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Mary Magadelene...a life that clings to Jesus

Mary Magadelene...a life that clings to Jesus

Date:8/1/21

Series: The Gospel of John

Passage: John

Speaker: jeff blaine

Mary Magdalene…a life that clings to Jesus
We don’t know much about Mary but what we do know is enough to understand her…
Read Luke 8:1-3
Mary is one of several women following Jesus;
It’s apparent from these verses that Jesus’ ministry on earth was being supported by these ladies.
Mary was plagued by 7 demons…many have said that Mary must have been a woman of ill repute…like prostitution.
No where in scripture does it say that…we see numerous people plagued by demons in the gospels & all of them had some physical, mental, or emotional ailment.
Point being how do you think Mary’s life was with 7 demons inhabiting her?
The first episode of The Chosen gave us a possible glimpse of Mary’s encounter with Jesus & her freedom from a 7-demon affliction.
We don’t see the full gain of Jesus on Mary’s life until we see how Mary handled the loss of Jesus from her life
We know Mary loved Jesus based on her actions that day…let’s examine her love in action