Hope Church Ministries

Mark 14:3b-6  A woman came having an alabaster flask of costly oil of spikenerd.  Then she broke the flask and poured it on His head.  But there were some who were indignant among themselves, and said, “Why was this fragrant oil wasted?  For it might have been sold for more than 300 denarii and given to the poor.”  And they criticized her sharply.  But Jesus said to them, “Let her alone.  Why do you trouble her?  She has done a good work for me.”

The woman recognized the need to honor Christ and give Him the best that we have.  300 denarii was almost an entire years wages and it was gone only in a matter of seconds because she realized that service to Christ was worth more than any earthly possession.

What can you give up for Christ?  What are you holding back because it is too valuable?  What can you give to honor Him?

We need to go above and beyond tithes and offerings and completely sell out our lives to the service and glory of the King.

Why do we try to put Christ into a box? Why do we try and apply rules to God? Afterall, God is God and I am not. He is the one that created the Heavens and the Earth.

So often we try to make God fit our mold. We try to say there are multiple ways to Heaven. This is simply not the case.

Christ said that no man comes to the Father except through Him. That is pretty clear! If you want to go to Heaven you must accept Christ. Not Allah, not Buddah, not Hinduism, not Ra, not Ja, not any other “god” because they are not gods. Christ is King and ruler of the earth. And through Him alone is man saved.