Day 19 of 40

Good Morning,

The PROBE method is a very practical method as we ask questions to apply God’s Word to our lives.

Let’s look at the passage for today found in  Mark 14: 3 – 9:

3 While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.

 4 Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, “Why this waste of perfume? 5 It could have been sold for more than a year’s wages[a] and the money given to the poor.” And they rebuked her harshly.

   6 “Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 7 The poor you will always have with you,[b] and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me. 8 She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. 9 Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”

Now, this passage certainly had a meaning then, very different than today as we don’t usually go around anointing people’s feet with perfume.

But remember the application bridge:

1. What did it mean then?  – INTERPRETATION  
2. What is the timeless truth? – IMPLICATION  
3. How does it apply now?    – APPLICATION  

Try to answer these three questions and “do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”- James 1:22 (NIV)

Have a great day,

Pastor Fernando Carvalho