The Sacrificial Act of Love in Mark 14:1-9

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Amid preparations for the Passover, a woman anoints Jesus with costly perfume, leading to criticism and Jesus highlighting the importance of her act of worship, emphasizing the eternal significance of her gesture.

  • Sacrificial Love
  • Mark 14
  • Biblical Story
  • Acts of Worship

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  1. Mark 14:1-9

  2. Mark 14:19 1 Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some sly way to arrest Jesus and kill him. 2 But not during the Feast, they said, or the people may riot. 3 While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the

  3. jar and poured the perfume on his head. 4 Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, Why this waste of perfume? 5 It could have been sold for more than a year s wages and the money given to the poor. And they rebuked her harshly. 6 Leave her alone, said Jesus. Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 7 The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me. 8 She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body

  4. beforehand to prepare for my burial. 9 I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.

  5. Mark 14:1-9

  6. 1. Loving Jesus will always prompt criticism.

  7. jar and poured the perfume on his head. 4 Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, Why this waste of perfume? 5 It could have been sold for more than a year s wages and the money given to the poor. And they rebuked her harshly. 6 Leave her alone, said Jesus. Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 7 The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me. 8 She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body

  8. 2. Worship is the priority.

  9. jar and poured the perfume on his head. 4 Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, Why this waste of perfume? 5 It could have been sold for more than a year s wages and the money given to the poor. And they rebuked her harshly. 6 Leave her alone, said Jesus. Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 7 The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me. 8 She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body

  10. 3. Worship is a royal waste of time.

  11. 1 Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some sly way to arrest Jesus and kill him. 2 But not during the Feast, they said, or the people may riot. 3 While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.

  12. 4. Our treasures when invested in Jesus are transformed into an eternal legacy.

  13. beforehand to prepare for my burial. 9 I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.

  14. A Costly Treasure

  15. 2 Corinthians 8:9 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.

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