Captivated and Compelled || Matt Meads

Vineyard Church Cardiff

Sunday 2nd June, 2024 - West & North & Sites

Sunday 9th June, 2024 - Central AM & PM Speaker - Matt Meads Matt takes a look at the story of the woman who anointed Jesus with expensive perfume during the days leading up to His arrest and execution. He points out that the woman withheld nothing, and gave every last drop of the expensive perfume in an act of love for her King. Matt encourages us to demonstrate our love for Jesus with similar abandonment - to hold nothing back, pouring out everything we have as a love offering to the King of kings.

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Mark 14v1-11

1) Now the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him. 2) ‘But not during the festival,’ they said, ‘or the people may riot.’

3) While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.

4) Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, ‘Why this waste of perfume? 5) It could have been sold for more than a year’s wages and the money given to the poor.’ And they rebuked her harshly.

6) ‘Leave her alone,’ said Jesus. ‘Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 7) The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me. 8) She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. 9) Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.’

10) Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them. 11) They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money. So he watched for an opportunity to hand him over. ------- Recorded at West Site - 02Jun2024