"After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people. And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head. And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her. And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me. For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always. She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying. Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her."
Today's quote relates the story of the "alabaster box". This lesson demonstrates the departure of today's "Christian ministry" from the commandments Jesus gave directly to His followers.
After the woman had anointed Jesus' feet with the very expensive oil, some of His Apostles complained that the oil should have been sold for money and given to the poor. Jesus quickly told them that what the woman had done was the right thing under those extreme circumstances. She had come to prepare Him for His upcoming death. The death, by the way, that saves the souls of all who place their faith in Him.
There is a direct commandment in today's quote that is, for the most part, ignored by many "Christian" preachers. Jesus said, "Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her."
When was the last time you heard a preacher relate the story of the "alabaster box" and give the woman the credit for what she did? I can only remember that story being told from any pulpit maybe twice in my entire life.
This, very obvious, command is another one of many that are broadly ignored by today's "preachers". There are more, and we will cover them all as these lessons progress.~
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