A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                             LOVE POURED OUT PART XVI

"We, the sinful woman and Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus, wanted to show Jesus how much we love Him... We both did that by pouring perfume on His feet at different times.... We did not know each other... Neither did we know of the same longing in our hearts to show Jesus our love for Him.... And how we tried to express that love to Him... We believe you may want to show Jesus your love for Him as well... You may not be able to pour perfume on His feet as we were able to do.... But you can show your love for Him in your own way... You may like to let Him know how much you love Him when you spend time with Him... You may like to spend time with Him reading His word.... Or praying... Or sharing your faith with others...Or ministering to other people in ways that He has shown you... Jesus loves you and has shown that by dying for you on the cross for you... So you can love Him in return by believing in Him.".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that you too can show Jesus your love...

 

                ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                        LOVE POURED OUT PART XVI

These two stories of two different women pouring perfume over the feet of Jesus help us to see that Jesus cared deeply about both of them by receiving their ministry to Him. One of the women, as we know, was considered a sinful woman. Yet, Jesus did not reject her. Instead, He accepted her and her ministry to Him as a way to express her love for Him. He knew she was repentant of her sinful lifestyle so He forgave her of all her sins and enabled her to begin a new life empowered by Him. The other woman was Mary. She was a disciple of Him and had great understanding of who He was and what He had come to earth for because she had spent much time sitting at His feet. He received her ministry to Him because He knew by pouring perfume over His feet she was not only showing Him her love and devotion, she was in fact preparing Him for His death and burial. Like these two women, Jesus welcomes your ministry of love and devotion to Him because you matter to Him as much as these two women did even though Jesus is not physically with you. But you can show Him your love and devotion by giving Him your time when you read the Word of God or pray as well when you share your faith with others or when you serve Him in other ways that He has shown you. And you too will sense His love for you and His approval of you as these two women did for He came into the world to die for you as He did for these two women as we know from John 3:16

God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. 

God loved not just these two women but He loves you and has shown that by sending his Son into the world. All you need to do is to believe in Him. 

 

P.S. Please accept my apologies for quoting the wrong passage in my last blog post when I quoted from John 12:7-8, not from John 4:8-7 in the Attachment.

In my next post I will begin to share the story of the Samaritan woman.