So if you would turn to the Gospel of St John chapter number 12

The gospel according to St John chapter number 12. I'm going to read eight verses for you and then we'll get into what I feel like the Holy Spirit has given me.

John, chapter number 12, starting at the first verse,

here's what it says.

Six days before the Passover celebration began,

Jesus arrived in Bethany,

the home of Lazarus,

the man he had raised from the dead. A dinner was prepared in Jesus' honor.

Martha served and Lazarus was among those who ate with him. Then Mary took a 12-ounce

jar of expensive perfume made from essence of nard and she anointed Jesus' feet with it, wiping his feet with her hair.

The house was filled with the fragrance. But Judas Iscariot, the disciple who would soon betray

him said that perfume was worth the year's wages. It should have been sold and the money given to the poor.

Not that he cared for the poor.

He was a thief.

And since he was in charge of the disciples' money,

he often stole some for himself.

Jesus replied, leave her alone.

She did this in preparation for our burial.

You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.

It's a good passage. If you're taking notes, I want you to write this down. Here's the title of this

message. The final message in this life-giving series. Ignore your inner Judas.

Ignore your inner Judas.

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