Spy Wednesday
Mark 14 Darby Translation
14 Now the passover and the [feast of] unleavened bread was after two days. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might seize him by subtlety and kill him.
2 For they said, Not in the feast, lest perhaps there be a tumult of the people.
3 And when he was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he lay at table, there came a woman having an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly; and having broken the alabaster flask, she poured it out upon his head.
4 And there were some indignant in themselves, and saying, Why has this waste been made of the ointment?
5 for this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor. And they spoke very angrily at her.
6 But Jesus said, Let her alone; why do ye trouble her? she has wrought a good work as to me;
7 for ye have the poor always with you, and whenever ye would ye can do them good; but me ye have not always.
8 What *she* could she has done. She has beforehand anointed my body for the burial.
9 And verily I say unto you, Wheresoever these glad tidings may be preached in the whole world, what this [woman] has done shall be also spoken of for a memorial of her.
10 And Judas Iscariote, one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests that he might deliver him up to them;
11 and they, when they heard it, rejoiced, and promised him to give money. And he sought how he could opportunely deliver him up.
Jesus had performed miracles among the people. He had healed the sick, given sight to the blind, and shown kindness to "the least of these" people.
Remember, Judas was a disciple. Judas had left everything to follow Jesus. He walked with Jesus for 3 years. He witnessed the greatest life that had ever lived.
And Luke 9 says:
And having called together the twelve, he gave them power and authority over all demons, and to heal diseases,
2 and sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
Jesus had given Judas(one of the twelve) the power to heal!
But something happened to Judas. Luke 22 says Satan entered into Judas.
And it can happen to anyone.
Eve wanted an apple. David wanted Bathsheba. Solomon wanted wives. Angels followed Satan. What did you want?
If you follow Christ, Satan will attack. Remember:
for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Romans 3:23
What you do after you sin is the most important act you can ever do. Confess and turn back to your Savior. It's what this week is all about.
