WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.020 because you've your grace towards us in the Lord Jesus. 00:00:03.339 --> 00:00:05.339 So please help us as we come to your word now. 00:00:05.780 --> 00:00:08.439 Speak to us, we pray in Jesus' name. Amen. 00:00:09.740 --> 00:00:16.260 So let's read together now from Luke chapter 7 and verse 36 to verse 50. 00:00:20.339 --> 00:00:24.000 When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, 00:00:24.280 --> 00:00:26.719 he went to the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table. 00:00:26.719 --> 00:00:32.420 A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee's house. 00:00:33.060 --> 00:00:35.560 So she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. 00:00:36.219 --> 00:00:41.259 As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. 00:00:41.719 --> 00:00:45.359 Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them. 00:00:46.019 --> 00:00:48.980 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, 00:00:49.099 --> 00:00:53.599 this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is, 00:00:53.899 --> 00:00:54.899 that she is a sinner. 00:00:54.899 --> 00:00:59.140 Jesus answered him, Simon, I have something to tell you. 00:00:59.820 --> 00:01:00.960 Tell me, teacher, he said. 00:01:01.379 --> 00:01:03.619 Two people owed money to a certain money lender. 00:01:03.899 --> 00:01:06.659 One owed him 500 denarii and the other 50. 00:01:07.359 --> 00:01:09.319 Neither of them had the money to pay him back. 00:01:09.599 --> 00:01:11.099 So he forgave the debts of both. 00:01:11.219 --> 00:01:13.439 Now, which of them will love him more? 00:01:14.480 --> 00:01:17.359 Simon replied, I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven. 00:01:17.939 --> 00:01:19.659 You have judged correctly, Jesus said. 00:01:20.039 --> 00:01:21.920 Then he turned towards the woman and said to Simon, 00:01:21.920 --> 00:01:24.379 Do you see this woman? I came into your house. 00:01:24.739 --> 00:01:29.200 You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 00:01:29.579 --> 00:01:30.900 You did not give me a kiss. 00:01:31.400 --> 00:01:34.560 But this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:37.960 You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. 00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:44.060 Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven, as her great love has shown. 00:01:44.060 --> 00:01:47.780 But whoever has been forgiven little, loves little. 00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:50.700 Then Jesus said to her, Your sins are forgiven. 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:56.400 The other guests began to say among themselves, Who is this who even forgives sins? 00:01:56.939 --> 00:02:00.400 Jesus said to the woman, Your faith has saved you. 00:02:00.960 --> 00:02:02.780 Go in peace. 00:02:03.520 --> 00:02:11.099 So, again, Jesus changes everything, this time for a sinful woman. 00:02:11.099 --> 00:02:14.199 This is the story of a public scandal. 00:02:15.519 --> 00:02:16.879 Now, picture this as we begin. 00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:20.199 Imagine, it's sitting in a church. 00:02:20.519 --> 00:02:21.560 All is quiet. 00:02:22.259 --> 00:02:23.780 We're ready for worship. 00:02:24.659 --> 00:02:30.379 And in comes someone guilty of public sin, some kind of scandal. 00:02:31.039 --> 00:02:36.699 Maybe that's a football club owner from one of the big six, or perhaps it's a drug addict. 00:02:36.699 --> 00:02:42.239 Maybe it's a well-known celebrity who has fallen into disfavour. 00:02:42.379 --> 00:02:46.319 Perhaps it's a former prison convict. 00:02:47.899 --> 00:02:51.399 Well, when that moment comes, what do we do? 00:02:53.299 --> 00:02:56.539 What would the grace of God have us do? 00:02:56.539 --> 00:03:04.259 I imagine that kind of situation might expose some of the things going on in our hearts. 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:07.319 It might create a measure of discomfort for us. 00:03:08.439 --> 00:03:15.699 But it would be also, wouldn't it, an opportunity to demonstrate love and grace and kindness and a welcome in the name of Jesus. 00:03:15.699 --> 00:03:23.000 Well, when we think about the life of Jesus, we recognise that he often shocked others. 00:03:23.459 --> 00:03:27.519 In particular, with regards to the people that he welcomed. 00:03:28.799 --> 00:03:34.060 And this event that we've just read is perhaps one of the biggest scandals of all when it comes to the life of Jesus. 00:03:34.239 --> 00:03:36.819 So we're going to look at this wonderful story. 00:03:36.819 --> 00:03:46.519 We're going to draw some lessons from our three main characters so that together we might see how Jesus and his grace changes everything that's true for this woman. 00:03:46.659 --> 00:03:50.759 And may it be true for each one of us today, whoever we are. 00:03:51.519 --> 00:03:57.159 So the story, let's begin with the story, which is really the story of the scandal of God's grace. 00:03:57.359 --> 00:04:01.959 So first of all, let's think about the setting in verse 36. 00:04:01.960 --> 00:04:07.740 One of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him and he's at the Pharisees' house reclining at the table. 00:04:07.860 --> 00:04:11.500 So think of a black tie event in our day. 00:04:11.659 --> 00:04:13.680 There's the great and the good are gathered together. 00:04:13.800 --> 00:04:16.460 There's nice food, there's polite, intelligent conversation. 00:04:16.879 --> 00:04:22.780 Might get us into the mood for what would be known in Jesus' day as a Roman symposium. 00:04:23.939 --> 00:04:28.060 So those invited would be gathered together around low tables. 00:04:28.060 --> 00:04:30.819 They'd be leaning on one shoulder eating with the other. 00:04:30.819 --> 00:04:32.899 They'd be facing the table. 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:37.939 Their legs would be out behind them and the guests would be reclining and they'd be sharing their wisdom. 00:04:38.480 --> 00:04:46.159 But within the house, the public could sort of be on the edges and they could listen in as a way to try and gain some wisdom and insight. 00:04:46.379 --> 00:04:49.579 And the guest list was Simon, the Pharisee. 00:04:50.019 --> 00:04:53.659 He would, without question, have invited other religious leaders. 00:04:53.980 --> 00:04:56.300 He would have invited those who were at the top of the social ladder. 00:04:56.300 --> 00:05:01.020 Their whole system was based on being separate from those that they considered other than them. 00:05:01.540 --> 00:05:03.360 So we'd have been very like-minded people. 00:05:04.139 --> 00:05:04.960 But then there's Jesus. 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:12.000 Now Jesus is an invited guest of Simon, but, and this is important, he's not the guest of honour. 00:05:12.620 --> 00:05:15.500 He's a guest who is not treated with honour, as we see. 00:05:15.500 --> 00:05:20.279 So the guests are there, the crowd have gathered. 00:05:20.819 --> 00:05:21.680 They want to gain wisdom. 00:05:21.819 --> 00:05:23.120 And Jesus, what does Jesus do? 00:05:23.180 --> 00:05:31.199 He uses this whole experience to teach an unforgettable lesson on God's grace and the forgiveness that he has come to bring. 00:05:32.339 --> 00:05:38.779 And that takes us to the scandal of verses 37 to 39. 00:05:38.779 --> 00:05:50.459 You can almost picture at the table, mouths dropping, people stopping mid-chew, conversations stopping mid-sentence. 00:05:50.919 --> 00:05:57.459 And maybe around the room, the muttering, the pointing, the shock, the anger from some, the embarrassment of others. 00:05:57.459 --> 00:06:08.439 As this notorious woman, this public sinner enters and she crashes the party, not just by being there, but in the actions that she takes. 00:06:09.159 --> 00:06:15.620 Here is a woman who is overwhelmed by a sense of love and gratitude for Jesus. 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:17.620 And so she wants to honour Jesus. 00:06:17.740 --> 00:06:23.259 So she stands behind him and she's got this jar of perfume to anoint his feet. 00:06:23.259 --> 00:06:33.659 She wants to serve him to wash his feet and there's weeping and she's wiping his feet and she's kissing his feet. 00:06:34.420 --> 00:06:36.079 This is a shocking scene. 00:06:37.360 --> 00:06:48.259 I didn't know this, but in Jesus' day and culture, for a woman to undo her hair and to let it down in public was considered grounds for divorce. 00:06:48.899 --> 00:06:50.579 Such was the scandal. 00:06:50.579 --> 00:06:55.579 But this woman, she ignores the stares, she ignores the hostility and the shock to honour Jesus. 00:06:56.240 --> 00:06:58.939 Now, of course, Simon, he is shocked. 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:06.339 Verse 39, when the Pharisees saw this, he said, if this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is, that she's a sinner. 00:07:06.799 --> 00:07:07.659 He's respectable. 00:07:09.019 --> 00:07:14.959 Presumes Jesus is not from God because he doesn't simply move away and reject the woman. 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:18.339 Simon's thinking is significant. 00:07:18.579 --> 00:07:19.339 She is a sinner. 00:07:19.759 --> 00:07:21.659 By implication, Simon doesn't think I'm a sinner. 00:07:22.219 --> 00:07:24.799 He thinks he belongs in some other category. 00:07:25.139 --> 00:07:31.779 And that leads Jesus to tell his story, a story that kind of explodes that myth for Simon. 00:07:31.959 --> 00:07:36.459 It's a very simple and a very direct story in verses 40 to 43. 00:07:36.459 --> 00:07:41.079 But, you know, there's a shock implied even in who the lesson is addressed. 00:07:41.180 --> 00:07:42.279 Here is Simon, the teacher. 00:07:42.379 --> 00:07:44.259 But it's he who needs a lesson, not the woman. 00:07:44.680 --> 00:07:48.539 It's he, Simon, who's out of step with God in his grace, not this woman. 00:07:49.959 --> 00:07:51.379 So Jesus tells the story. 00:07:51.500 --> 00:07:56.699 To put it in our own terminology, we can imagine a payday loans company or a loan shark. 00:07:56.699 --> 00:08:03.939 And two people fall on hard times and they become customers of this payday loans company. 00:08:04.060 --> 00:08:05.519 One borrows 50 days wages. 00:08:05.939 --> 00:08:09.099 The other borrows 500 days wages. 00:08:09.259 --> 00:08:11.659 Well, it comes the end of the month. 00:08:12.680 --> 00:08:15.539 The loan shark comes to collect the debt. 00:08:15.939 --> 00:08:17.000 But actually he doesn't. 00:08:18.180 --> 00:08:19.139 That's what we would expect. 00:08:19.259 --> 00:08:20.439 But he doesn't come to collect the debt. 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:21.860 He comes to cancel the debt. 00:08:22.279 --> 00:08:25.719 And Jesus asks the question, which of them would love him more? 00:08:25.720 --> 00:08:27.060 Little debt or great debt? 00:08:27.140 --> 00:08:33.519 And Simon, of course, is correct when he says the one who had the bigger debt forgiven will have greater love. 00:08:33.660 --> 00:08:37.139 Imagine, imagine how despair would turn to hope. 00:08:37.220 --> 00:08:38.440 How sorrow would turn to joy. 00:08:38.519 --> 00:08:40.519 How stress would turn to peace. 00:08:42.100 --> 00:08:45.200 And, you know, there's a sting in the tail as Jesus tells the story to Simon. 00:08:45.320 --> 00:08:49.700 He says, Simon, you're right in theory, but you are wrong in practice. 00:08:49.700 --> 00:08:56.340 And that's why verses 44 to 50 is kind of the twist in the whole story. 00:08:57.379 --> 00:09:02.000 Tim Chester has written a really interesting book, helpful book called Meals with Jesus. 00:09:02.500 --> 00:09:07.300 And one of the things he points out is that Simon, at one and the same time, is the host, but not the host. 00:09:07.720 --> 00:09:09.160 Because he fails to honour Jesus. 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:12.780 Whereas the woman, she actually is the host, but she's not even the guest. 00:09:12.779 --> 00:09:18.399 Because she honours, she loves, she anoints, she serves Jesus. 00:09:19.919 --> 00:09:25.679 The woman, verse 47, is the one with the great debt. 00:09:25.779 --> 00:09:32.240 I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven as her great love has shown. 00:09:33.339 --> 00:09:35.740 Jesus has dealt with her great debt. 00:09:35.839 --> 00:09:37.919 He has cancelled that debt. 00:09:37.919 --> 00:09:40.039 He has the power to forgive as the son of God. 00:09:40.379 --> 00:09:47.579 And as a response to that forgiveness and salvation, to that grace, the woman shows great love in honouring Jesus. 00:09:47.719 --> 00:09:53.000 Whereas Simon, by implication, well, Simon is the little debt guy. 00:09:53.599 --> 00:09:56.039 As he might well think of himself as the no debt guy. 00:09:56.099 --> 00:09:57.299 He's a little sinner. 00:09:58.479 --> 00:10:03.500 With the result that he has no love for Jesus, no honour for Jesus. 00:10:03.500 --> 00:10:07.000 He sees no need in his life for Jesus. 00:10:07.919 --> 00:10:13.779 And again, think about the twist in the story of this woman. 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:16.459 So she's used to being talked about publicly. 00:10:17.159 --> 00:10:18.439 Being abused publicly. 00:10:18.620 --> 00:10:19.759 Being insulted. 00:10:20.019 --> 00:10:22.439 Being subject to whispering campaigns. 00:10:22.620 --> 00:10:26.639 But Jesus, what does Jesus say publicly of her? 00:10:26.799 --> 00:10:30.120 Your sins are forgiven. 00:10:31.379 --> 00:10:32.299 Your faith is saved. 00:10:32.379 --> 00:10:33.139 You go in peace. 00:10:33.139 --> 00:10:35.299 Here is to use JC Royal's language. 00:10:35.299 --> 00:10:40.600 A public and authoritative declaration of forgiveness. 00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:46.299 Jesus pronounces grace and peace on this woman. 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:54.000 In this account three times, the lady is described as a sinner. 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:58.679 First of all, in Simon's thinking in verse 39. 00:10:59.340 --> 00:11:03.679 And then in Jesus' own words in verse 47. 00:11:03.779 --> 00:11:04.659 Her many sins have been forgiven. 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:09.019 And then as the guests begin to discuss, who is this who even forgives sins? 00:11:09.159 --> 00:11:09.620 She is a sinner. 00:11:10.139 --> 00:11:15.019 Three times also, Jesus is shown to be the one who forgives. 00:11:16.179 --> 00:11:17.299 Your sins are forgiven. 00:11:17.299 --> 00:11:19.219 And the guests recognise he forgives sins. 00:11:19.419 --> 00:11:22.559 And Jesus said her faith has saved her. 00:11:25.559 --> 00:11:29.120 Her many sins, verse 47, have been forgiven. 00:11:29.500 --> 00:11:31.099 Now, how good is the good news? 00:11:31.139 --> 00:11:32.279 We asked that question last week. 00:11:32.319 --> 00:11:33.240 How good is the good news? 00:11:33.939 --> 00:11:34.819 Here is the good news. 00:11:34.959 --> 00:11:37.459 Jesus is a friend of sinners. 00:11:37.579 --> 00:11:38.639 And that's to his honour. 00:11:38.639 --> 00:11:41.439 This is a badge of honour that Jesus would wear. 00:11:41.779 --> 00:11:44.960 That he has come for the weak and the helpless and the guilty. 00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:47.319 The despised, the rejected, the abused. 00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:50.340 And Jesus publicly defends and honours and welcomes. 00:11:50.879 --> 00:11:53.980 And this, this is the scandal of God's grace. 00:11:54.100 --> 00:11:56.939 This is the amazing grace John Newton was singing about. 00:11:57.019 --> 00:12:03.539 Think about John Newton's story when he sang that God by his grace saved a wretch like me. 00:12:04.399 --> 00:12:08.139 Here was a slave owner who was very violent, who was very hostile to God. 00:12:09.159 --> 00:12:10.939 But he was dramatically changed. 00:12:11.259 --> 00:12:17.759 Now, again, to ask the question, do you and I really believe this? 00:12:17.819 --> 00:12:20.220 Do we believe this can happen in people's lives? 00:12:20.299 --> 00:12:24.559 Do we believe how powerful and how transforming God's grace is? 00:12:24.559 --> 00:12:28.240 Imagine if we really believed that, how that would transform us. 00:12:28.919 --> 00:12:31.600 And how that would shape our life and mission as a church. 00:12:32.980 --> 00:12:35.100 So to dig a little bit deeper into God's grace. 00:12:35.100 --> 00:12:39.820 Let's use these three characters, as it were, to take a look in the mirror. 00:12:39.980 --> 00:12:42.720 Let's think, first of all, about Simon the Pharisee. 00:12:43.420 --> 00:12:45.920 Someone who is lacking in grace. 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:49.360 I think Simon stands as a warning to us. 00:12:50.159 --> 00:12:52.920 Especially those of us who are in church. 00:12:54.340 --> 00:12:56.980 It's a time for us to examine our hearts. 00:12:57.200 --> 00:13:00.320 How am I like graceless Simon? 00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:03.240 Three ways we can think about this warning. 00:13:03.320 --> 00:13:05.940 Think about a warning to insiders. 00:13:07.340 --> 00:13:11.500 So I read an article from a Pakistani academic. 00:13:12.280 --> 00:13:15.220 Obviously deeply frustrated in his institution. 00:13:15.379 --> 00:13:19.320 He was angry at the reality of jobs for the boys. 00:13:20.040 --> 00:13:21.760 Jobs for friends. 00:13:21.759 --> 00:13:23.939 At the expense of others. 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:27.799 Recognising that there are some who are insiders. 00:13:28.059 --> 00:13:29.360 But then there are others who are outsiders. 00:13:29.500 --> 00:13:31.620 Where your face doesn't fit. 00:13:32.019 --> 00:13:33.379 So there's no seat at the table. 00:13:33.819 --> 00:13:35.740 For you no power or influence. 00:13:36.019 --> 00:13:38.340 And Simon, when we think about it in religious terms. 00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:43.159 Simon was a so-called insider who excluded others. 00:13:43.659 --> 00:13:44.480 Part of that group. 00:13:44.700 --> 00:13:47.220 The Pharisees who were the separate ones. 00:13:47.220 --> 00:13:49.399 Who had that holier than thou attitude. 00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:51.860 So they felt they could be full of pride. 00:13:51.960 --> 00:13:54.779 And they could sort of reject and be down on others. 00:13:56.759 --> 00:13:58.379 That kind of mentality. 00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:00.460 Don't value God's grace. 00:14:01.220 --> 00:14:03.220 Don't extend it to others. 00:14:04.500 --> 00:14:06.399 So we need to be very careful. 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:09.500 If we are on the inside as it were. 00:14:09.680 --> 00:14:12.019 Of having a cold heart to God's grace. 00:14:12.639 --> 00:14:15.300 And also to be closed to Jesus and his mission. 00:14:15.300 --> 00:14:17.040 By being closed to other people. 00:14:17.220 --> 00:14:23.440 I think here too there is a warning about respectable religion. 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:27.920 Because Simon, he presumed his kind. 00:14:28.620 --> 00:14:30.080 They were okay with God. 00:14:31.580 --> 00:14:33.300 At worst he was a little sinner. 00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:36.240 He had a high view of self. 00:14:36.980 --> 00:14:38.940 And a low view of sin. 00:14:39.779 --> 00:14:43.060 He imagined he could earn his salvation. 00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:44.940 Earn his acceptance from God. 00:14:44.940 --> 00:14:47.400 And Jesus comes and he explodes that lie. 00:14:47.780 --> 00:14:48.540 With his parable. 00:14:49.180 --> 00:14:50.660 Because what's the point of the parable? 00:14:51.540 --> 00:14:52.760 Yes the debts were different. 00:14:52.860 --> 00:14:54.760 But both have a debt. 00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:56.620 That cannot be paid back. 00:14:57.500 --> 00:15:00.780 Therefore both should have love and gratitude. 00:15:01.300 --> 00:15:05.180 And both stand in need of grace. 00:15:05.179 --> 00:15:08.559 So we need to beware. 00:15:08.559 --> 00:15:09.099 So we need to beware. 00:15:10.479 --> 00:15:12.559 Of what we might call the merit mindset. 00:15:14.699 --> 00:15:16.559 That thinks when it comes to faith. 00:15:17.339 --> 00:15:22.039 Either I have to do certain things to become a Christian. 00:15:22.699 --> 00:15:26.519 Or to keep in God's favour. 00:15:26.599 --> 00:15:27.819 To keep in God's good books. 00:15:27.820 --> 00:15:30.320 That's up to me and my performance. 00:15:30.700 --> 00:15:35.920 And that kind of merit mindset is really a recipe for pride on the one hand. 00:15:35.960 --> 00:15:38.320 Or despair on the other. 00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:41.020 And it's out of line with the gospel. 00:15:41.160 --> 00:15:44.140 Because the gospel speaks of grace from beginning to end. 00:15:44.139 --> 00:15:47.819 The gospel is grace from A to Z. 00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:50.019 In our Christian lives. 00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:54.620 So we need to beware of that sort of respectable religion. 00:15:54.620 --> 00:15:56.319 That thinks it's about merit and not grace. 00:15:56.720 --> 00:15:59.720 And we also need to beware of barriers. 00:16:01.779 --> 00:16:02.879 Have you ever felt. 00:16:02.980 --> 00:16:04.699 I'm sure we've all felt this at different times. 00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:08.899 Think of a situation where you feel like you just stick out like a sore thumb. 00:16:09.980 --> 00:16:10.700 As I was thinking about that. 00:16:10.700 --> 00:16:17.840 I was thinking about a time in Glasgow where I went with some Chinese friends to a traditional hot pot restaurant. 00:16:19.300 --> 00:16:20.860 First time I'd ever been there. 00:16:21.740 --> 00:16:24.220 Didn't understand the menu. 00:16:25.500 --> 00:16:27.759 Didn't recognise the ingredients. 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:31.000 Didn't know what the process was. 00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:33.860 Felt really awkward and uncomfortable. 00:16:36.140 --> 00:16:37.540 Not our scene. 00:16:37.780 --> 00:16:38.820 Not our culture. 00:16:38.940 --> 00:16:39.420 Not our language. 00:16:39.419 --> 00:16:41.639 We need to recognise. 00:16:43.759 --> 00:16:44.719 For some people. 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:46.339 Churches like that. 00:16:47.819 --> 00:16:49.439 And so we must be careful. 00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:52.399 To not put barriers in the way. 00:16:54.099 --> 00:16:55.399 Thinking back to my hot pot restaurant. 00:16:55.459 --> 00:16:57.779 I was so glad of friends who could translate. 00:16:58.039 --> 00:17:00.219 Who could walk me through the steps. 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:01.779 Who could make me feel comfortable. 00:17:01.779 --> 00:17:06.819 And that's one of the things that we need to do for our friends as we bring them to church. 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:10.180 Try and ease some of that discomfort. 00:17:10.379 --> 00:17:12.460 I feel like I don't belong here. 00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:15.079 We must be careful in the way that we talk. 00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:22.259 Jesus in verse 44 asks a really interesting question of Simon. 00:17:23.579 --> 00:17:27.099 Simon, do you see this woman? 00:17:27.099 --> 00:17:31.220 The truth is, Simon didn't. 00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:34.359 What did Simon see? He saw her reputation. 00:17:35.059 --> 00:17:36.639 He saw her past. He saw her scandal. 00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:42.700 He couldn't and he wouldn't see what grace and love and forgiveness from God in Jesus would do to transform her. 00:17:45.139 --> 00:17:47.559 There's a great big barrier that he would have put up. 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:53.279 Now as a church, we must be so careful that our practices and our attitudes 00:17:54.319 --> 00:17:58.039 don't put up barriers to stop others from meeting with Jesus. 00:17:58.039 --> 00:18:04.319 And as individual Christians, we must never forget that it's only by grace that we are saved, 00:18:04.379 --> 00:18:05.819 as we thought about from Ephesians 2. 00:18:06.700 --> 00:18:09.539 And to recognise that God's grace is mighty to save. 00:18:09.539 --> 00:18:15.879 So we wouldn't on the one hand limit Jesus, nor would we make judgment to say, 00:18:15.960 --> 00:18:19.279 well, Jesus can't or won't save that type of person. 00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:22.899 So those are some lessons we can learn from Simon. 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:28.160 What about this sinful woman, this lady who's changed by grace? 00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:32.559 There is in her story a beautiful story of hope and of redemption, isn't there? 00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:37.480 So again, as we use this story to look in the mirror, to think about our own lives, 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:38.579 how am I like this woman? 00:18:39.019 --> 00:18:41.779 What can I learn from her story? 00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:43.819 Let's think, first of all, about forgiveness. 00:18:46.019 --> 00:18:52.220 So at some previous point in her life, it's evident that she has heard Jesus and his teaching. 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:54.339 Perhaps she has met with Jesus. 00:18:54.339 --> 00:18:59.099 We're not clear on that, but what's clear is that from her past life, 00:18:59.159 --> 00:19:03.000 she has this load of sin and guilt and shame, and it's very public. 00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:07.079 But Jesus has met her with grace. 00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:16.379 Jesus took that load of sin and he has exchanged it for his forgiveness. 00:19:18.099 --> 00:19:19.559 And that's transformed her. 00:19:19.559 --> 00:19:26.039 Now, it's so important for us to recognise Jesus doesn't pretend when it comes to sin. 00:19:27.399 --> 00:19:30.919 In verse 47, he talks about her many sins. 00:19:32.339 --> 00:19:37.740 One thing that Jesus would do by the Spirit is he would expose to us our sin 00:19:37.740 --> 00:19:42.000 so that we would be aware of our needs. 00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:47.019 But those many sins and those great sins, perhaps that you have in your life, 00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:50.900 I have in my life, there's no barrier to God's grace that forgives. 00:19:51.619 --> 00:19:58.480 To quote from an old hymn, the vilest offender, the worst sinner who truly believed that moment, 00:19:59.460 --> 00:20:02.579 the moment we have faith, from Jesus a pardon receives. 00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:06.460 Or a modern hymn we often sing in church, 00:20:06.579 --> 00:20:10.720 our sins, they are many, but his mercy is more. 00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:17.120 I wonder when you see and hear of this woman, you feel like, this is me. 00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:22.920 Do you feel that you're hiding in the shadows, you're loaded down by sin and guilt and shame, 00:20:23.640 --> 00:20:28.240 that others would talk about you because of things that have happened in your past? 00:20:28.319 --> 00:20:31.500 Well, here's an invitation from Jesus to come into the light, 00:20:32.140 --> 00:20:37.380 to recognise that by looking to Jesus and trusting him, Jesus will forgive you. 00:20:37.380 --> 00:20:41.920 And as you think about the people that you know, 00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:48.620 perhaps who feel sort of loaded down with guilt, shame, their past, 00:20:49.120 --> 00:20:52.600 as such a hold on them, pray for them, pray for your family, 00:20:52.780 --> 00:20:56.460 pray for your friends to find the grace of forgiveness. 00:20:56.980 --> 00:20:58.660 So we see that in the light, we also see faith. 00:20:58.780 --> 00:21:01.600 Three elements of her faith we can see. 00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:02.380 First of all, her boldness. 00:21:02.380 --> 00:21:06.760 Imagine the courage it would have taken for her to disrupt this, 00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:10.220 this posh dinner party, to express her honour and her love. 00:21:11.040 --> 00:21:14.660 Here's a recognition that forgiveness frees us from shame. 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:17.980 She's too busy thinking about Jesus, 00:21:18.380 --> 00:21:21.180 too busy recognising his love to care about the stares, 00:21:21.320 --> 00:21:23.180 to care about the insults, 00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:26.100 to care about being despised. 00:21:26.100 --> 00:21:27.400 She's got a boldness to her faith, 00:21:27.640 --> 00:21:29.600 but there's also a humility to her faith. 00:21:30.680 --> 00:21:31.880 Because what role does she take? 00:21:31.880 --> 00:21:34.160 She takes the servant's role, doesn't she, in foot washing. 00:21:35.180 --> 00:21:36.920 Usually people's heads were anointed. 00:21:37.020 --> 00:21:38.580 She doesn't feel worthy of that, perhaps, 00:21:38.660 --> 00:21:39.780 so she anoints his feet. 00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:42.780 She's humble before her king. 00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:45.260 Again, to borrow from another hymn, 00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:47.480 Nothing in my hands I bring, 00:21:47.620 --> 00:21:49.360 simply to your cross I cling, 00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:53.000 are words that she would have echoed. 00:21:54.260 --> 00:21:55.520 Faith is humble, 00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:58.680 recognising we are dependent. 00:21:58.960 --> 00:22:00.500 All that we have is a gift of grace. 00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:03.119 But there's also gratitude. 00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:10.339 There's lovely demonstrations that there is no price too high for this woman to honour and to show her love. 00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:12.180 So there's the perfume, which would have been expensive, 00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:19.839 but there's also her not caring about her public opinion and reputation in order to show her honour. 00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:21.759 Love leads to worship. 00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:26.099 To quote again from John Newton, 00:22:26.099 --> 00:22:26.900 She knew, 00:22:27.579 --> 00:22:28.680 I am a great sinner. 00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:31.160 Jesus is a great saviour. 00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:33.140 And in that regards, 00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:34.579 worship just makes sense. 00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:37.720 Again, what if we really believed this? 00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:39.819 Imagine how that would change our worship. 00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:41.240 There'd be no half-hearted worship 00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:44.539 in our public times together in church 00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:47.059 or in our private devotions. 00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:50.200 So again, may God's grace 00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:53.620 change us as we come to value forgiveness 00:22:53.620 --> 00:22:56.400 and we come to exercise faith in him. 00:22:56.400 --> 00:22:59.400 And let's finish by thinking about Jesus. 00:23:01.100 --> 00:23:04.400 In Jesus, we see that God's grace changes everything. 00:23:04.860 --> 00:23:07.019 Here is Jesus that figured out the heart of this scandal, 00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:07.940 this public scandal, 00:23:08.040 --> 00:23:09.840 because he extends his grace. 00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:12.400 He extends his grace by identifying with this woman. 00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.840 What would Simon have done? 00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:15.480 Simon would have excluded her, 00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:16.840 pushed her away, 00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:17.700 abused her. 00:23:17.700 --> 00:23:19.460 But Jesus is so different. 00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:21.500 He smashes down those cultural barriers, 00:23:21.620 --> 00:23:22.779 those religious barriers, 00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:23.680 that separation. 00:23:24.840 --> 00:23:27.620 He honours the dishonourable 00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:30.019 with his grace. 00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:34.819 The author of the Hebrews says powerfully 00:23:34.819 --> 00:23:36.580 to us as Christians, 00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:40.080 Jesus is not ashamed to call us brothers. 00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:43.319 Jesus is not ashamed to call us brothers and sisters. 00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:47.319 He ties himself to us, 00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:48.980 such is his love for us. 00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:51.220 That's the pattern of Jesus. 00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:53.659 And that establishes a model 00:23:53.659 --> 00:23:55.299 and a pattern for his church. 00:23:55.879 --> 00:23:56.759 We are to welcome. 00:23:57.419 --> 00:23:58.460 We are to honour. 00:23:59.059 --> 00:24:02.379 We are to be those who truly see people. 00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:05.179 See beyond the masks that people wear. 00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:06.619 See beyond the shame, 00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.200 the scandal, 00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:09.500 the baggage that people bring 00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:11.480 so that we might honour 00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:13.299 and extend grace 00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:16.159 as God in Christ has given grace to us. 00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:19.480 And then let's think about the mission of Jesus. 00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:21.600 It's so notable, isn't it, 00:24:21.600 --> 00:24:22.680 when you look at the Gospels, 00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:25.160 how often Jesus goes to the margins of society. 00:24:25.340 --> 00:24:27.120 Luke especially draws attention to that. 00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:28.740 Jesus, the friend of sinners, 00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:29.920 has compassion for the weak, 00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:30.680 for the excluded, 00:24:30.800 --> 00:24:31.480 for the vulnerable. 00:24:33.040 --> 00:24:33.440 And again, 00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.680 isn't that a challenge for us 00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:35.240 as a church, 00:24:35.300 --> 00:24:35.920 as Christians? 00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:37.720 We often, I imagine, 00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.680 if you're like me, 00:24:39.120 --> 00:24:40.779 we live within the comfort zones. 00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:43.319 But Jesus would keep sending us out 00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:46.220 and would have us keep drawing others in. 00:24:49.899 --> 00:24:51.639 Which takes us to the gift of Jesus. 00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.839 He's come to give grace, 00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.700 to extend grace. 00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:56.420 The story ends with Jesus highlighting his grace. 00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:59.940 In verse 48, 00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:00.519 he said, 00:25:00.580 --> 00:25:01.680 to your sins are forgiven. 00:25:01.800 --> 00:25:02.420 There's forgiveness. 00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:04.840 Jesus so closely identifies with sin, 00:25:05.060 --> 00:25:06.240 with sinners that he has come 00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:08.680 to bear our sin, 00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:11.100 to pay the price for our sin, 00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:13.700 to die the death that we deserve, 00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:16.620 to bear the punishment that should be ours, 00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:19.300 so that we might be forgiven. 00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:22.159 That's not something we deserve. 00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:24.720 That's something we freely receive 00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:26.319 as a gift by faith 00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:28.460 that looks and trusts in Jesus. 00:25:29.419 --> 00:25:29.980 And then, 00:25:30.419 --> 00:25:31.819 Jesus says in verse 50, 00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:33.500 your faith has saved you. 00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.919 He talks about salvation. 00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:37.180 What has Jesus come to do? 00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:38.579 He's come to destroy the grip, 00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:41.259 the stranglehold of sin and shame 00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:43.460 leading to death in our lives. 00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:45.119 He has come to set us free, 00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:48.899 to enjoy life with God. 00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:51.139 In God's family, 00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:52.779 we are saved from sin 00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:54.639 to be God's people, 00:25:54.919 --> 00:25:55.839 to live obedient, 00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:57.319 holy lives 00:25:57.319 --> 00:26:00.500 that involves suffering and joy. 00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:03.180 And again, 00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:04.859 that's not something we earn or deserve. 00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:06.339 That's something that comes as a gift 00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:08.539 of God's grace we receive by faith. 00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:10.279 And Jesus says to her, 00:26:10.379 --> 00:26:11.279 finally in verse 50, 00:26:11.419 --> 00:26:12.799 go in peace. 00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.379 Peace. 00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:15.759 She's been restored to wholeness, 00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:17.119 to life of blessing 00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:18.500 under God 00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.700 from God, 00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.720 with God, 00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:21.980 because 00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:24.579 Jesus has come to be the peace offering, 00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:27.339 to reconcile us. 00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:28.200 By nature, 00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:29.380 God is hostile to us 00:26:29.380 --> 00:26:30.039 because of our sin 00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:31.599 and we are hostile towards God 00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:32.400 because of our sin. 00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:35.500 we are going in the opposite direction 00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:37.259 but Jesus comes 00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:38.780 to reconcile 00:26:38.780 --> 00:26:40.820 and to restore. 00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.820 In Jesus, 00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.840 we discover then 00:26:43.840 --> 00:26:45.620 that by God's grace, 00:26:46.080 --> 00:26:47.500 he would change everything 00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:49.220 in a person's life. 00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.960 Go back to where we began. 00:26:51.800 --> 00:26:52.380 Think about 00:26:52.380 --> 00:26:53.900 that church service. 00:26:54.060 --> 00:26:55.940 Think about that notorious person 00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:56.880 walking 00:26:56.880 --> 00:26:58.519 into the building. 00:26:58.660 --> 00:26:59.460 What do we do? 00:26:59.460 --> 00:27:00.480 Well, 00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:01.559 may God help us 00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:03.160 to be like Jesus, 00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:04.880 to extend a gracious welcome, 00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:06.200 to show honour 00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:07.579 so that we might invite 00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:09.039 fellow sinners 00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:10.400 to know 00:27:10.400 --> 00:27:12.299 the transforming power 00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:13.240 of God's love 00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:14.799 and God's grace. 00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:16.200 Let's pray. 00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:19.840 Lord our God, 00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:21.000 we are so thankful 00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:24.160 for this story 00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:26.700 and for this reminder 00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:28.360 of your grace 00:27:28.360 --> 00:27:29.960 that welcomes, 00:27:30.380 --> 00:27:31.080 your grace 00:27:31.080 --> 00:27:32.319 that forgives, 00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.480 your grace 00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:35.120 that reconciles, 00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:36.160 your grace 00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:37.680 that brings peace. 00:27:38.840 --> 00:27:39.360 Lord, 00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:41.100 we pray to receive that, 00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:41.620 that that would 00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:43.600 change our hearts, 00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.299 it would lead us 00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:45.619 to love 00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:46.559 and gratitude 00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:47.720 and worship 00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:49.440 and giving ourselves 00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:50.859 for the sake of Jesus, 00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:52.680 that it would break down 00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:54.139 barriers of apathy 00:27:54.139 --> 00:27:55.460 or hostility. 00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:56.740 Lord, 00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:59.019 may each one of us 00:27:59.019 --> 00:28:01.899 be captured 00:28:01.899 --> 00:28:04.619 by the wonder 00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:07.139 of the grace of God 00:28:07.139 --> 00:28:07.859 that we see 00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:09.659 in Jesus 00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:12.340 and at the cross 00:28:12.340 --> 00:28:13.120 of Jesus 00:28:13.120 --> 00:28:15.440 so our lives 00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:16.500 will be totally transformed. 00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:18.440 We pray in Jesus' name. 00:28:19.080 --> 00:28:19.400 Amen. 00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:22.340 Now we'll close 00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:24.180 by singing. 00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:25.360 We'll sing 00:28:25.360 --> 00:28:26.220 Love Divine, 00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:27.460 All Love's Excelling 00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:28.980 and How Firm a Foundation 00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:30.980 and the first five verses 00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:32.259 of Psalm 25. 00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:45.579 Love Divine, 00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:47.579 Love Divine, 00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:50.579 All Love's Excelling 00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:53.720 Joy of Hell 00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:56.779 to earth come down 00:28:56.779 --> 00:29:00.019 Fix in us 00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:03.559 Thy humble dwelling 00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:08.980 All Thy faithful mercies crown 00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:11.019 Jesus, 00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:15.460 Thou art all compassion 00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:16.759 Pure, 00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:19.059 Unbounded, 00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:21.500 Love Thou art 00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:24.400 Visit us 00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:27.840 With Thy salvation 00:29:27.840 --> 00:29:33.579 Enter every trembling heart 00:29:33.579 --> 00:30:02.899 Let us all in Thee inherit 00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:08.640 Let us find that second rest 00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:15.300 Take away the love of sinning 00:30:15.300 --> 00:30:20.620 Alpha and Omega B 00:30:20.620 --> 00:30:24.060 End of faith 00:30:24.060 --> 00:30:27.900 As its beginning set 00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:32.380 Our hearts at liberty 00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:47.080 Come Almighty 00:30:47.080 --> 00:30:47.100 Come Almighty 00:30:47.100 --> 00:30:49.220 To deliver 00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:52.880 Let us all 00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:55.700 Thy life receive 00:30:55.700 --> 00:31:00.220 Suddenly return 00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:04.220 And never, nevermore 00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:08.220 Thy temples leave 00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:14.220 Thee we would be always blessing 00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:20.380 Serve He as Thy horse above 00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:26.220 Pray and praise Thee without ceasing 00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:30.220 Glory in Thy perfect love 00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:32.220 Glory in Thy perfect love 00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:33.220 Glory in Thy perfect love 00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:36.220 Finish then Thy new creation 00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:38.220 Thy new creation 00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:43.220 Pure and spotless let us be 00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:49.220 Let us see Thy great salvation 00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:50.220 Thy great salvation 00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:56.220 Pure and spotless let us be 00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:59.220 Let us see Thy great salvation 00:31:59.220 --> 00:32:02.220 Let us see Thy great salvation 00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:04.220 Perfectly restored 00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:07.220 Perfectly restored in Thee 00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:10.220 Changed from glory 00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:12.220 In to glory 00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:17.220 Till in Him we take our place 00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:19.220 Till we cast our crowns 00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:24.220 Till we cast our crowns 00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:28.220 Before Thee lost in wonder 00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:32.220 Love and praise 00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:34.220 Feel To be hologram 00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:36.579 To be 00:32:36.579 --> 00:33:02.160 With his 00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:12.360 foundation you saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent 00:33:12.360 --> 00:33:25.680 word what more can he say than to you he has said to you for refuge to Jesus have 00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:43.920 fled fear not I am with you hope be not dismayed for I am your God and will still give you weight 00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:54.440 I'll strengthen you help you and cause you to stand upheld by my gracious 00:33:54.440 --> 00:34:01.440 omnipotent hand 00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:15.440 when through the deep waters I call you to go the rivers of sorrow shall not overflow 00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:30.440 for I will be with you your trouble to bless and sanctify to you your deepest distress 00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:37.440 when through fiery trials your pathway shall lie my grace all sufficient shall be your supply the flame shall not harm you I only desire your dross to consume and your gold to 00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:44.440 refine 00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:46.440 you 00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:50.440 you 00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:54.440 you 00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:58.440 you 00:34:58.440 --> 00:35:00.440 you 00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:04.440 you 00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:10.440 you 00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:13.440 you 00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:14.440 you 00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:15.480 you 00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:15.940 you 00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:16.500 you 00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:18.059 you 00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:19.000 you 00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:19.119 you 00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:20.059 you 00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:24.200 you 00:35:24.200 --> 00:35:25.260 and you 00:35:25.260 --> 00:35:27.320 you 00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:27.679 you 00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:29.200 to 00:35:29.200 --> 00:35:31.139 you 00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:33.260 you 00:35:33.260 --> 00:35:34.260 or 00:35:34.260 --> 00:35:36.139 you 00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:48.900 When evildoers threaten me to take my life away, 00:35:48.900 --> 00:36:02.099 My adversaries and my foes will stumble in that day. 00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:14.860 Although an army hands me in, my heart will feel no dread. 00:36:14.860 --> 00:36:28.059 Though war against me should arise, I will lift up my head. 00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:40.820 One thing I plead before the Lord, and there shall seek always, 00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:53.380 That I may come within God's house and dwell there all my days, 00:36:53.380 --> 00:37:06.680 That on the 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