WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.100 And we're here at the end of chapter number 7, so we'll pick up our reading in verse number 36 and we're going to read through the end of the chapter. 00:00:06.500 --> 00:00:11.740 Quite a bit of verses, but a real great truth I think that we can take away from this morning. 00:00:12.400 --> 00:00:15.099 The Bible says this in verse number 36 of Luke 7, 00:00:15.099 --> 00:00:18.580 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. 00:00:19.260 --> 00:00:21.879 And he went to the Pharisee's house and sat down to meet. 00:00:22.640 --> 00:00:25.480 And behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, 00:00:26.080 --> 00:00:29.260 when she knew that Jesus set at meat in the Pharisee's house, 00:00:29.260 --> 00:00:31.920 brought an alabaster box of ointment, 00:00:32.780 --> 00:00:37.500 and stood at his feet behind him weeping, 00:00:38.039 --> 00:00:40.640 and began to wash his feet with tears, 00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:43.160 and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, 00:00:43.260 --> 00:00:46.240 and kissed his feet, and anointed them with ointment. 00:00:47.100 --> 00:00:47.660 Verse 39, 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:50.700 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, 00:00:50.740 --> 00:00:52.180 he spake within himself, saying, 00:00:52.780 --> 00:00:56.079 This man, if he were a prophet, would have known 00:00:56.079 --> 00:00:59.780 who and what manner of woman that is that toucheth him, 00:00:59.899 --> 00:01:01.799 for she is a sinner. 00:01:02.799 --> 00:01:05.060 And Jesus answering said unto him, 00:01:05.459 --> 00:01:08.280 Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. 00:01:08.780 --> 00:01:10.120 And he saith, Master, say on. 00:01:10.900 --> 00:01:13.359 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors, 00:01:14.019 --> 00:01:16.299 the one owed five hundred pence and the other fifty. 00:01:16.859 --> 00:01:18.359 And when they had nothing to pay, 00:01:18.459 --> 00:01:20.719 he frankly forgave them both. 00:01:21.159 --> 00:01:21.959 Tell me, therefore, 00:01:21.959 --> 00:01:24.359 which of them will love him the most? 00:01:25.239 --> 00:01:26.139 Simon answered and said, 00:01:26.219 --> 00:01:29.859 I suppose that he to whom he forgave most. 00:01:30.619 --> 00:01:31.419 And he said unto him, 00:01:31.479 --> 00:01:32.719 Thou hast rightly judged. 00:01:33.500 --> 00:01:34.679 And he turned to the woman, 00:01:34.819 --> 00:01:35.699 and said unto Simon, 00:01:36.519 --> 00:01:37.599 Seest thou this woman? 00:01:38.439 --> 00:01:39.859 I entered into thine house, 00:01:39.939 --> 00:01:41.899 and thou gavest me no water for my feet, 00:01:42.500 --> 00:01:44.459 but she hath washed my feet with her tears, 00:01:44.879 --> 00:01:46.780 and hath wiped them with the hairs of her head. 00:01:47.399 --> 00:01:48.819 Thou gavest me no kiss, 00:01:48.819 --> 00:01:49.619 but this woman, 00:01:50.079 --> 00:01:51.299 since the time I came in, 00:01:51.359 --> 00:01:52.859 hath not ceased to kiss my feet. 00:01:53.579 --> 00:01:56.959 My head with oil thou didst not anoint, 00:01:57.039 --> 00:01:59.579 but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. 00:02:00.539 --> 00:02:01.839 Wherefore I say unto thee, 00:02:02.559 --> 00:02:04.239 Her sins, which are many, 00:02:04.859 --> 00:02:05.419 are forgiven. 00:02:06.280 --> 00:02:07.539 For she loved much, 00:02:08.120 --> 00:02:09.560 but to whom little is forgiven, 00:02:09.659 --> 00:02:11.219 the same loveth little. 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:13.060 And he said unto her, 00:02:13.819 --> 00:02:16.379 Thy sins are forgiven. 00:02:16.379 --> 00:02:18.799 And they that said it meet with him 00:02:18.799 --> 00:02:20.060 began to say within themselves, 00:02:20.299 --> 00:02:23.639 Who is this that forgiveth sins also? 00:02:24.419 --> 00:02:25.460 And he said unto the woman, 00:02:25.579 --> 00:02:27.319 Thy faith has saved thee. 00:02:27.960 --> 00:02:30.079 Go in peace. 00:02:30.740 --> 00:02:32.319 This is a beautiful picture 00:02:32.319 --> 00:02:33.680 of really Jesus' mission. 00:02:34.500 --> 00:02:36.740 He came to seek and to save 00:02:36.740 --> 00:02:37.819 that which was lost. 00:02:38.500 --> 00:02:39.859 I want to preach the message entitled this, 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:41.460 When Grace Walks In. 00:02:42.139 --> 00:02:43.060 Because when grace walks in, 00:02:43.120 --> 00:02:43.759 everything changes. 00:02:44.240 --> 00:02:45.800 So let's go to Lord in prayer this morning. 00:02:45.800 --> 00:02:47.200 Father, thank you for this opportunity 00:02:47.200 --> 00:02:48.780 to open up your word. 00:02:48.860 --> 00:02:50.420 Lord, we've asked your blessings 00:02:50.420 --> 00:02:51.340 on this service already, 00:02:51.420 --> 00:02:53.100 but Lord, we're asking specifically now 00:02:53.100 --> 00:02:54.400 to speak to our hearts. 00:02:55.040 --> 00:02:56.180 You would calm our minds. 00:02:56.280 --> 00:02:57.060 You would quiet our hearts. 00:02:57.120 --> 00:02:58.800 You would help us to focus on your word. 00:02:59.180 --> 00:03:00.260 Lord, we're asking that you would, 00:03:00.620 --> 00:03:02.300 your Holy Spirit would speak to us. 00:03:03.300 --> 00:03:04.540 Lord, I need you desperately. 00:03:04.720 --> 00:03:06.660 I need your power. 00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:08.160 Lord, I need your guidance. 00:03:08.320 --> 00:03:09.580 And I pray that you would help me 00:03:09.580 --> 00:03:12.300 as I preach your word this morning. 00:03:12.380 --> 00:03:13.320 I pray that it would be a blessing 00:03:13.320 --> 00:03:13.860 to your people. 00:03:13.860 --> 00:03:14.760 Lord, I pray there's someone here 00:03:14.760 --> 00:03:16.080 that doesn't know you today. 00:03:16.620 --> 00:03:18.360 That you would walk into their life 00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:19.420 and everything would change. 00:03:20.020 --> 00:03:21.180 And Lord, we ask all these things 00:03:21.180 --> 00:03:22.500 in your son's precious name. 00:03:23.020 --> 00:03:23.300 Amen. 00:03:23.440 --> 00:03:24.220 Thank you so much for standing. 00:03:24.300 --> 00:03:24.700 May be seated. 00:03:26.980 --> 00:03:27.820 Have you ever had anybody 00:03:27.820 --> 00:03:29.060 show up at your house uninvited? 00:03:30.900 --> 00:03:32.040 Maybe it's your in-laws. 00:03:33.440 --> 00:03:34.320 The best, right? 00:03:34.900 --> 00:03:36.280 You're very excited about it. 00:03:36.340 --> 00:03:37.240 Maybe it was your neighbor. 00:03:37.780 --> 00:03:38.800 Maybe it was your pastor 00:03:38.800 --> 00:03:40.120 just there to give you a hard time 00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:41.300 and I can hear you in there. 00:03:41.400 --> 00:03:42.080 It's the preacher. 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:43.680 I've been there. 00:03:45.240 --> 00:03:46.200 I'm just a person too, 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:46.900 just like you. 00:03:47.920 --> 00:03:49.180 But suddenly you're scrambling 00:03:49.180 --> 00:03:51.280 and you're trying to look hospitable 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:52.280 while you're hiding the clutter 00:03:52.280 --> 00:03:53.240 and you're opening the door 00:03:53.240 --> 00:03:54.039 and you're kicking things 00:03:54.039 --> 00:03:54.640 into the closet. 00:03:54.780 --> 00:03:55.640 Hey, come on in. 00:03:55.879 --> 00:03:56.840 For breeze in the air 00:03:56.840 --> 00:03:57.719 like it's holy water 00:03:57.719 --> 00:03:58.599 or whatever it may be 00:03:58.599 --> 00:03:59.680 and yelling at your kids. 00:03:59.840 --> 00:04:00.379 Hey, remember, 00:04:00.460 --> 00:04:01.719 we love each other in this house. 00:04:02.659 --> 00:04:03.439 Anybody been there? 00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:03.719 Yeah. 00:04:04.020 --> 00:04:05.580 I mean, that's just life in general. 00:04:06.040 --> 00:04:07.159 I mean, that's how it is. 00:04:07.159 --> 00:04:10.159 But imagine that you're throwing 00:04:10.159 --> 00:04:11.280 a dignified dinner party. 00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:13.680 You've set everything up 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:15.819 and Jesus is in attendance 00:04:15.819 --> 00:04:17.819 and everything is perfect. 00:04:17.939 --> 00:04:19.459 I mean, your house is spotless 00:04:19.459 --> 00:04:21.379 and you've invited respected guests 00:04:21.379 --> 00:04:22.319 and everything's tidy 00:04:22.319 --> 00:04:23.719 and the candles are lit. 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:26.379 And then she walks in. 00:04:27.300 --> 00:04:29.659 This person that we see in our text, 00:04:30.319 --> 00:04:32.899 a woman with a horrible reputation 00:04:32.899 --> 00:04:36.259 and a past that everybody knows about 00:04:36.259 --> 00:04:37.219 and everybody whispers 00:04:37.219 --> 00:04:38.379 every time she walks past. 00:04:39.379 --> 00:04:40.639 That's the scene here 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:41.920 and there's no introduction. 00:04:42.279 --> 00:04:43.279 There's no warning. 00:04:43.579 --> 00:04:44.500 She's just there 00:04:44.500 --> 00:04:46.079 and all of a sudden she's crying 00:04:46.079 --> 00:04:46.959 and she's weeping 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:48.920 and there's maybe snot going everywhere 00:04:48.920 --> 00:04:50.439 and she's worshiping the Lord. 00:04:50.620 --> 00:04:52.039 I mean, you talk about killing the mood 00:04:52.039 --> 00:04:52.699 of a dinner party. 00:04:53.959 --> 00:04:56.620 That's really kind of the idea here 00:04:56.620 --> 00:04:58.740 is all the things were in place 00:04:58.740 --> 00:05:00.800 for this feast, this spectacle, 00:05:01.180 --> 00:05:03.399 this banquet that Simon the Pharisee 00:05:03.399 --> 00:05:05.819 was putting on for really Jesus 00:05:05.819 --> 00:05:07.079 but really putting on for himself 00:05:07.079 --> 00:05:08.739 to kind of pump himself up. 00:05:09.599 --> 00:05:11.099 And it's here in this text, 00:05:11.179 --> 00:05:12.759 it's in this shocking moment 00:05:12.759 --> 00:05:15.579 when Jesus teaches this life-changing truth 00:05:15.579 --> 00:05:17.859 that we read there in verse 47. 00:05:17.979 --> 00:05:18.179 He said, 00:05:18.419 --> 00:05:19.399 Wherefore I say unto thee, 00:05:19.939 --> 00:05:22.719 her sins which are many are forgiven. 00:05:23.459 --> 00:05:23.739 Why? 00:05:23.859 --> 00:05:25.199 For she loved much, 00:05:25.859 --> 00:05:27.620 but to whom little is forgiven, 00:05:27.739 --> 00:05:29.939 the same loveth little. 00:05:29.939 --> 00:05:33.860 As we walk through this story this morning, 00:05:34.740 --> 00:05:36.899 I want us to answer this question to ourselves. 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:40.699 Do I live like somebody 00:05:40.699 --> 00:05:42.439 who's been forgiven much? 00:05:43.220 --> 00:05:45.180 That's a great question to ask ourselves. 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:48.879 Because we see a very contrasting setting 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:50.240 and we can ask ourselves, 00:05:50.500 --> 00:05:53.540 does my love for Jesus reflect that? 00:05:54.800 --> 00:05:56.720 I say that I'm forgiven much, 00:05:57.000 --> 00:05:58.220 but does my life prove it? 00:05:58.220 --> 00:06:00.940 Does my life show that I'm there? 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:02.040 And that's what we see 00:06:02.040 --> 00:06:03.100 in these first few verses 00:06:03.100 --> 00:06:05.420 that we read in really verse 36 through 39, 00:06:05.560 --> 00:06:07.000 this contrasting setting. 00:06:07.780 --> 00:06:10.420 We see this proud Pharisee 00:06:10.420 --> 00:06:13.000 and we see this humble sinner. 00:06:14.040 --> 00:06:15.160 Now when you read it at the beginning, 00:06:15.320 --> 00:06:16.080 in verse 36, 00:06:16.160 --> 00:06:17.460 and one of the Pharisees desired 00:06:17.460 --> 00:06:18.600 that he would eat with him, 00:06:18.920 --> 00:06:21.020 I mean, it seems like a warm invitation. 00:06:21.660 --> 00:06:24.620 It seems like a kind gesture. 00:06:25.640 --> 00:06:27.020 But when we really sat down 00:06:27.019 --> 00:06:28.779 and we really start looking into the text, 00:06:29.019 --> 00:06:31.319 this hospitality that Simon was showing 00:06:31.319 --> 00:06:33.139 was ice cold. 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:35.799 He wasn't there in the sense 00:06:35.799 --> 00:06:37.180 so Jesus could, 00:06:37.359 --> 00:06:39.019 he could learn more about him. 00:06:39.060 --> 00:06:41.159 And he wasn't maybe curious in that way. 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:42.839 No, we can tell very quickly 00:06:42.839 --> 00:06:44.139 there was no greeting. 00:06:45.079 --> 00:06:47.000 There was no kiss of peace, 00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:49.339 which is a standard greeting 00:06:49.339 --> 00:06:50.519 in this time period 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:51.799 and really in this culture still. 00:06:51.800 --> 00:06:54.660 There was no water for his feet. 00:06:54.759 --> 00:06:56.939 We understand that the roads were very dusty 00:06:56.939 --> 00:06:58.079 and so they would come into the house, 00:06:58.160 --> 00:06:59.560 they would wash their feet. 00:07:00.540 --> 00:07:02.060 Generally, there would be a servant there 00:07:02.060 --> 00:07:02.780 that would do that. 00:07:03.800 --> 00:07:06.500 There was no oil for Christ's head. 00:07:08.379 --> 00:07:10.660 See, Simon wanted Jesus at the table. 00:07:11.500 --> 00:07:12.840 He just didn't want him in his heart. 00:07:13.860 --> 00:07:15.300 That's really where we are 00:07:15.300 --> 00:07:16.780 at the outset of this story. 00:07:16.779 --> 00:07:19.839 Because in first century Jewish culture, 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:22.559 hospitality really wasn't an optional thing. 00:07:22.839 --> 00:07:24.000 It was a sacred thing. 00:07:24.719 --> 00:07:25.759 And it really still is. 00:07:25.819 --> 00:07:27.939 A lot of the eastern cultures are like that. 00:07:28.379 --> 00:07:29.799 And this was a big deal 00:07:29.799 --> 00:07:32.059 and it was one of the highest forms of honor 00:07:32.059 --> 00:07:33.239 to have somebody in your home. 00:07:33.819 --> 00:07:36.439 Or it could be a form of shame. 00:07:37.299 --> 00:07:40.059 And see, by refusing these simple courtesies, 00:07:40.699 --> 00:07:43.059 these are things that pretty much 00:07:43.059 --> 00:07:44.379 everybody else that would have came in that house 00:07:44.379 --> 00:07:45.579 would have received this. 00:07:45.579 --> 00:07:47.699 And yet everybody's kind of looking around thinking, 00:07:48.060 --> 00:07:49.519 well, why didn't he receive it? 00:07:49.899 --> 00:07:51.319 Why didn't he get to wash his feet? 00:07:51.599 --> 00:07:53.719 Why didn't he get these different situations? 00:07:54.060 --> 00:07:55.439 Here's what Simon is doing. 00:07:55.539 --> 00:07:57.560 He's saying this to everybody there. 00:07:57.899 --> 00:07:59.899 You're not welcome here, Jesus. 00:08:00.779 --> 00:08:02.000 That's really his mindset. 00:08:02.199 --> 00:08:02.799 That's really his, 00:08:03.299 --> 00:08:07.279 the way that he's leaning. 00:08:08.379 --> 00:08:09.799 And in fact, from everything we know 00:08:09.799 --> 00:08:10.759 about the Pharisees, 00:08:10.919 --> 00:08:11.979 and as we've seen it, 00:08:11.979 --> 00:08:13.680 as we've walked through the Gospel of Luke, 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:16.400 the only reason that Jesus is probably here 00:08:16.400 --> 00:08:18.939 is because Simon wants to gather some evidence. 00:08:19.980 --> 00:08:22.000 They are seeking to destroy him. 00:08:22.220 --> 00:08:23.800 They are trying to catch him in a trap. 00:08:23.920 --> 00:08:25.480 They are trying to put him in a situation 00:08:25.480 --> 00:08:25.780 where they say, 00:08:25.900 --> 00:08:26.939 there he is, we got him. 00:08:27.740 --> 00:08:28.740 So he's there, 00:08:28.819 --> 00:08:31.180 and he's seeing what Jesus will say. 00:08:32.700 --> 00:08:34.180 Because from what we can tell about Simon, 00:08:34.259 --> 00:08:35.440 and we saw it there in verse 39, 00:08:35.539 --> 00:08:36.060 we'll look in a second, 00:08:36.440 --> 00:08:37.860 Simon thought a lot about himself. 00:08:37.860 --> 00:08:40.639 If you want to know how awesome Simon was, 00:08:40.700 --> 00:08:41.840 you probably just had to ask him. 00:08:42.779 --> 00:08:43.720 He's that kind of guy. 00:08:44.259 --> 00:08:45.240 He's going to tell you. 00:08:45.620 --> 00:08:46.560 He's a Pharisee. 00:08:46.620 --> 00:08:47.860 He's the ultra-religious, 00:08:48.659 --> 00:08:50.180 and he would have prided himself 00:08:50.180 --> 00:08:51.600 on keeping up appearances. 00:08:52.620 --> 00:08:54.259 This wasn't some little gathering 00:08:54.259 --> 00:08:55.379 that he would have had at his house. 00:08:55.440 --> 00:08:56.980 This would have been a big to-do. 00:08:57.560 --> 00:08:59.519 It would have been a spectacle around town. 00:08:59.620 --> 00:09:00.180 Everybody would have known, 00:09:00.379 --> 00:09:02.420 hey, did you hear that Simon's throwing a banquet, 00:09:02.639 --> 00:09:05.080 and I heard Jesus of Nazareth is going to be there. 00:09:05.080 --> 00:09:08.160 Everybody knew who Simon was. 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:11.700 He walked with his nose way up in the air 00:09:11.700 --> 00:09:12.639 when he went through Walmart, 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:15.180 and he's in all his religious garb, 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:17.780 and he followed all the rules. 00:09:18.460 --> 00:09:19.820 His robes were spotless. 00:09:20.400 --> 00:09:21.600 He knew more Old Testament 00:09:21.600 --> 00:09:24.300 than people even could understand, 00:09:24.700 --> 00:09:26.160 and he fasted twice a week, 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:27.680 and he tithed on everything he owned. 00:09:27.740 --> 00:09:30.140 I mean, he tithed on the spices in his cabinet, 00:09:30.900 --> 00:09:32.300 and he said, 00:09:32.360 --> 00:09:33.379 I'm going to get this Jesus, 00:09:33.780 --> 00:09:34.780 this rogue rabbi. 00:09:34.779 --> 00:09:35.419 I'm going to show him 00:09:35.419 --> 00:09:36.899 what a godly person looks like. 00:09:37.620 --> 00:09:38.759 That was kind of his mindset. 00:09:39.459 --> 00:09:40.559 He wanted to let Jesus know, 00:09:40.879 --> 00:09:42.559 this is what you're supposed to look like. 00:09:42.919 --> 00:09:44.919 This is what God is looking for, 00:09:45.059 --> 00:09:46.879 and he might have looked good on the outside, 00:09:47.600 --> 00:09:49.600 but his heart was full of pride 00:09:49.600 --> 00:09:51.059 and self-righteousness. 00:09:52.100 --> 00:09:53.279 And Jesus calls this out 00:09:53.279 --> 00:09:54.459 in multiple places in Scripture. 00:09:54.959 --> 00:09:56.319 He said this group of people, 00:09:56.480 --> 00:09:58.179 they were like whited sepulchers. 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:00.600 They looked real fancy on the outside 00:10:00.600 --> 00:10:01.560 and real ornate, 00:10:01.560 --> 00:10:02.620 but on the inside, 00:10:02.720 --> 00:10:05.100 they were just full of dead men's bones. 00:10:05.980 --> 00:10:07.340 There's no life to this. 00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:09.019 It's just a facade. 00:10:09.540 --> 00:10:12.040 It's covering really what is underneath, 00:10:12.159 --> 00:10:13.620 and underneath is just darkness, 00:10:13.820 --> 00:10:14.480 and it's sin. 00:10:16.019 --> 00:10:19.220 But yet, Jesus accepts the invitation. 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:21.960 Jesus knows his heart. 00:10:22.060 --> 00:10:24.879 He knows maybe the motives behind it, 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:26.879 and as Simon is reveling 00:10:26.879 --> 00:10:30.179 in his self-professed spiritual superiority, 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:32.360 the mood suddenly shifts. 00:10:33.220 --> 00:10:34.620 A woman enters the room. 00:10:35.700 --> 00:10:36.220 And maybe you're thinking, 00:10:36.439 --> 00:10:37.820 how did she get there? 00:10:38.679 --> 00:10:41.279 In these types of settings, 00:10:41.860 --> 00:10:43.779 many well-to-do people 00:10:43.779 --> 00:10:45.460 would have a courtyard in their house. 00:10:46.200 --> 00:10:47.039 And what they would do 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:48.840 is they would open up the gates, 00:10:48.940 --> 00:10:49.399 the doors, 00:10:49.500 --> 00:10:51.139 it'd be big, generally wooden doors 00:10:51.139 --> 00:10:51.659 type of thing, 00:10:51.659 --> 00:10:54.319 and the passerbys could see 00:10:54.319 --> 00:10:57.339 how the movers and shakers live life 00:10:57.339 --> 00:10:59.579 and how they ate their food 00:10:59.579 --> 00:11:00.319 and what they did. 00:11:00.419 --> 00:11:01.799 It was kind of Simon's idea 00:11:01.799 --> 00:11:03.299 is everybody look at me. 00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:05.059 So the gates open, 00:11:05.620 --> 00:11:06.639 and people would come in 00:11:06.639 --> 00:11:07.799 and they would just maybe think, 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:09.240 man, I wish I could have a meal like that. 00:11:09.259 --> 00:11:10.120 I wish I could do that. 00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:13.439 So there was access for anybody to come. 00:11:14.100 --> 00:11:15.939 They wanted them to hear the conversations 00:11:15.939 --> 00:11:18.240 of the highfalutin people, so to speak. 00:11:19.000 --> 00:11:20.459 That's a real word, isn't it? 00:11:20.460 --> 00:11:21.620 I've always heard it. 00:11:21.639 --> 00:11:22.800 I just wanted to throw it out there. 00:11:23.259 --> 00:11:24.460 But that's kind of what it is. 00:11:24.540 --> 00:11:25.720 It's, hey, look at us. 00:11:25.780 --> 00:11:26.940 We're the pretty people. 00:11:27.019 --> 00:11:27.720 We're the rich people. 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:29.360 We're the spiritual people. 00:11:31.160 --> 00:11:32.580 She wasn't supposed to be here. 00:11:33.600 --> 00:11:35.240 Even a woman of her reputation 00:11:35.240 --> 00:11:36.960 knew even though the gates were open, 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:38.560 she really wasn't invited in. 00:11:39.180 --> 00:11:40.759 This wasn't a place that she could have been. 00:11:41.019 --> 00:11:42.540 And she's not just any woman. 00:11:42.600 --> 00:11:44.200 The Bible makes it clear in verse 37. 00:11:44.400 --> 00:11:45.940 It says, which was a sinner. 00:11:45.940 --> 00:11:49.320 Now, we can come to many conclusions, 00:11:49.500 --> 00:11:51.720 but it seems the overwhelming evidence points to this, 00:11:51.780 --> 00:11:53.320 that most likely she was a prostitute. 00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:55.380 Everybody knew this. 00:11:56.220 --> 00:11:57.840 It might be much like the woman at the well. 00:11:57.920 --> 00:11:59.140 Everybody knew her sins. 00:12:00.020 --> 00:12:02.040 Her life was flagrant, and it was public, 00:12:02.260 --> 00:12:03.820 and really didn't hide it, 00:12:03.880 --> 00:12:05.200 and really didn't run from it. 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:07.580 And her reputation followed her like a shadow. 00:12:07.580 --> 00:12:10.320 And yet she's here. 00:12:11.220 --> 00:12:12.040 Can you picture, 00:12:12.300 --> 00:12:15.480 can you picture the crowd when she walks in? 00:12:16.580 --> 00:12:17.920 Everybody starts whispering. 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:20.560 Every eye starts rolling, 00:12:20.860 --> 00:12:23.639 and you could really feel the tension in the air. 00:12:24.740 --> 00:12:26.120 She's not supposed to be here. 00:12:26.680 --> 00:12:27.940 Who does she think she is? 00:12:28.160 --> 00:12:30.500 She can't be, she can't be around us. 00:12:32.180 --> 00:12:35.620 And what she does next shocks the room. 00:12:35.620 --> 00:12:38.159 Because the Bible says in verse 37, 00:12:38.419 --> 00:12:40.480 that when she knew that Jesus said it, 00:12:40.779 --> 00:12:42.139 meet in the Pharisee's house, 00:12:42.220 --> 00:12:44.019 she brought an alabaster box of ointment. 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:47.000 And stood at his feet behind him, weeping. 00:12:47.139 --> 00:12:49.279 So what they would have been is around a table, 00:12:49.340 --> 00:12:50.919 and they would have been kind of reclining, 00:12:51.200 --> 00:12:52.820 and with their feet behind them, 00:12:52.879 --> 00:12:55.240 and it's just kind of how they would operate. 00:12:55.460 --> 00:12:57.259 So she walks up behind him, 00:12:57.840 --> 00:13:00.019 and she's overcome with emotion. 00:13:01.139 --> 00:13:02.240 Now we understand why. 00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:03.460 We know the end of the story. 00:13:03.460 --> 00:13:05.740 Because Jesus changed her life. 00:13:06.680 --> 00:13:08.360 Now we don't know if it's in this exact moment, 00:13:08.700 --> 00:13:12.320 or if Jesus had another conversation with her prior to this. 00:13:12.800 --> 00:13:14.420 And she was just looking for him, 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:15.200 and she was there, 00:13:15.340 --> 00:13:16.780 and she just began to weep, 00:13:16.800 --> 00:13:17.379 and the tears, 00:13:17.620 --> 00:13:19.580 the idea when you really study it in the original, 00:13:19.920 --> 00:13:21.200 their tears are just falling down 00:13:21.200 --> 00:13:22.660 like a waterfall on his feet. 00:13:22.659 --> 00:13:29.939 And then she kneels down and washes his feet with her tears. 00:13:30.939 --> 00:13:33.860 She wipes his feet with her hair. 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:36.559 Which to us, I mean, it just sounds, 00:13:36.719 --> 00:13:38.319 let's just be honest, it sounds kind of gross. 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:43.079 But this wasn't just maybe unsanitary. 00:13:43.779 --> 00:13:47.159 This was absolutely against the culture and society of the day. 00:13:47.159 --> 00:13:50.339 For a woman to take her hair down in public like this 00:13:50.339 --> 00:13:53.519 would have been very equal to indecent exposure. 00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:55.819 This is not something they, 00:13:55.919 --> 00:13:58.719 you could divorce your wife in this culture for that. 00:13:58.919 --> 00:14:01.740 So what is happening here is just shocking everybody. 00:14:01.740 --> 00:14:04.799 And she kisses his feet, 00:14:04.879 --> 00:14:05.600 and she anoints him, 00:14:05.779 --> 00:14:07.080 not just with some oil, 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:09.519 but a very costly perfume. 00:14:11.379 --> 00:14:13.279 See, it's one thing to say we love Jesus 00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:14.639 when we're here in the church setting 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:15.759 and everybody else loves Jesus. 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:18.560 But she's in a situation 00:14:18.560 --> 00:14:21.340 where she knows that she's going to risk shame 00:14:21.340 --> 00:14:24.340 and ridicule to express what it means to others. 00:14:24.820 --> 00:14:25.860 Listen, here's what she's saying. 00:14:26.019 --> 00:14:27.200 I don't care who's here. 00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:29.100 I don't care what the cultural standards are. 00:14:29.100 --> 00:14:31.259 I love Jesus. 00:14:31.740 --> 00:14:33.100 And he changed my life. 00:14:34.159 --> 00:14:36.980 You can see her heart as she's laying it there. 00:14:37.220 --> 00:14:38.740 And listen, we have to be careful 00:14:38.740 --> 00:14:40.480 because we look at Simon and think, 00:14:40.560 --> 00:14:41.200 what's his problem? 00:14:41.259 --> 00:14:42.680 But we can be that same way. 00:14:44.519 --> 00:14:45.500 If we're not careful, 00:14:45.580 --> 00:14:47.519 we can come to church all dignified, 00:14:48.460 --> 00:14:49.279 all churchy, 00:14:49.919 --> 00:14:51.519 and say the right things and smile 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:53.139 and sing all the songs 00:14:53.139 --> 00:14:55.600 and at the same time look down our noses 00:14:55.600 --> 00:14:57.399 at somebody who maybe lifts their hands 00:14:57.399 --> 00:14:59.139 or is crying and think, 00:14:59.340 --> 00:15:00.080 what's their problem? 00:15:00.940 --> 00:15:01.780 Maybe here's their problem. 00:15:02.220 --> 00:15:03.820 Jesus loves them and they know it. 00:15:05.340 --> 00:15:07.840 It's okay to get moved emotionally sometimes 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:09.540 by the fact that you were lost, 00:15:09.660 --> 00:15:10.680 but now you're found, 00:15:10.800 --> 00:15:12.080 that you were on your way to hell, 00:15:12.160 --> 00:15:13.460 but now heaven's your home 00:15:13.460 --> 00:15:15.200 and you have a life worth living. 00:15:15.379 --> 00:15:16.639 That's where this woman was. 00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:18.320 And sometimes we can get down there 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:18.920 and think, hey, 00:15:19.040 --> 00:15:20.600 why are these people at the altar so long? 00:15:20.740 --> 00:15:21.879 Don't they know it's lunchtime? 00:15:21.879 --> 00:15:24.600 I mean, we can, can we not? 00:15:25.539 --> 00:15:26.600 And we get so worried about 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:28.679 kind of how it inconveniences us. 00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:30.159 Hey, well, maybe they've been struggling 00:15:30.159 --> 00:15:31.639 and God is speaking to their heart 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:34.460 and they just want to cry out for help 00:15:34.460 --> 00:15:36.460 and just thank the Lord that he saved them. 00:15:36.740 --> 00:15:38.419 It's okay every once in a while. 00:15:39.899 --> 00:15:40.620 Listen, this lady, 00:15:40.759 --> 00:15:41.860 she wasn't saying, 00:15:41.980 --> 00:15:42.740 well, I'm just going to wait. 00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:44.259 And he was there 00:15:44.259 --> 00:15:45.139 and she was going to worship. 00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:48.539 And we see that taking place 00:15:48.539 --> 00:15:50.159 and we see her heart 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:52.059 just for all to see. 00:15:53.240 --> 00:15:54.259 See, her worship, 00:15:54.379 --> 00:15:55.539 it wasn't dignified. 00:15:56.220 --> 00:15:58.819 It wasn't culturally acceptable. 00:15:59.179 --> 00:16:01.179 It really honestly wasn't clean, 00:16:01.580 --> 00:16:03.240 but it was real. 00:16:04.419 --> 00:16:06.259 And that's what Jesus is looking for. 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:08.840 He's looking for real worship. 00:16:09.019 --> 00:16:09.080 Why? 00:16:09.220 --> 00:16:10.439 Because he's worthy of it. 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:11.939 Paul says that it's, 00:16:12.100 --> 00:16:13.759 we should just lay our life down 00:16:13.759 --> 00:16:14.659 as a living sacrifice. 00:16:14.659 --> 00:16:17.059 It's our reasonable service. 00:16:18.059 --> 00:16:18.939 She didn't have much, 00:16:19.139 --> 00:16:19.860 but what she had, 00:16:19.939 --> 00:16:20.699 she brought to Jesus. 00:16:21.379 --> 00:16:22.839 And she was willing to pour it out. 00:16:23.059 --> 00:16:26.039 She was willing to spill this costly perfume. 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:27.980 She was willing to risk ridicule 00:16:27.980 --> 00:16:28.959 all these things 00:16:28.959 --> 00:16:31.699 because she loved her Savior. 00:16:33.899 --> 00:16:35.139 And in verse 39, 00:16:35.839 --> 00:16:38.399 I mean, Simon is just beside himself. 00:16:39.079 --> 00:16:40.379 You know, he's got to be sweating 00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:42.819 because this is his house. 00:16:43.059 --> 00:16:44.199 This is his banquet. 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:46.240 And he has brought everybody there 00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:48.720 to lift himself up and look at him. 00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:50.400 And now they're all looking at this situation. 00:16:50.980 --> 00:16:53.200 And while he's internally rolling his eyes, 00:16:53.560 --> 00:16:55.480 Jesus makes an internal point. 00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:57.780 He gives a story 00:16:57.780 --> 00:17:00.100 that doesn't just illustrate the truth. 00:17:00.259 --> 00:17:01.780 It reveals hearts. 00:17:01.779 --> 00:17:05.299 So we see he gives this parable of two debtors 00:17:05.299 --> 00:17:07.200 and one forgiving creditor. 00:17:08.500 --> 00:17:09.920 I love what he says in verse number 40 though. 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:12.339 And Jesus answering said unto him, 00:17:12.539 --> 00:17:13.879 I'm sure everybody in the room 00:17:13.879 --> 00:17:15.039 was glad Jesus said something. 00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:17.279 This is kind of one of those situations like, 00:17:17.420 --> 00:17:18.480 I'm not saying anything. 00:17:19.859 --> 00:17:20.480 Verse 40, 00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:23.279 Jesus answering said unto Simon, 00:17:23.360 --> 00:17:25.099 I have somewhat to say unto thee. 00:17:25.900 --> 00:17:26.420 Simon's like, 00:17:26.819 --> 00:17:27.759 maybe he's thinking to himself, 00:17:28.360 --> 00:17:29.680 maybe I'm going to get a compliment. 00:17:30.299 --> 00:17:31.640 Like I know the food's good, Jesus. 00:17:31.740 --> 00:17:34.140 Man, I put the best spread out here. 00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:35.480 I put everything going on. 00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:36.539 He says, say on. 00:17:37.259 --> 00:17:38.860 Tell me what I know you're going to tell me, 00:17:38.900 --> 00:17:40.319 how amazing I am. 00:17:41.319 --> 00:17:42.519 But instead of a compliment, 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:43.860 Jesus just reading his mail. 00:17:44.859 --> 00:17:46.299 Because if you read that verse, 00:17:46.779 --> 00:17:48.519 he spake within himself. 00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:51.819 I love when you walk through the gospels, 00:17:52.139 --> 00:17:53.819 they always are responding in their heart 00:17:53.819 --> 00:17:54.119 and they're thinking, 00:17:54.299 --> 00:17:55.019 you can't do that. 00:17:55.159 --> 00:17:56.319 And Jesus answers 00:17:56.319 --> 00:17:58.399 what they're saying inside out loud. 00:17:59.259 --> 00:18:00.899 It's kind of like being married almost. 00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:02.259 You know what I mean? 00:18:02.259 --> 00:18:02.740 You've been there. 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:04.000 They just look at you and they're like, 00:18:04.099 --> 00:18:04.639 no, I'm like, 00:18:05.219 --> 00:18:05.919 I wouldn't do nothing. 00:18:07.459 --> 00:18:09.099 But Jesus really knows our hearts. 00:18:09.879 --> 00:18:11.719 And he knew exactly what Simon was thinking. 00:18:11.919 --> 00:18:12.379 Because Simon, 00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:13.259 it tells us what he's thinking. 00:18:13.259 --> 00:18:14.200 This man, 00:18:14.500 --> 00:18:17.700 he was already leery of Jesus, 00:18:17.819 --> 00:18:18.079 but he said, 00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:19.980 if he was really a prophet, 00:18:20.879 --> 00:18:22.660 if he's really who he said he was, 00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:24.839 he wouldn't be messing with this woman. 00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:27.200 Because everybody knows she's a sinner. 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:29.119 Everybody knows her reputation. 00:18:29.579 --> 00:18:31.440 She can't shake it. 00:18:32.839 --> 00:18:33.379 But Jesus says, 00:18:33.500 --> 00:18:35.920 here's what I want you to know, Simon. 00:18:36.539 --> 00:18:37.539 There was a certain creditor, 00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:39.220 which had two debtors. 00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:41.200 The one owed 500 pence 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:42.460 and the other 50. 00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:44.400 So there's these two men 00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:45.680 that have a debt that they cannot pay. 00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:47.140 One owed 500 pence, 00:18:47.259 --> 00:18:48.920 which would be about two years wages. 00:18:49.839 --> 00:18:51.099 That's a pretty decent debt. 00:18:51.879 --> 00:18:53.119 He's not going to be able to pay it off 00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:53.980 for a long, long time. 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:55.039 And the other owed 50, 00:18:55.140 --> 00:18:56.460 it's a decent amount, 00:18:56.559 --> 00:18:58.099 but he could probably handle that. 00:18:58.680 --> 00:18:58.879 I mean, 00:18:58.900 --> 00:18:59.940 if he really buckled down 00:18:59.940 --> 00:19:01.480 and he really got some things going 00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:02.759 and he started stuffing some money 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:03.200 in an envelope 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:04.839 or whatever plan he was going to get on, 00:19:04.980 --> 00:19:05.980 he could knock it out. 00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:08.319 But I love what Jesus says. 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:09.860 He gives what happens. 00:19:11.539 --> 00:19:12.140 In verse 42, 00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:13.140 when they had nothing to pay, 00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:14.180 neither one of them had nothing to pay, 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:17.319 he frankly forgave them both. 00:19:18.420 --> 00:19:19.339 Jesus asked the question, 00:19:19.400 --> 00:19:19.599 he says, 00:19:19.660 --> 00:19:19.759 hey, 00:19:20.460 --> 00:19:21.660 who do you think is going to love me more? 00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:24.259 Who do you think is going to really feel 00:19:24.259 --> 00:19:25.640 that forgiveness more? 00:19:25.980 --> 00:19:26.579 Tell me, Simon, 00:19:26.700 --> 00:19:28.700 which one of them will love me the most? 00:19:28.839 --> 00:19:30.380 And I love Simon's answer. 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:32.140 He sounds just like my children sometimes. 00:19:32.140 --> 00:19:34.240 When it's a very obvious answer, 00:19:34.780 --> 00:19:35.040 well, 00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:35.740 I think, 00:19:36.640 --> 00:19:37.620 I suppose. 00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:38.620 No, 00:19:38.660 --> 00:19:39.560 it's not a trick question, 00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:39.920 Simon. 00:19:40.340 --> 00:19:41.660 The answer is clear as day. 00:19:42.080 --> 00:19:42.340 He says, 00:19:42.420 --> 00:19:43.560 I suppose 00:19:43.560 --> 00:19:48.600 that he to whom thou forgave the most. 00:19:49.300 --> 00:19:49.800 And Jesus said, 00:19:50.020 --> 00:19:50.540 spot on. 00:19:51.360 --> 00:19:51.640 I mean, 00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:52.380 you nailed it. 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:54.540 Thou has rightly judged. 00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:56.320 Now, 00:19:56.340 --> 00:19:57.040 don't miss this. 00:19:57.759 --> 00:20:00.080 Jesus isn't giving us a math equation. 00:20:01.059 --> 00:20:02.839 His point is not about math. 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:04.159 It's about mercy. 00:20:05.379 --> 00:20:06.740 That's what Jesus gives. 00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:08.939 He's merciful. 00:20:09.539 --> 00:20:10.259 But God, 00:20:10.399 --> 00:20:12.799 who is rich in mercy, 00:20:13.399 --> 00:20:15.019 he's got enough for all of us. 00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:16.039 He's got enough for, 00:20:16.199 --> 00:20:17.559 it doesn't matter if you're this woman 00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:18.919 who is a sinner, 00:20:19.159 --> 00:20:20.139 and everybody knows, 00:20:20.339 --> 00:20:21.059 or you're Simon, 00:20:21.179 --> 00:20:22.240 and you think you're something else. 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:22.500 Listen, 00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:25.919 we all need the grace and mercy of God. 00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:28.960 And he's showing Simon this, 00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:30.680 and he's revealing the heart. 00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:31.860 Because here's the truth, 00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:33.460 both of these men owed money, 00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:34.700 neither could pay, 00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:37.059 and both were shown grace. 00:20:38.180 --> 00:20:39.620 But the one that walked away 00:20:39.620 --> 00:20:42.819 with 500 pence cleared, 00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:44.100 he was probably skipping 00:20:44.100 --> 00:20:44.940 a little bit faster. 00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:47.440 Because it felt impossible. 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:50.340 It felt like there was no hope for him. 00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:50.720 Like, 00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:52.120 how am I ever going to get out of this? 00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:53.180 And really what it is, 00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:54.340 it's a picture of us. 00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:56.620 It's a picture of our lives. 00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:57.860 It's a picture of why Christ came. 00:20:57.859 --> 00:20:59.819 Because none of us could pay the debt. 00:21:01.199 --> 00:21:01.579 Sin, 00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:02.699 all have sinned 00:21:02.699 --> 00:21:03.819 and come short of the glory of God. 00:21:04.439 --> 00:21:05.479 And all our righteousness, 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:07.099 every good thing we can do, 00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:08.299 it's worth nothing. 00:21:08.959 --> 00:21:09.859 It's like filthy rags. 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:12.139 And here's the key 00:21:12.139 --> 00:21:14.079 that Jesus is trying to show Simon, 00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:16.059 and what we must get a hold of today, 00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:16.959 that forgiveness, 00:21:17.199 --> 00:21:19.159 it always produces love. 00:21:20.439 --> 00:21:22.059 Why was she loving Jesus 00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:23.240 so openly, 00:21:23.659 --> 00:21:26.199 so publicly and boldly? 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:27.559 Because she has been forgiven. 00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:30.759 Because he changed her life. 00:21:31.620 --> 00:21:32.759 She's not the same woman 00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:33.720 that she used to be. 00:21:33.940 --> 00:21:35.240 Maybe the world would see her, 00:21:35.420 --> 00:21:36.600 and the crowd around the table 00:21:36.600 --> 00:21:37.000 would see her, 00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:37.740 but Jesus says, 00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:37.960 listen, 00:21:38.120 --> 00:21:39.740 I see her much differently 00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:40.360 than you do. 00:21:42.360 --> 00:21:43.900 But shallow repentance 00:21:43.900 --> 00:21:45.860 leads to shallow devotion. 00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:47.500 See, 00:21:47.559 --> 00:21:48.660 all Simon was worried about 00:21:48.660 --> 00:21:49.539 is checking his boxes. 00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:50.680 Well, 00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:51.160 I did this, 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:51.840 I went to the synagogue, 00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:52.840 I tithed, 00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:53.720 I did that, 00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:54.279 I did this, 00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:55.779 that was his religion. 00:21:57.059 --> 00:21:57.339 Listen, 00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:58.759 religion doesn't save anybody. 00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:02.019 Jesus Christ does. 00:22:02.860 --> 00:22:03.579 He didn't come 00:22:03.579 --> 00:22:04.420 to pat the Pharisees 00:22:04.420 --> 00:22:04.720 on the back 00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:04.880 and say, 00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:05.200 hey, 00:22:05.339 --> 00:22:06.579 you keep being religious, 00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.600 it's working for you. 00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:07.920 No, 00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.279 he came, 00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:08.759 he said, 00:22:08.819 --> 00:22:09.759 this is what I came for, 00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:11.319 to seek and to save 00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:12.319 that which was lost 00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:13.299 and to bring you 00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:14.720 into a relationship 00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:15.980 with me. 00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:17.120 See, 00:22:17.180 --> 00:22:18.299 the problem with Simon 00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:19.500 wasn't that he was 00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.839 a small sinner, 00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:22.360 or a smaller sinner 00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:22.719 than her. 00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.740 Here's the problem, 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.859 he didn't realize 00:22:24.859 --> 00:22:25.699 he was a sinner. 00:22:27.419 --> 00:22:28.279 That's what Jesus 00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:28.859 is showing. 00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:31.039 That's what the men 00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:31.679 in the parable, 00:22:32.879 --> 00:22:33.839 500 or 50, 00:22:33.959 --> 00:22:34.419 here's the thing, 00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:35.659 they were both in debt. 00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.599 And the same is true 00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:38.039 with us. 00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:39.339 Here's what Simon thought, 00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.879 his sin was manageable. 00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:44.219 His sin was excusable. 00:22:45.139 --> 00:22:46.939 His sin was explainable. 00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:48.319 And we can fall 00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:48.899 into that trap 00:22:48.899 --> 00:22:50.159 even in our culture today. 00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:52.400 Because guess what? 00:22:52.800 --> 00:22:53.640 You can always find 00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:54.519 somebody worse than you. 00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.860 We say things like, 00:22:57.300 --> 00:22:57.480 you know, 00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:58.519 I'm not perfect, 00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:00.740 but have you seen 00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:01.420 that person over there? 00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:03.060 I'm better than them. 00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:04.060 Well, 00:23:04.080 --> 00:23:04.920 I'm not like this person 00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:05.160 on the street, 00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:05.800 I'm not like this person, 00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:06.380 I'm not like that. 00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:07.700 And we have all these things 00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.500 that we can excuse 00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:08.860 and say, 00:23:09.040 --> 00:23:09.160 well, 00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:10.120 it's not that big a deal, 00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:11.340 it's just a little white lie. 00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:12.980 It's not that big a deal, 00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:13.759 it's just this. 00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:14.440 Well, 00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:15.160 I haven't done anything, 00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:16.180 I may have thought something, 00:23:16.320 --> 00:23:17.220 but I didn't do it. 00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:18.680 You know, 00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.360 the Ten Commandments 00:23:19.359 --> 00:23:19.719 were given 00:23:19.719 --> 00:23:20.339 and the other commands 00:23:20.339 --> 00:23:20.539 were given, 00:23:20.719 --> 00:23:21.279 not to show us, 00:23:21.399 --> 00:23:22.099 try to keep it, 00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:22.679 but to show us 00:23:22.679 --> 00:23:23.339 we never can. 00:23:24.679 --> 00:23:26.259 And it forces us 00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:27.279 to look at ourselves 00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:28.879 and look at who God is. 00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:31.299 And because he thought 00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:32.199 his sin was manageable 00:23:32.199 --> 00:23:33.299 and excusable 00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:34.279 and explainable, 00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:36.579 his worship was minimal, 00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:38.979 his heart was distant, 00:23:39.659 --> 00:23:41.039 and his love was cold. 00:23:41.919 --> 00:23:43.099 He'd sit back and think, 00:23:43.219 --> 00:23:44.819 who does she think she is? 00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:46.479 Coming into my house, 00:23:46.919 --> 00:23:47.859 coming into my banquet. 00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:48.539 I mean, 00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:50.219 she's ruining our thing. 00:23:50.899 --> 00:23:52.519 I don't know what she's doing. 00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:52.899 Hey, 00:23:52.979 --> 00:23:53.979 I'm a good person. 00:23:54.159 --> 00:23:55.879 I do all these things. 00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:59.199 And it really still translates today 00:23:59.199 --> 00:24:00.119 that some people think 00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:00.859 they've only sinned 00:24:01.479 --> 00:24:02.119 just a little. 00:24:03.719 --> 00:24:04.939 So they only love 00:24:04.939 --> 00:24:06.279 just a little. 00:24:07.399 --> 00:24:08.619 They love when it's convenient. 00:24:09.419 --> 00:24:11.019 They love when they get things from it. 00:24:11.159 --> 00:24:11.299 Hey, 00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:11.919 I'll come to church 00:24:11.919 --> 00:24:12.819 as long as life is good, 00:24:12.939 --> 00:24:13.319 and you know, 00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:14.319 people are scratching my back, 00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:15.079 and I'll scratch theirs, 00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:16.139 and maybe we can network 00:24:16.139 --> 00:24:17.039 and do some different things. 00:24:17.179 --> 00:24:17.359 No, 00:24:17.419 --> 00:24:18.839 that's not why we come to church. 00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:20.139 We come to church 00:24:20.139 --> 00:24:20.939 because we're just sinners 00:24:20.939 --> 00:24:21.859 saved by grace. 00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:23.500 That we were all in debt 00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:24.460 and we could not pay, 00:24:24.639 --> 00:24:25.819 and until you realize 00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:27.279 how utterly hopeless 00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:28.539 you are without Jesus, 00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:29.960 you'll never pour your love 00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:31.019 out for him like she did. 00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:33.480 Because we all should. 00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:35.539 We should all come to that moment 00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:36.139 in our life. 00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.039 I mean, 00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:38.619 think of someone, 00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.319 if they were rescued 00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:39.939 from drowning. 00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:42.220 If they're near the shore 00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:43.360 or right by the edge of the pool, 00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:44.519 they may not say much. 00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:45.640 Hey, 00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:46.460 I was going to make it. 00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:47.440 Hey, 00:24:47.600 --> 00:24:48.740 I was going to make it. 00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:48.940 I know, 00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:49.860 thanks, 00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:50.519 I guess. 00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:51.660 You know, 00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.500 when you try to make your kids 00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:53.340 say thank you, 00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:54.100 but they don't really want 00:24:54.100 --> 00:24:54.500 to say thank you, 00:24:54.580 --> 00:24:54.720 you're like, 00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:54.840 well, 00:24:54.920 --> 00:24:55.519 I guess. 00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.900 I wasn't really drowning 00:24:57.900 --> 00:24:58.620 that hard. 00:24:59.299 --> 00:25:00.120 I was right there. 00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:00.279 I mean, 00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:02.039 I was just one stroke away 00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.640 from the edge. 00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.279 I could have done it. 00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:05.580 But if someone was pulled 00:25:05.580 --> 00:25:06.559 from the deep waters, 00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:08.299 lungs full, 00:25:08.620 --> 00:25:09.420 minutes from death, 00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.860 they'll never forget 00:25:10.860 --> 00:25:11.800 the hand that saved them. 00:25:13.560 --> 00:25:14.420 We have to remember 00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:15.340 where we were found. 00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:16.759 The psalmist says 00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.600 we were in a pit. 00:25:18.180 --> 00:25:19.620 We were in the miry clay 00:25:19.620 --> 00:25:21.220 and Jesus had to reach 00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:22.940 way down to find us. 00:25:23.300 --> 00:25:24.320 Not to find them, 00:25:24.580 --> 00:25:24.680 no, 00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:25.279 to find you. 00:25:25.860 --> 00:25:27.200 And he reached way down 00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:28.660 and he pulled you out. 00:25:28.860 --> 00:25:29.620 You didn't climb. 00:25:29.840 --> 00:25:31.320 You didn't follow some steps. 00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:31.660 No, 00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:33.600 Jesus changed your life 00:25:33.600 --> 00:25:36.120 and when we realize that, 00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:37.620 it should change 00:25:37.620 --> 00:25:38.519 how we worship him. 00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:40.759 that's what we see here. 00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.680 So now Jesus turns 00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:43.720 the spotlight to the woman. 00:25:44.580 --> 00:25:45.140 He's kind of, 00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:45.900 he's kind of put 00:25:45.900 --> 00:25:47.320 Simon on his heels. 00:25:48.340 --> 00:25:49.039 Simon's got to be 00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.460 thinking to himself, 00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:50.720 this is not how I envision 00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.440 this party going. 00:25:52.300 --> 00:25:53.480 But he's back on his heels 00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.800 and Jesus turns to the woman 00:25:54.800 --> 00:25:56.100 not to shame her, 00:25:57.100 --> 00:25:58.560 but to celebrate her. 00:25:59.560 --> 00:26:00.680 And in doing so, 00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.519 he calls out 00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.759 the spiritual bankruptcy 00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:04.279 of Simon's religion. 00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:06.759 notice in verse number 44. 00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.859 Then he turned to the woman 00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:10.700 and said unto Simon. 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:12.559 So he's looking at her, 00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:13.960 but he's actually 00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:15.119 talking to Simon. 00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.200 And really, 00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:16.660 he's going to give 00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:18.200 a very gracious revelation. 00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:20.339 He's looking at her, 00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:21.859 but he's also looking at us. 00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:24.319 And he finally breaks 00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:24.940 the silence 00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:26.299 concerning her. 00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.940 Because I'm sure 00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.779 when Jesus spoke up, 00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.139 Simon thought, 00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.899 he's probably going to 00:26:29.899 --> 00:26:30.680 get her out of this place 00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:31.119 because she's not 00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:31.720 supposed to be here. 00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:34.279 No, he addressed Simon first 00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:35.860 and now he's addressing her. 00:26:36.380 --> 00:26:37.059 And he said that, 00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:39.000 seest thou this woman? 00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:41.180 Here's what Jesus is saying 00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:41.839 in texting. 00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:43.180 You even paying attention? 00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:45.019 That's what he's saying. 00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:47.299 Because Simon still, 00:26:47.620 --> 00:26:48.500 Jesus knows his heart. 00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:49.279 He's probably still thinking, 00:26:49.620 --> 00:26:50.860 we've got to end this party 00:26:50.860 --> 00:26:51.740 as soon as possible. 00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:53.480 Jesus said, 00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:55.019 hey, before we go, Simon, 00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:55.860 I want to ask you a question. 00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:56.860 Do you not see 00:26:56.860 --> 00:26:57.660 what's going on here? 00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:58.960 Do you not see 00:26:58.960 --> 00:26:59.740 the situation? 00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:01.400 I entered into your house, 00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:03.140 you gave me no water. 00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:05.160 I entered in, 00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:07.339 I didn't get a kiss, 00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:09.620 a standard greeting. 00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:11.700 You didn't give me 00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.880 any oil for my head. 00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:14.759 But look at her. 00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.579 She gave me everything 00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:17.160 she had. 00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:19.000 She gave me her tears, 00:27:19.100 --> 00:27:20.059 she gave me her heart, 00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:21.440 she washed her feet, 00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:23.299 my feet with her hair 00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:24.740 and she's anointed my feet 00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:25.539 and she hasn't stopped 00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:26.420 kissing them since. 00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.700 That idea, 00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:30.079 don't misunderstand, 00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:30.740 people take this, 00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:32.119 there's nothing indecent 00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:32.779 going on here. 00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:35.000 No, it's an act of adoration. 00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:37.019 When she realized 00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:38.480 who he really was 00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:39.720 and what he had really done, 00:27:39.939 --> 00:27:40.859 she couldn't help 00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:41.519 but do the things 00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:41.980 she's doing. 00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:45.379 And then Jesus says it. 00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:47.419 And this is what threw 00:27:47.419 --> 00:27:48.339 the whole crowd off. 00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:51.619 Her sins are forgiven. 00:27:53.919 --> 00:27:54.279 Wow. 00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:57.299 I hope you can go back 00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:58.139 to a moment in your life 00:27:58.139 --> 00:27:59.700 where that was true for you. 00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.879 Where maybe you came 00:28:01.879 --> 00:28:02.680 into a service 00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.680 and you thought, 00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:04.399 I'm just trying to be 00:28:04.399 --> 00:28:04.879 a good person. 00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.740 I am a good person. 00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:06.920 I do this 00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:07.539 and I throw a little money 00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:07.920 on the plate 00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:08.460 and I do this. 00:28:08.660 --> 00:28:09.879 But you came to the realization 00:28:09.879 --> 00:28:11.339 that you're a sinner 00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:14.279 and there was no hope for you. 00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:16.700 But Jesus showed up 00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:19.359 and it changed your life. 00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.799 And it wasn't, 00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.579 hey, Jesus said, 00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:24.220 well, you almost made it there. 00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:24.599 No, no. 00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:26.139 We were lost. 00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.599 We were dead 00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:29.439 in our trespasses and sin. 00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.899 And what Jesus is doing here 00:28:32.899 --> 00:28:33.639 is he is comparing 00:28:33.639 --> 00:28:34.740 Simon's coldness 00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.859 to her compassion. 00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:38.079 Simon is offering 00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:38.939 a bunch of tradition. 00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:41.500 She's offering tears. 00:28:42.679 --> 00:28:43.939 Simon gave him silence 00:28:43.939 --> 00:28:45.119 and she gave sacrifice. 00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:47.059 Simon withheld the oil 00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:48.859 and she poured everything out. 00:28:50.439 --> 00:28:52.139 But I want us to see this. 00:28:52.140 --> 00:28:53.380 Jesus doesn't deny 00:28:53.380 --> 00:28:54.020 her sinfulness. 00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:56.080 He said, 00:28:56.280 --> 00:28:56.840 her sins, 00:28:57.380 --> 00:28:59.780 which are many. 00:29:01.100 --> 00:29:01.960 He wasn't saying, 00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:02.700 hey, listen, 00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.600 she, you know, 00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:04.080 we just cleared 00:29:04.080 --> 00:29:04.720 a few things off. 00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:06.660 She was completely lost. 00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:09.120 But so are you, Simon. 00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:11.100 But her sins, 00:29:11.520 --> 00:29:12.220 which are many, 00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:13.460 are forgiven. 00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:14.460 Listen, 00:29:14.520 --> 00:29:15.180 they're no longer 00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:16.259 held against her. 00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:16.740 Why? 00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:17.820 Because forgiveness 00:29:17.820 --> 00:29:19.440 has been extended to her 00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:21.700 and she accepted it. 00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:24.440 You know what this story is? 00:29:24.600 --> 00:29:25.460 It's a picture 00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:26.680 of the gospel. 00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:29.080 This is what the gospel does. 00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.779 It meets us 00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:32.120 exactly where we are 00:29:32.120 --> 00:29:34.740 and we are more sinful 00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:36.140 than we can admit. 00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:38.240 We really are. 00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:39.759 I mean, 00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.640 we can really 00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:42.279 convince ourselves, 00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:42.460 well, 00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:43.860 I'm not that bad. 00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:45.579 we are. 00:29:47.439 --> 00:29:48.219 This ain't the most 00:29:48.219 --> 00:29:48.899 popular thought. 00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.439 We are. 00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:51.019 But there's, 00:29:51.179 --> 00:29:52.419 but here's the great news. 00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:53.979 We're loved 00:29:53.979 --> 00:29:55.359 and forgiven 00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:57.039 more than we ever 00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:57.879 hoped to be. 00:29:59.619 --> 00:30:00.159 We thought, 00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.419 Jesus, 00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:01.139 if you can just do 00:30:01.139 --> 00:30:01.899 just a little bit 00:30:01.899 --> 00:30:02.359 for me. 00:30:02.979 --> 00:30:03.159 No, no, 00:30:03.199 --> 00:30:04.000 Jesus didn't come. 00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.919 His mission wasn't come 00:30:04.919 --> 00:30:06.039 just to do a little bit 00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.439 for you. 00:30:07.699 --> 00:30:09.199 He came to give you 00:30:09.199 --> 00:30:09.899 everything. 00:30:10.679 --> 00:30:12.019 He came to transform 00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:12.579 your life. 00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:14.059 Imagine being in a courtroom 00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:15.240 and you know you're guilty 00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.939 in every account 00:30:15.939 --> 00:30:17.159 and just before the gavel 00:30:17.159 --> 00:30:17.500 falls, 00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:18.619 the judge steps down 00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:19.299 and he says, 00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:19.460 hey, 00:30:19.679 --> 00:30:21.079 this is your punishment 00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:22.399 but I'll take your place. 00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:24.879 We'll put it on somebody else. 00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:26.599 That would change your life. 00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:27.899 Listen, 00:30:27.939 --> 00:30:28.819 that's what Jesus did. 00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:30.199 That's the cross of Calvary. 00:30:30.439 --> 00:30:31.000 It's a picture 00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:32.179 of our sins. 00:30:32.419 --> 00:30:33.220 He was nailed to the cross 00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:34.220 for our sins 00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:36.039 and he took our place 00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.759 and that's what happened 00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.359 to this woman 00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:38.559 and Jesus wants us 00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:39.379 to see it there. 00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:43.240 And in these closing verses, 00:30:43.420 --> 00:30:44.840 Jesus does something remarkable. 00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:47.080 He speaks peace 00:30:47.080 --> 00:30:47.800 over her life 00:30:47.800 --> 00:30:49.520 and he sends her out 00:30:49.520 --> 00:30:51.720 with a brand new identity. 00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.740 Verse 48, 00:30:53.840 --> 00:30:54.560 he looked to her 00:30:54.560 --> 00:30:55.640 specifically 00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:57.160 and said, 00:30:57.720 --> 00:30:58.540 thy sins 00:30:58.540 --> 00:31:00.520 are forgiven. 00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:02.880 I love that. 00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:05.980 no conditions. 00:31:07.100 --> 00:31:08.880 No probationary period. 00:31:10.020 --> 00:31:10.400 He said, 00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:10.940 all right lady, 00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:13.380 you got 30 days to fix up. 00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:14.400 Clean up. 00:31:15.560 --> 00:31:16.880 If you don't mess up 00:31:16.880 --> 00:31:17.300 in 30 days, 00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:17.740 you're good. 00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:19.620 Aren't you glad 00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:20.840 that's not how Jesus operates? 00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:24.320 He just extends it 00:31:24.320 --> 00:31:26.240 full and free. 00:31:27.300 --> 00:31:28.580 That's what grace looks like. 00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:30.660 That's what Jesus looks like. 00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:31.180 See, 00:31:32.120 --> 00:31:32.980 it's not just grace. 00:31:33.100 --> 00:31:34.380 It's not just a pardon. 00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:35.900 It's not just freedom. 00:31:36.120 --> 00:31:37.420 It's all of those things. 00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:40.519 And the people watching, 00:31:41.060 --> 00:31:42.279 they thought they were stunned 00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:43.440 when she was, 00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.340 let her hair down 00:31:44.340 --> 00:31:45.000 and wash his feet. 00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:45.640 When he said, 00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:46.540 thy sins are forgiven, 00:31:46.600 --> 00:31:46.900 they think, 00:31:47.040 --> 00:31:48.200 you can't do that. 00:31:49.580 --> 00:31:50.160 They said this, 00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:51.560 who is this 00:31:51.560 --> 00:31:53.240 that forgives sins? 00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:54.560 Because you know 00:31:54.560 --> 00:31:55.100 what they knew 00:31:55.100 --> 00:31:56.480 as good Jewish people? 00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.700 That only God 00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.560 could forgive sins. 00:31:58.559 --> 00:32:00.599 well, 00:32:00.659 --> 00:32:01.200 good for them, 00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:01.940 that's who was there 00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.779 at the table that day. 00:32:03.659 --> 00:32:04.279 Because that's who 00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:05.179 Jesus Christ is. 00:32:05.899 --> 00:32:06.339 In the beginning 00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:06.819 was the Word 00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:07.059 and the Word 00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:07.559 was with God 00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:08.779 and the Word 00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:10.119 was God. 00:32:11.179 --> 00:32:12.399 That Jesus Christ 00:32:12.399 --> 00:32:13.359 is Emmanuel, 00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:14.419 He is God 00:32:14.419 --> 00:32:15.700 with us. 00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:17.500 That He came 00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:18.480 and came 00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:18.899 for this 00:32:18.899 --> 00:32:20.460 very specific reason. 00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:22.079 And He turns 00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:22.960 one last time 00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.220 to her 00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:23.639 and He said 00:32:23.639 --> 00:32:24.119 unto the woman, 00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:24.980 thy faith 00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:25.579 has saved thee. 00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:27.819 Go in peace. 00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:30.399 Much like the woman 00:32:30.399 --> 00:32:30.799 that was caught 00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:31.179 in adultery, 00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:31.579 He didn't say, 00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:32.000 alright, 00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:32.379 you're good, 00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:33.259 go just live your life 00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:33.980 however you want now. 00:32:34.899 --> 00:32:35.039 No, 00:32:35.059 --> 00:32:35.940 it has this idea. 00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:38.359 Go live like you've been pardoned. 00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:41.220 Go live like you've been redeemed. 00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:43.460 Go live the life 00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:44.539 that you have been given. 00:32:44.899 --> 00:32:45.819 And that word peace, 00:32:45.899 --> 00:32:46.940 it means shalom. 00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.720 And shalom, 00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:48.399 it really means this, 00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.339 wholeness. 00:32:50.679 --> 00:32:50.919 Listen, 00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:52.619 she didn't just leave forgiven. 00:32:53.379 --> 00:32:54.480 She left healed 00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.440 and restored 00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:57.179 and completely whole. 00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:59.000 That's what Jesus offers. 00:32:59.320 --> 00:33:00.440 And sometimes we think, 00:33:00.620 --> 00:33:01.240 you know what, Lord, 00:33:01.320 --> 00:33:02.380 I just need a touch up. 00:33:02.580 --> 00:33:02.700 No, 00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.539 you didn't need a touch up. 00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:05.620 You needed a total transformation. 00:33:07.340 --> 00:33:07.560 Listen, 00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:08.580 Jesus doesn't slap 00:33:08.580 --> 00:33:09.440 new paint on us 00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:09.680 and say, 00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:09.920 well, 00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:10.400 it's good enough 00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:11.019 for government work. 00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.720 That's not how He operates. 00:33:13.600 --> 00:33:13.759 No, 00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:14.360 therefore, 00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:15.340 if any man be in Christ, 00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:17.980 he is a new creature. 00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:20.140 Old things are passed away 00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:21.039 and behold, 00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:22.519 all things 00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:23.400 are become new. 00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:25.200 You know why Simon 00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:26.500 was so cold 00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:27.259 and distant? 00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:28.420 Because he was just 00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:29.360 the same old Simon. 00:33:29.840 --> 00:33:30.680 He was dead 00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:31.460 and miserable 00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:33.080 and had no hope in life 00:33:33.080 --> 00:33:34.380 and yet this lady 00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:35.100 that's a great, 00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:35.640 great sinner, 00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:36.660 she was hopeful. 00:33:36.860 --> 00:33:37.019 Why? 00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:37.780 Because Jesus 00:33:37.780 --> 00:33:38.860 made her brand new 00:33:38.860 --> 00:33:41.460 and she was excited 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:42.060 about it 00:33:42.060 --> 00:33:43.460 and she was thankful 00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:44.080 for it 00:33:44.080 --> 00:33:45.480 and she wanted everybody 00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:46.360 there to know 00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:46.980 about it. 00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.980 This transformation 00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:52.279 that Jesus offers 00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:54.319 is an amazing thing. 00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:56.519 You know what she experienced? 00:33:57.339 --> 00:33:58.620 Forgiveness from the past. 00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:01.779 Peace in the present 00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:04.259 and hope in the future. 00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:07.799 That's what Jesus offers for us. 00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:09.659 You know why we can come 00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:11.059 and worship this morning? 00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:12.280 Because our past 00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:12.920 has been forgiven. 00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.840 He's given us peace. 00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:16.400 It doesn't mean life's easy. 00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.159 No, 00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:18.199 we're having hard times. 00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:19.260 Life is difficult 00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:20.380 but we have peace 00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:21.520 of the promise of God 00:34:21.520 --> 00:34:22.900 because we have a hope 00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:23.780 in the future. 00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:26.580 This is not all there is to life. 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.960 No, 00:34:27.020 --> 00:34:28.100 there is coming a day. 00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:30.020 There will be no more heartache 00:34:30.020 --> 00:34:30.660 and no more shame 00:34:30.660 --> 00:34:31.320 and no more pain 00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:32.260 and grief and sorrow 00:34:32.260 --> 00:34:33.060 and all the things. 00:34:33.160 --> 00:34:33.200 Why? 00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:34.200 Because Jesus promised 00:34:34.200 --> 00:34:36.240 I will make all things new 00:34:36.240 --> 00:34:37.260 and our salvation 00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:38.920 is just a small picture. 00:34:39.160 --> 00:34:39.300 Hey, 00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:40.300 this is coming. 00:34:41.660 --> 00:34:42.840 He's put it in our 00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:44.680 and he will perform it. 00:34:45.300 --> 00:34:46.200 I'm confident 00:34:46.200 --> 00:34:47.000 of this very thing 00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:48.180 that he which hath begun 00:34:48.180 --> 00:34:48.920 a good work in you 00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:50.320 will perform it 00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:51.420 into the day of Jesus Christ. 00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:52.760 That's the hope 00:34:52.760 --> 00:34:53.440 that we have. 00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:55.360 It's like checking 00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:56.019 into the ER 00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.800 and you think you need 00:34:56.800 --> 00:34:57.180 a band-aid 00:34:57.180 --> 00:34:57.599 and the doctor says 00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:58.920 you need open heart surgery 00:34:58.920 --> 00:35:00.280 but don't worry 00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:01.039 I'll do this surgery 00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:01.519 on myself. 00:35:02.680 --> 00:35:03.800 Jesus took our place. 00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:05.019 We can try to give 00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.940 as many analogies 00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:07.800 about the hopelessness 00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:08.059 of it 00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:09.360 but I hope that you understand. 00:35:11.240 --> 00:35:12.019 So the question 00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.700 as we close out 00:35:12.700 --> 00:35:13.099 this morning 00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:13.599 is this. 00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:15.400 Who are you 00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:15.880 at the table? 00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:18.860 Which one of these 00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:19.720 characters 00:35:19.720 --> 00:35:20.260 so to speak 00:35:20.260 --> 00:35:20.579 are you? 00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:23.920 Where's your life? 00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:25.559 Are you Simon? 00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:27.280 Religious 00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:28.720 but cold? 00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:30.720 Curious maybe 00:35:30.720 --> 00:35:31.800 but really unchanged? 00:35:33.160 --> 00:35:34.240 Or are you the woman 00:35:34.240 --> 00:35:35.900 broken 00:35:35.900 --> 00:35:37.559 but forgiven? 00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:39.119 Humbled 00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:40.500 but grateful? 00:35:42.180 --> 00:35:42.860 Or maybe you're 00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:43.340 in the crowd. 00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:44.960 Maybe you come in 00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.340 you've been here 00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:45.900 a long time 00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.300 maybe you've been here 00:35:46.300 --> 00:35:46.640 in this church 00:35:46.640 --> 00:35:47.000 a long time 00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.760 or visiting 00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:49.660 kind of watching 00:35:49.660 --> 00:35:50.400 it all unfold. 00:35:51.260 --> 00:35:51.880 Here's what Jesus 00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:53.120 wants everyone to do 00:35:53.120 --> 00:35:54.260 respond to him. 00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:56.180 Respond to him. 00:35:57.620 --> 00:35:58.500 See the cross 00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:59.480 of Calvary 00:35:59.480 --> 00:36:01.420 levels the playing field. 00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:03.160 You know this 00:36:03.160 --> 00:36:04.440 story teaches us 00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:05.740 there's no big sinners 00:36:05.740 --> 00:36:07.000 and small sinners. 00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:08.640 There's no people 00:36:08.640 --> 00:36:09.579 too far gone 00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:10.420 and people that are 00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:10.840 just needed 00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:11.720 a little bit of help. 00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:13.119 No there's only 00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:13.779 one kind of people 00:36:13.779 --> 00:36:14.759 one kind of person 00:36:14.759 --> 00:36:15.139 in this world 00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:15.859 sinner. 00:36:18.859 --> 00:36:19.779 And a savior 00:36:19.779 --> 00:36:21.039 who forgives. 00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:23.719 That's what this is about. 00:36:25.679 --> 00:36:27.139 It's pointing to that. 00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:30.519 So here's the response 00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:30.980 today. 00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:33.459 Fall at his feet. 00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:36.039 Bring your tears. 00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:38.119 Pour your heart out. 00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:41.179 Live in that relationship 00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:43.259 and let grace do for you 00:36:43.259 --> 00:36:44.480 what religion never could. 00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:46.619 Because here's what 00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:47.099 you're going to find. 00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:47.920 Jesus. 00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:50.779 That's what you're 00:36:50.779 --> 00:36:51.279 looking for. 00:36:52.500 --> 00:36:53.480 You know how I know that? 00:36:53.539 --> 00:36:54.539 Because he's seeking you. 00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:56.619 Maybe that still small 00:36:56.619 --> 00:36:57.420 voice in your heart 00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:57.779 and he's saying 00:36:57.779 --> 00:37:00.119 that's what you need. 00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:02.480 It's the greatest thing 00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:03.159 that will ever happen. 00:37:04.259 --> 00:37:04.859 And the only way 00:37:04.859 --> 00:37:05.539 we can love him 00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:06.079 is because 00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:08.059 he first loves you. 00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.920 That's why he came. 00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:12.559 That's his mission. 00:37:13.739 --> 00:37:14.800 Because when grace 00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:15.619 walks in 00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:17.639 shame has to leave. 00:37:18.779 --> 00:37:20.059 Jesus replaces it all. 00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:21.880 He makes all 00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:22.800 things 00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:23.599 new. 00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:26.340 Praise the Lord. 00:37:27.320 --> 00:37:28.400 Praise the Lord 00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:29.840 for his 00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:30.599 grace. 00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:32.019 Would you stand 00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:32.639 with your heads bowed 00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:33.480 and with your eyes closed? 00:37:33.480 --> 00:37:33.519 Close. 00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:33.579 Close. 00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:33.579 00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:33.579 00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:33.579 00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:33.579 00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:33.579 00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:34.579 Close. 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 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