“Here a dinner was given in Jesus honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him.”: Commentary: Jesus had recently raised Lazarus from the dead! To honor him they invited Jesus over for a celebration dinner! Martha served! Remember after Lazarus died Martha told Jesus he was too late for he has been in the grave for four days! His body stinks! But Jesus raised Lazarus from the grave anyway! At this dinner Martha took an expensive bottle of perfume and anointed the feet of Jesus for saving her brother from the dead! This perfume was worth one year wages! So after Jesus resurrection from the dead many were not surprised when this event happened! Jesus authority over death was displayed before the Cross! Jesus has promised to raise everyone from the dead! Some to everlasting life and some to eternal judgment! Did Lazarus believe Jesus could raise him from the dead? No! He got the benefit because his family had a close relationship to Jesus! After you die you will stand before Jesus! What will you say? It is what Jesus will say because he will either say well done thy good and faithful servant or depart from me for I never knew you worker of iniquity! So later we see who tried to break up this party? Judas Iscariot a disciple of Jesus! The money minded disciple! He said we could have sold this costly perfume and given the money to the poor! Would Judas have given the money to the poor? Hell no! Judas was bound for hell and the love of money was his poison! He later betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver! Jesus prophesized Judas betrayal and said it would have been better he had not been born! His mother should have gotten an abortion! Judas tried to repent to the wicked religious leaders and tried to return the money to them but they refused! Notice he did not go to Jesus to repent but rather the wicked like himself! Do not ever try to repent to Satan! He will condemn you! So Judas went out and hung himself! When you reject Christ you reject your salvation! What is left? Hell where the fire is never quenched and the worm dieth not! Even if you took your rope to hell it would be burned up there! The moral of the story here is to trust Jesus! If you are a Darwinist and you believe you came from a monkey well then anything is possible! If you come from a monkey then you trust yourself! You can do business with a monkey but he cannot save you! To trust in ourselves is the biggest mistake you will ever make! To trust creator of heaven and earth is the wisest decision you will ever make! James & Hamsa Sasse. IndiaJesusLovesYouChurch.com