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Seeing God From Different Vantage Points

Tom McCormick

Mark 14:1-9

In this sermon, Pastor Tom McCormick preached from Mark 14:1-9. Through this passage, we learned that God is not pleased with religious activity on the… Read More

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The Gospel of Mark
Seeing God from Different Vantage Points // Mark 14:1-9

“It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him, for they said, ‘Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people.’ And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head. There were some who said to themselves indignantly, ‘Why was the ointment wasted like that? For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor.’ And they scolded her. But Jesus said, ‘Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me. She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial. And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.’” Mark 14:1-9

"We will learn that God’s word is reminding us that He is not pleased with religious activity on the outside. He desires to have a personal relationship with us: a relationship that transforms us from the inside."

1. The Ones Who Thought They Knew God: Jewish Leaders
“It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him, for they said, ‘Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people.’” Mark 14:1-2

2. The Ones Who Should Have Known God: The Disciples
“There were some who said to themselves indignantly, ‘Why was the ointment wasted like that? For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor.’ And they scolded her.” Mark 14:4-5

"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." John 12:6

3. The One Who Knew God: Mary
“And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head.” Mark 14:3

“Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She’s done a beautiful thing to me.” Mark 14:6

“For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me.” Mark 14:7

“She has done what she could…” Mark 14:8

“‘…she has anointed my body beforehand for burial. And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.’” Mark 14:8-9

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