.539 --> 00:36:59.099 do not know 00:36:59.099 --> 00:36:59.559 Christ. 00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:07.920 How many of you 00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:08.699 know that sermons 00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:09.719 usually end up with a 00:37:09.719 --> 00:37:10.759 conversation about who 00:37:10.759 --> 00:37:11.359 Jesus is? 00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:11.719 Does that make 00:37:11.719 --> 00:37:12.059 sense? 00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:16.099 There are some of 00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:16.799 you here that do not 00:37:16.799 --> 00:37:17.359 know Christ. 00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:19.619 Can I tell you that 00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:21.019 being a worshiper of 00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:22.400 self is a miserable 00:37:22.400 --> 00:37:24.239 unhappy journey 00:37:24.239 --> 00:37:26.619 towards an eternal 00:37:26.619 --> 00:37:29.300 heartache and hell? 00:37:31.259 --> 00:37:32.239 One of the things it 00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:32.940 says in the book of 00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.759 Isaiah, it says it 00:37:33.759 --> 00:37:35.340 repeatedly, there is no 00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:36.400 rest for the wicked. 00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:40.460 It's not just this life 00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:41.400 that will be hard. 00:37:43.699 --> 00:37:44.519 Eternity will be 00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:47.119 marred with unending 00:37:47.119 --> 00:37:47.699 sorrow. 00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:50.119 And the most bitter 00:37:50.119 --> 00:37:52.519 experience of separation 00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:53.659 from the glory and 00:37:53.659 --> 00:37:55.679 sweetness of Christ. 00:37:58.159 --> 00:37:59.419 And I would plead with 00:37:59.419 --> 00:38:00.159 you this morning, 00:38:00.339 --> 00:38:01.639 understand this, that 00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:03.460 there is no remedy for 00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:05.239 the self-focus of your 00:38:05.239 --> 00:38:05.719 heart. 00:38:05.939 --> 00:38:08.139 And there is no way to 00:38:08.139 --> 00:38:09.939 overcome the bitterness 00:38:09.939 --> 00:38:11.919 of where you are apart 00:38:11.919 --> 00:38:12.839 from coming with 00:38:12.839 --> 00:38:14.000 brokenness and saying, 00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:15.859 I am a sinner justly 00:38:15.859 --> 00:38:16.960 condemned by God. 00:38:17.699 --> 00:38:20.159 And yet Jesus came 00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:23.919 and lived a sinless life 00:38:23.919 --> 00:38:25.960 and was the sacrifice 00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:27.139 for my sin. 00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:29.739 That I, recognizing my 00:38:29.739 --> 00:38:30.960 moral bankruptcy, could 00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:32.739 reach out and repent and 00:38:32.739 --> 00:38:33.899 call upon the name of the 00:38:33.899 --> 00:38:34.819 Lord and be saved. 00:38:36.099 --> 00:38:37.819 Can I tell you, salvation 00:38:37.819 --> 00:38:39.339 doesn't happen because I 00:38:39.339 --> 00:38:40.139 persuade you. 00:38:40.379 --> 00:38:41.359 It is the work of the 00:38:41.359 --> 00:38:42.119 Spirit of God. 00:38:42.179 --> 00:38:43.559 And if you are here and 00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:44.399 you are under the 00:38:44.399 --> 00:38:45.719 convicting power of the 00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:47.219 Spirit, I would plead with 00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:48.379 you in Christ's stead. 00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:54.879 Stop being a miserable 00:38:54.879 --> 00:38:56.079 worshiper of yourself. 00:38:58.079 --> 00:39:00.399 Call upon the Lord and be 00:39:00.399 --> 00:39:00.799 saved. 00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:04.640 I told you how it'd end. 00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:06.580 So here's the last line. 00:39:08.360 --> 00:39:09.600 But two choices on the 00:39:09.600 --> 00:39:11.240 self, on the shelf. 00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:15.960 Worship Christ or worship 00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:16.440 self. 00:39:18.180 --> 00:39:19.180 John, would you come and 00:39:19.180 --> 00:39:20.600 lead us as we prepare for 00:39:20.600 --> 00:39:21.100 baptism? 00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:25.000 And Jessica, if you would. 00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:25.000 00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:25.000 00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:52.639 stand together. 00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:52.639 00:40:21.099 --> 00:40:24.500 sing together. 00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:25.920 Simple prayer to the Lord. 00:40:29.759 --> 00:40:36.019 Jesus, draw me close. 00:40:36.980 --> 00:40:42.940 Closer, Lord, to you. 00:40:42.940 --> 00:40:52.940 Let the world around me fade away. 00:40:56.940 --> 00:41:04.720 Jesus, draw me close. 00:41:04.720 --> 00:41:10.940 Closer, Lord, to you. 00:41:10.940 --> 00:41:20.940 For I desire to worship and obey. 00:41:24.220 --> 00:41:25.320 We're going to sing that one more 00:41:25.320 --> 00:41:25.679 time. 00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:32.940 Jesus, draw me close. 00:41:32.940 --> 00:41:33.940 close. 00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:39.940 Closer, Lord, to you. 00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:50.940 Let the world around me fade away. 00:41:50.940 --> 00:41:57.940 Jesus, draw me close. 00:41:57.940 --> 00:42:01.940 Jesus, draw me close. 00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:07.940 Closer, Lord, to you. 00:42:07.940 --> 00:42:18.940 For I desire to worship and obey. 00:42:18.940 --> 00:42:48.940 And holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy 00:42:48.940 --> 00:43:04.139 Bless the Lord, O my soul, O my soul, worship His holy name. 00:43:04.139 --> 00:43:17.099 Sing like never before, O my soul, I'll worship Your holy name. 00:43:18.940 --> 00:43:30.800 The sun comes up, it's a new day dawning. 00:43:30.800 --> 00:43:37.380 It's time to sing Your song again. 00:43:37.700 --> 00:43:45.639 Whatever may pass, and whatever lies before me, 00:43:45.639 --> 00:43:55.739 let me be seen in the evening comes. 00:43:57.599 --> 00:44:11.359 Bless the Lord, O my soul, O my soul, worship His holy name. 00:44:11.360 --> 00:44:24.220 Sing like never before, O my soul, I'll worship Your holy name. 00:44:24.219 --> 00:44:26.219 Sing like never before, O my soul, worship His holy name. 00:44:26.219 --> 00:44:30.219 Sing like never before, O my soul, worship His holy name. 00:44:30.219 --> 00:44:36.219 You're rich in love, and you're slow to reign. 00:44:36.219 --> 00:44:43.699 Your name is great, and Your heart is kind. 00:44:43.699 --> 00:44:50.599 For all Your goodness I will keep on singing. 00:44:50.599 --> 00:44:58.599 Ten thousand reasons for my heart to find 00:44:59.279 --> 00:45:00.219 Bless the Lord 00:45:00.219 --> 00:45:04.679 Bless the Lord, O my soul 00:45:04.679 --> 00:45:07.639 O my soul 00:45:07.639 --> 00:45:12.599 Worship His holy name 00:45:13.440 --> 00:45:17.599 Sing like never before 00:45:17.599 --> 00:45:20.599 O my soul 00:45:21.420 --> 00:45:25.960 I'll worship Your holy name 00:45:47.599 --> 00:46:08.579 And on that day when my strength is failing 00:46:08.579 --> 00:46:15.579 The end draws near and my time has come 00:46:16.199 --> 00:46:20.980 Still my soul will sing Your praise 00:46:20.980 --> 00:46:23.980 High and deep 00:46:23.980 --> 00:46:31.980 Ten thousand years in there forevermore 00:46:31.980 --> 00:46:36.980 Bless the Lord, O my soul 00:46:36.980 --> 00:46:39.980 Oh my soul 00:46:39.980 --> 00:46:44.980 Worship His holy name 00:46:44.980 --> 00:46:49.980 Sing like never before 00:46:49.980 --> 00:46:52.980 Oh my soul 00:46:52.980 --> 00:46:53.980 Oh my soul 00:46:53.980 --> 00:46:57.980 I'll worship Your holy name 00:46:57.980 --> 00:46:59.980 Bless the Lord 00:46:59.980 --> 00:47:03.980 Bless the Lord, O my soul 00:47:03.980 --> 00:47:06.980 Oh my soul 00:47:06.980 --> 00:47:07.980 My soul 00:47:07.980 --> 00:47:08.980 Oh my soul 00:47:08.980 --> 00:47:11.980 Worship His holy name 00:47:11.980 --> 00:47:26.980 Lord, I'll worship Your holy name 00:47:26.980 --> 00:47:33.980 I'll worship Your holy name 00:47:33.980 --> 00:47:41.980 Lord, I'll worship Your holy name 00:47:41.980 --> 00:47:45.760 Amen. Please be seated. 00:47:45.760 --> 00:47:50.760 I took my microphone off 00:47:50.760 --> 00:47:52.760 So I have to lean in here a little bit 00:47:52.760 --> 00:47:54.760 But just to let you know that for us 00:47:54.760 --> 00:47:58.760 Baptism is not something that saves a person 00:47:58.760 --> 00:48:04.760 Baptism is an outward sign of the inward work of grace 00:48:04.760 --> 00:48:09.760 And when a person comes forward to be baptized 00:48:09.760 --> 00:48:13.760 What they are doing is coming to give public testimony 00:48:13.760 --> 00:48:15.760 To the power of the cross 00:48:15.760 --> 00:48:17.760 And the sweetness of our Savior 00:48:17.760 --> 00:48:23.760 And it is always fitting for us to hear the testimony of an individual 00:48:24.760 --> 00:48:28.760 When they willingly come forward in humility to be baptized 00:48:28.760 --> 00:48:33.760 As a public testament of their salvation 00:48:33.760 --> 00:48:38.760 So I'm going to ask Jessica to share her testimony of faith in Christ 00:48:38.760 --> 00:48:43.760 I went to Awana 00:48:43.760 --> 00:48:52.760 I was listening to Miss Denise Harless teaching the lesson 00:48:53.760 --> 00:48:58.760 And we came home from Awana 00:48:58.760 --> 00:49:03.760 And I asked Dad questions 00:49:03.760 --> 00:49:10.760 I knew I was a sinner in need of a Savior 00:49:10.760 --> 00:49:20.760 I accepted Jesus into my heart after all of that night 00:49:20.760 --> 00:49:24.760 And I accepted Jesus into my heart after all of that 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:24.760 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:39.540 Jessica, on the basis of your testimony of knowing Christ as your personal Savior 00:49:39.540 --> 00:49:42.840 and your desire to be baptized this morning, 00:49:43.520 --> 00:49:47.840 I now baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. 00:49:47.840 --> 00:49:47.980 Thank you. 00:49:54.760 --> 00:50:03.480 Pastor Shearer, will you come and close with a word of Scripture? 00:50:10.820 --> 00:50:14.720 Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples. 00:50:15.840 --> 00:50:19.780 Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. 00:50:21.020 --> 00:50:24.080 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name. 00:50:25.300 --> 00:50:28.360 Bring an offering and come to His courts. 00:50:29.180 --> 00:50:32.920 Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness. 00:50:33.660 --> 00:50:35.760 Tremble before Him all the earth. 00:50:37.740 --> 00:50:44.360 Take a spirit of worship from this place to every place God will take you this week. 00:50:44.760 --> 00:50:48.660 You are conduits of worship to Him wherever you go. 00:50:49.440 --> 00:50:51.100 Please Him this week through worship. 00:50:51.680 --> 00:50:52.680 Thanks for coming this morning. 00:50:53.240 --> 00:50:53.760 You're just amazing. 00:50:54.760 --> 00:50:56.420 Congratulations. 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.420 00:51:24.760 --> 00:51:54.740 Thank you. 00:51:54.760 --> 00:52:24.740 Thank you.