ripple effect: vacaville


d240 Don’t Kill the Messenger
January 21, 2008, 7:03 pm
Filed under: god, jesus, john, judas iscariot, lazarus, martha, mary

Read John 12:1-11.

1. Yeah, I’d throw Jesus a dinner if he raised my brother from the dead. Isn’t it crazy that now Lazarus is simply reclining at a table at this dinner. Wow…
2. As always, Martha is working…
3. I know nard just doesn’t sound like that nice of a thing, but apparently it’s an expensive perfume. When I was a kid, it was a dirty word. Go figure. Mary pours the whole pint on Jesus’ feet and wipes it with her hair. Wow. Does anyone else think that this is crazy?
4. Judas flipped on Mary. He was counting the dollars melt away with every wipe of her hair. He could have used that money to help the poor. At least, that’s what he said. We actually learned that he was the treasurer of Jesus’ church, and he liked to skim money off the top. Punk.
5. So…Jesus calls this act and anointing for His burial. Do you think this confused everyone?
6. Yeah…there’s the miracle worker and the miracle man. Can you believe that the chief priests wanted to off Jesus AND Lazarus. What did Lazarus do besides die and then live again? Maybe it was because Lazarus was telling so many people about the power of God, and Jews were converting…