WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.520 Let's turn back now to Mark's Gospel, chapter 14, and reading at verse 6. 00:00:07.520 --> 00:00:25.019 ! But Jesus said, leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 00:00:25.019 --> 00:00:35.899 And we'll look at two points. Firstly, let's look at the beautiful thing that Mary did. 00:00:37.280 --> 00:00:44.239 And secondly, how much is Christ worth to you? 00:00:44.240 --> 00:01:14.219 Amen. 00:01:14.219 --> 00:01:15.620 Mary did. 00:01:15.620 --> 00:01:32.640 It's remarkable that of all the things that were going on at this time, we are told in the passages we read that it was two days before the Passover. 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:37.420 The last few days of the Savior on the earth. 00:01:37.420 --> 00:01:45.960 It's remarkable that our Lord wanted this particular deed to be remembered. 00:01:45.959 --> 00:01:59.899 Pressing down upon Him was the awful and awesome realization that He was going to die. 00:01:59.900 --> 00:02:03.859 That He was going to die. 00:02:03.859 --> 00:02:07.359 He often spoke of it to His disciples. 00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:16.640 He was saying to them, there will come a time where I'm going to be delivered over to the scribes and the Pharisees and I'm going to be condemned. 00:02:16.639 --> 00:02:23.079 And I'm going to be delivered up to be crucified. 00:02:23.079 --> 00:02:34.299 At the beginning of chapter 26 of Matthew's gospel, He says that, that He will be delivered up to be crucified. 00:02:34.300 --> 00:02:44.160 And here He is making this remarkable statement about this memorial for Mary. 00:02:44.159 --> 00:02:53.579 Before He, before He enters into these final two days, before Gethsemane, before Calvary. 00:02:54.300 --> 00:02:55.639 Surrounded by His enemies. 00:02:56.120 --> 00:02:57.159 Surrounded by hatred. 00:02:57.780 --> 00:02:59.219 Surrounded by wickedness. 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:03.120 The chief priests and scribes all plotting to kill Him. 00:03:03.979 --> 00:03:05.319 To put Him to death. 00:03:05.319 --> 00:03:13.079 And not only that, but even within His holy group of disciples. 00:03:14.019 --> 00:03:15.859 A traitor and a thief. 00:03:16.719 --> 00:03:18.859 A traitor and a thief. 00:03:19.479 --> 00:03:26.379 And yet, and yet, on His way to Jerusalem, He stops in Bethany. 00:03:27.019 --> 00:03:29.359 Now stopping in Bethany was nothing new to Him. 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:34.359 He was often at the house of Mary and Martha and Lazarus. 00:03:34.360 --> 00:03:35.080 Lazarus. 00:03:35.200 --> 00:03:39.540 But here, He doesn't stop in that home, but in another home. 00:03:40.860 --> 00:03:45.840 The home of Simon the leper, the Bible tells us. 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:49.140 And we must understand that in this sense. 00:03:49.480 --> 00:03:51.060 Simon who was once a leper. 00:03:51.660 --> 00:03:52.940 Simon who was cleansed. 00:03:53.380 --> 00:03:54.740 Simon who was saved. 00:03:55.480 --> 00:03:57.180 By the grace of God. 00:03:58.460 --> 00:03:59.240 Saved. 00:03:59.240 --> 00:04:07.360 He had a special bond and relationship with Mary and Martha and Lazarus. 00:04:07.520 --> 00:04:10.180 It was a bond of love. 00:04:10.180 --> 00:04:13.659 In John chapter 11 at verse 5. 00:04:13.659 --> 00:04:14.560 We read these words. 00:04:14.900 --> 00:04:19.259 Now Jesus loved Martha and Mary and Lazarus. 00:04:19.459 --> 00:04:20.319 He loved them. 00:04:21.199 --> 00:04:22.420 And they loved Him. 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:26.220 And that bond of friendship, of companionship, 00:04:26.699 --> 00:04:29.300 was one that was precious to Him. 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:31.040 Precious to Him. 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:33.400 But here, He stops at this house. 00:04:33.819 --> 00:04:35.379 Simon the leper. 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:38.140 A sinner saved by grace. 00:04:39.140 --> 00:04:43.120 And Martha and Mary and Lazarus were there. 00:04:44.379 --> 00:04:48.160 John tells us that they were having a supper. 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:51.439 Remember, the disciples were also there. 00:04:52.200 --> 00:04:54.280 Including Judas. 00:04:56.900 --> 00:04:59.760 The host and the hosts, as it were, 00:05:00.100 --> 00:05:05.260 had every reason to be grateful for His company. 00:05:07.140 --> 00:05:11.680 Their hearts would have been overflowing with gratefulness and thankfulness 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:14.280 because He saved them. 00:05:14.279 --> 00:05:18.839 Mary believed. 00:05:19.159 --> 00:05:20.039 Martha believed. 00:05:20.339 --> 00:05:21.519 Lazarus believed. 00:05:22.079 --> 00:05:24.439 And they had witnessed that remarkable miracle. 00:05:26.939 --> 00:05:35.039 Where Jesus, through the power and the authority of the Holy Spirit, 00:05:37.159 --> 00:05:40.299 said to Lazarus, who had been dead in the grave, 00:05:40.599 --> 00:05:42.199 Lazarus, come out. 00:05:42.299 --> 00:05:43.379 And He came out. 00:05:44.279 --> 00:05:45.739 And He came out. 00:05:46.599 --> 00:05:47.839 And they witnessed. 00:05:48.179 --> 00:05:49.219 And they heard. 00:05:49.219 --> 00:05:50.639 And they listened. 00:05:51.939 --> 00:05:52.919 They listened. 00:05:55.699 --> 00:06:01.399 This beautiful thing that Mary did is recorded, as I've said, 00:06:01.759 --> 00:06:04.219 in the three Gospels. 00:06:04.959 --> 00:06:06.479 In the three Gospels. 00:06:06.480 --> 00:06:10.120 And while they were there, 00:06:10.120 --> 00:06:12.920 at this supper, 00:06:13.540 --> 00:06:14.800 at this table, 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:16.700 Mary comes. 00:06:17.819 --> 00:06:19.500 Mary comes. 00:06:19.500 --> 00:06:26.939 A woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, 00:06:26.939 --> 00:06:29.319 very costly. 00:06:29.319 --> 00:06:37.019 And she broke the flask and poured it over his head. 00:06:37.019 --> 00:06:38.019 This ointment. 00:06:38.019 --> 00:06:39.019 This ointment. 00:06:39.019 --> 00:06:46.319 This precious ointment of pure nard, 00:06:46.959 --> 00:06:49.039 apparently, according to commentators, 00:06:49.459 --> 00:06:53.339 extracted from an area in the Himalayas. 00:06:53.339 --> 00:06:58.819 We're told in the narratives that it was very expensive, 00:06:59.319 --> 00:07:02.659 300 denarii, a year's wages. 00:07:03.799 --> 00:07:06.719 And of course, it was valued by the treasurer himself, 00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:08.919 Judas Iscariot. 00:07:08.920 --> 00:07:12.860 And wherever it was found in the Himalayas, 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:17.960 it must have been then sealed and transported from there, 00:07:18.300 --> 00:07:20.660 which would have significantly added to the cost. 00:07:21.240 --> 00:07:23.100 But Mary bought it. 00:07:24.100 --> 00:07:25.540 Mary bought it. 00:07:25.879 --> 00:07:30.600 It was a considerable sacrifice that Mary made. 00:07:31.020 --> 00:07:35.620 It would have taken significant resources that she just wouldn't have had. 00:07:35.620 --> 00:07:40.980 But she sacrificed in order to buy this pure nard, 00:07:41.259 --> 00:07:44.120 this very precious ointment. 00:07:44.939 --> 00:07:46.660 This very precious ointment. 00:07:48.319 --> 00:07:50.220 And what does she do? 00:07:50.959 --> 00:07:56.860 She broke the flask and she poured it over his head. 00:07:59.780 --> 00:08:02.379 John tells us that when she did this, 00:08:02.379 --> 00:08:06.579 the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 00:08:08.060 --> 00:08:12.100 It was a powerful, overwhelming smell. 00:08:12.659 --> 00:08:14.680 There was a significant amount of it, 00:08:14.920 --> 00:08:16.219 a pound of it. 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:19.279 And this was a lot. 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:21.360 This was a lot. 00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:26.800 And when she had done this, 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:30.300 there is a dissenting voice, 00:08:30.960 --> 00:08:32.200 rising up, 00:08:32.879 --> 00:08:34.279 a dissenting voice. 00:08:34.860 --> 00:08:37.960 And the Bible tells us in John's Gospel that we read, 00:08:38.220 --> 00:08:40.360 that it was the voice of Judas Iscariot. 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:44.159 His voice arises in dissent. 00:08:46.100 --> 00:08:47.980 His words are strong. 00:08:48.560 --> 00:08:49.779 He is indignant. 00:08:49.779 --> 00:08:55.159 He, Mary is scolded by this thief. 00:08:55.679 --> 00:08:56.720 By this thief. 00:08:57.419 --> 00:09:00.399 And John gives us an insight into this thief 00:09:00.399 --> 00:09:04.139 who was taking money for his own gain. 00:09:04.459 --> 00:09:06.299 He was covering his own sin. 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:12.059 And it was a mask behind which he hid. 00:09:12.059 --> 00:09:19.539 A mask behind which hid a man who wanted that money for himself. 00:09:20.139 --> 00:09:23.079 So despite his protestations, 00:09:23.679 --> 00:09:26.500 that the money should have been given to the poor, 00:09:27.039 --> 00:09:29.979 his protestations were entirely false. 00:09:30.539 --> 00:09:32.219 It was for himself. 00:09:32.220 --> 00:09:36.180 Where are the disciples? 00:09:37.399 --> 00:09:40.759 Oh, there's no voice rising up from the disciples 00:09:40.759 --> 00:09:42.519 in support of what Mary has done. 00:09:42.759 --> 00:09:44.680 Rather, the narrative seems to suggest 00:09:44.680 --> 00:09:46.440 that they agree with him. 00:09:46.740 --> 00:09:48.120 They don't say a word. 00:09:49.300 --> 00:09:50.240 What's the problem? 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:54.060 Because they don't see this act of Mary 00:09:54.059 --> 00:09:55.659 in a spiritual way. 00:09:56.059 --> 00:09:58.759 They don't see the spirituality of it. 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:06.799 You heard this morning, I believe, 00:10:06.919 --> 00:10:09.720 about the danger of hiding our sin. 00:10:13.299 --> 00:10:16.480 The danger of being swayed by the world. 00:10:18.080 --> 00:10:21.500 The danger of being swayed by voices that rise up 00:10:21.500 --> 00:10:24.919 and try to take us this way and that way. 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:28.219 It's so easy for us to be like the disciples. 00:10:29.839 --> 00:10:31.539 To be influenced. 00:10:33.319 --> 00:10:35.659 And for worldly arguments, 00:10:35.899 --> 00:10:38.319 to be dressed up in fine clothes. 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:43.099 How we must be on our guard. 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:45.000 But there is a voice. 00:10:45.860 --> 00:10:48.360 A voice breaks into this dissent 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:51.539 and this indignance and this scolding of Mary. 00:10:52.379 --> 00:10:54.279 And it's the voice of the Savior 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:56.740 Leave her alone at verse 6. 00:10:57.439 --> 00:10:58.519 Leave her alone. 00:10:58.819 --> 00:11:00.539 Why do you trouble her? 00:11:01.860 --> 00:11:03.819 For she has done 00:11:03.819 --> 00:11:07.120 a beautiful thing for me. 00:11:07.439 --> 00:11:09.120 Christ rebukes Judas 00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:10.839 and the disciple. 00:11:13.620 --> 00:11:15.519 And then he goes on and he says this. 00:11:15.839 --> 00:11:17.659 For you always have the poor with you 00:11:17.659 --> 00:11:18.799 and whenever you want 00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:20.079 you can do good for them. 00:11:21.019 --> 00:11:24.019 But you will not always have me. 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:28.620 For you always have the poor with you. 00:11:29.679 --> 00:11:30.980 And whenever you want 00:11:30.980 --> 00:11:34.220 you can do good for them. 00:11:34.579 --> 00:11:37.419 If you have a Bible with references 00:11:37.419 --> 00:11:39.220 you'll see that the reference here 00:11:39.220 --> 00:11:42.439 is to Deuteronomy 15 verse 11. 00:11:42.440 --> 00:11:44.880 What it says 00:11:44.880 --> 00:11:48.080 For there will never cease to be poor in the land. 00:11:49.040 --> 00:11:50.760 Therefore I command you 00:11:50.760 --> 00:11:55.180 you shall open wide your hand 00:11:55.180 --> 00:11:56.000 to your brother 00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:56.780 to the needy 00:11:56.780 --> 00:11:58.320 and to the poor in your land. 00:11:58.800 --> 00:12:00.620 What was the Lord doing here? 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:03.020 He was rebuking them for sure. 00:12:03.019 --> 00:12:07.620 But he was saying this to them. 00:12:09.419 --> 00:12:10.879 You have an opportunity 00:12:10.879 --> 00:12:12.299 to do good to the poor. 00:12:12.840 --> 00:12:13.980 It's an invitation 00:12:13.980 --> 00:12:16.139 to do something for them. 00:12:16.379 --> 00:12:18.019 And there is plenty opportunity 00:12:18.019 --> 00:12:18.899 for you to help. 00:12:19.939 --> 00:12:21.120 But he says 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:24.519 you will not always have me. 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:28.019 You will not always have me. 00:12:28.019 --> 00:12:31.419 Mary understood this. 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:36.639 Mary understood that this was going to be 00:12:36.639 --> 00:12:38.199 her last chance 00:12:38.199 --> 00:12:41.419 to anoint her saviour. 00:12:41.419 --> 00:12:46.539 She understood who Jesus really was. 00:12:46.939 --> 00:12:48.579 She was the spiritual one. 00:12:48.899 --> 00:12:50.360 Far ahead of the disciples 00:12:50.360 --> 00:12:53.240 who had spent so much time with him. 00:12:53.699 --> 00:12:56.219 And who had heard him speaking about his death 00:12:56.219 --> 00:13:00.039 again and again and again. 00:13:02.279 --> 00:13:05.620 But here is Mary the spiritual one. 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:08.519 Spiritual insight. 00:13:08.519 --> 00:13:11.860 How did she get that spiritual insight? 00:13:14.840 --> 00:13:18.639 She understood who Jesus really was. 00:13:19.340 --> 00:13:23.199 And what Jesus really came to do. 00:13:23.579 --> 00:13:25.919 How did she get this spiritual insight? 00:13:26.220 --> 00:13:27.299 She was a listener. 00:13:27.860 --> 00:13:29.500 Mary was a listener. 00:13:31.039 --> 00:13:33.659 She listened to Jesus. 00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:36.899 She's been listening to Jesus. 00:13:36.899 --> 00:13:39.379 Every time we read of her. 00:13:39.980 --> 00:13:40.759 Where is she? 00:13:41.039 --> 00:13:43.059 She's sitting at Jesus' feet. 00:13:43.819 --> 00:13:44.259 Listening. 00:13:45.939 --> 00:13:46.500 Listening. 00:13:48.539 --> 00:13:51.740 This was her first priority. 00:13:52.399 --> 00:13:53.659 First and foremost. 00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:54.799 Jesus. 00:13:58.799 --> 00:14:01.000 First the vertical. 00:14:02.579 --> 00:14:04.259 And then the horizontal. 00:14:04.259 --> 00:14:10.179 We must always keep the vertical 00:14:10.179 --> 00:14:11.899 as a priority. 00:14:12.299 --> 00:14:13.240 God first. 00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:15.299 That's the pattern for the whole Bible. 00:14:16.340 --> 00:14:17.819 It's the pattern for the Bible. 00:14:18.220 --> 00:14:19.299 In the beginning. 00:14:19.659 --> 00:14:20.259 God. 00:14:21.720 --> 00:14:22.879 There's the pattern. 00:14:23.399 --> 00:14:25.240 In the first four words of the Bible. 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:27.360 God first. 00:14:27.779 --> 00:14:28.480 The vertical. 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:33.360 When God gave us his commandments. 00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:35.519 What is the first commandment? 00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:37.680 What's the priority? 00:14:38.560 --> 00:14:41.220 You shall have no other gods before me. 00:14:41.659 --> 00:14:42.480 God first. 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:44.740 That's the priority. 00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:47.440 God first. 00:14:47.820 --> 00:14:50.060 Then other matters. 00:14:50.059 --> 00:14:53.279 Martha believed. 00:14:53.279 --> 00:14:56.599 But she didn't really grasp this concept. 00:14:57.079 --> 00:14:59.119 She didn't really grasp this. 00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:02.059 And she was rebuked by the Lord. 00:15:02.259 --> 00:15:03.399 But she believed. 00:15:05.299 --> 00:15:08.059 And we shouldn't put her down in that sense. 00:15:08.059 --> 00:15:12.679 What was Mary doing? 00:15:13.179 --> 00:15:17.739 Mary was hanging on Christ's every word. 00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:19.079 Every word. 00:15:19.419 --> 00:15:21.399 She was trusting in his word. 00:15:21.699 --> 00:15:24.339 And we must be like this. 00:15:26.299 --> 00:15:27.819 We must be listeners. 00:15:28.959 --> 00:15:30.000 In Luke's gospel. 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:33.439 At chapter 8 and verse 18. 00:15:33.599 --> 00:15:34.679 The Savior is saying. 00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:36.579 Take care then. 00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:37.959 How you hear. 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:39.959 Take care then. 00:15:40.279 --> 00:15:41.399 How you hear. 00:15:41.579 --> 00:15:42.559 What's the context? 00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:44.259 The context is this. 00:15:44.459 --> 00:15:46.120 That he was going out to all the cities. 00:15:46.459 --> 00:15:47.399 And all the villages. 00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:49.779 Preaching about the kingdom. 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:52.199 And he's saying to them. 00:15:52.479 --> 00:15:53.399 Take care. 00:15:53.899 --> 00:15:54.819 How you hear. 00:15:55.859 --> 00:15:57.179 You must be a listener. 00:15:58.399 --> 00:15:59.699 You must be a listener. 00:15:59.700 --> 00:16:05.259 The disciples were with him. 00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:07.480 When he was going about. 00:16:07.680 --> 00:16:09.140 Preaching the kingdom. 00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:10.820 They were following him. 00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:13.240 Or there were others following him. 00:16:14.160 --> 00:16:15.620 As Luke tells us in that. 00:16:16.280 --> 00:16:17.259 Great chapter. 00:16:17.420 --> 00:16:18.720 In Luke chapter 8. 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:20.700 One of those. 00:16:21.180 --> 00:16:22.000 Following him. 00:16:22.820 --> 00:16:24.379 Is mentioned in that chapter. 00:16:25.160 --> 00:16:25.960 Another Mary. 00:16:26.620 --> 00:16:27.759 Mary Magdalene. 00:16:27.759 --> 00:16:29.740 She was a listener. 00:16:31.299 --> 00:16:32.259 How was she a listener? 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:33.679 She was following Jesus. 00:16:35.939 --> 00:16:37.580 She saw who he was. 00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:41.299 And the value and the worth of who he was. 00:16:42.139 --> 00:16:45.139 The Savior who cast seven demons out of me. 00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:46.720 I'm going to follow him. 00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:47.759 I don't care. 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:49.279 I'm going to follow him. 00:16:50.159 --> 00:16:52.100 Would that we would have that passion. 00:16:52.539 --> 00:16:53.340 And that commitment. 00:16:53.860 --> 00:16:55.539 For what Christ has done for us. 00:16:57.759 --> 00:16:59.779 For what Christ has done for you. 00:17:01.500 --> 00:17:03.179 And what Christ can do for you. 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:04.400 If you're not yet a Christian. 00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:09.240 She heard. 00:17:09.619 --> 00:17:10.140 She listened. 00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:11.319 She followed. 00:17:11.819 --> 00:17:12.339 Christ. 00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:17.140 And in this beautiful thing. 00:17:17.140 --> 00:17:18.619 That Mary did. 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:21.379 She recognized. 00:17:22.379 --> 00:17:23.740 What he said. 00:17:23.740 --> 00:17:26.339 But you will not always have me. 00:17:27.140 --> 00:17:29.700 This is my opportunity to anoint him. 00:17:30.900 --> 00:17:33.319 In the act of this woman. 00:17:34.059 --> 00:17:35.759 The Lord Jesus Christ. 00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:38.079 Saw the very heart. 00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:41.359 Of genuine saving faith. 00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:44.480 Genuine saving faith. 00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:45.339 First. 00:17:47.660 --> 00:17:49.359 Genuine hope. 00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:51.359 And of course. 00:17:51.619 --> 00:17:52.319 Of course. 00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:54.079 Genuine love. 00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:58.819 The New Testament teaches us. 00:17:59.879 --> 00:18:01.059 It teaches us this. 00:18:03.219 --> 00:18:06.339 Love is not the means of salvation. 00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:10.439 But the finest fruit of it. 00:18:10.440 --> 00:18:14.259 A person. 00:18:14.660 --> 00:18:16.559 Is saved by faith. 00:18:18.320 --> 00:18:19.539 Not by love. 00:18:19.920 --> 00:18:21.500 But they are saved. 00:18:21.600 --> 00:18:22.460 In order. 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:24.279 That they may love. 00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:27.000 If you've been saved. 00:18:27.740 --> 00:18:28.880 You've been saved. 00:18:28.880 --> 00:18:29.779 By faith. 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:33.019 But you've been saved. 00:18:33.180 --> 00:18:33.600 By faith. 00:18:33.700 --> 00:18:34.640 In order to love. 00:18:36.580 --> 00:18:37.480 To love. 00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:39.720 What did the apostle. 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:41.460 Say to the Galatians. 00:18:42.980 --> 00:18:45.400 For in Christ Jesus. 00:18:46.059 --> 00:18:47.579 Neither circumcision. 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:49.519 Nor uncircumcision. 00:18:49.940 --> 00:18:51.259 Counts for anything. 00:18:52.620 --> 00:18:53.839 But faith. 00:18:54.220 --> 00:18:55.440 That works. 00:18:56.220 --> 00:18:56.920 By love. 00:18:58.099 --> 00:18:58.799 Faith. 00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:00.519 Working. 00:19:01.299 --> 00:19:01.620 Through. 00:19:02.319 --> 00:19:02.960 Love. 00:19:03.380 --> 00:19:04.740 What do we see? 00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:06.640 We see here. 00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:07.640 Through devotion. 00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:08.300 Through devotion. 00:19:08.460 --> 00:19:09.080 To her savior. 00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:11.620 We see sacrificial love. 00:19:12.600 --> 00:19:13.360 We see Mary. 00:19:13.360 --> 00:19:14.700 Counting the cost. 00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:17.040 She did a beautiful thing. 00:19:17.040 --> 00:19:17.640 For me. 00:19:18.120 --> 00:19:18.840 She heard. 00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:19.920 She was a listener. 00:19:20.300 --> 00:19:20.840 She heard. 00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:22.020 That he was going to die. 00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:23.820 She recognized. 00:19:24.580 --> 00:19:26.720 His supreme importance. 00:19:27.820 --> 00:19:29.120 His true value. 00:19:29.420 --> 00:19:30.259 And worth. 00:19:30.920 --> 00:19:32.920 That's why she lavished. 00:19:33.280 --> 00:19:34.820 This gift on him. 00:19:34.819 --> 00:19:36.799 It tells us. 00:19:37.419 --> 00:19:37.779 That. 00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:40.019 She poured it on his head. 00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:40.639 And his feet. 00:19:40.939 --> 00:19:41.799 He refers to it. 00:19:41.859 --> 00:19:42.460 On his body. 00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:44.240 And I think we can. 00:19:44.639 --> 00:19:45.119 Assume. 00:19:45.339 --> 00:19:45.899 Safely. 00:19:47.159 --> 00:19:47.619 That her. 00:19:47.819 --> 00:19:48.039 Whole. 00:19:48.159 --> 00:19:49.019 His whole body. 00:19:49.179 --> 00:19:49.679 Was anointed. 00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:51.139 And she goes even further. 00:19:51.139 --> 00:19:51.720 Of course. 00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:54.240 She goes even further. 00:19:54.500 --> 00:19:55.359 Like that woman. 00:19:55.419 --> 00:19:55.980 In the city. 00:19:55.980 --> 00:20:00.539 When she dried her feet. 00:20:00.660 --> 00:20:01.319 With her hair. 00:20:03.140 --> 00:20:05.000 Letting down her hair. 00:20:06.660 --> 00:20:09.099 To do that most marvelous thing. 00:20:10.420 --> 00:20:11.559 For the savior. 00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:14.079 She. 00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:15.519 Understood. 00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:18.059 And she recognized. 00:20:19.059 --> 00:20:19.680 This. 00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:21.079 Man. 00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:23.759 Is God. 00:20:25.199 --> 00:20:26.699 He is the son of God. 00:20:26.939 --> 00:20:27.819 He is the God. 00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:28.279 Man. 00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:29.639 And he is the most. 00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:30.599 Important. 00:20:31.179 --> 00:20:31.519 Man. 00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:32.639 In the whole. 00:20:33.059 --> 00:20:33.460 Wide. 00:20:33.899 --> 00:20:34.259 World. 00:20:37.679 --> 00:20:39.159 She recognizes. 00:20:39.159 --> 00:20:39.759 This. 00:20:40.619 --> 00:20:41.899 That in the whole. 00:20:41.899 --> 00:20:43.259 Of human history. 00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:45.059 Human history. 00:20:45.059 --> 00:20:45.539 As it were. 00:20:45.679 --> 00:20:46.740 Was coming together. 00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:48.419 At this moment. 00:20:48.899 --> 00:20:49.879 Coming together. 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:50.699 At this moment. 00:20:50.700 --> 00:20:51.740 And that this was. 00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:53.220 No ordinary death. 00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:56.160 If there is such a thing. 00:20:57.319 --> 00:20:58.400 It wasn't the death. 00:20:58.420 --> 00:20:59.000 Of a relative. 00:20:59.140 --> 00:20:59.779 Or a friend. 00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:01.120 Or a foe. 00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:05.940 But the death. 00:21:05.980 --> 00:21:06.940 Of the Messiah. 00:21:08.180 --> 00:21:08.940 The death. 00:21:08.940 --> 00:21:09.799 Of her savior. 00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:10.799 Who was going. 00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:13.500 By his death. 00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:15.960 To give his life. 00:21:16.140 --> 00:21:16.920 As a ransom. 00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:17.779 For many. 00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:19.019 For her. 00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:19.119 For her. 00:21:19.839 --> 00:21:21.220 So she does. 00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:22.019 This. 00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:23.200 Lavish. 00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:25.319 Spiritual. 00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:26.599 Special. 00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:27.319 Act. 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:30.980 What a depth. 00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:31.920 Of understanding. 00:21:32.119 --> 00:21:32.539 She had. 00:21:33.180 --> 00:21:34.019 As I was saying. 00:21:34.099 --> 00:21:34.839 How did she get it? 00:21:35.079 --> 00:21:36.940 Because she was at Jesus' feet. 00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:38.240 She listened to him. 00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:40.180 And depths. 00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:41.079 Of understanding. 00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:42.200 Comes from the word. 00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:42.859 Of God. 00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:44.339 It comes. 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:45.299 From the word. 00:21:45.299 --> 00:21:45.980 Of God. 00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:47.140 And nowhere else. 00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:54.220 Jesus said. 00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:55.019 In verse 8. 00:21:55.079 --> 00:21:56.120 She has done this. 00:21:56.420 --> 00:21:57.819 She has done what she could. 00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:59.779 She has anointed my body. 00:21:59.880 --> 00:22:01.839 Before and for my burial. 00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:04.440 What does Mary see? 00:22:07.380 --> 00:22:09.299 I wonder if we can say this. 00:22:09.299 --> 00:22:11.279 She sees. 00:22:11.859 --> 00:22:12.579 In him. 00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:13.960 Not only her prophet. 00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:17.000 Not only her prophet. 00:22:17.159 --> 00:22:18.059 But her priest. 00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:20.220 And she anoints him. 00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:22.440 Who is going to die for her. 00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:23.879 And offer himself. 00:22:25.099 --> 00:22:26.200 As a sweet. 00:22:26.879 --> 00:22:27.440 Smelling. 00:22:29.119 --> 00:22:29.680 Offering. 00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:30.519 And sacrifice. 00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:31.460 To God. 00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:33.779 She sees her priest. 00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:35.339 Who is going to die for her. 00:22:35.339 --> 00:22:36.799 So she anoints him. 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:40.279 And she sees the one. 00:22:40.379 --> 00:22:41.039 Who will die. 00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:41.819 And be buried. 00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:43.220 And rise again. 00:22:43.399 --> 00:22:44.759 In kingly power. 00:22:45.419 --> 00:22:46.839 She sees her king. 00:22:47.099 --> 00:22:48.500 So she anoints him. 00:22:51.460 --> 00:22:53.619 She had heard him speak. 00:22:54.159 --> 00:22:55.759 I am the resurrection. 00:22:56.379 --> 00:22:58.339 And the life. 00:22:58.879 --> 00:23:01.240 She saw that miraculous power. 00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.879 Over sin. 00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:02.740 And death. 00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:03.700 And the grave. 00:23:03.919 --> 00:23:05.099 When he said to Lazarus. 00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:05.819 Come out. 00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:07.839 And he came out. 00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:11.519 Why not wait until. 00:23:13.159 --> 00:23:14.359 He was buried. 00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.720 And go with the others. 00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:16.519 To anoint him. 00:23:17.879 --> 00:23:19.259 You'll remember what happened. 00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:21.079 When the others went to anoint him. 00:23:21.639 --> 00:23:22.519 What did they find? 00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:24.819 He wasn't there. 00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:28.159 He wasn't there. 00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:32.220 Mary is a listener. 00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:34.339 Mary is spiritual. 00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:36.959 She knew he wouldn't be there. 00:23:36.959 --> 00:23:38.599 That he is risen. 00:23:39.179 --> 00:23:40.179 He is risen. 00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:42.220 He is the Lord of life. 00:23:42.619 --> 00:23:44.679 He is king and victor. 00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:48.819 To triumph over sin and death and the grave. 00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:50.959 And triumph over his enemies. 00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:54.740 The fragrance of the pure nard. 00:23:55.099 --> 00:23:58.259 And the amount of that ointment that was on him. 00:23:58.259 --> 00:24:01.799 Would have remained on his body. 00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:03.920 And on his clothes. 00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:05.680 Through. 00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:07.480 These. 00:24:08.140 --> 00:24:08.859 Days. 00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.720 Leading up. 00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:11.200 To his trial. 00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:12.879 And his death. 00:24:13.879 --> 00:24:14.920 His death. 00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:19.019 There was a brother. 00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:20.879 Or I should say there is a brother. 00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:24.220 Who lives in Harris. 00:24:24.300 --> 00:24:25.480 But he is in the Kinloch congregation. 00:24:25.600 --> 00:24:27.000 Who spoke once about this. 00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:32.760 What must the Roman soldiers have thought. 00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:36.400 When they were taking his clothes off. 00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.440 And stripping him naked. 00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:40.180 And casting lots for his clothes. 00:24:41.320 --> 00:24:43.880 The smell of the ointment. 00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:46.880 Of this precious perfume. 00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:50.340 Perfume would have been on his clothes. 00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:53.660 What must they have thought. 00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:56.800 Yes. 00:24:57.400 --> 00:24:59.660 The fragrance would have followed him. 00:24:59.900 --> 00:25:01.140 Through his trials. 00:25:01.620 --> 00:25:02.440 His death. 00:25:02.800 --> 00:25:03.800 And his burial. 00:25:06.300 --> 00:25:08.960 And is it too far to say his resurrection. 00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:15.460 The fragrance. 00:25:16.600 --> 00:25:18.200 Is ultimately symbolic. 00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:21.900 In verse 3. 00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:23.420 We read this. 00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:25.500 She broke. 00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:27.140 The flask. 00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:30.120 She broke the flask. 00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:36.859 And surely it's symbolic. 00:25:38.219 --> 00:25:41.879 Of the one who went to Calvary. 00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:45.859 This is my body. 00:25:46.379 --> 00:25:47.059 Broken. 00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:48.679 For you. 00:25:49.679 --> 00:25:51.759 This is my body. 00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:53.079 Broken. 00:25:53.879 --> 00:25:54.639 For you. 00:25:55.939 --> 00:25:57.419 And what a fragrance. 00:25:57.420 --> 00:26:00.300 What a fragrance there is. 00:26:00.300 --> 00:26:02.180 From that broken body. 00:26:02.860 --> 00:26:04.640 From that shed blood. 00:26:06.100 --> 00:26:07.860 That fragrance of Christ. 00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:09.700 Which has come into your soul. 00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:10.820 If you're a Christian. 00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:13.400 The fragrance of Christ. 00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:16.320 Through his broken body. 00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.460 And shed blood. 00:26:19.860 --> 00:26:20.460 Paul. 00:26:20.840 --> 00:26:22.240 In his letter to the Ephesians. 00:26:22.360 --> 00:26:23.220 In chapter 5. 00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:23.800 And verse 2. 00:26:23.900 --> 00:26:24.320 Says this. 00:26:24.660 --> 00:26:25.620 Walk in love. 00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:27.300 As Christ loved us. 00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:28.980 And gave himself up for us. 00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:30.940 A fragrant offering. 00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:32.819 And sacrifice to God. 00:26:33.879 --> 00:26:35.339 Or as it is in the EV. 00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:36.619 An offering. 00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:38.000 And a sacrifice to God. 00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:39.779 For a sweet smelling. 00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.099 Savor. 00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:47.579 The fragrance. 00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:49.339 From that broken body. 00:26:50.159 --> 00:26:51.799 And that shed blood. 00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:53.259 Filled heaven. 00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:56.819 Filled heaven. 00:26:57.299 --> 00:27:02.879 The guilt. 00:27:02.879 --> 00:27:05.879 Of our sin. 00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:09.339 Dealt with by the Savior. 00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:12.859 Bearing the penalty of our sins. 00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:16.940 Bearing the wrath and curse of God. 00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:19.139 As our substitute. 00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:21.599 This is penal substitution. 00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:26.179 He was wounded for our transgressions. 00:27:27.179 --> 00:27:28.859 Bruised for our iniquities. 00:27:29.179 --> 00:27:31.519 The chastisement of our peace. 00:27:32.179 --> 00:27:33.079 Was laid upon him. 00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:34.480 And by his stripes. 00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:36.019 We are healed. 00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:38.179 We are healed. 00:27:38.179 --> 00:27:38.319 We are healed. 00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:43.139 We all like sheep have gone astray. 00:27:43.639 --> 00:27:45.359 Each one of us have turned. 00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:46.659 To our own way. 00:27:46.659 --> 00:27:52.079 But on him has been laid the iniquity of us all. 00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:52.959 The guilt. 00:27:53.699 --> 00:27:54.459 Of us all. 00:27:55.159 --> 00:27:56.519 Of all his people. 00:27:58.899 --> 00:28:00.639 Eternal justice. 00:28:01.179 --> 00:28:01.959 Satisfied. 00:28:02.439 --> 00:28:04.259 Eternal justice satisfied. 00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:06.159 Peace in heaven. 00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:08.900 This is my beloved son. 00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:11.640 In whom I am well pleased. 00:28:12.140 --> 00:28:13.080 His death. 00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.920 And resurrection. 00:28:15.140 --> 00:28:15.860 His victory. 00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:19.060 Flowing from. 00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:20.620 All that he did. 00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:22.180 From that broken body. 00:28:22.300 --> 00:28:23.060 And shed blood. 00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:26.100 And his victory over sin. 00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:27.040 And death and the grave. 00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:29.480 Flowing from that to you. 00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:31.800 Is forgiveness of sin. 00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:33.339 And life. 00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:35.659 That shall never end. 00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:36.879 Eternal life. 00:28:37.159 --> 00:28:38.079 Mary knew this. 00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:39.339 She understood it. 00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:41.519 She gave him her all. 00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:42.779 He was worth it. 00:28:43.379 --> 00:28:44.299 And more. 00:28:45.399 --> 00:28:46.220 And more. 00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:53.139 Which brings us to the second point. 00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:53.839 And finally. 00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:57.700 How much is Christ worth to you? 00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:05.259 We've looked at. 00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:07.740 How Jesus saw. 00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:09.359 What Mary did. 00:29:09.919 --> 00:29:11.919 She has done a beautiful thing. 00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:14.940 She has done what she could. 00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:18.059 She has come beforehand. 00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:20.000 To anoint my body for burial. 00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:22.119 What she has done. 00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:23.779 Will be told in memory of her. 00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:26.599 Jesus saw. 00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:29.059 What Mary did. 00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:32.279 The question for me. 00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:34.220 And for you. 00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.379 How. 00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.960 Does Jesus. 00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.079 See. 00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:40.419 You. 00:29:42.419 --> 00:29:43.859 How does Jesus. 00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:45.240 See what you do. 00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:48.879 That's the real point. 00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.559 How much. 00:29:51.179 --> 00:29:52.159 Is he really. 00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:53.179 Worth. 00:29:53.659 --> 00:29:54.240 To me. 00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:56.379 And to you. 00:29:56.380 --> 00:29:59.140 Brother. 00:29:59.820 --> 00:30:00.520 And sister. 00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:04.740 You can be like Mary. 00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:08.540 What are you talking about? 00:30:08.820 --> 00:30:09.660 How can I. 00:30:11.040 --> 00:30:12.800 How can I be like Mary? 00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:17.160 There's nothing I can do. 00:30:17.300 --> 00:30:17.620 Surely. 00:30:18.060 --> 00:30:19.360 I can't be like Mary. 00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:22.840 Well you can be. 00:30:24.040 --> 00:30:25.460 And there is something you can do. 00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:29.520 You can sit at his feet. 00:30:31.040 --> 00:30:32.340 You can hang. 00:30:32.600 --> 00:30:35.080 On to his every word. 00:30:36.080 --> 00:30:37.980 You can treasure his word. 00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:40.000 You can look to his word. 00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:42.740 To point you to him. 00:30:43.100 --> 00:30:44.500 To who he is. 00:30:45.080 --> 00:30:46.800 The true importance. 00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:49.980 The most important man in the world. 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:54.000 The most important event in the world. 00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:56.099 Happened that day in Calvary. 00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:57.400 And he did it. 00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:58.900 And he did it for me. 00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:03.420 That's how she understood. 00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:06.440 That's how she got the depths of understanding. 00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:08.620 She was always at his feet. 00:31:08.619 --> 00:31:11.399 What can I do? 00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:12.659 You can resolve. 00:31:13.679 --> 00:31:14.899 You can commit. 00:31:15.399 --> 00:31:16.819 You can highly resolve. 00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:18.239 You can commit. 00:31:19.159 --> 00:31:20.219 In your choices. 00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:22.719 In your own life. 00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:25.699 We make choices every day. 00:31:26.199 --> 00:31:28.079 Do I read this word? 00:31:28.159 --> 00:31:29.500 Or will I just go to work? 00:31:30.159 --> 00:31:31.119 And I'll do it later. 00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:33.819 Will I read it tonight? 00:31:34.899 --> 00:31:36.559 Will I read it at lunch time? 00:31:37.219 --> 00:31:38.399 Will I listen to this? 00:31:38.939 --> 00:31:40.719 Or will I go and do something else? 00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:44.559 Am I hanging on to his every word? 00:31:48.459 --> 00:31:50.979 What am I like in my personal devotions? 00:31:51.219 --> 00:31:53.819 What am I like in my communal devotions? 00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.539 What do you mean by that? 00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:57.440 Well simply this. 00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:00.339 This. 00:32:01.399 --> 00:32:03.039 Is a communal event. 00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:04.779 Worship of God. 00:32:05.659 --> 00:32:07.220 Is a communal event. 00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:09.220 And we must be. 00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:10.079 Where he is. 00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:12.539 Because he's promised to be here. 00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:15.039 And where he is. 00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:18.119 I must be there. 00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:23.019 Am I counting the cost. 00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:26.859 In engaging with his word like that. 00:32:27.099 --> 00:32:28.180 Am I counting the cost. 00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:30.099 In ensuring my place at the prayer meeting. 00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:31.599 Is never empty. 00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:34.180 Am I counting the cost. 00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:35.759 In ensuring that my place. 00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.779 On the Lord's day. 00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:38.440 Is never empty. 00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:40.200 Both ends of the day. 00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:44.500 Am I counting the cost. 00:32:44.639 --> 00:32:47.539 In having regular worship. 00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:48.759 And prayer. 00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:50.099 And fellowship. 00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:52.680 With the Lord's people. 00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:56.319 Christ loves his people. 00:32:57.519 --> 00:33:00.099 Christ loves when his people gather together. 00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:04.799 The church is his body. 00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.639 His body. 00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:11.880 And he says himself. 00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:14.020 He says himself. 00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:16.520 If anyone would come after me. 00:33:17.280 --> 00:33:19.720 Let him deny himself. 00:33:20.280 --> 00:33:22.160 And take up his cross. 00:33:22.620 --> 00:33:24.720 And follow me. 00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:27.840 Am I a listener? 00:33:27.840 --> 00:33:28.020 Am I a listener? 00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:32.660 He also said this. 00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:33.059 He said this. 00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.160 And whoever. 00:33:35.639 --> 00:33:38.200 Does not take up his cross. 00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:39.960 And follow me. 00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:42.700 Is not worthy. 00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:43.460 Worthy. 00:33:43.839 --> 00:33:44.539 Of me. 00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:48.859 Is the gospel. 00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:50.279 A challenge to you. 00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:53.259 there ought to be a challenge 00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:54.920 in the gospel there must be 00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:57.519 there's a challenge here 00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:59.119 how much is Christ 00:33:59.119 --> 00:34:00.940 worth to you 00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:03.359 how much is Christ 00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:04.279 worth to you 00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:09.340 let's leave the final 00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:10.099 word then 00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:12.659 to Christ himself 00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:14.980 the word of Christ 00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:17.639 let the word of Christ 00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:19.259 dwell in you richly 00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:20.380 the Bible tells us 00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:21.900 the whole of the Bible 00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:23.040 is the word of Christ 00:34:23.040 --> 00:34:27.600 I often think when I see 00:34:27.600 --> 00:34:30.200 Bibles with the words of Christ in red 00:34:30.200 --> 00:34:33.360 it's useful to a certain point 00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:36.520 but not 00:34:36.520 --> 00:34:38.860 if you don't understand 00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:41.340 that the whole of the scriptures 00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:44.040 of the Old and the New Testament 00:34:44.040 --> 00:34:46.800 are the word of Christ 00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:53.500 2 Thessalonians 1.11 00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:55.140 in conclusion 00:34:55.140 --> 00:34:59.360 to this end we always pray for you 00:34:59.360 --> 00:35:03.519 that our God may make you worthy of his calling 00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:06.000 and may fulfill 00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:07.300 every resolve 00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:09.139 for good 00:35:09.139 --> 00:35:12.179 and every work of faith 00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:14.000 by his power 00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:16.360 so that 00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:20.239 the name of our Lord Jesus 00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:22.340 may be glorified 00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:23.739 in you 00:35:23.739 --> 00:35:26.159 and you 00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:27.659 in him 00:35:27.659 --> 00:35:28.739 isn't that 00:35:28.739 --> 00:35:30.039 remarkable 00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:36.440 that the name of our Lord Jesus 00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:38.099 may be glorified 00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:39.039 in you 00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:40.699 and you 00:35:40.699 --> 00:35:41.879 in him 00:35:41.879 --> 00:35:43.519 according 00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:45.399 to the grace 00:35:45.399 --> 00:35:46.659 of our God 00:35:46.659 --> 00:35:48.219 and the Lord 00:35:48.219 --> 00:35:49.179 Jesus 00:35:49.179 --> 00:35:50.539 Christ 00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:52.539 Amen 00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:55.279 may the Lord bless these thoughts 00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:56.840 on his word 00:35:56.840 --> 00:36:01.380 we'll sing 00:36:01.380 --> 00:36:01.980 in conclusion 00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:01.980 00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:02.519 in conclusion 00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:03.100 now 00:36:03.100 --> 00:36:06.620 in the psalm that we had 00:36:06.620 --> 00:36:09.360 sing psalms 00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:10.980 psalm 45a 00:36:11.700 --> 00:36:16.160 the tune is 00:36:16.160 --> 00:36:16.940 Gainsborough 00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:19.340 psalm 45a 00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:19.980 at verse 13 00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:20.539 13 00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:27.360 in glorious 00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:28.139 gold 00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:29.400 embroidered robes 00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:30.139 the princess 00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:31.699 waits within 00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:34.840 in richly 00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:36.139 ornamented clothes 00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:37.619 she's brought 00:36:37.619 --> 00:36:38.320 before 00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:39.340 the king 00:36:39.340 --> 00:36:42.380 where did she get 00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:43.099 the clothes 00:36:43.099 --> 00:36:44.840 where did she get 00:36:44.840 --> 00:36:45.440 the garment 00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:48.360 only from him 00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:50.940 and what fragrance 00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.380 would be 00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:53.160 on these garments 00:36:53.160 --> 00:36:55.800 because of the fragrance 00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:57.340 of Christ 00:36:57.340 --> 00:36:59.840 attendant 00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:00.480 maidens 00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:01.019 follow her 00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:01.780 and so to you 00:37:01.780 --> 00:37:02.340 are led 00:37:02.340 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00:39:57.679 Thank you. 00:39:57.679 --> 00:39:59.679 Thank you. 00:39:59.679 --> 00:40:01.679 Thank you. 00:40:01.679 --> 00:40:03.679 Thank you. 00:40:03.679 --> 00:40:05.679 Thank you. 00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:07.679 Thank you. 00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:09.679 Thank you. 00:40:09.679 --> 00:40:11.679 Thank you. 00:40:11.679 --> 00:40:13.679 Thank you. 00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:15.679 Thank you. 00:40:15.679 --> 00:40:19.679 Help us to praise you with our whole heart. 00:40:19.679 --> 00:40:40.679 Help us to follow in the whole heartedness of Mary, of Bethany and others and others whom we had the privilege of knowing down through the generations and still know examples. 00:40:40.679 --> 00:40:45.239 of counting the cost for Christ 00:40:45.239 --> 00:40:50.259 and esteeming him precious 00:40:50.259 --> 00:40:54.899 more than all the riches of Egypt. 00:40:56.739 --> 00:40:59.859 O grant to us now on your day 00:40:59.859 --> 00:41:03.639 a day in which we have delighted 00:41:03.639 --> 00:41:06.339 in worshipping you, 00:41:07.199 --> 00:41:09.679 in calling the Sabbath a delight, 00:41:10.679 --> 00:41:13.399 O Lord, continue with us 00:41:13.399 --> 00:41:15.619 in this new week 00:41:15.619 --> 00:41:18.419 so that every day 00:41:18.419 --> 00:41:22.179 would be a Lord's day for us 00:41:22.179 --> 00:41:23.480 and to our souls. 00:41:24.899 --> 00:41:25.919 Make us listeners. 00:41:28.079 --> 00:41:29.179 Forgive sin. 00:41:30.339 --> 00:41:32.119 Forgive our hardness of heart 00:41:32.119 --> 00:41:33.099 and of hearing 00:41:33.099 --> 00:41:34.980 and of seeing 00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:36.779 and of speaking. 00:41:36.780 --> 00:41:41.480 May all the glory be yours, 00:41:41.940 --> 00:41:42.580 we pray, 00:41:44.200 --> 00:41:46.140 and all in Christ's name 00:41:46.140 --> 00:41:47.700 with the forgiveness of our sins. 00:41:47.940 --> 00:41:48.260 Amen. 00:41:48.260 --> 00:41:48.480 Amen. 00:41:48.480 --> 00:42:18.460 Thank you. 00:42:18.480 --> 00:42:48.460 Thank you.