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Extravagant Love
Extravagant Love
Extravagant love is confusing to some. (John 12:4-6)…
“Why wasn’t this perfume sold…”Not everyone is blessed when others give to God extravagantly. Even something beautiful and fragrant to God is a stench to some.
Judas’ statement sounded so spiritual didn’t it? “Why wasn’t this perfume sold and given to the poor?” (I like how John unmasked his hypocrisy though!)
Verse 6, “He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as a keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put in it.”
The truth is that those who would be disgusted by your extravagance are typically more into themselves than anything else. They may mask their disapproval in spiritual language but their hypocrisy is evident.
Did you notice the damage that Judas did? Mary’s sacrifice had drawn all the attention of the house on the Lord Jesus Christ. But Judas, by his arrogance, turned the attention away from the Lord.
He wasn’t in love with Jesus; he was in love with himself. For thirty pieces of silver Judas would later betray the Lord Jesus.
To this day, your extravagant love for God will be perplexing to those who gripe. But don’t let that stop you!
In spite of criticism for doing so, seek to please Christ! More extravagant love is called for if we are to reach the people with God’s extravagant love for them
Have a great day and please let me remind you ‘BE EXTRAVAGANT WITH HIS LOVE’!
John
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