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It's always an honor to be able to worship with you all, and I think Will lied just now.
I don't know if I'm the favorite. Maybe the most available, but favorite.
It's kind of a long shot. I know who y'all have had in the last couple months.
I am not the favorite. I'm not my favorite.
So I'm glad to be with y'all. Last time I was here, we were wrapping up year three on the campus.
Since then, we've begun year four.
For me, the ministry is in its ninth year at UAH, and we are so thankful to be there.
I just want to, while I have a chance, say thank you for the ways that you have cared for us
and the way you've ministered to us, our family, since we've been here,
and also to the campus and to the city.
We are so thankful for your ministry with us and your partnership.
It's an honor to serve with you at UAH.
The Lord's blessed in our work this semester.
It's been so much fun meeting new students and seeing folks get involved,
and thank you for being with us on that campus.
We come this morning to Luke chapter 7.
We're considering one of the parables that Jesus told in the context of a very interesting story.
Luke chapter 7, beginning in verse 36.
One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee's house and took his place at the table.
And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee's house,
brought an alabaster flask of ointment.
Standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears
and wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment.
Now when the Pharisee, who had invited him, saw this, he said to himself,
If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him,
for she is a sinner.
And Jesus, answering, said to him,
Simon, I have something to say to you.
And he answered,
Say it, teacher.
A certain moneylender had two debtors.
One owed 500 denarii and the other 50.
When they could not pay, he canceled the debt of both.
Now which of them will love him more?
Simon answered,
The one, I suppose, for whom he canceled the larger debt.
He said to him,
You have judged rightly.
Then turning to the woman, he said to Simon,
Do you see this woman?
I entered your house and you gave me no water for my feet,
but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.
You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in, she has not ceased to kiss my feet.
You do not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much.
But he who is forgiven little, loves little.
And he said to her,
Your sins are forgiven.
Then those who were at table with him began to say among themselves,
Who is this who even forgives sins?
And he said to the woman,
Your faith has saved you.
Go in peace.
The grass withers and the flowers fade,
but the word of our Lord will stand forever.
Would you pray with me for a moment?
God, as we consider this passage, it's a hard passage,
it's a heavy one, and it is a convicting one.
Would your spirit so move in this place that we see
the accumulation of our own debt before you?
That we see the one who can forgive that debt
and how he makes the way possible?
I pray, Jesus, that you would be exalted through our time together,
that you would humble us, you would encourage us,
you would point us heavenward to see the gracious God who forgives sins.
I pray that you would, and we ask for Jesus' glory only.
In Jesus' name we ask.
Amen.
I came across an article not too long ago from the Wall Street Journal.
Not that I read that, but if I did,
I did come across this article about student loan debt.
It was pretty interesting to me because I work on the college campus.
And the name of the article literally was,
Congrats, Class of 2015.
You're the most indebted ever.
And it runs through the statistics of student loan rates
on the college campus these days.
And I know we have a number of our students
and probably other college students here this morning.
So take note, the average student loan debt from last year's class was $35,000.
That's the average.
And the article went on to say that 70% of the graduates graduated with debt.
So, you know, 30% didn't,
but 70% of last year's graduates incurred a lot of student debt.
It was interesting to me.
Kelly and I just paid off our student loans about a month ago.
We just finally sent our final payment in, and we went to Troy.
You know, it's pretty inexpensive.
There's a lot of student debt out there.
We know something about debt as a culture.
Kelly and I also, Kelly's my wife,
she and I take a Financial Peace University class right now,
just trying to understand money better
and making a plan for our girls for college and those kind of things.
And I'm learning in this Financial Peace University class,
if you've ever listened to the Dave Ramsey show or taken this class,
you know, at the end when people pay off their debt,
there's that little ceremony that takes place in Nashville.
You know what I'm talking about?
You've heard it on the radio.
Maybe you've been to the studio where the people come on his show
or they'll call in, and what is it that they scream?
We're debt free!
And it's just this huge celebration.
They're jumping up and down and crying and hugging,
and there's people in the coffee shop clapping for them.
And it's really exciting.
Now, the student loan debt, we know something about that.
We know something about credit card debt and mortgages and car loans.
And in this passage, there's a debt incurred.
And in this passage, there's a celebration.
Someone is screaming, I'm debt free,
and it's not who you think it would be.
It's pretty interesting, the one who gets the debt
and the one who doesn't in this passage.
Here's the context.
Jesus had just finished preaching,
and he's going from town to town,
preaching the message of the kingdom of God,
and he's becoming pretty famous at this point,
maybe even infamous.
And there's some people who are responding to his message,
very excited about what he has to say,
and others who are very offended,
especially those religious types,
the Pharisees in this passage,
because they believe that they're not really
in that much debt to God.
They've done a pretty good job of maintaining
kind of the status quo of spirituality.
And this Jesus comes along,
and they say, well, we don't murder.
We don't commit adultery.
And Jesus comes along and says,
you say you don't murder,
but have you ever been angry in your heart
that you've committed murder?
You say you don't commit adultery,
but have you ever lusted after a woman
that you have committed adultery in your heart?
And they knew that the result for murder would be death,
and the result for adultery would be stoning
or something worse.
And they thought, this guy has to be done away with.
And so they would go in here and teach,
hear him teach and figure out ways to trap him.
And so that's why the impromptu dinner party.
This is nothing but a trap.
The Pharisee says, hey, Jesus,
would you like to come over to my house for lunch today?
And Jesus accepts.
He knows it's a trap, but he accepts the invitation.
And he goes.
Now, here's a little bit more context.
They're sitting in this kind of room.
There's a table, but they don't have chairs.
They're kind of leaning against the table.
And this isn't like some house up on Montecino
with a nice, fancy dining room.
This is on the street side, really.
And so Jesus would have been at the table
with these very important people having this dinner,
but there would be others who would just kind of come and watch
because he's kind of famous at this point.
Well, as they're sitting at the table
and kind of leaning out,
and their feet on the outside of the table,
this woman comes in,
and she begins to go to Jesus' feet,
and she starts crying.
And she breaks out this oil and begins washing her feet.
She lets down her hair and wipes his feet with her hair.
And everyone, you would be very uncomfortable, right?
They were very uncomfortable.
The Pharisees were even offended,
and you heard the guy kind of murmur under his breath,
does this guy, he says he's a prophet.
He doesn't even know who this woman is.
And so Jesus says, I have a story to tell you.
The way I want to kind of, that was my intro.
Don't get too nervous or anything.
We're not going to spend that much time on every point.
But the way I've kind of got this outline
is I want to go through the three questions
that are asked in this passage.
There's three questions that are being asked.
The first two are by Jesus.
And he goes on and tells this story,
and he asks a question at the end of it.
And the question is, which will love more?
The parable again, in verse 41,
very short parable Jesus tells,
a certain moneylender had two debtors.
One owed 500 denarii and the other 50.
When they could not pay, he canceled the debt of both.
Now, which of them will love more?
So in this parable, there's a certain moneylender
who had a couple people who owed him debt.
Now, kind of to bring it in modern terms,
the first would have owed about two months' worth of wages
and the other about 20 months' worth of wages.
So you have significant debt for both,
both a debt that can't easily be repaid,
the first two months and then maybe
kind of a year and a half worth of debt.
It's a really simple story
to make a couple of interpretive points early on.
One is this.
Jesus is clearly teaching that all of us are in debt to God.
And that's the point he's going to get at here.
But all of us are in debt to God.
Now, the point is, all of us are in debt to God.
Everyone owes God something.
And the way that he's made us,
he's called us to perfection.
We are created in God's image.
And what we owe him in order to maintain
a relationship with him is a perfect union.
And so every time and in every way
that we have continually sinned against God in any way,
we have accumulated debt before God.
We can run this down.
You may feel that yours is only two months' worth
or maybe you feel it's 18 months' worth
or 20 or more.
But even if we run down our own list of debt
from today only,
just using,
Jesus said,
the greatest commandment is love the Lord your God
with all of your heart, soul, mind, and strength.
Let's just think about it today.
In the last four hours of today,
has there been a moment
where we have not loved the Lord our God
with all of our heart?
Has there been that moment
like there was in my house this morning,
the Sunday morning rush?
You know it?
And I get upset and angry
that everyone's not,
I was not loving my family.
I was not loving God with all of my heart.
Have you had those moments even today?
What about with all of your strength?
Has there been even a moment
where you haven't done
all that you could do for the Lord today?
With all of your mind,
has your mind wandered?
Have you gone to your mini to-do list?
Have you already kind of given yourself
to fears and anxieties this morning?
You see how this works.
If we just start going through the list,
the debt is stacked against us
even in a few hours.
Then the second commandment,
love your neighbor as yourself.
Do we even need to begin running it down?
The point is Jesus is saying,
everyone, everyone owes a debt to God
and it's more than any of us can pay.
So Jesus asks the Pharisee this question,
which of the two who are forgiven of their debt
will love him more?
And the guy answers correctly,
the one I suppose for whom he canceled the larger debt.
That's the right question.
That's the right answer to the question,
but he doesn't get it.
That's right.
The one who understands the significance of their debt
will love the one who forgave their debt even more.
That's right.
But he doesn't get it.
And so Jesus asks a second question.
Do you see this woman?
Now this is about to get really hard for Simon,
this Pharisee,
and it's going to get uncomfortable for us
because there's this woman who's in the room.
Most scholars kind of agree
that this woman wasn't just some woman.
This is a woman who was very reputable in the community,
a lady of the night to put it delicately.
Many would say that she has kind of given of herself
to many in that community in all the wrong ways
and she is coming into this room,
bringing all of her guilt and all of her shame
and going into a place that would be extremely,
you think they were uncomfortable.
She would have had to be terribly uncomfortable
to walk into this room with all these religious types
and to lay down at Jesus' feet
as if to say it doesn't matter.
It doesn't matter what they think,
but she lays down at Jesus' feet
and she begins to weep.
Why?
What is going on with this woman?
Something within her has changed.
Now this is total speculation,
but I wonder if she had just heard Jesus teach.
I don't know how long it was
before this passage that Jesus gave the Beatitudes.
There's only a chapter before ours in this book,
but when Jesus said things like,
blessed are the poor,
for yours is the kingdom of God,
and blessed are the hungry,
now for you will be fulfilled.
And he said, blessed are you who weep,
for you will laugh.
And I wonder if she saw herself as poor.
Poor in probably actual poverty,
which is probably why she ended up
in the position that she did.
Poor in spirit.
Poor in her shame
because of her regular giving of herself
over and over again.
And hating that part about herself.
Feeling outcast and low
and full of guilt
and self-hatred
and fear.
And she hears,
blessed are you
who are poor.
For yours is the kingdom of God.
Maybe she heard,
blessed are you
who are hungry.
And she saw herself as hungry.
She knew she wasn't satisfied
with what her life had offered her.
She knew that this felt like
it was not giving her
any kind of purpose
or hope,
her joy
or peace of any kind.
And she heard Jesus say,
blessed are you
who are hungry,
for you will be satisfied.
And she heard Jesus say,
blessed are you
who weep.
And she wept.
She wept literally
in this passage
and she wanted to laugh.
And so she found Jesus.
She found him.
She came to him.
And she poured out her oil
and she let down her hair.
Two things, by the way,
that she would have only done
in the most dark moments
of her life previously.
And she laid down
all of who she was
at the feet of Jesus.
And she just cried
and it didn't matter
who saw it.
Because now she felt safe
for the first time.
And so Jesus turns
to Simon
and he says,
do you see this woman?
She got it.
The Pharisee missed it.
The prostitute got it.
She knew she owed
more than 20 months
worth of wages.
And so she loved
forgiveness
so much more.
Because she understood
the cost.
Jesus goes on
to start laying out
the contrast to Simon
to make it even more clear.
To show that the religious one
is the one who missed
but the sinner is the one
who's getting it right.
And he gives these contrasts.
He says,
you didn't even give me water.
Which would have been
a custom of the day
to wash his feet with.
But she began
to wet my feet
with her tears.
You didn't give me a kiss
when I arrived.
Which of course
was another custom
of the day.
But she began
to kiss my feet.
You, Pharisee,
didn't anoint my head
with oil.
but she broke open
her oil
and poured it
on my feet.
There's one person
in the room
who got it
and the others
who didn't.
I came across this quote
from Lewis,
C.S. Lewis this week
from Mere Christianity
when he says,
the sins of the flesh
are bad
but they are the least
bad of all sins.
All the worst pleasures
are spiritual.
The pleasure of putting
other people in the wrong.
Of bossing
and patronizing
and spoiling sport
and backbiting.
The pleasures of power.
The pleasures of hatred.
There are two things
inside me
competing with
the human self
which I must
try to become.
They are the animal self
and the diabolical self.
The diabolical self
is the worst of the two.
Listen to this quote.
He says,
this is why a cold
self-righteous prig
who goes regularly
to church
may be far nearer
to hell
than a prostitute.
But of course
it is better
to be neither.
He adds.
Is that not exactly
the picture
of what this passage
is showing us?
The self-righteous one
misses it.
And so that's when
Jesus makes his big point.
Therefore I tell you
her sins which are many
are forgiven
for she loved much
but he who is forgiven
little loves little
and he turns to her
and he says
your sins are forgiven.
Who will love more?
The one who understands
the cost of what it
took to cancel
their debt.
And so that leads
to the final question.
This one was not
asked by Jesus though.
In verse 49
they begin to say
among themselves
who is this
who even forgives sins?
Now that is the question
right?
That
not just the question
of this passage
that is the question.
Who is this?
That's the question
for the last
at least 2,000 years.
The question that has
started wars.
The question that has
divided families.
The question that has
redirected careers.
That is the question.
Who is this?
It's a really good question
and if we start
to see the answer
that's kind of given
in this passage
the way we understand
our own debt
begins to change.
Because here's the premise
behind the question.
it isn't just
who is this guy
but it is
who is this guy
who can forgive sins?
Because they know
and we know
that there's only one
who can forgive sins.
It's the one
whom all sins
are against.
Let me illustrate
it a couple ways.
In Jesus' parable
who is the one person
in the parable
he tells
who can forgive
the debt
of those two?
It is the one
who gave them
the money.
Right?
Someone else
can't come along
and say
don't worry about it
your debt is forgiven.
No.
The one who
the debt is against
is the only one
who can forgive.
Now let me illustrate it
in a very silly way.
The only way
I know to illustrate anything.
Say I let you borrow
my new computer
and I have a fairly
new computer
and it's really nice
and I like it a lot
and I would never
let you borrow it.
But say I did
and you're just
going to borrow it
here after church today
I just need it
for the afternoon
we can get together
later and pick it back up
and I pretend to be nice
and yeah yeah yeah
you can borrow it
no worries.
And you set it
on top of your car
and you're kind of
fumbling around
and get your kids
in the car
and then you get
in the car
and you start
pulling out
of the parking lot
and then there goes
my computer
and it bursts
into a million pieces
in Southwood's
parking lot
and I'm over here
weeping in the corner.
But say in that scenario
there's a couple
of little points
to make here right?
Say someone else
Will for instance
comes alongside you
and says
hey don't worry about it
I forgive you.
It doesn't work
forgiveness doesn't work
like that.
There's only one person
in that silly illustration
who can forgive you
for breaking my computer
it's me.
The one whom
the problem is against
is the only one
who can forgive.
Does that make sense?
Very simple.
Now
the second point
to make
is forgiveness
is not arbitrary.
Someone has to pay
the cost
either way.
It's either you
or it's me.
I love the line
if any of you
ever watched
The Office
before it was taken
away from all of us
when Michael Scott
learns of the great
debt that he's in
the bankruptcy
episode
you know this one
and Toby
tells him
that there's really
only one way
to get out of this
debt
it is to declare
bankruptcy
and he walks
out of his office
and he looks around
the office
and kind of
takes it all in
and then he goes
I declare
bankruptcy
and everyone's
just looking at him
and Toby says
you can't just
declare it
that's not how
debt is forgiven
someone has to
take the debt
on in order
for debt
to be cancelled
so in the
situation
of forgiveness
who is the one
who takes
the debt
on
it's the one
offering
forgiveness
this is why
forgiveness is hard
by the way
in relationships
in marriage
with kids
on the campus
with students
roommates
like forgiveness
is very difficult
for us
because you know
why
it's saying
I will set
you free
from the debt
you owe me
for the thing
that you done
and I'm going
to take that
on myself
and not hold
it over you
anymore
that's why
forgiveness is hard
because it is
costly
to us
that's a whole
nother sermon
but it's so
difficult
so who is
this
who can
forgive sins
you know
what the answer
simply has to be
the one
whom sins
are against
this
Jesus
has to be
God
that's the only
thing that makes
sense
and so that means
if your sins
and my sins
are stacked
and they are
accumulated
and our debt
is against us
and it is against
a holy God
then there's one
who's come along
and says
your sins
are forgiven
how
can Jesus
forgive sins
there's only one way
by taking the debt
on himself
forgiveness
is not
arbitrary
someone has
to pay
this semester
as we've gone
through various
parables
in RUF
I've
kind of been
working this
theme with our
students
another
Lewis reference
when he
says that
there's only
one way
that Hamlet
can ever
interact
with Shakespeare
he says
if Hamlet
wants to
get to know
Shakespeare
you know
Hamlet's
the character
Shakespeare
is the
playwright
he said
if Hamlet
ever wants
to get
to know
Shakespeare
it's only
if Shakespeare
writes himself
into the
story
and I
take parables
to be
God
writing himself
into the
story
and I
think a key
way to
interpret
and understand
parables
is to look
to where
the storyteller
inserts himself
into the
story
it doesn't
work that
way every
time
but here
we have
Shakespeare
writing himself
into the
play
where is
Jesus
he's
the
money
lender
the only
way he
can forgive
the debt
is taking
it on
himself
so how
does
Jesus
take the
debt
on
himself
it's
where the
cross
stands
in history
isn't
it
scripture
tells us
that without
the shedding
of blood
there is
no forgiveness
of sins
we also
learn in
the New
Testament
that the
wages
of our
sin
is
death
that
means
the only
way
debt
is ever
cancellated
is if
someone
dies
for it
if
someone
sheds
their
blood
for it
it's
the only
way
debt
cancellation
isn't just
declared
it is
absorbed
and so
Jesus
takes on
our debt
on himself
he takes
on the
wages
of our
sins
when he
takes on
the cross
so that
paid in
full is
written
the cross
our
eternities
forever
it's
the only
way
our
sins
are
forgiven
and so
when Jesus
says
blessed are
the poor
and blessed
are the hungry
and blessed
are those
who weep
we have to
see that
Jesus says
that because
Jesus
became poor
so that
we would
be satisfied
he left
the riches
and comforts
of heaven
came into
earth
gave it
all
became poor
in his
poverty
so that
we might
become rich
in him
it's the
only way
riches
are offered
Jesus
became
hungry
he went
into this
world
hungry
for hope
and for
peace
and for
purpose
in life
all of
these things
that we
are hungry
for
he
became
hungry
for
on our
behalf
so that
we might
be
fulfilled
and
satisfied
in him
Jesus
said
blessed
are those
who
weep
and Jesus
wept
he did
he wept
at the
reality
of death
when his
friend
Lazarus
died
he
sweated
blood
in the
garden
no doubt
tears were
on his
face
when he
took
the
nails
Jesus
wept
so that
you
who
weep
over
your
sin
and
brokenness
you
who
weep
over
the
hardships
that
this
world
offers
us
on a
daily
basis
over
the
relationship
strains
and struggles
over the
insecurities
and fears
over the
perpetual
sins
that we
just
can't
seem
to get
rid
of
you
who
weep
will
laugh
with him
in his
glory
that is
the hope
that Jesus
offers us
I think
it's so
ironic
that at
the beginning
of the
story
the Pharisee
is murmuring
who
is
this
guy
thinks
he's
a
prophet
and
at
the
very
end
they're
saying
who
is
this
guy
who
even
forgives
sins
I want
to close
with three
questions
for you
and for
me
too
the
first
is
this
do
you
know
this
man
do
you
know
this
Jesus
I'm
convinced
that there
are two
types of
people
in this
passage
those
who
say
God
owes
me
something
and
those
who
know
they
owe
everything
to
him
Lewis
called
it
the
Pharisee
the
self
righteous
one
and
the
prostitute
one
of them
gets
who
this
Jesus
is
and
what
they
have
done
for
him
and
the
other
misses
it
completely
do
you
see
him
do
you
know
him
do
you
see
yourself
as
poor
as
hungry
you
may
say
that
you
know
I'm
yeah
I
know
him
I'm
here
every
week
you're
the
guest
like
I'm
always
here
I
go to
the
programs
I do
the
Bible
studies
I'm
I
know
him
I
get
it
I
believe
many
of
the
Pharisees
would
have
said
the
same
thing
they
say
I
get
it
and
they
felt
that
God
owed
him
something
do
you
know
him
in
the
way
that
this
woman
does
the
second
question
is
this
maybe
you
do
say
I
do
know
him
I
have
a
relationship
with
God
the
question
is
how
are
you
responding
to
what
he
has
done
for
you
this
all
the
stuff
that
this
woman
did
in
this
passage
this
was
no
small
act
of
kindness
this
for
her
was
costly
worship
to
lay
down
at
the
feet
of
Jesus
to
pour
out
her
perfume
to
let
down
her
hair
she
risked
many
things
in
this
story
I've
mentioned
shame
a number
of
times
already
she
was
willing
to lay
down
her
shame
at
the
feet
of
Jesus
she
was
willing
to
risk
her
reputation
she
knew
people
knew
who
she
was
and
she
was
willing
to
go
anyway
there
was
even
a
financial
risk
here
pouring
out
this
perfume
how
are
you
responding
to
what
Jesus
has
done
what
is
he
asking
you
to
risk
for
him
that
you
are
just
not
willing
it
could
be
a
lot
of
the
same
things
right
maybe
he's
asking
you
to lay
down
your
shame
too
to have
that
awfully
hard
conversation
about
those
things
that you
struggle
with
that no
one
you don't
want them
to know
could it be
risking your reputation
for the sake of
going somewhere
that would make you a little
uncomfortable
hanging out with people
that others would just
kind of
wonder what is he
doing
is it
being that
guy at
work
who
doesn't
come in
this
weekend
for the sake
of that
project
because you
have something
planned with
your family
I don't
know
what is
God
calling
you
to
risk
it may
be your
comforts
it may
be your
perfect
plan
it may
be even
a
relationship
but if
we don't
understand
our debt
before
God
then
risk
will sound
a lot
more
like
duty
than
delight
and so
the last
thing
is this
the last
question
do you
see this
woman
this is a
hard
question
for those
in the room
there
and it's
a hard
question
for me
do I
see the
kind of
people
that
Jesus
loves
I
think
the
kind
of
people
Jesus
loves
looks
a lot
like
me
they
look
very
nice
on
Sunday
mornings
you
all
look
very
nice
I'm
pretty
sure
half
of
you
guys
are
wearing
the
same
shirt
I'm
wearing
we shop
at the
same
places
we
we've
got our
act
together
right
do you
see the
kinds
of
people
that
Jesus
loves
this
community
is
filled
with
the
type
of
people
Jesus
loves
even
this
church
is
filled
with
the
type
of
people
Jesus
loves
do you
love
the
kind
of
people
that
Jesus
loves
does
your
church
to
Southwood
I
love
the
many
ministry
partners
that
y'all
have
are
you
looking
for
opportunities
to
serve
with
some
of
these
partnerships
to
serve
the
kind
of
people
that
Jesus
loves
here's
the
thing
the
danger
in
that
whole
statement
that
I
just
described
is
now
we
think
that
we
are
the
better
people
and
we
can
go
down
to
those
people
who
Jesus
also
loves
you
know
we
can
condescend
to
them
if
we
really
need
to
and
feel
better
about
ourselves
I
think
the
reverse
is
true
I
think
until
we
start
to
see
that
we
are
the
kinds
of
people
that
Jesus
loves
the
prostitute
the
shame
the
fear
the
anxiety
until
we
start
to
see
ourselves
as
the
center
in
the
passage
we
will
never
begin
to
love
like
Jesus
loves
until
we
have
understood
that
we
have
been
the
one
that
it
cost
him
his
life
to
love
we
will
never
begin
to
love
anything
close
to
what
Jesus
loves
there's
two
types
of
people
in
the
passage
there's
probably
two
types
of
people
in
do
you
see
this
woman
who
is
this
man
I
pray
that
we
would
come
to
know
him
as
he
presents
himself
here
let's
pray
Jesus
your
words
are
troubling
because
I
so
identify
with
the
one
who's
uncomfortable
in
the
room
because
there's
someone
who
enters
it
rather
than
the
one
laying
down
crying
our
only
hope
for
debt
cancellation
is
to
rest
Jesus
in
the
work
that
you
did
on
the
cross
to
cancel
our
debt
forever
and
our
only
hope
to
continue
to
see
ourselves
as
broken
and
in
great
need
of
forgiveness
is
by
your
spirit
so
I
pray
that
you
would
do
that
in
our
hearts
this
week
show
us
our
sin
lead
us
to
Christ
over
and
over
again
Holy
Spirit
we
ask
humbly
in
Jesus
name
Amen
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