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M
OUR OIL
atthew 26:6-13:Now while
Jesus was at Bethany in the
house of Simon the leper, a
woman came to him with an
alabaster jar of very costly
ointment, and she poured it on his head as
he sat at the table. But when the disciples
saw it, they were angry and said, ‘Why this
waste? For this ointment could have been
sold for a large sum, and the money given
to the poor.’ But Jesus, aware of this, said to
them, ‘Why do you trouble the woman? She
has performed a good service for me. For
you always have the poor with you, but you
will not always have me.
B
y pouring this ointment on my
body she has prepared me for
burial. Truly I tell you, wherever this
good news is proclaimed in the
whole world, what she has done
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will be told in
remembrance
of her.’A woman
approached
Jesus with a gift.
The alabaster
jar she carried was filled
with expensive
ointment, an
ointment she
poured over
Jesus’ head. The
disciples were
angry that she
would “waste”
the oil in this
way, instead of
giving the money to the poor.
Jesus, however, honored
this woman’s
service, and
understood its spiritual
significance. Jesus saw
her actions as preparing
Him for death, a death
His disciples still did not
expect. Jesus also promised that where-ever His
gospel was proclaimed
people would remember
this woman. What is your
oil? What is valuable
to you? Are you willing sacrifice having it, in
order to lay it at the feet
of Jesus? Search yourself
this morning and activate
your worship with an act
of worship. What will you
lay down for him?
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