Series: BROKEN – Week #4

Pastor Frank Nuno

Sunday, April 13, 2025

“It was now two days before Passover and the Festival of Thin Bread. The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses were planning how they could sneak around and have Jesus arrested and put to death. 2 They were saying, “We must not do it during the festival, because the people will riot.” 3 Jesus was eating in Bethany at the home of Simon, who once had leprosy, when a woman came in with a very expensive bottle of sweet-smelling perfume. After breaking it open, she poured the perfume on Jesus' head. 4 This made some of the guests angry, and they complained, “Why such a waste? 5 We could have sold this perfume for more than 300 silver coins and given the money to the poor!” So they started saying cruel things to the woman. 6 But Jesus said: Leave her alone! Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing for me. 7 You will always have the poor with you. And whenever you want to, you can give to them. But you won't always have me here with you. 8 She has done all she could by pouring perfume on my body to prepare it for burial. 9 You may be sure that wherever the good news is told all over the world, people will remember what she has done. And they will tell others. 10 Judas Iscariot was one of the twelve disciples. He went to the chief priests and offered to help them arrest Jesus. 11 They were glad to hear this, and they promised to pay him. So Judas started looking for a good chance to betray Jesus.” Mark 14:1-11 (CEV)

The Expensive Broken Bottle Represents:

A Picture Of Extravagant Worship For Jesus

LESSONS FROM MARY’S EXTRAVAGANT WORSHIP…

1. Extravagant Worship Happens In Ordinary Places

“Jesus was eating in Bethany at the home of Simon...” Mark 14:3a (CEV)

2. Extravagant Worship Costs Something

“…a very expensive bottle... After breaking it open, she poured the perfume on Jesus' head.” Mark 14:3b (CEV)

“…I will not present burnt offerings to the LORD my God that have cost me nothing.” 2 Samuel 24:24 (NIV)

“She has done all she could by pouring perfume on my body to prepare it for burial.” Mark 14:8 (CEV)

3. Extravagant Worship May Be Misunderstood by Others

“This made some of the guests angry, and they complained, “Why such a waste?” Mark 14:4 (CEV)

“The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them...” 1 Corinthians 2:14 (NIV)

“But Jesus said: Leave her alone! Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing for me.” Mark 14:5 (CEV)

4. Extravagant Worship That Is Poured Out, Lives On

“You may be sure that wherever the good news is told all over the world, people will remember what she has done. And they will tell others.” Mark 15:9 (CEV)