A Savior, Discipleship, and a Cross: Preparing for Burial
Mark 14:1-11
Pastor Bob Hiller
3/29/2009
She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial.
Mark 14:8
We can approach Christ in one of three ways:
1. ____________ - ... and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some sly way to arrest and kill him. Mark 14:1b
2. ____________ - Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, "Why this waste of perfume? It could have been sold for more than a years wages and the money given to the poor." Mark 14:4-5a
3. ____________ - "Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing for me." Mark 14:6b
Scripture Readings
Jeremiah 31:31-34
Hebrews 5:1-10
Mark 14:1-11
Take It With You!
As we follow Christ from His baptism to His cross and empty tomb, it will be helpful for everyone to be reading through the Gospel of Mark daily. Here helpful tools will be offered to aid in your study.
Quotes on the Coming to Christ
Isaiah 55:1-2
"Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare.
[We] maintain that, properly and truly, by faith itself we are regarded as righteous for Christ's sake, that is, we are acceptable to God. And because 'to be justified' means that out of unrighteous people righteous people are made or regenerated, it also means that they are pronounced or regarded as righteous.
Apology to the Augsburg Confession: Article IV - Justification
But one should take the royal road, and sin should be shunned. For although God has promised pardon, as Augustine says, yet He does not promise that you will return after a fall. Thus Saul and Judas do not return. It is not in our power to take hold of grace; nor do you know whether you are able to accept the remission that is offered. Therefore one should fear God. He hates both presumption and despair. "Just as I do not want a sinner," He says, "so I do not want the death of a sinner. But if you have been driven to sin by the wickedness of the devil, and if the Law condemns you and the devil hurls his flaming darts (Ephesians 6:16) at you and tries to drive you to hell, I do not want you to die or to despair. No, I want you to flee for refuge to Christ the Savior, who does not want the death of a sinner, just as He does not want a sinner either."
Martin Luther
