WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.620 Begin thinking about what you'd like to put in it. 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:06.020 As we come to the Word of God this morning, 00:00:06.020 --> 00:00:09.080 we're going to actually jump a little bit ahead in the Gospel of Luke 00:00:09.080 --> 00:00:10.720 ! From where we were last Sunday. 00:00:11.620 --> 00:00:15.400 Last Sunday, we heard about John the Baptizer's moment of doubt. 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:18.440 And Jesus, on that occasion, 00:00:19.339 --> 00:00:22.760 actually takes some time to talk to the crowd about John. 00:00:23.719 --> 00:00:26.800 Lord willing, we'll come back and look at those words more closely. 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:31.140 Except for one comment, which Luke makes right in the middle of that, 00:00:31.400 --> 00:00:35.420 which we will read, which is in verses 29 and 30. 00:00:37.240 --> 00:00:38.700 Luke says this, he says, 00:00:38.799 --> 00:00:42.880 All the people, even the tax collectors, when they heard Jesus' words, 00:00:43.719 --> 00:00:47.000 acknowledged that God's way was right, 00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:49.740 because they had been baptized by John. 00:00:50.700 --> 00:00:53.939 But the Pharisees and the experts in the law 00:00:53.939 --> 00:00:56.620 rejected God's purpose for themselves. 00:00:56.799 --> 00:01:00.859 because they had not been baptized by John. 00:01:02.099 --> 00:01:03.979 We've heard about the Pharisees 00:01:03.979 --> 00:01:07.859 and the experts in the law already in Luke's Gospel. 00:01:08.799 --> 00:01:10.259 They opposed Jesus. 00:01:11.259 --> 00:01:13.900 They condemned Jesus. 00:01:14.700 --> 00:01:18.459 They condemned Him for attending that banquet at Levi's house. 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:21.819 They condemned Him for allowing the disciples to eat wheat 00:01:21.819 --> 00:01:24.319 that was ripe in the fields on the Sabbath day. 00:01:24.319 --> 00:01:30.119 They condemned Jesus for healing a man on the Sabbath day. 00:01:30.120 --> 00:01:36.359 They accused Jesus of being a glutton and a drunkard. 00:01:37.579 --> 00:01:40.700 They said, He's a friend of tax collectors. 00:01:40.900 --> 00:01:42.140 He's a friend of sinners. 00:01:43.620 --> 00:01:46.420 Well, this morning we're going to see one of Jesus' encounters 00:01:46.420 --> 00:01:49.340 with a Pharisee 00:01:49.340 --> 00:01:52.219 and, at the same time, a sinner. 00:01:53.100 --> 00:01:56.799 We're in the Gospel of Luke, chapter 7, verse 36. 00:01:56.799 --> 00:02:03.899 When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with Him, 00:02:04.439 --> 00:02:06.099 He went to the Pharisee's house 00:02:06.099 --> 00:02:08.819 and reclined at the table. 00:02:10.259 --> 00:02:12.500 A woman in that town, 00:02:12.759 --> 00:02:14.340 who lived a sinful life, 00:02:14.859 --> 00:02:16.659 learned that Jesus was eating 00:02:16.659 --> 00:02:18.439 at the Pharisee's house. 00:02:18.439 --> 00:02:20.639 So she came there 00:02:20.639 --> 00:02:22.620 with an alabaster jar 00:02:22.620 --> 00:02:24.039 of perfume. 00:02:26.079 --> 00:02:27.919 So a Pharisee invites Jesus 00:02:27.919 --> 00:02:29.500 to come over to His house for dinner. 00:02:30.699 --> 00:02:32.960 And we remember that the Pharisees 00:02:32.960 --> 00:02:34.579 were a highly influential 00:02:34.579 --> 00:02:36.199 religious 00:02:36.199 --> 00:02:37.659 party 00:02:37.659 --> 00:02:39.079 among the Jews. 00:02:39.240 --> 00:02:39.979 They were especially 00:02:39.979 --> 00:02:42.400 influential among the common people. 00:02:42.780 --> 00:02:44.579 They were known for their strict adherence 00:02:44.579 --> 00:02:45.340 to the Scriptures, 00:02:46.180 --> 00:02:47.620 at least on the surface. 00:02:47.620 --> 00:02:49.460 And they saw themselves 00:02:49.460 --> 00:02:50.280 as an authority 00:02:50.280 --> 00:02:51.800 when it came to 00:02:51.800 --> 00:02:52.680 understanding 00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:53.439 and interpreting 00:02:53.439 --> 00:02:54.759 and applying 00:02:54.759 --> 00:02:55.860 the Scriptures, 00:02:56.080 --> 00:02:56.879 the law of Moses 00:02:56.879 --> 00:02:58.000 found in the Scriptures. 00:02:59.480 --> 00:03:00.719 And Luke tells us 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:01.460 that a woman 00:03:01.460 --> 00:03:03.240 who had lived a sinful life 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:04.780 in that town 00:03:04.780 --> 00:03:06.020 caught word 00:03:06.020 --> 00:03:08.120 that Jesus had been invited 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:09.780 to this Pharisee's house. 00:03:10.640 --> 00:03:12.120 Not only did she hear, 00:03:12.860 --> 00:03:14.080 but she comes knocking 00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:14.939 on the door 00:03:14.939 --> 00:03:16.859 and shows up 00:03:16.859 --> 00:03:18.180 to this guy's house 00:03:18.180 --> 00:03:19.960 with a jar 00:03:19.960 --> 00:03:20.699 of perfume. 00:03:22.300 --> 00:03:23.159 Already we know 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:24.359 this is going to be interesting. 00:03:24.939 --> 00:03:25.919 We've got a highly 00:03:25.919 --> 00:03:27.560 religious man 00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:28.840 and we've got 00:03:28.840 --> 00:03:29.579 a well-known 00:03:29.579 --> 00:03:30.259 sinner 00:03:30.259 --> 00:03:31.939 in the same room. 00:03:32.780 --> 00:03:33.579 And Jesus 00:03:33.579 --> 00:03:34.659 is right 00:03:34.659 --> 00:03:36.000 in the middle of this. 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:38.699 And then comes 00:03:38.699 --> 00:03:39.599 the awkward part. 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:42.000 this woman 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:43.180 is weeping. 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:46.960 As the woman 00:03:46.960 --> 00:03:48.180 stood behind Jesus 00:03:48.180 --> 00:03:49.019 at his feet 00:03:49.019 --> 00:03:50.219 weeping, 00:03:50.900 --> 00:03:51.620 she began 00:03:51.620 --> 00:03:53.079 to wet his feet 00:03:53.079 --> 00:03:54.680 with her tears. 00:03:55.519 --> 00:03:57.120 Then she wiped them 00:03:57.120 --> 00:03:58.479 with her hair, 00:03:59.599 --> 00:04:00.259 kissed them, 00:04:00.939 --> 00:04:01.939 and poured 00:04:01.939 --> 00:04:02.939 perfume 00:04:02.939 --> 00:04:03.879 on them. 00:04:03.879 --> 00:04:06.659 Now it's difficult 00:04:06.659 --> 00:04:07.439 to picture this 00:04:07.439 --> 00:04:08.000 without a few 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:09.060 cultural details. 00:04:10.180 --> 00:04:10.900 The tables 00:04:10.900 --> 00:04:11.699 that they ate at 00:04:11.699 --> 00:04:12.340 in their culture 00:04:12.340 --> 00:04:13.359 were very low 00:04:13.359 --> 00:04:14.079 to the ground. 00:04:14.460 --> 00:04:15.359 Rather than sitting 00:04:15.359 --> 00:04:15.840 at them 00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:16.480 in a chair, 00:04:17.159 --> 00:04:17.899 they actually 00:04:17.899 --> 00:04:19.300 laid on their sides 00:04:19.300 --> 00:04:20.240 around the table 00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:20.959 with their head 00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:21.560 and their hands 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:22.279 near the food 00:04:22.279 --> 00:04:23.439 and then their feet 00:04:23.439 --> 00:04:24.180 stretched out 00:04:24.180 --> 00:04:25.060 behind them 00:04:25.060 --> 00:04:25.959 away from the table. 00:04:27.399 --> 00:04:28.399 And this is where 00:04:28.399 --> 00:04:29.439 it gets really awkward. 00:04:29.439 --> 00:04:31.219 not only 00:04:31.219 --> 00:04:32.040 is the woman 00:04:32.040 --> 00:04:33.259 crying 00:04:33.259 --> 00:04:35.139 and why 00:04:35.139 --> 00:04:35.959 is she crying 00:04:35.959 --> 00:04:39.639 but it seems 00:04:39.639 --> 00:04:40.560 that she's hiding 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:41.219 her face 00:04:41.219 --> 00:04:42.459 behind her hair 00:04:42.459 --> 00:04:44.519 over top 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:45.600 of Jesus' feet 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:47.860 and her tears 00:04:47.860 --> 00:04:48.659 are dripping 00:04:48.659 --> 00:04:49.220 down 00:04:49.220 --> 00:04:50.579 onto Jesus' feet. 00:04:52.319 --> 00:04:53.639 And she begins 00:04:53.639 --> 00:04:54.500 to wash 00:04:54.500 --> 00:04:55.579 Jesus' feet 00:04:55.579 --> 00:04:57.879 with her tears 00:04:57.879 --> 00:04:59.740 and her hair. 00:05:01.300 --> 00:05:03.040 This is very strange. 00:05:04.319 --> 00:05:05.100 Not only that 00:05:05.100 --> 00:05:06.139 but she kisses 00:05:06.139 --> 00:05:08.120 Jesus' feet. 00:05:09.839 --> 00:05:11.079 And you're not weird 00:05:11.079 --> 00:05:11.560 if you think 00:05:11.560 --> 00:05:12.259 that's gross. 00:05:13.939 --> 00:05:15.019 Feet are often 00:05:15.019 --> 00:05:16.279 dirty and smelly 00:05:16.279 --> 00:05:17.300 especially by 00:05:17.300 --> 00:05:17.939 dinner time 00:05:17.939 --> 00:05:18.899 and especially 00:05:18.899 --> 00:05:19.740 in this hot 00:05:19.740 --> 00:05:20.519 part of the world 00:05:20.519 --> 00:05:21.659 in a society 00:05:21.659 --> 00:05:22.699 where everybody 00:05:22.699 --> 00:05:24.259 walks everywhere 00:05:24.259 --> 00:05:25.659 in sandals. 00:05:26.079 --> 00:05:27.040 This is not 00:05:27.040 --> 00:05:28.040 a hygienic thing 00:05:28.040 --> 00:05:28.780 that she's doing. 00:05:30.060 --> 00:05:30.860 And then 00:05:30.860 --> 00:05:31.860 on top of all that 00:05:31.860 --> 00:05:32.480 she begins 00:05:32.480 --> 00:05:33.140 to pour 00:05:33.140 --> 00:05:34.560 expensive perfume 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:36.420 on Jesus' feet. 00:05:37.960 --> 00:05:38.900 Can you imagine 00:05:38.900 --> 00:05:39.680 the Pharisee 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:40.480 sitting there 00:05:40.480 --> 00:05:42.040 and watching this? 00:05:42.960 --> 00:05:44.340 What might he be thinking? 00:05:46.540 --> 00:05:47.560 Well we don't have 00:05:47.560 --> 00:05:48.020 to guess 00:05:48.020 --> 00:05:48.640 because Luke 00:05:48.640 --> 00:05:49.300 tells us 00:05:49.300 --> 00:05:50.480 in verse 39 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:52.520 when the Pharisee 00:05:52.520 --> 00:05:53.340 who had invited 00:05:53.340 --> 00:05:54.120 Jesus 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:55.140 saw this 00:05:55.140 --> 00:05:57.040 he said to himself 00:05:57.040 --> 00:05:59.120 if this man 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:00.040 were a prophet 00:06:00.040 --> 00:06:01.600 he would know 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:02.900 who is touching him 00:06:02.900 --> 00:06:04.680 and what kind 00:06:04.680 --> 00:06:05.319 of woman 00:06:05.319 --> 00:06:06.759 she is 00:06:06.759 --> 00:06:08.360 that she is 00:06:08.360 --> 00:06:08.840 a sinner. 00:06:11.140 --> 00:06:12.060 So what's 00:06:12.060 --> 00:06:12.580 the Pharisee 00:06:12.580 --> 00:06:12.980 thinking? 00:06:13.900 --> 00:06:14.740 He's not 00:06:14.740 --> 00:06:15.640 wondering at all 00:06:15.640 --> 00:06:17.020 why she's crying. 00:06:17.019 --> 00:06:19.379 he thinks 00:06:19.379 --> 00:06:20.299 that Jesus 00:06:20.299 --> 00:06:21.740 if he's a righteous 00:06:21.740 --> 00:06:22.959 and holy man 00:06:22.959 --> 00:06:24.219 should not be 00:06:24.219 --> 00:06:25.019 allowing this 00:06:25.019 --> 00:06:25.859 unclean 00:06:25.859 --> 00:06:26.979 and immoral woman 00:06:26.979 --> 00:06:28.919 to be touching him. 00:06:30.879 --> 00:06:32.099 This Pharisee 00:06:32.099 --> 00:06:32.759 is thinking about 00:06:32.759 --> 00:06:33.919 how this woman's 00:06:33.919 --> 00:06:34.399 sinfulness 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:34.979 and guilt 00:06:34.979 --> 00:06:36.159 might rub off 00:06:36.159 --> 00:06:37.719 on Jesus 00:06:37.719 --> 00:06:40.120 and in the Pharisee's 00:06:40.120 --> 00:06:40.359 mind 00:06:40.359 --> 00:06:41.599 he's passing judgment 00:06:41.599 --> 00:06:42.579 on Jesus. 00:06:42.579 --> 00:06:45.339 everybody's 00:06:45.339 --> 00:06:45.859 been talking 00:06:45.859 --> 00:06:46.399 about whether 00:06:46.399 --> 00:06:47.000 he's someone 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:47.639 special 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:49.939 perhaps a prophet 00:06:49.939 --> 00:06:50.620 perhaps even 00:06:50.620 --> 00:06:51.199 the Messiah 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:53.539 well if he was 00:06:53.539 --> 00:06:54.019 a prophet 00:06:54.019 --> 00:06:54.680 he would know 00:06:54.680 --> 00:06:55.360 that this woman 00:06:55.360 --> 00:06:56.500 is dirty 00:06:56.500 --> 00:06:58.459 and unclean 00:06:58.459 --> 00:06:59.060 a sinner 00:06:59.060 --> 00:07:00.180 he would forbid 00:07:00.180 --> 00:07:01.039 her from even 00:07:01.039 --> 00:07:01.799 touching him. 00:07:05.039 --> 00:07:06.099 You can hear 00:07:06.099 --> 00:07:06.620 the pride 00:07:06.620 --> 00:07:07.360 you can feel 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:07.579 it 00:07:07.579 --> 00:07:08.779 in his thoughts. 00:07:10.779 --> 00:07:11.819 Jesus answered 00:07:11.819 --> 00:07:12.060 him 00:07:12.060 --> 00:07:12.459 Simon 00:07:12.459 --> 00:07:13.959 I have 00:07:13.959 --> 00:07:14.279 something 00:07:14.279 --> 00:07:15.000 to tell you. 00:07:16.439 --> 00:07:17.459 Tell me 00:07:17.459 --> 00:07:18.419 teacher 00:07:18.419 --> 00:07:19.639 he said. 00:07:21.599 --> 00:07:22.819 Two people 00:07:22.819 --> 00:07:23.579 owed money 00:07:23.579 --> 00:07:25.019 to a certain 00:07:25.019 --> 00:07:26.019 money lender. 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:27.539 One 00:07:27.539 --> 00:07:28.479 owed him 00:07:28.479 --> 00:07:29.519 500 00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:30.500 denarii 00:07:30.500 --> 00:07:32.479 and the other 00:07:32.479 --> 00:07:33.399 50. 00:07:35.099 --> 00:07:35.339 Now 00:07:35.339 --> 00:07:35.859 a denarius 00:07:35.859 --> 00:07:36.919 was the usual 00:07:36.919 --> 00:07:38.219 daily wage 00:07:38.219 --> 00:07:40.060 of a day 00:07:40.060 --> 00:07:40.659 laborer. 00:07:40.919 --> 00:07:41.099 So 00:07:41.099 --> 00:07:41.799 one owed 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:42.180 the money 00:07:42.180 --> 00:07:42.480 lender 00:07:42.480 --> 00:07:43.040 500 00:07:43.040 --> 00:07:43.740 days 00:07:43.740 --> 00:07:44.340 wages 00:07:44.340 --> 00:07:45.840 that's a lot 00:07:45.840 --> 00:07:47.879 and the other 00:07:47.879 --> 00:07:48.420 owed him 00:07:48.420 --> 00:07:49.259 50 days 00:07:49.259 --> 00:07:49.759 wages. 00:07:52.759 --> 00:07:53.800 Neither of them 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:54.379 had the money 00:07:54.379 --> 00:07:54.960 to pay him 00:07:54.960 --> 00:07:55.340 back 00:07:55.340 --> 00:07:57.840 so he forgave 00:07:57.840 --> 00:07:58.379 the debts 00:07:58.379 --> 00:07:59.580 of both. 00:08:01.259 --> 00:08:01.939 Now 00:08:01.939 --> 00:08:03.500 which of them 00:08:03.500 --> 00:08:04.379 will love him 00:08:04.379 --> 00:08:04.680 more? 00:08:04.680 --> 00:08:08.000 Simon replied 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:09.500 I suppose 00:08:09.500 --> 00:08:09.860 the one 00:08:09.860 --> 00:08:10.240 who had 00:08:10.240 --> 00:08:10.579 the bigger 00:08:10.579 --> 00:08:10.920 debt 00:08:10.920 --> 00:08:11.540 forgiven. 00:08:13.540 --> 00:08:14.259 You have 00:08:14.259 --> 00:08:14.740 judged 00:08:14.740 --> 00:08:16.180 correctly 00:08:16.180 --> 00:08:17.960 Jesus 00:08:17.960 --> 00:08:18.379 said. 00:08:18.379 --> 00:08:31.240 keep going 00:08:31.240 --> 00:08:33.220 then 00:08:33.220 --> 00:08:33.580 Jesus 00:08:33.580 --> 00:08:33.939 turned 00:08:33.939 --> 00:08:34.200 toward 00:08:34.200 --> 00:08:34.679 the woman 00:08:34.679 --> 00:08:35.139 and said 00:08:35.139 --> 00:08:35.639 to Simon 00:08:35.639 --> 00:08:37.379 do you 00:08:37.379 --> 00:08:37.799 see this 00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:38.080 woman 00:08:38.080 --> 00:08:39.960 I came 00:08:39.960 --> 00:08:40.399 into your 00:08:40.399 --> 00:08:40.820 house 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meal. 00:08:59.780 --> 00:09:00.500 You did 00:09:00.500 --> 00:09:00.899 not give 00:09:00.899 --> 00:09:01.200 me a 00:09:01.200 --> 00:09:01.500 kiss 00:09:01.500 --> 00:09:03.259 but this 00:09:03.259 --> 00:09:03.560 woman 00:09:03.560 --> 00:09:03.980 from the 00:09:03.980 --> 00:09:04.320 time I 00:09:04.320 --> 00:09:04.600 entered 00:09:04.600 --> 00:09:05.000 has not 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:05.580 stopped 00:09:05.580 --> 00:09:06.240 kissing 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:07.180 my feet. 00:09:08.139 --> 00:09:08.540 In 00:09:08.540 --> 00:09:08.800 Jewish 00:09:08.800 --> 00:09:09.220 culture 00:09:09.220 --> 00:09:09.660 a kiss 00:09:09.660 --> 00:09:09.639 ! 00:09:09.639 --> 00:09:09.660 A kiss 00:09:09.659 --> 00:09:09.939 on the 00:09:09.939 --> 00:09:10.219 cheek 00:09:10.219 --> 00:09:10.539 or the 00:09:10.539 --> 00:09:10.860 forehead 00:09:10.860 --> 00:09:11.360 was a 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:11.719 common 00:09:11.719 --> 00:09:12.299 way of 00:09:12.299 --> 00:09:12.679 greeting 00:09:12.679 --> 00:09:13.459 or showing 00:09:13.459 --> 00:09:14.139 hospitality 00:09:14.139 --> 00:09:14.639 to a 00:09:14.639 --> 00:09:14.919 friend. 00:09:16.740 --> 00:09:17.000 And I 00:09:17.000 --> 00:09:17.219 think 00:09:17.219 --> 00:09:18.059 we'll just 00:09:18.059 --> 00:09:18.419 say it 00:09:18.419 --> 00:09:18.860 it's somewhat 00:09:18.860 --> 00:09:19.579 implied here 00:09:19.579 --> 00:09:20.279 but clearly 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:20.779 the kissing 00:09:20.779 --> 00:09:21.179 of the 00:09:21.179 --> 00:09:21.459 woman 00:09:21.459 --> 00:09:23.039 of Jesus 00:09:23.039 --> 00:09:23.399 feet 00:09:23.399 --> 00:09:23.939 was not 00:09:23.939 --> 00:09:24.399 sexual 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:24.899 in nature. 00:09:25.079 --> 00:09:25.360 Remember 00:09:25.360 --> 00:09:25.779 she's 00:09:25.779 --> 00:09:26.179 crying 00:09:26.179 --> 00:09:27.759 and she's 00:09:27.759 --> 00:09:28.059 kissing 00:09:28.059 --> 00:09:28.500 Jesus 00:09:28.500 --> 00:09:28.939 feet. 00:09:29.860 --> 00:09:30.240 This is 00:09:30.240 --> 00:09:30.600 the kind 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:30.860 of thing 00:09:30.860 --> 00:09:31.339 we might 00:09:31.339 --> 00:09:31.919 expect to 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:32.480 see between 00:09:32.480 --> 00:09:33.799 a guilty 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:34.299 criminal 00:09:34.299 --> 00:09:35.480 and a 00:09:35.480 --> 00:09:35.759 king 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:36.699 sitting on 00:09:36.699 --> 00:09:37.199 his throne 00:09:37.199 --> 00:09:38.059 as the 00:09:38.059 --> 00:09:38.459 criminal 00:09:38.459 --> 00:09:39.179 begs 00:09:39.179 --> 00:09:39.439 for 00:09:39.439 --> 00:09:39.799 mercy. 00:09:42.279 --> 00:09:42.879 You 00:09:42.879 --> 00:09:43.319 did not 00:09:43.319 --> 00:09:43.679 give me 00:09:43.679 --> 00:09:44.199 a kiss 00:09:44.199 --> 00:09:45.959 but this 00:09:45.959 --> 00:09:46.239 woman 00:09:46.239 --> 00:09:46.599 from the 00:09:46.599 --> 00:09:46.939 time I 00:09:46.939 --> 00:09:47.159 entered 00:09:47.159 --> 00:09:47.620 has not 00:09:47.620 --> 00:09:48.059 stopped 00:09:48.059 --> 00:09:48.559 kissing 00:09:48.559 --> 00:09:49.539 my feet. 00:09:51.599 --> 00:09:52.199 You 00:09:52.199 --> 00:09:52.699 did not 00:09:52.699 --> 00:09:53.439 put oil 00:09:53.439 --> 00:09:53.959 on my 00:09:53.959 --> 00:09:54.379 head 00:09:54.379 --> 00:09:55.879 but she 00:09:55.879 --> 00:09:56.539 has poured 00:09:56.539 --> 00:09:57.339 perfume 00:09:57.339 --> 00:09:59.099 on my 00:09:59.099 --> 00:09:59.439 feet. 00:10:00.599 --> 00:10:01.199 Again 00:10:01.199 --> 00:10:02.359 this is a 00:10:02.359 --> 00:10:02.719 cultural 00:10:02.719 --> 00:10:03.039 thing. 00:10:03.199 --> 00:10:03.579 It wasn't 00:10:03.579 --> 00:10:04.139 expected 00:10:04.139 --> 00:10:04.899 always that 00:10:04.899 --> 00:10:05.359 hosts 00:10:05.359 --> 00:10:05.919 anoint 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:06.359 the head 00:10:06.359 --> 00:10:06.659 of their 00:10:06.659 --> 00:10:07.039 guests 00:10:07.039 --> 00:10:07.519 with oil 00:10:07.519 --> 00:10:08.659 but it 00:10:08.659 --> 00:10:08.819 was 00:10:08.819 --> 00:10:09.299 sometimes 00:10:09.299 --> 00:10:09.679 done 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:10.019 to 00:10:10.019 --> 00:10:10.439 special 00:10:10.439 --> 00:10:10.939 guests 00:10:10.939 --> 00:10:11.500 to 00:10:11.500 --> 00:10:11.759 honor 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:12.039 them. 00:10:12.860 --> 00:10:13.279 And as 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:13.500 we've 00:10:13.500 --> 00:10:13.620 been 00:10:13.620 --> 00:10:13.919 hearing 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:14.480 from Luke's 00:10:14.480 --> 00:10:14.899 gospel 00:10:14.899 --> 00:10:15.519 Jesus 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:16.179 is 00:10:16.179 --> 00:10:16.959 the 00:10:16.959 --> 00:10:17.399 Messiah. 00:10:17.839 --> 00:10:18.100 He is 00:10:18.100 --> 00:10:18.259 the 00:10:18.259 --> 00:10:18.679 anointed 00:10:18.679 --> 00:10:19.179 one. 00:10:19.679 --> 00:10:20.059 God's 00:10:20.059 --> 00:10:20.399 chosen 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:20.839 king. 00:10:21.339 --> 00:10:21.600 And so 00:10:21.600 --> 00:10:21.819 it would 00:10:21.819 --> 00:10:22.319 be very 00:10:22.319 --> 00:10:22.699 fitting 00:10:22.699 --> 00:10:23.319 for Simon 00:10:23.319 --> 00:10:24.639 to show 00:10:24.639 --> 00:10:25.159 Jesus 00:10:25.159 --> 00:10:25.819 this honor. 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:26.240 He's 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:26.719 dining 00:10:26.719 --> 00:10:27.459 with a 00:10:27.459 --> 00:10:27.819 king. 00:10:28.419 --> 00:10:28.679 The 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:29.100 king. 00:10:31.039 --> 00:10:31.240 You 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:31.639 did not 00:10:31.639 --> 00:10:32.339 put oil 00:10:32.339 --> 00:10:32.919 on my 00:10:32.919 --> 00:10:33.299 head 00:10:33.299 --> 00:10:34.179 but she 00:10:34.179 --> 00:10:34.839 has poured 00:10:34.839 --> 00:10:35.519 perfume 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:37.259 on my 00:10:37.259 --> 00:10:37.620 feet. 00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:38.220 And there's 00:10:38.220 --> 00:10:38.480 several 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:39.279 contrasts 00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:39.439 here. 00:10:39.620 --> 00:10:40.000 The first 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:40.480 is between 00:10:40.480 --> 00:10:41.000 the oil 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:41.419 and the 00:10:41.419 --> 00:10:41.879 perfume. 00:10:42.799 --> 00:10:43.480 The oil 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:44.079 which Simon 00:10:44.079 --> 00:10:44.659 could have 00:10:44.659 --> 00:10:45.220 used to 00:10:45.220 --> 00:10:45.639 anoint 00:10:45.639 --> 00:10:46.720 Jesus' 00:10:46.919 --> 00:10:47.079 head 00:10:47.079 --> 00:10:47.299 was 00:10:47.299 --> 00:10:47.879 relatively 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:48.500 common 00:10:48.500 --> 00:10:49.559 and 00:10:49.559 --> 00:10:50.159 inexpensive 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:51.539 in Israel. 00:10:52.939 --> 00:10:53.500 Perfume 00:10:53.500 --> 00:10:53.860 on the 00:10:53.860 --> 00:10:54.319 other hand 00:10:54.319 --> 00:10:54.860 was very 00:10:54.860 --> 00:10:55.379 expensive. 00:10:56.759 --> 00:10:57.100 And so 00:10:57.100 --> 00:10:57.840 that's the 00:10:57.840 --> 00:10:58.639 first contrast 00:10:58.639 --> 00:10:59.179 between the 00:10:59.179 --> 00:10:59.759 oil and 00:10:59.759 --> 00:11:00.379 the perfume. 00:11:00.899 --> 00:11:01.480 Jesus is 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:02.360 maybe saying 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:02.759 you didn't 00:11:02.759 --> 00:11:03.460 even honor 00:11:03.460 --> 00:11:04.139 me with a 00:11:04.139 --> 00:11:04.679 few drops 00:11:04.679 --> 00:11:05.120 of olive 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:05.419 oil. 00:11:06.699 --> 00:11:07.399 She has 00:11:07.399 --> 00:11:08.039 honored me 00:11:08.039 --> 00:11:08.939 with costly 00:11:08.939 --> 00:11:09.479 perfume. 00:11:11.219 --> 00:11:11.879 And then 00:11:11.879 --> 00:11:12.199 there's the 00:11:12.199 --> 00:11:12.879 contrast of 00:11:12.879 --> 00:11:13.479 body parts 00:11:13.479 --> 00:11:13.799 that we 00:11:13.799 --> 00:11:14.339 notice here. 00:11:14.459 --> 00:11:14.719 Simon, 00:11:14.939 --> 00:11:15.639 you wouldn't 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:16.299 grace my 00:11:16.299 --> 00:11:17.500 head with 00:11:17.500 --> 00:11:18.579 oil but 00:11:18.579 --> 00:11:18.979 she has 00:11:18.979 --> 00:11:19.699 poured perfume 00:11:19.699 --> 00:11:20.120 on my 00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:20.639 feet. 00:11:21.979 --> 00:11:22.500 Now 00:11:22.500 --> 00:11:23.059 ordinarily 00:11:23.059 --> 00:11:23.899 nobody would 00:11:23.899 --> 00:11:24.279 put an 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:24.739 expensive 00:11:24.739 --> 00:11:25.399 perfume 00:11:25.399 --> 00:11:26.379 on their 00:11:26.379 --> 00:11:26.679 feet. 00:11:27.359 --> 00:11:27.839 You would 00:11:27.839 --> 00:11:28.159 use a 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:28.620 cheap bar 00:11:28.620 --> 00:11:29.099 of soap 00:11:29.099 --> 00:11:29.939 on your 00:11:29.939 --> 00:11:30.259 feet. 00:11:31.139 --> 00:11:31.679 It's 00:11:31.679 --> 00:11:32.120 almost like 00:11:32.120 --> 00:11:32.479 the woman 00:11:32.479 --> 00:11:33.000 is saying 00:11:33.000 --> 00:11:33.579 that even 00:11:33.579 --> 00:11:33.959 the 00:11:33.960 --> 00:11:34.920 lowest 00:11:34.920 --> 00:11:35.700 and 00:11:35.700 --> 00:11:36.360 dirtiest 00:11:36.360 --> 00:11:36.980 part of 00:11:36.980 --> 00:11:37.240 you, 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:37.900 Jesus, 00:11:38.420 --> 00:11:39.360 is worthy 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:39.720 of the 00:11:39.720 --> 00:11:40.240 best that 00:11:40.240 --> 00:11:40.639 I have 00:11:40.639 --> 00:11:41.120 to give. 00:11:42.800 --> 00:11:43.440 Even 00:11:43.440 --> 00:11:44.160 your feet 00:11:44.160 --> 00:11:44.860 are worthy 00:11:44.860 --> 00:11:45.720 of anointing 00:11:45.720 --> 00:11:47.600 with this 00:11:47.600 --> 00:11:48.420 costly perfume 00:11:48.420 --> 00:11:48.420 00:11:48.420 --> 00:11:48.680 I've 00:11:48.680 --> 00:11:48.920 brought. 00:11:49.920 --> 00:11:50.920 The contrast 00:11:50.920 --> 00:11:52.540 is so stark, 00:11:52.639 --> 00:11:52.980 isn't it? 00:11:53.340 --> 00:11:54.080 Here's Simon, 00:11:54.519 --> 00:11:55.780 this Pharisee, 00:11:56.420 --> 00:11:57.220 sitting there 00:11:57.220 --> 00:11:58.100 in his 00:11:58.100 --> 00:11:59.340 self-righteous 00:11:59.340 --> 00:11:59.940 pride, 00:12:01.080 --> 00:12:01.780 disgusted 00:12:01.780 --> 00:12:03.220 that Jesus 00:12:03.220 --> 00:12:03.800 would allow 00:12:03.800 --> 00:12:04.480 himself to 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:05.000 be touched 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:06.060 by this 00:12:06.060 --> 00:12:06.360 woman. 00:12:07.580 --> 00:12:08.139 And here's 00:12:08.139 --> 00:12:08.660 this woman 00:12:08.660 --> 00:12:10.060 bawling her 00:12:10.060 --> 00:12:10.680 eyes out 00:12:10.680 --> 00:12:11.440 and humbling 00:12:11.440 --> 00:12:12.120 herself to 00:12:12.120 --> 00:12:12.660 the lowest 00:12:12.660 --> 00:12:13.220 of lows 00:12:13.220 --> 00:12:14.160 before Jesus, 00:12:14.860 --> 00:12:15.300 paying him 00:12:15.300 --> 00:12:15.899 the highest 00:12:15.899 --> 00:12:16.560 of honors, 00:12:17.379 --> 00:12:17.840 showing him 00:12:17.840 --> 00:12:18.360 the love 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:19.019 that you 00:12:19.019 --> 00:12:19.399 would show 00:12:19.399 --> 00:12:19.780 to a 00:12:19.780 --> 00:12:20.000 king. 00:12:21.759 --> 00:12:22.600 How could 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:23.000 it be 00:12:23.000 --> 00:12:24.320 that there's 00:12:24.320 --> 00:12:24.680 such a 00:12:24.680 --> 00:12:25.200 difference in 00:12:25.200 --> 00:12:25.460 the way 00:12:25.460 --> 00:12:25.900 these two 00:12:25.900 --> 00:12:26.600 treat Jesus? 00:12:29.700 --> 00:12:30.500 The answer, 00:12:30.700 --> 00:12:30.900 I think, 00:12:30.940 --> 00:12:31.500 is found in 00:12:31.500 --> 00:12:31.900 that little 00:12:31.900 --> 00:12:32.879 parable that 00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:34.100 Jesus tells, 00:12:34.580 --> 00:12:35.360 which we read 00:12:35.360 --> 00:12:36.120 in verse 41. 00:12:36.280 --> 00:12:36.740 I'll just read 00:12:36.740 --> 00:12:37.139 it again 00:12:37.139 --> 00:12:37.560 quickly. 00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:39.900 Two people 00:12:39.900 --> 00:12:40.740 owed money 00:12:40.740 --> 00:12:42.100 to a certain 00:12:42.100 --> 00:12:42.700 moneylender. 00:12:43.680 --> 00:12:44.379 One owed him 00:12:44.379 --> 00:12:45.620 500 denarii 00:12:45.620 --> 00:12:46.720 and the other 00:12:46.720 --> 00:12:47.160 50. 00:12:48.340 --> 00:12:48.940 Neither of 00:12:48.940 --> 00:12:49.440 them had the 00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:50.060 money to pay 00:12:50.060 --> 00:12:50.600 him back, 00:12:51.220 --> 00:12:52.300 so he forgave 00:12:52.300 --> 00:12:52.900 the debts 00:12:52.900 --> 00:12:54.060 of both. 00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:55.259 Now, 00:12:55.259 --> 00:12:55.740 which of 00:12:55.740 --> 00:12:56.980 them will 00:12:56.980 --> 00:12:57.539 love him 00:12:57.539 --> 00:12:58.340 more? 00:13:00.500 --> 00:13:01.539 Jesus actually 00:13:01.539 --> 00:13:03.379 explains how 00:13:03.379 --> 00:13:03.899 the parable 00:13:03.899 --> 00:13:04.960 relates down 00:13:04.960 --> 00:13:05.939 in verse 47. 00:13:05.939 --> 00:13:06.840 He says, 00:13:07.179 --> 00:13:07.179 00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:08.120 I tell you, 00:13:08.500 --> 00:13:09.000 her many 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:10.860 sins have 00:13:10.860 --> 00:13:11.460 been forgiven 00:13:11.460 --> 00:13:13.139 as her 00:13:13.139 --> 00:13:14.019 great love 00:13:14.019 --> 00:13:14.679 has shown. 00:13:16.419 --> 00:13:17.379 But whoever 00:13:17.379 --> 00:13:18.240 has been 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:19.039 forgiven little 00:13:19.039 --> 00:13:21.620 loves little. 00:13:23.259 --> 00:13:24.179 Then Jesus 00:13:24.179 --> 00:13:24.840 said to her, 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:26.680 her sins 00:13:26.680 --> 00:13:27.879 are forgiven. 00:13:29.440 --> 00:13:30.379 The other 00:13:30.379 --> 00:13:31.120 guests began 00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:31.740 to say among 00:13:31.740 --> 00:13:32.300 themselves, 00:13:32.680 --> 00:13:33.980 who is this 00:13:33.980 --> 00:13:35.180 who even 00:13:35.180 --> 00:13:35.899 forgives 00:13:35.899 --> 00:13:36.620 sins? 00:13:38.280 --> 00:13:39.300 Jesus said 00:13:39.300 --> 00:13:39.780 to the woman, 00:13:40.320 --> 00:13:41.340 your faith 00:13:41.340 --> 00:13:42.180 has saved 00:13:42.180 --> 00:13:42.420 you. 00:13:43.660 --> 00:13:43.960 Go 00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:45.120 in peace. 00:13:45.120 --> 00:13:48.620 God 00:13:48.620 --> 00:13:49.399 will 00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:50.399 will 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:51.080 be 00:13:51.080 --> 00:13:51.580 first of all, 00:13:51.840 --> 00:13:52.240 notice 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:53.539 that Jesus 00:13:53.539 --> 00:13:54.379 doesn't deny 00:13:54.379 --> 00:13:54.940 she's a 00:13:54.940 --> 00:13:55.159 sinner. 00:13:56.279 --> 00:13:57.039 In fact, 00:13:57.139 --> 00:13:57.779 he agrees 00:13:57.779 --> 00:13:58.399 with Simon 00:13:58.399 --> 00:13:58.860 about her 00:13:58.860 --> 00:13:59.340 past. 00:13:59.879 --> 00:14:00.200 He says, 00:14:00.539 --> 00:14:00.539 00:14:00.740 --> 00:14:01.299 I tell you 00:14:01.299 --> 00:14:01.720 that her 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:02.879 many sins 00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:04.360 have been 00:14:04.360 --> 00:14:04.799 forgiven. 00:14:05.100 --> 00:14:05.759 She was a 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:06.299 person who 00:14:06.299 --> 00:14:06.860 had sinned 00:14:06.860 --> 00:14:07.220 much. 00:14:08.100 --> 00:14:08.580 And Jesus 00:14:08.580 --> 00:14:09.240 didn't deny 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:09.519 that. 00:14:09.580 --> 00:14:09.899 He didn't 00:14:09.899 --> 00:14:10.600 minimize it. 00:14:11.139 --> 00:14:11.659 She really 00:14:11.659 --> 00:14:12.340 was a person 00:14:12.340 --> 00:14:12.680 with a 00:14:12.680 --> 00:14:13.620 past full of 00:14:13.620 --> 00:14:14.440 doing things 00:14:14.440 --> 00:14:15.000 that in 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:15.700 God's sight 00:14:15.700 --> 00:14:16.639 were wrong. 00:14:18.039 --> 00:14:18.740 But here's 00:14:18.740 --> 00:14:19.200 the massive 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:19.740 difference 00:14:19.740 --> 00:14:20.220 between 00:14:20.220 --> 00:14:21.259 Simon the 00:14:21.259 --> 00:14:21.840 Pharisee 00:14:21.840 --> 00:14:23.080 and Jesus. 00:14:23.840 --> 00:14:24.720 When Simon 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:25.159 looks at 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:25.700 this woman, 00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:27.679 he sees a 00:14:27.679 --> 00:14:28.240 despicable 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:28.980 sinner and 00:14:28.980 --> 00:14:29.600 nothing more. 00:14:30.740 --> 00:14:31.679 When Jesus 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:32.320 looks at 00:14:32.320 --> 00:14:32.519 her, 00:14:33.820 --> 00:14:34.560 he sees a 00:14:34.560 --> 00:14:35.039 woman of 00:14:35.039 --> 00:14:36.159 faith who 00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:36.679 is right 00:14:36.679 --> 00:14:38.039 now repenting 00:14:38.039 --> 00:14:39.200 of her 00:14:39.200 --> 00:14:39.580 sins. 00:14:40.620 --> 00:14:41.799 He sees 00:14:41.799 --> 00:14:42.480 that she is 00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:43.519 truly sorry. 00:14:43.620 --> 00:14:45.220 for the 00:14:45.220 --> 00:14:45.860 wrong things 00:14:45.860 --> 00:14:46.240 that she 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:46.740 has done. 00:14:48.139 --> 00:14:48.519 Jesus 00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:49.019 sees a 00:14:49.019 --> 00:14:49.659 person who 00:14:49.659 --> 00:14:50.200 is right 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:51.500 now acknowledging 00:14:51.500 --> 00:14:52.779 her unworthiness 00:14:52.779 --> 00:14:55.740 to be in 00:14:55.740 --> 00:14:56.440 his presence. 00:14:58.220 --> 00:14:58.779 Jesus 00:14:58.779 --> 00:14:59.299 sees a 00:14:59.299 --> 00:14:59.799 woman who 00:14:59.799 --> 00:15:01.080 believes his 00:15:01.080 --> 00:15:01.799 good news 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:03.980 that God 00:15:03.980 --> 00:15:05.240 will 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:06.139 forgive 00:15:06.139 --> 00:15:07.480 those who 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:08.000 come to 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:08.440 the man 00:15:08.440 --> 00:15:08.980 God has 00:15:08.980 --> 00:15:09.259 sent. 00:15:09.259 --> 00:15:09.879 God 00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:11.620 and it's 00:15:11.620 --> 00:15:12.019 like these 00:15:12.019 --> 00:15:12.600 tears of 00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:13.039 guilt 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:14.419 and shame, 00:15:15.539 --> 00:15:16.179 tears of a 00:15:16.179 --> 00:15:16.860 broken heart 00:15:16.860 --> 00:15:17.539 over all the 00:15:17.539 --> 00:15:18.039 wrongs that 00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:18.439 she has 00:15:18.439 --> 00:15:19.000 done become 00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:19.559 the gift 00:15:19.559 --> 00:15:20.000 that she 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:21.860 brings as 00:15:21.860 --> 00:15:22.500 she washes 00:15:22.500 --> 00:15:23.539 Jesus' feet 00:15:23.539 --> 00:15:24.100 with them 00:15:24.100 --> 00:15:25.919 and anoints 00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:26.399 his feet 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:27.480 with her 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:28.220 best perfume. 00:15:28.220 --> 00:15:31.279 in this 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:32.000 moment as 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:32.620 she sees 00:15:32.620 --> 00:15:33.220 that Jesus 00:15:33.220 --> 00:15:34.040 does not 00:15:34.040 --> 00:15:35.279 reject her 00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:35.940 or push 00:15:35.940 --> 00:15:36.560 her away 00:15:36.560 --> 00:15:37.180 or tell 00:15:37.180 --> 00:15:37.560 her to 00:15:37.560 --> 00:15:38.379 leave as 00:15:38.379 --> 00:15:39.200 Simon would 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:39.580 have done, 00:15:41.259 --> 00:15:42.480 she knows 00:15:42.480 --> 00:15:42.960 that Jesus' 00:15:43.180 --> 00:15:44.460 message is 00:15:44.460 --> 00:15:44.759 true. 00:15:46.040 --> 00:15:47.120 That God's 00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:47.500 forgiveness 00:15:47.500 --> 00:15:48.360 really has 00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:49.259 come to 00:15:49.259 --> 00:15:50.420 her in 00:15:50.420 --> 00:15:50.920 this moment 00:15:50.920 --> 00:15:51.340 and she 00:15:51.340 --> 00:15:52.320 pours out 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:53.000 her pure 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:53.860 and thankful 00:15:53.860 --> 00:15:54.420 love for 00:15:54.420 --> 00:15:55.040 Jesus with 00:15:55.039 --> 00:15:55.620 this beautiful 00:15:55.620 --> 00:15:57.199 act of 00:15:57.199 --> 00:15:58.019 service and 00:15:58.019 --> 00:15:58.379 honor. 00:15:59.860 --> 00:16:00.659 She knows 00:16:00.659 --> 00:16:01.360 that she 00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:02.159 is forgiven 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:02.879 by Jesus 00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:06.079 and so 00:16:06.079 --> 00:16:06.620 she loves 00:16:06.620 --> 00:16:07.579 Jesus much 00:16:07.579 --> 00:16:09.019 by doing 00:16:09.019 --> 00:16:09.500 what she's 00:16:09.500 --> 00:16:09.819 doing. 00:16:11.279 --> 00:16:12.039 That's what 00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:12.599 Jesus is 00:16:12.599 --> 00:16:13.299 saying by the 00:16:13.299 --> 00:16:13.919 parable is 00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:14.579 going on 00:16:14.579 --> 00:16:15.980 with her. 00:16:18.079 --> 00:16:18.879 But what 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:19.360 does Jesus 00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:19.899 point to 00:16:19.899 --> 00:16:20.199 Simon? 00:16:21.339 --> 00:16:22.199 Well a few 00:16:22.199 --> 00:16:22.639 things. 00:16:23.559 --> 00:16:24.199 First, 00:16:24.200 --> 00:16:26.140 how much 00:16:26.140 --> 00:16:26.480 or how 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:26.900 little we 00:16:26.900 --> 00:16:27.060 have 00:16:27.060 --> 00:16:27.640 sinned 00:16:27.640 --> 00:16:29.220 matters 00:16:29.220 --> 00:16:30.100 nothing to 00:16:30.100 --> 00:16:30.480 whether we 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:30.800 can be 00:16:30.800 --> 00:16:31.180 forgiven. 00:16:32.280 --> 00:16:32.920 No matter 00:16:32.920 --> 00:16:33.379 how many 00:16:33.379 --> 00:16:33.920 sins that 00:16:33.920 --> 00:16:34.180 we've 00:16:34.180 --> 00:16:34.500 committed, 00:16:35.700 --> 00:16:36.879 we are 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:37.400 not beyond 00:16:37.400 --> 00:16:37.800 God's 00:16:37.800 --> 00:16:39.580 mercy and 00:16:39.580 --> 00:16:40.080 his ability 00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:40.620 to forgive. 00:16:41.140 --> 00:16:41.660 This woman 00:16:41.660 --> 00:16:42.220 is the proof 00:16:42.220 --> 00:16:42.540 of that. 00:16:42.620 --> 00:16:43.160 Her sins 00:16:43.160 --> 00:16:43.920 are many 00:16:43.920 --> 00:16:45.360 and yet 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:45.720 Jesus 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:47.259 says to 00:16:47.259 --> 00:16:47.440 her, 00:16:47.580 --> 00:16:47.940 looks her 00:16:47.940 --> 00:16:48.360 in the eye 00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:48.759 and says 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:49.100 to her, 00:16:49.220 --> 00:16:50.040 your sins 00:16:50.040 --> 00:16:50.840 are forgiven. 00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:54.160 second, 00:16:54.740 --> 00:16:55.740 the more 00:16:55.740 --> 00:16:56.500 we realize 00:16:56.500 --> 00:16:57.379 and understand 00:16:57.379 --> 00:16:58.840 how much 00:16:58.840 --> 00:16:59.540 we have 00:16:59.540 --> 00:16:59.860 sinned 00:16:59.860 --> 00:17:00.220 against 00:17:00.220 --> 00:17:00.660 God, 00:17:01.580 --> 00:17:02.500 the deeper 00:17:02.500 --> 00:17:03.180 our love 00:17:03.180 --> 00:17:03.580 for him 00:17:03.580 --> 00:17:04.059 will be 00:17:04.059 --> 00:17:05.400 if we 00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:05.960 receive his 00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:06.340 forgiveness. 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:08.759 I don't 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:09.299 think Jesus 00:17:09.299 --> 00:17:09.819 means to 00:17:09.819 --> 00:17:10.340 say that 00:17:10.340 --> 00:17:11.019 Simon hasn't 00:17:11.019 --> 00:17:11.500 sinned that 00:17:11.500 --> 00:17:13.240 much and 00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:13.660 that he's 00:17:13.660 --> 00:17:13.920 a pretty 00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:14.519 good guy. 00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:16.879 rather, 00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:18.500 until we 00:17:18.500 --> 00:17:19.339 understand 00:17:19.339 --> 00:17:19.980 just how 00:17:19.980 --> 00:17:20.639 much we 00:17:20.639 --> 00:17:21.480 have sinned 00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:22.160 and are 00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:22.680 in need 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:23.740 of God's 00:17:23.740 --> 00:17:24.099 forgiveness, 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:24.639 we just 00:17:24.639 --> 00:17:25.220 will not 00:17:25.220 --> 00:17:25.920 love or 00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:26.519 appreciate 00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:28.079 Jesus as 00:17:28.079 --> 00:17:28.420 we ought 00:17:28.420 --> 00:17:28.660 to. 00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:32.000 Let me 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:32.359 ask you 00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:32.940 this question. 00:17:33.879 --> 00:17:34.680 Do you 00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:35.619 love Jesus? 00:17:38.619 --> 00:17:39.420 Do you 00:17:39.420 --> 00:17:40.000 treasure 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:40.680 Jesus? 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:45.299 If not, 00:17:45.420 --> 00:17:45.700 could it 00:17:45.700 --> 00:17:46.200 be that 00:17:46.200 --> 00:17:46.779 you are 00:17:46.779 --> 00:17:47.000 like 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:47.359 Simon, 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:50.799 thinking 00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:51.039 you're 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:51.220 pretty 00:17:51.220 --> 00:17:51.579 good, 00:17:53.059 --> 00:17:54.200 only in 00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:54.500 need of 00:17:54.500 --> 00:17:54.799 a little 00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:55.299 bit of 00:17:55.299 --> 00:17:56.339 forgiveness? 00:17:57.460 --> 00:17:58.299 We will 00:17:58.299 --> 00:17:59.039 not treasure 00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:01.019 Jesus and 00:18:01.019 --> 00:18:01.559 the forgiving 00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:02.139 love that 00:18:02.139 --> 00:18:02.759 he has 00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:04.460 until we 00:18:04.460 --> 00:18:04.839 humbly 00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:05.700 acknowledge how 00:18:05.700 --> 00:18:07.259 great is 00:18:07.259 --> 00:18:07.759 the debt 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:08.700 that we 00:18:08.700 --> 00:18:08.960 owe. 00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:12.480 And then 00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:12.840 third, 00:18:13.460 --> 00:18:14.100 how do we 00:18:14.100 --> 00:18:15.480 receive this 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:15.880 forgiveness 00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:17.120 from Jesus? 00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:18.640 Notice 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:19.420 Jesus parting 00:18:19.420 --> 00:18:20.039 words with 00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:20.420 the woman. 00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:21.440 He says, 00:18:21.819 --> 00:18:22.519 your faith 00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:23.799 has saved 00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:24.059 you. 00:18:25.079 --> 00:18:25.920 Go in 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:26.299 peace. 00:18:28.259 --> 00:18:29.299 The answer 00:18:29.299 --> 00:18:29.860 is simple. 00:18:30.140 --> 00:18:30.600 Come to 00:18:30.600 --> 00:18:31.440 Jesus Christ 00:18:31.440 --> 00:18:32.180 in faith. 00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:34.259 Believe 00:18:34.259 --> 00:18:35.559 that he 00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:36.360 can and 00:18:36.360 --> 00:18:36.779 does 00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:37.440 forgive. 00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:39.000 when we 00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:39.380 come to 00:18:39.380 --> 00:18:40.400 him in 00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:41.779 earnest 00:18:41.779 --> 00:18:42.320 repentance 00:18:42.320 --> 00:18:44.960 like this 00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:45.480 woman did. 00:18:47.019 --> 00:18:47.900 This is 00:18:47.900 --> 00:18:48.220 the good 00:18:48.220 --> 00:18:49.039 news of 00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:49.380 Jesus. 00:18:49.620 --> 00:18:50.160 We can 00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:50.680 have 00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:51.259 peace 00:18:51.259 --> 00:18:53.880 despite 00:18:53.880 --> 00:18:54.299 our 00:18:54.299 --> 00:18:55.519 many 00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:56.180 sins 00:18:56.180 --> 00:18:57.039 in the 00:18:57.039 --> 00:18:57.460 past. 00:18:58.880 --> 00:18:59.580 Have 00:18:59.580 --> 00:18:59.920 you done 00:18:59.920 --> 00:19:00.220 that? 00:19:02.860 --> 00:19:03.559 Have 00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:03.880 you put 00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:04.440 your faith 00:19:04.440 --> 00:19:05.400 in Jesus? 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:08.580 have 00:19:08.580 --> 00:19:08.700 you 00:19:08.700 --> 00:19:09.299 experienced 00:19:09.299 --> 00:19:09.740 like this 00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:10.320 woman did 00:19:10.320 --> 00:19:11.620 his 00:19:11.620 --> 00:19:12.100 forgiveness? 00:19:18.440 --> 00:19:19.019 In 00:19:19.019 --> 00:19:19.360 just a 00:19:19.360 --> 00:19:19.539 moment 00:19:19.539 --> 00:19:19.740 we're 00:19:19.740 --> 00:19:19.940 going to 00:19:19.940 --> 00:19:20.259 partake 00:19:20.259 --> 00:19:20.620 together 00:19:20.620 --> 00:19:20.940 of the 00:19:20.940 --> 00:19:21.240 Lord's 00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:21.539 table. 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:23.380 And we 00:19:23.380 --> 00:19:23.759 do this 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:24.120 every 00:19:24.120 --> 00:19:24.539 month 00:19:24.539 --> 00:19:24.920 to 00:19:24.920 --> 00:19:25.500 remember 00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:26.279 Jesus 00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:26.620 our 00:19:26.620 --> 00:19:26.960 Savior. 00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:28.460 This 00:19:28.460 --> 00:19:28.779 woman 00:19:28.779 --> 00:19:29.420 knew 00:19:29.420 --> 00:19:30.940 that she 00:19:30.940 --> 00:19:31.180 was 00:19:31.180 --> 00:19:31.559 utterly 00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:32.200 unworthy 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:33.539 and a 00:19:33.539 --> 00:19:33.759 sinner. 00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:36.200 in 00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:36.539 faith 00:19:36.539 --> 00:19:36.759 she 00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:37.000 saw 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:37.220 that 00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:37.500 Jesus 00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:37.799 was 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:38.379 truly 00:19:38.379 --> 00:19:38.920 worthy 00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:39.400 of the 00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:39.740 best 00:19:39.740 --> 00:19:40.279 and 00:19:40.279 --> 00:19:40.619 highest 00:19:40.619 --> 00:19:40.920 honor 00:19:40.920 --> 00:19:41.119 she 00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:41.319 could 00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:41.559 give. 00:19:41.660 --> 00:19:41.799 She 00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:42.359 wept 00:19:42.359 --> 00:19:42.799 over 00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:43.059 her 00:19:43.059 --> 00:19:43.480 sins 00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:44.619 and 00:19:44.619 --> 00:19:44.980 washed 00:19:44.980 --> 00:19:45.299 Jesus' 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:45.640 feet 00:19:45.640 --> 00:19:45.819 with 00:19:45.819 --> 00:19:46.000 her 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:46.440 tears 00:19:46.440 --> 00:19:47.160 and 00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:47.500 poured 00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:47.700 out 00:19:47.700 --> 00:19:47.940 that 00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:48.379 perfume 00:19:48.379 --> 00:19:48.680 on 00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:49.000 his 00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:49.819 feet 00:19:49.819 --> 00:19:50.039 and 00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:50.359 kissed 00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:50.619 them. 00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:51.240 She 00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:51.619 knew 00:19:51.619 --> 00:19:52.039 just 00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:52.319 how 00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:52.680 much 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:52.900 she 00:19:52.900 --> 00:19:53.079 had 00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:53.279 been 00:19:53.279 --> 00:19:53.720 forgiven. 00:19:55.720 --> 00:19:56.299 She 00:19:56.299 --> 00:19:56.480 was 00:19:56.480 --> 00:19:56.660 so 00:19:56.660 --> 00:19:56.960 deeply 00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:57.339 stirred 00:19:57.339 --> 00:19:57.559 with 00:19:57.559 --> 00:19:57.819 love 00:19:57.819 --> 00:19:57.980 for 00:19:57.980 --> 00:19:58.140 the 00:19:58.140 --> 00:19:58.339 one 00:19:58.339 --> 00:19:58.539 who 00:19:58.539 --> 00:19:58.759 had 00:19:58.759 --> 00:19:59.160 forgiven 00:19:59.160 --> 00:19:59.440 her. 00:20:00.779 --> 00:20:01.339 This 00:20:01.339 --> 00:20:01.579 woman 00:20:01.579 --> 00:20:01.859 really 00:20:01.859 --> 00:20:02.259 stands 00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:02.500 out, 00:20:02.539 --> 00:20:02.759 doesn't 00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:03.000 she? 00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:04.579 maybe 00:20:04.579 --> 00:20:04.960 almost 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:05.259 a little 00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:05.460 bit 00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:05.680 like 00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:05.900 the 00:20:05.900 --> 00:20:06.460 centurion 00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:06.740 that we 00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:07.180 heard about 00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:07.519 a couple 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:08.200 weeks ago. 00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:08.940 One of 00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:09.460 the few 00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:10.400 who through 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:10.940 eyes of 00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:11.460 faith saw 00:20:11.460 --> 00:20:12.339 Jesus as 00:20:12.339 --> 00:20:12.819 he really 00:20:12.819 --> 00:20:13.299 is 00:20:13.299 --> 00:20:15.079 and 00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:15.640 herself 00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:17.460 as 00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:17.960 she really 00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:18.660 was before 00:20:18.660 --> 00:20:19.000 him. 00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:20.279 He 00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:20.940 a wonderful 00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:21.779 and 00:20:21.779 --> 00:20:22.220 merciful 00:20:22.220 --> 00:20:22.660 king 00:20:22.660 --> 00:20:24.779 and 00:20:24.779 --> 00:20:25.039 she 00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:25.460 a sinner 00:20:25.460 --> 00:20:26.039 in need 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:26.819 of mercy. 00:20:28.900 --> 00:20:29.539 As 00:20:29.539 --> 00:20:29.920 the story 00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:30.420 goes on 00:20:30.420 --> 00:20:30.779 we'll see 00:20:30.779 --> 00:20:31.440 even more 00:20:31.440 --> 00:20:32.160 of how 00:20:32.160 --> 00:20:32.680 wonderful 00:20:32.680 --> 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