(#751, Imperial 1962)
Read Mark 14:3-9.
We have before us this morning a lasting record of what worship
really is.
Mary came not...
w To hear a sermon, although the greatest of teachers was there.
w To sit at His feet, blessed as that was in it's place.
w To make known her request, as at Lazarus' death.
w To meet the saints.
w To be refreshed after a week of toil.
Mary came to worship!
w To pour out what she had long treasured up upon the One whom she
loved.
w Her eye was on Him.
w Adoration, homage and blessing was her one thought.
w Her whole vision was filled with Him.
This is true worship.
The motive of worship & service: Love.
Love and devotion to Christ was evidenced on several occasions
in Mary's life (Luke 10:39; John 11:32).
Mary here showed her love by placing everything secondary to
Christ. Christ was supreme.
Mary had her own reasons for loving Christ - she wasn't
imitating others as is often the case among Christians today.
Do you worship and serve Christ because you love Him or because
of a sense of duty? He who works from a
sense of duty generally seeks to get off with as little as possible.
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