1 00:00:30,499 --> 00:00:33,619 I wasn't sure where he was leading up to, but okay. 2 00:00:37,779 --> 00:00:43,659 You know, if you were able to take an aerial view of America this 3 00:00:43,659 --> 00:00:49,619 Memorial Day weekend, it would be gratifying to see all around, 4 00:00:50,659 --> 00:00:57,229 cemeteries, town squares, the parades, the flags at half staff, 5 00:00:58,029 --> 00:01:02,949 the people who are there crying, sobbing because of their 6 00:01:02,949 --> 00:01:06,989 loved one has died in service of our nation. 7 00:01:07,709 --> 00:01:13,309 It'd be just a wonderful thing to be able to see how we honor our 8 00:01:13,309 --> 00:01:14,109 war dead. 9 00:01:14,589 --> 00:01:16,269 We have plenty of memorials. 10 00:01:16,589 --> 00:01:17,669 They're set aside. 11 00:01:17,669 --> 00:01:19,149 And we do that. 12 00:01:19,469 --> 00:01:20,829 We do that on purpose. 13 00:01:21,439 --> 00:01:24,079 We want to make sure that we never forget. 14 00:01:24,719 --> 00:01:30,039 Young people, I hope you never forget that everything you do this 15 00:01:30,039 --> 00:01:38,279 summer, enjoy the freedom that was paid by blood for you and that 16 00:01:38,279 --> 00:01:45,639 we all would remember what was paid for us to enjoy our life here 17 00:01:45,639 --> 00:01:46,479 in America. 18 00:01:47,199 --> 00:01:50,599 But, you know, we Christians, we. 19 00:01:50,599 --> 00:01:51,839 We don't have a. 20 00:01:52,399 --> 00:01:53,839 We don't have a cemetery. 21 00:01:53,999 --> 00:01:57,679 We don't have a place where Christ was dead. 22 00:01:57,839 --> 00:01:58,359 Died. 23 00:01:58,359 --> 00:01:59,679 And to commemorate. 24 00:01:59,679 --> 00:02:01,719 Oh, it's in Jerusalem, no doubt. 25 00:02:01,719 --> 00:02:06,719 But today our memorials may be worn on our lapel. 26 00:02:07,279 --> 00:02:11,599 It may be an earring for you ladies, maybe our necklace. 27 00:02:11,839 --> 00:02:12,879 It's called the cross. 28 00:02:13,669 --> 00:02:15,749 We may have it on the walls of our home. 29 00:02:16,069 --> 00:02:21,509 Whatever the case may be, we have a book of remembrance of what 30 00:02:21,509 --> 00:02:23,829 Jesus Christ did for us. 31 00:02:23,989 --> 00:02:27,829 And in this Memorial Day, we proclaim this wonderful book. 32 00:02:28,549 --> 00:02:33,269 Oddly, however, in Mark, chapter 14, if you'll turn there, 33 00:02:33,669 --> 00:02:40,249 the gospel of Mark, chapter 14, oddly, Jesus himself tells us 34 00:02:40,489 --> 00:02:43,689 to remember someone who did not die. 35 00:02:44,489 --> 00:02:45,929 She was never a soldier. 36 00:02:46,489 --> 00:02:48,089 She never fought in battle. 37 00:02:48,569 --> 00:02:51,129 She never took up a weapon. 38 00:02:51,769 --> 00:02:56,729 But Jesus honored her sacrifice for her Savior. 39 00:02:57,129 --> 00:03:00,969 It's found in Mark, chapter 14, if you'll look with me in verse 40 00:03:00,969 --> 00:03:01,689 number three. 41 00:03:02,489 --> 00:03:06,779 And being in Bethany and the house of Simon the Leper, as he sat 42 00:03:06,779 --> 00:03:11,779 at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, 43 00:03:11,859 --> 00:03:14,259 a spikenard, very precious. 44 00:03:14,579 --> 00:03:18,259 And she brake the box and poured it on his head. 45 00:03:18,819 --> 00:03:23,179 And there were some that had indignation within themselves and 46 00:03:23,179 --> 00:03:27,059 said, why was this waste of the ointment made? 47 00:03:27,619 --> 00:03:33,159 For it might be sold for more than 300 pence and had been given 48 00:03:33,159 --> 00:03:33,959 to the poor. 49 00:03:34,199 --> 00:03:36,279 And they murmured against her. 50 00:03:36,679 --> 00:03:39,479 And Jesus said, let her alone. 51 00:03:40,359 --> 00:03:42,679 Why trouble ye her? 52 00:03:43,479 --> 00:03:45,639 She hath wrought a good work on me. 53 00:03:46,279 --> 00:03:54,079 For you have the poor with you always and whenever you may do to 54 00:03:54,079 --> 00:03:54,759 them good. 55 00:03:55,079 --> 00:03:57,559 But me you have not always. 56 00:03:58,619 --> 00:04:00,699 She hath done what she could. 57 00:04:01,099 --> 00:04:04,779 She has come beforehand to anoint my body for the burying. 58 00:04:05,659 --> 00:04:10,899 Verily I say unto you that wheresoever this gospel shall be 59 00:04:10,899 --> 00:04:13,019 preached throughout the whole world. 60 00:04:13,818 --> 00:04:19,179 This also that she had done shall be spoken of her. 61 00:04:19,579 --> 00:04:21,659 Of a memorial of her. 62 00:04:22,299 --> 00:04:23,279 Spoken of. 63 00:04:23,589 --> 00:04:25,509 Of a memorial for her. 64 00:04:25,989 --> 00:04:31,669 We're going to find out why this woman had been given this praise 65 00:04:31,669 --> 00:04:33,989 and acclaim by our Savior. 66 00:04:34,069 --> 00:04:34,749 Let's pray. 67 00:04:34,749 --> 00:04:40,309 Heavenly Father, we know that we're here today to honor and remember 68 00:04:40,309 --> 00:04:44,469 those who died for our nation, to giving us the freedom that we 69 00:04:44,469 --> 00:04:44,789 have. 70 00:04:45,189 --> 00:04:49,509 But also, Father Christians, we're here today to honor you. 71 00:04:50,149 --> 00:04:54,909 Every Sunday is a memorial day of our Lord and our Savior, Jesus 72 00:04:54,909 --> 00:04:55,269 Christ. 73 00:04:55,589 --> 00:04:57,749 We thank you for coming to us. 74 00:04:58,069 --> 00:04:59,989 We thank you for dying on the cross. 75 00:05:00,309 --> 00:05:04,229 We thank you for interceding at the right hand on our behalf. 76 00:05:04,469 --> 00:05:06,869 And we thank you for your soon return. 77 00:05:07,269 --> 00:05:11,549 And I pray for those that do not know you, that may have never 78 00:05:11,549 --> 00:05:15,189 trusted you, that today will be their day of salvation. 79 00:05:15,699 --> 00:05:21,579 You will bless and help us all to take note and realize we have 80 00:05:21,579 --> 00:05:26,499 a lot not only to owe those veterans who died, but to owe our 81 00:05:26,499 --> 00:05:28,739 Savior who died for us. 82 00:05:29,299 --> 00:05:35,019 Help us, Father, to remember not just a day of celebration, but 83 00:05:35,019 --> 00:05:42,019 a day of humbling as we put ourselves in seeing who we are in 84 00:05:42,019 --> 00:05:44,699 light of everything that's been done for us. 85 00:05:44,779 --> 00:05:46,299 And we thank you for that. 86 00:05:46,379 --> 00:05:48,619 For it's in your name we ask and pray. 87 00:05:48,939 --> 00:05:49,579 Amen. 88 00:05:51,339 --> 00:05:55,219 In verse number one of Mark, chapter 14, we note that it was just 89 00:05:55,219 --> 00:05:59,459 two days before the Passover being handed over that Jesus would 90 00:05:59,459 --> 00:06:01,179 be crucified and died. 91 00:06:01,499 --> 00:06:05,259 His disciples had gone to Bethany with Jesus to rest there. 92 00:06:05,739 --> 00:06:08,139 Bethany was just two miles away. 93 00:06:09,009 --> 00:06:14,049 Usually Jesus under 12 would stay in Bethany with good friends 94 00:06:14,529 --> 00:06:17,329 Mary, Martha and Lazarus. 95 00:06:17,489 --> 00:06:20,849 But evidently there was one, Simon the leper. 96 00:06:21,249 --> 00:06:26,689 We're not told in particular, but perhaps he was healed by Jesus 97 00:06:26,769 --> 00:06:28,369 and one of his ministries. 98 00:06:28,929 --> 00:06:33,089 Mary comes in, according to this passage, with holding something 99 00:06:33,249 --> 00:06:37,379 very precious, an alabaster box, precious perfume. 100 00:06:37,539 --> 00:06:41,179 And she breaks open the container and it begins to pour it 101 00:06:41,179 --> 00:06:42,419 on the head of Jesus. 102 00:06:43,299 --> 00:06:49,779 While she, Mary and Jesus were guests in somebody else's house. 103 00:06:50,339 --> 00:06:53,899 I'm sure as part of the indignation that were leveled against 104 00:06:53,899 --> 00:06:58,579 her, someone might have said, simon, she's making a mess in your 105 00:06:58,579 --> 00:06:58,899 house. 106 00:06:59,539 --> 00:07:04,319 But I don't think Simon cared if Simon had been healed. 107 00:07:04,799 --> 00:07:09,119 He was appreciative of what Jesus had done for him. 108 00:07:09,679 --> 00:07:11,679 Immediately the rebukes came. 109 00:07:12,079 --> 00:07:16,638 And from within the house, some of them indeed talked about 110 00:07:16,638 --> 00:07:19,439 the waste, the waste of that ointment. 111 00:07:19,599 --> 00:07:21,359 It could have been done for the poor. 112 00:07:21,439 --> 00:07:22,639 It could have been sold. 113 00:07:22,639 --> 00:07:24,959 We could have had so much more to help them. 114 00:07:25,279 --> 00:07:27,679 But only rebuke you hurt in that house. 115 00:07:28,259 --> 00:07:33,539 Was not just from the 12, but the only rebuke about this woman 116 00:07:34,099 --> 00:07:35,299 was from Jesus. 117 00:07:36,019 --> 00:07:37,939 Let her alone. 118 00:07:38,659 --> 00:07:39,459 Be quiet. 119 00:07:40,819 --> 00:07:41,859 Take your peace. 120 00:07:42,899 --> 00:07:43,939 Why trouble her? 121 00:07:44,259 --> 00:07:46,499 For she's wrought a good work in me. 122 00:07:46,899 --> 00:07:47,539 She did. 123 00:07:48,099 --> 00:07:49,299 She did what she could. 124 00:07:49,779 --> 00:07:51,539 You know, this is not our tradition. 125 00:07:51,939 --> 00:07:53,619 We don't do this in America. 126 00:07:53,959 --> 00:07:57,799 We don't anoint the body of someone before they die. 127 00:07:58,359 --> 00:08:02,679 I would be taken back if someone at my age came. 128 00:08:02,919 --> 00:08:05,639 I'm going to anoint your body before you die. 129 00:08:05,879 --> 00:08:07,639 Is there something I need to know? 130 00:08:08,599 --> 00:08:10,919 Is there something going on that I don't know about? 131 00:08:11,799 --> 00:08:12,759 We don't do that. 132 00:08:12,999 --> 00:08:13,319 No. 133 00:08:13,319 --> 00:08:17,999 We embalm them after they're died and therefore prepare them after 134 00:08:17,999 --> 00:08:20,679 death for their burial. 135 00:08:21,319 --> 00:08:22,519 This is unique. 136 00:08:22,839 --> 00:08:24,279 It never been done before. 137 00:08:24,519 --> 00:08:27,079 It was never said in the Old Testament. 138 00:08:27,319 --> 00:08:28,999 Never been practiced at all. 139 00:08:29,399 --> 00:08:33,159 She did something for the very first time. 140 00:08:34,359 --> 00:08:39,639 She performed this wonderful, wonderful ritual for her Savior. 141 00:08:40,199 --> 00:08:41,439 Before she. 142 00:08:41,439 --> 00:08:43,319 She knew something that was amazing. 143 00:08:43,639 --> 00:08:47,439 She knew the word of God even before the disciples knew the word 144 00:08:47,439 --> 00:08:49,449 of God about his coming death. 145 00:08:50,009 --> 00:08:54,489 In fact, she prepared for his coming burial. 146 00:08:54,729 --> 00:08:58,329 In verse number three, we find that the ointment was very precious, 147 00:08:58,409 --> 00:08:59,449 very expensive. 148 00:08:59,769 --> 00:09:05,369 And one of the reasons why we find this was a memorial of her was 149 00:09:05,369 --> 00:09:07,769 the memorial of her sacrifice. 150 00:09:08,329 --> 00:09:10,889 We're told how precious this was today. 151 00:09:11,129 --> 00:09:14,858 It would have been worth a great deal of money and very precious, 152 00:09:14,858 --> 00:09:17,458 very expensive and very extravagant. 153 00:09:17,618 --> 00:09:20,098 We're not told the details of how she got it. 154 00:09:20,258 --> 00:09:23,058 We're not told of how and what the cost was. 155 00:09:23,378 --> 00:09:28,658 Some scholars say, well, it was maybe for reserved guests, reserved 156 00:09:28,658 --> 00:09:32,058 for them when they would come in and after they had been out in 157 00:09:32,058 --> 00:09:32,938 the dusty road. 158 00:09:32,938 --> 00:09:37,138 And maybe a little drop, just a little, and that ointment was spread. 159 00:09:37,378 --> 00:09:41,289 And it would help make the guests smell a little bit better 160 00:09:41,369 --> 00:09:45,209 after having traveled and working up literally as sweat. 161 00:09:45,769 --> 00:09:51,449 But some look at as an act of sacrifice, which it was a great cost 162 00:09:51,689 --> 00:09:57,609 to her by some estimates, $30,000 in today's money. 163 00:09:58,089 --> 00:10:03,529 But however, for Mary, it was a sign of devotion, it was a sign 164 00:10:03,529 --> 00:10:06,659 of sacrifice, and it was something that she held back for 165 00:10:06,659 --> 00:10:08,579 whatever purpose, whatever reason. 166 00:10:08,819 --> 00:10:12,539 And she saw the occasion, and she knew it wouldn't be long before 167 00:10:12,539 --> 00:10:14,819 her Savior would have to go to the cross. 168 00:10:15,299 --> 00:10:18,899 So she got him ready in front of everyone. 169 00:10:19,459 --> 00:10:23,619 Can you imagine being a woman in a man's world? 170 00:10:24,659 --> 00:10:26,739 All the disciples got the glory. 171 00:10:26,979 --> 00:10:29,779 They'd healed people, they'd preached the gospel. 172 00:10:29,779 --> 00:10:32,099 They'd been around with Jesus all the time. 173 00:10:32,649 --> 00:10:36,649 And everybody heard about Peter, James and John and the others. 174 00:10:37,529 --> 00:10:42,089 But Mary did something Very unique and very special. 175 00:10:42,969 --> 00:10:47,929 She took something that was very precious to her, something that 176 00:10:47,929 --> 00:10:54,969 she had hidden away, and she took and sacrificed it for her Savior 177 00:10:55,289 --> 00:10:56,409 that He might have it. 178 00:10:56,729 --> 00:11:00,679 This extravagant sacrifice was not about anything left over. 179 00:11:01,159 --> 00:11:03,319 It was giving of her best. 180 00:11:04,119 --> 00:11:06,919 She gave of her best at great expense. 181 00:11:07,639 --> 00:11:11,719 Personal acts of sacrifice, some others are special because you 182 00:11:11,719 --> 00:11:15,199 have a great deal of love, you have a great deal of respect, you 183 00:11:15,199 --> 00:11:18,999 have a great deal of admiration toward the individual. 184 00:11:18,999 --> 00:11:21,719 And that's why you're willing to do certain things. 185 00:11:22,119 --> 00:11:26,569 Our sacrifice, our devotion to him should be considered special. 186 00:11:26,969 --> 00:11:30,809 And every time you honor the Lord, anytime and every time you 187 00:11:30,809 --> 00:11:35,689 serve him and it's out of yourself, it's a personal sacrifice. 188 00:11:35,929 --> 00:11:40,889 And you do so because you find him very special and very precious 189 00:11:40,889 --> 00:11:41,528 to you. 190 00:11:42,009 --> 00:11:47,049 Certainly what he did on the cross should be considered very special 191 00:11:47,289 --> 00:11:47,929 to us. 192 00:11:48,409 --> 00:11:53,679 Never, never let a day go by that you don't thank the Lord Jesus 193 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:55,199 Christ for your salvation. 194 00:11:55,439 --> 00:11:56,959 Never let a day go by. 195 00:11:57,039 --> 00:12:00,959 You don't thank him for his nail scarred body on your behalf. 196 00:12:01,039 --> 00:12:07,439 Don't let a day go by that you don't humble yourself before him 197 00:12:08,159 --> 00:12:11,199 and know what he did for you. 198 00:12:11,999 --> 00:12:15,519 Secondly, this was a memorial of her love. 199 00:12:16,079 --> 00:12:18,749 And gratitude shows the gratitude. 200 00:12:19,069 --> 00:12:21,869 I'm sure Simon the Leper had that. 201 00:12:22,189 --> 00:12:24,589 But Mary also experienced it. 202 00:12:24,909 --> 00:12:29,309 You see, for Mary, it was her brother Lazarus. 203 00:12:29,789 --> 00:12:31,229 Lazarus had died. 204 00:12:31,629 --> 00:12:34,349 And four days later Jesus came. 205 00:12:34,669 --> 00:12:39,349 And she was greatly appreciative of all that Jesus had 206 00:12:39,349 --> 00:12:39,629 done. 207 00:12:40,109 --> 00:12:44,359 Indeed, she wanted to make sure that she, she was thankful and 208 00:12:44,359 --> 00:12:44,919 grateful. 209 00:12:44,919 --> 00:12:48,359 And she showed that unto her Lord, unto her Savior. 210 00:12:48,359 --> 00:12:49,799 And she did it out of love. 211 00:12:50,359 --> 00:12:56,119 We're told that this perfume had something very potent, very powerful. 212 00:12:56,359 --> 00:13:00,239 It was not watered down typically, maybe a drop was all it 213 00:13:00,239 --> 00:13:00,839 would have done. 214 00:13:00,919 --> 00:13:03,239 And it was spread throughout the entire house. 215 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:07,959 The Book of Mark says that Mary poured this over Jesus head. 216 00:13:08,039 --> 00:13:11,989 And John, it says that she had poured it on his feet. 217 00:13:12,229 --> 00:13:14,469 The perfume would have gone everywhere. 218 00:13:14,629 --> 00:13:19,189 It flowed into his hair, down his beard and onto his clothes. 219 00:13:19,989 --> 00:13:22,549 We have to ask ourselves, what do we own? 220 00:13:23,109 --> 00:13:26,949 What do we have that we would consider precious to us? 221 00:13:27,349 --> 00:13:30,389 What do we have that is of great expense? 222 00:13:30,469 --> 00:13:34,069 What do we have of ourselves that we may hide away? 223 00:13:34,879 --> 00:13:37,519 That's considered honoring him. 224 00:13:39,039 --> 00:13:40,799 Some of us, it's our love. 225 00:13:41,359 --> 00:13:43,679 Some of us don't give out love greatly. 226 00:13:43,919 --> 00:13:46,959 Some of us find it hard to love other people. 227 00:13:47,039 --> 00:13:49,399 And I understand that to a certain degree. 228 00:13:49,399 --> 00:13:51,279 But we are to love other people. 229 00:13:51,439 --> 00:13:52,799 That's what Jesus did. 230 00:13:53,039 --> 00:13:54,799 Jesus loved the unlovable. 231 00:13:54,959 --> 00:13:58,559 He loved those that we would find despicable by today. 232 00:13:58,879 --> 00:14:00,419 And yet Jesus loves. 233 00:14:00,649 --> 00:14:01,609 Love them all. 234 00:14:02,009 --> 00:14:03,769 Mary gave of her love. 235 00:14:04,009 --> 00:14:06,249 She gave of her devotion to her Lord. 236 00:14:06,649 --> 00:14:12,929 Have you ever expressed your love extravagantly to someone that 237 00:14:12,929 --> 00:14:14,969 you cared for in a wonderful way? 238 00:14:15,289 --> 00:14:17,849 Maybe it was your future spouse. 239 00:14:18,169 --> 00:14:19,049 Teenagers. 240 00:14:19,369 --> 00:14:20,169 Take note. 241 00:14:20,489 --> 00:14:24,569 If you want to do something grand for that wonderful person in 242 00:14:24,569 --> 00:14:27,049 your life, you may want to go big time. 243 00:14:27,439 --> 00:14:28,879 I mean, some have, right? 244 00:14:28,959 --> 00:14:33,839 There'd been message boards at a ball game, maybe a hot air balloon. 245 00:14:34,159 --> 00:14:37,759 I don't know if they do skywriting anymore in the air. 246 00:14:37,919 --> 00:14:42,719 But whatever the case may be, or car, whatever, you do something 247 00:14:42,799 --> 00:14:46,319 extravagant, you do something out of the ordinary, you do something 248 00:14:46,319 --> 00:14:52,759 that's just so outrageous, but it speaks of your love from your 249 00:14:52,759 --> 00:14:54,819 heart, your devotion. 250 00:14:55,619 --> 00:14:59,299 I don't think there's anything outrageous in showing our love to 251 00:14:59,299 --> 00:15:00,099 Jesus Christ. 252 00:15:00,259 --> 00:15:05,139 I don't think there's anything too extravagant that he can deserve 253 00:15:05,139 --> 00:15:05,779 from us. 254 00:15:05,779 --> 00:15:07,859 I mean, you can't give him too much. 255 00:15:07,939 --> 00:15:10,459 He's done everything for us in our life. 256 00:15:10,459 --> 00:15:11,779 And that's what Mary did. 257 00:15:12,099 --> 00:15:14,579 Mary gave that extravagant love. 258 00:15:14,579 --> 00:15:18,579 She wanted to demonstrate her commitment, her devotion, her love 259 00:15:18,579 --> 00:15:19,579 to her Savior. 260 00:15:19,579 --> 00:15:22,519 Her gratefulness was for all that Jesus did. 261 00:15:23,239 --> 00:15:29,799 Mary was trying to go out of her way to show everyone he deserves 262 00:15:30,279 --> 00:15:32,119 much, much more. 263 00:15:33,079 --> 00:15:39,559 And then thirdly, this memorial was of her worship, of her 264 00:15:39,559 --> 00:15:41,839 worship throughout the. 265 00:15:41,839 --> 00:15:46,769 Scriptures, every time we read of Mary, it's usually sitting at 266 00:15:46,769 --> 00:15:47,689 Jesus feet. 267 00:15:47,929 --> 00:15:51,929 She's always doing something in the act of worship. 268 00:15:52,009 --> 00:15:55,609 She's always there humbling herself, sitting at the feet. 269 00:15:55,609 --> 00:15:59,489 Even Martha, her sister, got upset when they were preparing a 270 00:15:59,489 --> 00:16:01,969 meal and she was asked about Mary. 271 00:16:01,969 --> 00:16:05,729 And Jesus said, martha, Martha, you're so busy encumbered 272 00:16:05,729 --> 00:16:06,809 about with so much. 273 00:16:07,209 --> 00:16:11,529 What Mary is doing right now, that is the good part. 274 00:16:12,339 --> 00:16:14,499 She was doing that which was good. 275 00:16:15,219 --> 00:16:17,939 It was worshipful, it was needed. 276 00:16:18,499 --> 00:16:20,019 Sometimes, like that jar. 277 00:16:20,739 --> 00:16:27,299 We can't truly worship the Lord and honor him until we are broken. 278 00:16:28,659 --> 00:16:31,139 Have you ever been broken? 279 00:16:31,779 --> 00:16:36,299 Do you hide that which is precious inside of you and you bottle 280 00:16:36,299 --> 00:16:41,079 it up and you don't open it up and you keep it to yourself? 281 00:16:41,799 --> 00:16:43,959 Sometimes, Christians, we need to be broken. 282 00:16:44,279 --> 00:16:49,159 Sometimes we need to see, let others see the love of Christ inside 283 00:16:49,159 --> 00:16:53,079 of us, the worship and honor that we have for him, but we hide 284 00:16:53,079 --> 00:16:53,399 it. 285 00:16:53,479 --> 00:16:54,519 We hide it away. 286 00:16:54,839 --> 00:16:56,519 We don't want other people to know. 287 00:16:56,599 --> 00:16:58,239 And we're not willing to let it. 288 00:16:58,239 --> 00:16:59,719 Out as we should. 289 00:17:00,119 --> 00:17:04,119 To be broken is to be crushed for our sins. 290 00:17:04,759 --> 00:17:07,159 Our past life of what has happened. 291 00:17:07,319 --> 00:17:11,959 We're broken because we realize we are a sinner worthy of 292 00:17:11,959 --> 00:17:12,359 hell. 293 00:17:12,439 --> 00:17:17,639 We're broken to realize that Jesus Christ died in our place. 294 00:17:18,279 --> 00:17:20,119 Psalm 34, verse 18. 295 00:17:20,999 --> 00:17:23,359 The Lord is nigh unto them that. 296 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:27,719 Are of a broken heart and saveth such as be of a contrite heart. 297 00:17:28,039 --> 00:17:29,719 We are to be broken by sin. 298 00:17:30,609 --> 00:17:34,929 I wonder, does sin still bother us? 299 00:17:35,729 --> 00:17:40,609 I've known some people who watch shows and TV with language 300 00:17:41,089 --> 00:17:43,169 that you would not want to repeat. 301 00:17:43,249 --> 00:17:46,449 Even among us, certainly a godly people around. 302 00:17:46,849 --> 00:17:50,289 And yet their language seems to be second nature to them. 303 00:17:50,529 --> 00:17:51,889 It doesn't bother them. 304 00:17:51,969 --> 00:17:53,889 And how they curse and how they cuss. 305 00:17:54,049 --> 00:17:56,999 Well, I've heard it so much, it's just commonplace, you know, 306 00:17:56,999 --> 00:17:58,399 it's just invented by man. 307 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:00,159 I don't care. 308 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:02,399 It's none of the Lord. 309 00:18:03,119 --> 00:18:05,199 Does sin bother us anymore? 310 00:18:05,599 --> 00:18:09,439 Do the things that happen and come out of our mouth or what we 311 00:18:09,439 --> 00:18:13,839 do or what we listen to doesn't bother us anymore? 312 00:18:14,799 --> 00:18:16,719 We should be crushed. 313 00:18:17,279 --> 00:18:21,279 We should be broken by the sins that are around us. 314 00:18:22,019 --> 00:18:25,299 Breaking that jar was an act of worship. 315 00:18:25,779 --> 00:18:32,099 It teaches us that we need to care for the cost of Jesus Christ. 316 00:18:32,579 --> 00:18:34,539 Mary did not care about the expense. 317 00:18:34,539 --> 00:18:37,099 No, she didn't care about what others thought. 318 00:18:37,099 --> 00:18:41,459 No, she didn't care about what others were talking about. 319 00:18:41,939 --> 00:18:44,739 She just had one focus in mind. 320 00:18:45,299 --> 00:18:50,109 I want to love, I want to honor, and I want to commit myself 321 00:18:50,349 --> 00:18:51,469 to Jesus Christ. 322 00:18:52,429 --> 00:18:54,429 So our love and our honor. 323 00:18:54,589 --> 00:18:59,069 It's no good if we're just sitting around in a sealed container. 324 00:18:59,229 --> 00:19:02,989 You may say you have a love and many religions today do. 325 00:19:03,469 --> 00:19:05,789 In churches right now as we're here,. 326 00:19:06,029 --> 00:19:09,549 Many churches throughout America talk about the great love 327 00:19:09,549 --> 00:19:10,749 they have for Christ. 328 00:19:11,309 --> 00:19:13,079 But if it's not real, it's. 329 00:19:13,149 --> 00:19:18,149 If it's not broken from within and they've realized that he is their 330 00:19:18,149 --> 00:19:21,709 Savior and they've confessed him to be their Savior. 331 00:19:22,269 --> 00:19:26,669 No, our love and honor and worship is no good just sitting around. 332 00:19:27,069 --> 00:19:28,989 We should be broken from this world. 333 00:19:29,389 --> 00:19:34,109 We should be broken from the peers of our life. 334 00:19:34,189 --> 00:19:36,269 We should be broken maybe from our family. 335 00:19:36,429 --> 00:19:39,949 And we should especially be broken of ourselves. 336 00:19:40,779 --> 00:19:44,659 The Bible teaches us in Matthew 16:24, if any man will come 337 00:19:44,659 --> 00:19:46,779 after me, let him deny himself. 338 00:19:47,179 --> 00:19:48,219 Deny himself. 339 00:19:48,619 --> 00:19:53,499 Break yourself and take up my cross and follow me. 340 00:19:53,899 --> 00:19:57,899 You cannot follow Jesus Christ unless you're broken of yourself. 341 00:19:58,299 --> 00:20:02,939 You cannot follow Jesus Christ until you take that which is inside 342 00:20:02,939 --> 00:20:03,419 of you. 343 00:20:03,419 --> 00:20:05,819 And very precious and break it open. 344 00:20:07,319 --> 00:20:13,759 And let Christ come in fully, totally, you know. 345 00:20:13,759 --> 00:20:18,519 Verse number six, it says, this was a good work. 346 00:20:19,319 --> 00:20:24,119 This was her good work on Christ, her sacrifice, her devotion 347 00:20:24,279 --> 00:20:28,279 and her worship wherever the gospel is preached. 348 00:20:28,279 --> 00:20:31,559 And there we have the definition of the gospel. 349 00:20:32,209 --> 00:20:35,009 The gospel is about sacrifice. 350 00:20:35,489 --> 00:20:40,209 The gospel is about God's love and care and devotion to us. 351 00:20:40,369 --> 00:20:44,609 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son. 352 00:20:45,569 --> 00:20:50,729 And the gospel is about our worship, our understanding of what 353 00:20:50,729 --> 00:20:51,809 Jesus Christ did. 354 00:20:52,209 --> 00:20:55,409 The gospel of love that he had for us. 355 00:20:55,889 --> 00:21:00,929 This is a memorial of her because she demonstrated what we 356 00:21:01,249 --> 00:21:02,209 should be doing. 357 00:21:02,769 --> 00:21:05,729 She was playing it forward, paying it forward. 358 00:21:06,129 --> 00:21:08,289 It was a memorial of Christ's coming death. 359 00:21:08,289 --> 00:21:09,969 And she knew the word of God. 360 00:21:10,049 --> 00:21:11,569 She knew what was going to happen. 361 00:21:11,729 --> 00:21:13,569 She knew what was going to take place. 362 00:21:13,569 --> 00:21:21,809 And she willingly took the most expensive item she had and broke 363 00:21:21,809 --> 00:21:28,709 it over him, realizing that he was going to take his body and break 364 00:21:28,709 --> 00:21:30,629 it over her. 365 00:21:32,069 --> 00:21:36,309 Yes, Mary taught the disciples what sacrifice is. 366 00:21:36,789 --> 00:21:39,469 She taught the disciples what love is. 367 00:21:39,469 --> 00:21:43,669 And she taught us as well what worship is. 368 00:21:44,389 --> 00:21:47,189 Some at the table were very indignant. 369 00:21:47,269 --> 00:21:48,229 They got mad. 370 00:21:48,389 --> 00:21:50,709 They tried to express the waste. 371 00:21:51,349 --> 00:21:56,109 But some believers, for whatever reason, thinking that honoring 372 00:21:56,109 --> 00:21:58,229 the Lord is such a great waste. 373 00:21:58,469 --> 00:22:02,709 I mean, for an example, you're here today on a Memorial Day weekend. 374 00:22:03,109 --> 00:22:06,629 What on earth are you doing in church this weekend? 375 00:22:06,629 --> 00:22:08,549 It's a three day weekend. 376 00:22:09,509 --> 00:22:12,309 Now, some of us in the ministry don't know what a three 377 00:22:12,309 --> 00:22:13,269 day weekend is. 378 00:22:14,389 --> 00:22:15,869 We've never taken one. 379 00:22:15,869 --> 00:22:17,589 We always have to be here on Sunday. 380 00:22:18,399 --> 00:22:19,679 Not a complaint, Brother Weatherby. 381 00:22:19,679 --> 00:22:20,479 Just letting you know. 382 00:22:23,039 --> 00:22:24,079 But you're here. 383 00:22:24,799 --> 00:22:26,159 You honor the Lord. 384 00:22:26,639 --> 00:22:27,999 You're worshiping him. 385 00:22:28,319 --> 00:22:32,559 You're right where you need to be on this Memorial Day weekend. 386 00:22:33,599 --> 00:22:33,919 What? 387 00:22:33,919 --> 00:22:39,559 They didn't realize that by demeaning the woman, they were demeaning 388 00:22:39,559 --> 00:22:39,919 Christ. 389 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:42,639 They were putting him down. 390 00:22:43,459 --> 00:22:46,409 But for them to honor Jesus was a waste. 391 00:22:47,049 --> 00:22:47,769 Come on. 392 00:22:47,929 --> 00:22:49,929 It could have been used for something else. 393 00:22:50,329 --> 00:22:51,129 What a waste. 394 00:22:51,129 --> 00:22:55,049 People say you spend all your time at the church, what a waste. 395 00:22:55,289 --> 00:22:57,209 That money you give is your tithe. 396 00:22:57,209 --> 00:23:00,489 And for the missionaries could be done to do something better for 397 00:23:00,489 --> 00:23:03,129 your life and help your life a little bit more. 398 00:23:03,289 --> 00:23:07,129 I can't believe they wasted their future and career on being 399 00:23:07,129 --> 00:23:09,449 a missionary, on being a pastor. 400 00:23:09,999 --> 00:23:11,519 That's what my dad told me. 401 00:23:11,599 --> 00:23:13,199 I had an older half brother. 402 00:23:13,439 --> 00:23:15,199 He worked for General Electric. 403 00:23:15,279 --> 00:23:18,159 He had several patents by the company. 404 00:23:18,639 --> 00:23:21,199 And he was the epitome of what I ought to be. 405 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:24,719 When I told my dad I'm entering the ministry, he could see 406 00:23:24,799 --> 00:23:27,039 the sour look on his face. 407 00:23:27,439 --> 00:23:28,319 What a waste. 408 00:23:28,799 --> 00:23:29,599 What a pity. 409 00:23:29,999 --> 00:23:31,999 You could be better than that, son. 410 00:23:32,079 --> 00:23:33,199 Look at your brother. 411 00:23:33,439 --> 00:23:34,479 Look what he did. 412 00:23:34,639 --> 00:23:37,589 Look at the money he's raking in for General Electric. 413 00:23:38,779 --> 00:23:42,219 That's not what God called me to do. 414 00:23:43,819 --> 00:23:47,819 It's amazing how many people think serving the Lord is a waste. 415 00:23:48,459 --> 00:23:49,499 Without knowing it. 416 00:23:49,659 --> 00:23:52,939 They're saying that Jesus is not that important. 417 00:23:53,658 --> 00:23:57,819 Their idea of love and honor and worship is a safe one. 418 00:23:58,139 --> 00:23:58,939 I'll do it. 419 00:23:59,179 --> 00:24:03,659 But as long as I'm safe, as long as it doesn't cost me much, 420 00:24:04,209 --> 00:24:05,289 I'm willing to do it. 421 00:24:05,289 --> 00:24:09,649 As long as I don't really have to put out a great deal in each way. 422 00:24:09,809 --> 00:24:15,009 It's easy to be comfortable, to be moderate, to be easy and cheap. 423 00:24:15,169 --> 00:24:18,209 As long as it doesn't cost me a whole lot, I'll do that. 424 00:24:18,529 --> 00:24:20,449 In other words, I can go to church. 425 00:24:20,689 --> 00:24:22,849 I can come occasionally when I want. 426 00:24:22,849 --> 00:24:27,809 I can come and go as long as I don't have to sacrifice a great deal. 427 00:24:28,529 --> 00:24:35,019 Today, Jesus, like Mary, wants us to break open our lives and live 428 00:24:35,019 --> 00:24:35,579 for him. 429 00:24:35,739 --> 00:24:40,459 Quit hiding what's precious to you and give your love and give your 430 00:24:40,459 --> 00:24:41,099 devotion. 431 00:24:41,339 --> 00:24:43,819 After all, aren't we called in? 432 00:24:43,819 --> 00:24:44,939 Romans 12:1. 433 00:24:45,099 --> 00:24:48,619 I beseech you therefore, brethren, that you live. 434 00:24:48,619 --> 00:24:52,539 Present your bodies as a living sacrifice. 435 00:24:52,939 --> 00:24:54,379 There is a sacrifice. 436 00:24:54,619 --> 00:24:56,139 There is a sacrifice. 437 00:24:56,669 --> 00:25:00,829 And we invite you to come today and realize that sacrifice 438 00:25:00,909 --> 00:25:02,829 that Christ had on the cross. 439 00:25:03,309 --> 00:25:06,269 Jesus broke himself on the cross for you. 440 00:25:06,749 --> 00:25:11,669 That is the height of extravagant love that God gave his 441 00:25:11,669 --> 00:25:14,269 only begotten son on our behalf. 442 00:25:14,509 --> 00:25:16,029 That is so out of there. 443 00:25:16,189 --> 00:25:17,869 Like, who would do such a thing? 444 00:25:18,029 --> 00:25:20,909 Who would be willing to give up their only son? 445 00:25:21,389 --> 00:25:22,709 I have only one son. 446 00:25:22,709 --> 00:25:23,724 His name is Jonathan. 447 00:25:23,724 --> 00:25:25,249 I love him very, very much. 448 00:25:25,489 --> 00:25:29,249 He's the only member that can carry on the Cox name. 449 00:25:30,049 --> 00:25:33,849 But as I tell people on funerals all the time, as much as 450 00:25:33,849 --> 00:25:37,809 I love all of you, I have an apology to make. 451 00:25:38,449 --> 00:25:44,209 I could never, ever give up my only son that died on the cross for 452 00:25:44,209 --> 00:25:44,529 you. 453 00:25:46,129 --> 00:25:47,089 But God did. 454 00:25:48,129 --> 00:25:52,029 That's the extravagant love, that's the outrageous. 455 00:25:52,029 --> 00:25:56,069 Love that God had for each and every one of us. 456 00:25:56,949 --> 00:26:01,349 So today, on this Memorial Day, I don't know your political 457 00:26:01,349 --> 00:26:02,069 leanings. 458 00:26:02,469 --> 00:26:06,429 I know that some think well, Vietnam, all those. 459 00:26:06,429 --> 00:26:07,749 It was such a waste. 460 00:26:08,069 --> 00:26:11,429 All of those men and women died for nothing. 461 00:26:13,189 --> 00:26:15,349 They fought for each other. 462 00:26:16,479 --> 00:26:17,599 They were warriors. 463 00:26:17,679 --> 00:26:21,039 Together we may think the war debt is for nothing. 464 00:26:21,199 --> 00:26:24,639 As a waste, it helped make us free. 465 00:26:25,279 --> 00:26:28,639 That is the most valuable treasure we own. 466 00:26:29,039 --> 00:26:32,719 And take with us this Memorial Day, our freedom. 467 00:26:33,519 --> 00:26:38,439 And today, let's not forget the sacrifice of our Savior, who 468 00:26:38,439 --> 00:26:44,029 showed us his great love, his outrageous love by staying on the 469 00:26:44,029 --> 00:26:44,429 cross. 470 00:26:44,909 --> 00:26:48,749 It wasn't nails that kept him on the cross. 471 00:26:49,469 --> 00:26:56,749 It was his Love his love for us that kept him on that cross. 472 00:26:57,629 --> 00:27:04,029 And with that, we're here today to honor him, be devoted to 473 00:27:04,029 --> 00:27:10,359 him, sacrifice, and to worship him with every head bowed, every 474 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:10,999 eye closed. 475 00:27:10,999 --> 00:27:11,319 Please. 476 00:27:13,799 --> 00:27:17,079 If you're here today and you've never trusted in Jesus Christ 477 00:27:17,559 --> 00:27:21,159 to be your savior, if you're here today and you've never asked 478 00:27:21,159 --> 00:27:27,279 him to come into your life, please realize what great lengths 479 00:27:27,279 --> 00:27:33,119 he went to to help you be able to go to heaven to forgive you of 480 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:36,769 your sins, to have them forgiven and forgotten as if they 481 00:27:36,769 --> 00:27:38,729 never even existed. 482 00:27:38,969 --> 00:27:41,289 He did all of that just for you. 483 00:27:41,929 --> 00:27:46,449 And today you can come, and today you can pour out your life 484 00:27:46,449 --> 00:27:51,689 before him and say, jesus, I ask you to come into my life. 485 00:27:52,009 --> 00:27:53,689 I ask you to save me. 486 00:27:53,689 --> 00:27:55,129 I am not worthy of it. 487 00:27:55,129 --> 00:27:57,609 But I want to know you as my savior. 488 00:27:57,769 --> 00:27:59,579 I want to know for sure that. 489 00:27:59,649 --> 00:28:01,169 That my sins are forgiven. 490 00:28:01,569 --> 00:28:02,689 I come before you. 491 00:28:03,089 --> 00:28:07,169 I come before you that I might receive you into my life. 492 00:28:08,209 --> 00:28:15,329 Christian, what precious item are you withholding in your life? 493 00:28:16,129 --> 00:28:20,929 What precious thing do you have sealed up in you you're not 494 00:28:20,929 --> 00:28:22,929 willing to let the Lord have. 495 00:28:23,169 --> 00:28:25,329 You're not willing to let him use. 496 00:28:25,789 --> 00:28:32,149 You're not willing to break open today at this altar, a place 497 00:28:32,149 --> 00:28:33,229 to be broken. 498 00:28:33,709 --> 00:28:35,789 A place of sacrifice. 499 00:28:36,509 --> 00:28:40,589 A place where you can just break open your life before him and 500 00:28:40,669 --> 00:28:43,709 let it pour out over the entire altar. 501 00:28:44,029 --> 00:28:49,269 And when you go back, people will see the smile and they'll smell 502 00:28:49,269 --> 00:28:55,079 the scents of Jesus Christ being with you in your life. 503 00:28:55,559 --> 00:28:59,239 Heavenly Father, we thank you for the example of Mary. 504 00:28:59,799 --> 00:29:05,159 What she did was a memorial of her for us to emulate. 505 00:29:05,479 --> 00:29:08,999 We thank you so much for her example. 506 00:29:09,559 --> 00:29:11,959 Help us now to break ourselves open. 507 00:29:12,359 --> 00:29:18,449 To break ourselves open for love, for devotion, for and for sacrifice. 508 00:29:18,849 --> 00:29:21,409 And help us to worship you, Father. 509 00:29:21,409 --> 00:29:22,529 You're worthy of it all. 510 00:29:22,849 --> 00:29:27,969 We're so much of a nothing, but you thought of us to be something 511 00:29:28,369 --> 00:29:29,409 in your son. 512 00:29:29,649 --> 00:29:30,689 We're so grateful. 513 00:29:31,009 --> 00:29:31,969 We're so thankful. 514 00:29:32,209 --> 00:29:35,729 Let those today who have never trusted you, let them come. 515 00:29:36,049 --> 00:29:37,409 Let them be saved today. 516 00:29:37,969 --> 00:29:40,689 Let them come and know you as their Savior. 517 00:29:40,849 --> 00:29:42,289 And we thank you for that. 518 00:29:42,449 --> 00:29:44,689 For it's in Jesus precious name we ask. 519 00:29:44,929 --> 00:29:45,569 Amen.