The Gospel of John - Anointed

In John 12, Mary, having witnessed Jesus raise her brother Lazarus from the stench of grave, brings a very expensive perfume to dinner and pours it over Jesus’ feet. She then bows and begins to wipe His feet with her hair and her tears. What is Mary doing exactly? What is the point? Well, it’s certainly an extravagant act of worship. That is clear. She loves Him. She believes He is the Christ, the Son of God, and in her worship, she is incredibly generous. We’re told in the story that this perfume was worth an entire year of wages. Think about a years-worth of your salary being poured out on someone’s feet in about 5 minutes. Who does that? And why? What Mary was doing in this story wasn’t just an act of worship, or the offering of an extravagant gift, or even an act of devotion to Jesus. It was certainly all of those things, but it was also something else. Mary was anointing Jesus. But to what purpose? Join us this weekend as we discuss the purpose of this anointing and the implications for each of us and all of us.