A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                                       LOVE POURED OUT PART XV

"I, Jesus, had gone to the home of my close friends Martha, Mary and Lazarus with My twelve disciples...We had gone there to celebrate the return of Lazarus to life... Martha had cooked a delicious meal...I knew she did this to she Me her great love for Me... Mary decided to show her love for Me in a different way.... She fetched a bottle of very expensive perfume...She poured it on My feet....I knew what she was trying to do.... She was trying to show Me her love for Me.... Moreover, she prepared Me for My burial....All My disciples looked on as Mary poured the perfume on My feet.....Did they understand why she did what she did?... Most probably not.... One of them, Judas Iscariot, most certainly did not understand it....In fact, he complained saying the money had been wasted on Me... So I told him off....For I know the real reason behind his complaint.... He is nothing but a thief.".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that Jesus comes to Mary's defense....

 

                  ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                              LOVE POURED OUT PART XV

However, Jesus knowing that Judas does not really care about the poor, rebukes him for his words as we know from John 12:7-8

"Leave her alone," Jesus replied. "It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of My burial. You will always have the poor among you, but you will always have Me."

Jesus then discloses Mary's reason for pouring perfume over His feet. For Mary has sat at the feet of Jesus and has learned from him that the reason for His coming to earth is to be crucified. She knows the time of His death is neat and has anointed Him for that moment.