Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment” (John 12:3, KJV). Mary’s act was in marked contrast with that which Judas was about to do. What a sharpContinue reading “Nothing Too Costly for Christ”
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Fake Financier Devalues Alabaster Box
“Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.“Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him,“Why was not this ointment sold for threeContinue reading “Fake Financier Devalues Alabaster Box”
Testimony of One Dead Four Days
“For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.“Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is doneContinue reading “Testimony of One Dead Four Days”
Holiness: Wholeness to God, Dying to Live, Sinner to Saint
“If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.“None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live” (EzekielContinue reading “Holiness: Wholeness to God, Dying to Live, Sinner to Saint”
New Kingdom Law
“And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.“For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many” (Mark 10:44, 45 KJV). “So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.“Let us notContinue reading “New Kingdom Law”
The Raising of Lazarus: Why Jesus Wept
“When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,“And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. “Jesus wept” (John 11:33-35, KJV). On His journey to Bethany, Jesus, according to His custom, ministered to theContinue reading “The Raising of Lazarus: Why Jesus Wept”
Test of Faith: Death, Only Sleep to True Believers
“The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished” (2 Peter 2:9, KJV). Sorrow entered the peaceful home where Jesus had rested. Lazarus was stricken with sudden illness, and his sisters sent to the Saviour, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom ThouContinue reading “Test of Faith: Death, Only Sleep to True Believers”