Mary Anoints Jesus

CPC Weekly Sermon

Welcome to Community Presbyterian Church in Grand Rapids, Minnesota!
Today's Readings:
1st Reading Isaiah 43:16 - 21
2nd Reading Psalm 126
Gospel Reading John 12:1 - 8
Passover was six days away. Thousands of Jewish pilgrims were heading to Jerusalem to celebrate and retell the story of God delivering their ancestors from slavery in Egypt. The whispers of a man from Galilee that some claimed was the long-awaited Messiah added to the fervor of the pilgrims. Was God finally going to step in and free them from the oppression of the Romans? Would the throne of David finally be reclaimed? Was God's vengeance to be poured out? As Jesus visited his friends Mary, Martha, and Lazarus in Bethany he knew what the next two weeks would hold. Lazarus had been raised from the dead, making Jesus a dangerous man to the Jewish and Roman authorities. He had to be stopped. Mary, a disciple and friend of Jesus, understood what was coming. She anointed his feet and poured out her love for him. What can we learn from Mary's act of love?
Join Pastor Jason Schiller for this week's sermon from Community Presbyterian Church.

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