SLIDE: Resurrection: WWUD? 

What would you do?

 

WWJD, 1800 Charles Sheldon “In His Steps: What Would Jesus Do.”

Copyright mistake  30 million worldwide, top 50 bestselling novels ever.”

 

WWUD?? –

 

Journey to Easter!

 

Favorite food!   –  ???

 

Kids – tell the adult – this week can we have?

(Pastor Chris and Darcy) Miss Darcy! Horrified!

 

Place you’ve lived

Dog and Suds

 

BODOS

 

SLIDE: The Place, the food, – THE PEOPLE  

 

CONTEXT: Going to Jerusalem to die – Death Burial Resurrection EASTER

 

Sunday anointing  –  Wednesday – Judas will betray him with a kiss

SLIDE: Mark 14   Jesus Anointed at Bethany

14 Now the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him. ² “But not during the festival,” they said, “or the people may riot.”

³ While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.

⁴ Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, “Why this waste of perfume?⁵ It could have been sold for more than a year’s wages and the money given to the poor.” And they rebuked her harshly.

⁶ “Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. ⁷ The poor you will always have with you,^[b] and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me. ⁸ She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. ⁹ Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”

¹⁰ Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them.¹¹ They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money. So he watched for an opportunity to hand him over.

The Last Supper  

 

 

Who Jesus ate with? 

 

SLIDE: Mark 2:15-22  Jesus eats at a tax collectors house

While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. ¹⁶ When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

 

A Meal = we are good

 

THE BIG PICTURE –

1-2 Now the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him. ² “But not during the festival,” they said, “or the people may riot.”

Passover – Unleavened Bread

Some Religious leaders – arrest and kill

People Love Jesus –

Mark 14:3 While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper

 

Matthew 8 – Leper is healed

 

 

Crazy at a dinner!!

 

a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.

 

She is prepared and determined to show her love and commitment to Christ.

 

4 Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, “Why this waste of perfume?⁵ It could have been sold for more than a year’s wages and the money given to the poor.” And they rebuked her harshly.

 

⁶ “Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. ⁷ The poor you will always have with you,  and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me. ⁸ She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial.

 

Beautiful – wasteful

Prepare for my burial – sold given to the poor

 

“in memory of her”

Mark 14:8-9 Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”

 

CONTRAST –

Unnamed woman –

Judas Iscariot

 

¹⁰ Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them.¹¹ They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money. So he watched for an opportunity to hand him over.

I am out –

 

SLIDE: Feet to Your Faith

Slide: Will I be like her?  Will I be like him?

SLIDE: Mark 14:22-24 Communion

²² While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take it; this is my body.”

²³ Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it.

²⁴ “This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many,” he said to them.

 

 

Pastoral Blessing

 

Vigil