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Extravagant Love
Mary Anoints Jesus at Bethany
"1 Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
"2 So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table.
"3 Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
"4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was about to betray him), said,
"5 'Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?'
"6 He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it.
"7 Jesus said, 'Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my burial.
"8 'For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me.'"- John 12:1-8 English Standard Version
What's your annual income?
Imagine spending that much on a single bottle of perfume and using it all at one time!
Mary (sister of Martha and Lazarus) did this, and she wasn’t being impulsive, stupid, or wasteful.
Mary sat at Christ's feet (Luke 10:39) and fell at his feet (John 11:32).
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Now in John 12:1-8 she anoints His feet with costly perfume and humbly wipes them with her hair.
Extravagant love doesn’t always involve money, but it always involves humility and sacrifice.
A few days after Mary anointed His feet, Christ gave us the most humble, sacrificial, extravagant gift in all of history
"For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." - 2 Corinthians 5:21 English Standard Version
Is there an area of your spiritual life where you're afraid to humble yourself, afraid to take the risk or make the sacrifice?
With Mary as our example and Christ's love guiding us, let's be extravagant!
Bible Love Notes
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