1) Six days before Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was. Mary anointed Jesus' feet with expensive spikenard oil and wiped his feet with her hair, filling the house with fragrance. 2) Judas questioned why the oil was not sold and money given to the poor, though he did not care for the poor. Jesus said to leave Mary alone, as she was anointing him for burial. 3) Though there will always be poor, Jesus would not always be with them physically. Mary showed great faith by anointing Jesus prior to his death and burial.

1. Doing What You
Can
Heritage Addition church of Christ
By Jim Bradshaw
Sunday Morning, February 1, 2015
Lesson Text:
John 12:1-8

3. TheLastWeek,Saturday Evening

4. AfterLazarus’Resurrection
John 11:53-57 NKJV Then, from that day on,
they plotted to put Him to death. (54)
Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly
among the Jews, but went from there into
the country near the wilderness, to a city
called Ephraim, and there remained with
His disciples.

5. John 11:53-57 continued (55) And the Passover
of the Jews was near, and many went from
the country up to Jerusalem before the
Passover, to purify themselves. (56) Then
they sought Jesus, and spoke among
themselves as they stood in the temple,
"What do you think—that He will not come
to the feast?" (57) Now both the chief priests
and the Pharisees had given a command,
that if anyone knew where He was, he
should report it, that they might seize Him.

6. After Lazarus’ Resurrection
The Chief Priest
and Scribes sought
to put Jesus to
death
They had orders to
arrest Jesus upon
His return to
Jerusalem
All male Jews were
required to attend
Passover, Ex. 23:14
Many doubted
whether Jesus
would return

7. Doing What YOU Can
John 12:1-8 Then, six days before the Passover,
Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was
who had been dead, whom He had raised
from the dead. (2) There they made Him a
supper; and Martha served, but Lazarus was
one of those who sat at the table with Him.
(3) Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil
of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and
wiped His feet with her hair. And the house
was filled with the fragrance of the oil.

8. John 12:1-8 continued (4) But one of His
disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who
would betray Him, said, (5) "Why was this
fragrant oil not sold for three hundred denarii
and given to the poor?" (6) This he said, not
that he cared for the poor, but because he was
a thief, and had the money box; and he used to
take what was put in it. (7) But Jesus said, “Let
her alone; she has kept this for the day of My
burial. (8) For the poor you have with you
always, but Me you do not have always.”

9. Saturday Night
• House of Simon the Leper,
Matt. 26:6
• Martha served the food
• Lazarus who had been dead
was there
A Supper
for Jesus
• Pound – (litra) a liquid of 12
ounces.
• Spikenard – fragrant east Indian
plant
• It was worth 300 denarius, i.e.
the amount a laborer would
make in a year
Mary took
a pound
of
spikenard

10. A Waste of Money
• He was not alone
• Mark 14:4-5 But there were
some who were indignant
among themselves, and said,
"Why was this fragrant oil
wasted? (5) For it might have
been sold for more than three
hundred denarii and given to
the poor." And they criticized
her sharply.
• Judas really did not care for
the poor
Judas
Iscariot
questions
why
money
was not
given to
the poor.

11. Something Beautiful
• Matthew 26:10 ESV But
Jesus, aware of this, said
to them, "Why do you
trouble the woman? For
she has done a beautiful
thing to me.
• A beautiful thing (KJV –
good work)
• When we do something
for Jesus, It is beautiful
Jesus
perceived
their
murmuring

12. Anointed Jesus For His Burial
Matt. 26:11-12 NKJV For you have the poor
with you always, but Me you do not have
always. (12) For in pouring this fragrant oil
on My body, she did it for My burial.
How did she know?

13. Matthew 16:21 NKJV From that time Jesus
began to show to His disciples that He must go
to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the
elders and chief priests and scribes, and be
killed, and be raised the third day.
Matthew 20:18-19 NKJV "Behold, we are going
up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be
betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes;
and they will condemn Him to death, (19)
and deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and to
scourge and to crucify. And the third day He
will rise again.”

14. Great Faith
Matthew 26:13 NKJV Assuredly, I say to
you, wherever this gospel is preached in the
whole world, what this woman has done
will also be told as a memorial to her.”
2 Corinthians 5:7 NKJV For we walk by
faith, not by sight.

15. Lack of Faith
1. It cost too much
2. It will not work
3. We don’t have enough people
4. Why did God allow this to happen
5. I’m just too old, young, poor, rich, etc.

16. 2 Peter 3:4 NKJV and saying, "Where is
the promise of His coming? For since the
fathers fell asleep, all things continue as
they were from the beginning of
creation.”

17. 2 Peter 3:9-12 The Lord is not slack
concerning His promise, as some count
slackness, but is longsuffering toward us,
not willing that any should perish but that
all should come to repentance. (10) But the
day of the Lord will come as a thief in the
night, in which the heavens will pass away
with a great noise, and the elements will
melt with fervent heat; both the earth and
the works that are in it will be burned up.

18. 2 Peter 3:9-12 continued (11) Therefore,
since all these things will be dissolved, what
manner of persons ought you to be in holy
conduct and godliness, (12) looking for
and hastening the coming of the day of
God, because of which the heavens will be
dissolved, being on fire, and the elements
will melt with fervent heat?