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06-09-2015, 07:39 AM
In Matthew 26:11 Jesus' disciples started down this path and He stopped them cold.
A woman anointed Jesus' head with expensive oil, sort of an act of contrition and sacrifice. The disciples got upset and said they could have sold that oil and fed some poor people. Jesus said, "Chill out dudes. There is all sorts of chances to feed the poor. They will always be there, and you should feed them. I am sending you to save their souls, and you can feed them while you are there" (ok, that was a bit paraphrased).
The point was why did Jesus stop them? Because he knew at the end of that road they would become Father Pflegers - egotistical, self-congratulatory, glory seeking, and totally forgetting what they were there to do.
A woman anointed Jesus' head with expensive oil, sort of an act of contrition and sacrifice. The disciples got upset and said they could have sold that oil and fed some poor people. Jesus said, "Chill out dudes. There is all sorts of chances to feed the poor. They will always be there, and you should feed them. I am sending you to save their souls, and you can feed them while you are there" (ok, that was a bit paraphrased).
The point was why did Jesus stop them? Because he knew at the end of that road they would become Father Pflegers - egotistical, self-congratulatory, glory seeking, and totally forgetting what they were there to do.
A woman anointed Jesus' head with expensive oil, sort of an act of contrition and sacrifice. The disciples got upset and said they could have sold that oil and fed some poor people. Jesus said, "Chill out dudes. There is all sorts of chances to feed the poor. They will always be there, and you should feed them. I am sending you to save their souls, and you can feed them while you are there" (ok, that was a bit paraphrased).
The point was why did Jesus stop them? Because he knew at the end of that road they would become Father Pflegers - egotistical, self-congratulatory, glory seeking, and totally forgetting what they were there to do.