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 Good morning.

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 Just before we start, I just wanted to tell Brother Josh that I'm with the disciples on this one.

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! Yeah, I'm totally in the boat there. Come on, what are you doing?

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 I'm working for you, God. Why are you making up the storms and winds? I mean, what's going on here, right?

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 I'm with the disciples on that. Anyway, open your Bibles this morning, Luke chapter 7.

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 Luke chapter 7. So last week, we were given a lesson about God's holiness.

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 And we were asked to consider His holiness and whether or not He was holy.

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 And I would say that God is, in fact, holy.

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 Today, we're going to consider His forgiveness.

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 Which, if we want forgiven, we can only be forgiven by a holy God.

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 No one else can do that.

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 Luke chapter 7 this morning deals with His forgiveness.

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 Call your attention to verse 36.

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 Luke chapter 7.

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 And one of the Pharisees desired Him that He would eat with him.

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 And He went into the Pharisee's house and sat down to meet.

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 And behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner,

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 when she knew that Jesus sat at meet in the Pharisee's house,

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 brought an alabaster box of ointment,

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 and stood at His feet behind Him weeping,

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 and began to wash His feet with tears,

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 and did wipe them with the hairs of her head,

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 and kissed His feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

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 Now when the Pharisee, which had bitten Him, saw it,

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 he spake with Him himself, saying,

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 This man, if he were a prophet,

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 would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth Him,

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 for she is a sinner.

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 And Jesus, answering, said unto him,

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 Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee.

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 Isn't it interesting that the man said within himself?

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 Right?

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 So it's like the bad movie that's got the oration of the guy,

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 you know, it's all echoey and stuff,

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 and talking to himself.

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 But Jesus knew what He was thinking, didn't He?

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 And decided to answer His question.

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 Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee.

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 And he saith, Master, say on.

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 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors.

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 The one owed 500 pence, the other 50.

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 And when they had nothing to pay,

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 he frankly forgave them both.

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 Tell me, therefore, which of them will love him most?

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 Simon answered and said,

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 I suppose that he to whom he forgave most.

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 And he said unto him,

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 Thou hast rightly judged.

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 And he turned to the woman,

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 turned to the woman,

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 and said unto Simon,

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 Seest thou this woman?

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 I entered into thine house.

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 Thou gavest me no water for my feet.

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 But she hath washed my feet with tears,

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 and wiped them with the hairs of her head.

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 Thou gavest me no kiss.

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 But this woman, since the time I came in,

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 hath not ceased to kiss my feet.

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 My head with oil thou didst not anoint,

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 but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.

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 Wherefore I say unto thee,

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 Her sins, which are many,

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 are forgiven,

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 for she loveth much.

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 But to whom little is forgiven,

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 the same loveth little.

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 And he saith unto her,

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 Thy sins are forgiven.

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 And they that sat at me with him

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 began to say within themselves,

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 Who is this that forgiveth sins also?

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 And he said to the woman,

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 Thy faith hath saved thee.

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 Go in peace.

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 Let's have a quick word of prayer

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 before we jump into this lesson.

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 Heavenly Father,

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 we just come to you grateful

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 for the day you've given to us, Lord.

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 Thank you that we could all be together

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 at this time.

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 I just pray, Father,

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 as we go through this lesson,

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 that you would speak to us through it.

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 And I just pray in Jesus' name, amen.

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 The power of sin in the world

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 is evident.

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 Everywhere we look.

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 I mean, every day we hear about

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 marriages falling apart,

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 crime,

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 terrorism,

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 wars.

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 People's lives are devastated

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 through the effects of sin.

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 You know, sin is like a plague.

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 And sin seeks to destroy

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 the lives of all.

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 Everywhere we go,

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 we see the effects of sin.

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 But,

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 by the mercies of God,

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 where sin abounds,

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 God's grace can abound more

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 and more and more.

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 Romans 5.20,

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 Moreover, the law entered

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 that the offense might abound,

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 but where sin abounded,

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 sin abounded,

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 grace did much more abound.

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 You know,

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 Luke chapter 7 today

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 shows

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 how Jesus Christ

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 displays this truth.

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 The passage tells

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 of a woman

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 who everybody says

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 was a sinner.

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 Her reputation

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 was bad.

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 Yet this passage

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 shows how God's grace

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 changed her life.

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 So prior to Jesus

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 meeting this woman,

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 he had been ministering

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 in the Galilean region.

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 He went from town to town,

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 city to city,

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 performing miracles,

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 you know,

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 healing the blind,

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 you know,

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 sick and all that,

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 proclaiming himself

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 to be the one

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 that John the Baptist

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 himself had announced

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 and the Old Testament

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 had prophesied of.

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 Pretty bold claims.

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 He was, in fact,

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 though,

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 the Son of God,

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 and he proclaimed

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 throughout these cities

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 that he had come

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 to be the Savior

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 of the world.

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 While in this region,

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 a Pharisee named Simon

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 invited Jesus

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 into his home.

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 Simon was a man

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 who knew the law.

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 He knew Scripture,

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 had memorized

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 large portions of it.

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 He understood,

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 and he knew his religion

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 so well,

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 he even understood

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 parts of his religion

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 that were not

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 in the Bible.

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 There's a lot of religions

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 like that,

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 even today,

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 aren't there?

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 Yeah.

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 He was a man,

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 let's say,

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 of religious pedigree.

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 So we don't know

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 exactly why Simon

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 invited Jesus

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 into his house.

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 Maybe it was

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 for prestige.

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 Maybe it was because

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 he wanted to be like

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 all the other Pharisees

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 so he could try

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 to find fault in Jesus.

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 You know?

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 Maybe he just wanted

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 to hear a teaching

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 from Jesus.

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 Whatever the reason,

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 he had invited Jesus

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 to be a guest in his home.

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 So the interesting thing

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 about first century dinners

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 around this time,

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 this region,

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 they were kind of

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 a semi-public affair.

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 They ate in a courtyard

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 or in a front yard

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 and uninvited guests

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 could just come

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 and mingle around

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 and there was chairs

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 and cushions

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 for them to sit

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 and they could observe

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 the dinner

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 and they could talk

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 to the guests.

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 People could come

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 and go as they pleased.

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 But during this visit,

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 something happened

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 that would show

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 the divine nature

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Notice several

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 spiritual truths

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 we can learn

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 from this event.

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 So before we start

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 on that,

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 I need four volunteers

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 to read passages

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 when I call them out.

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 So you'll just have to guess.

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 So James,

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 1 Corinthians 11.15,

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 Brother Gray,

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 1 Samuel 16.7,

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 Matt,

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 Genesis 3,

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 1 through 4.

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 Lou,

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 James 2,

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 2 through 4.

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 Hang on to yours

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 for a while, Lou.

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 It's going to be

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 a little while later.

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 Okay, here we go.

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 So the first thing,

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 spiritual truth

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 we want to learn

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 about this event

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 was the sacrificial act.

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 Sacrificial act.

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 During dinner

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 at Simon's house,

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 a woman came

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 to give Jesus

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 a gift.

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 So as we go

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 through this,

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 I want you to consider

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 in yourself

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 what that gift was.

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 Okay?

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 Look at verse number 36.

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 And one of the Pharisees

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 desired him

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 that he would eat with him.

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 And he went

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 into the Pharisee's house

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 and sat down to meet.

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 And behold,

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 a woman in the city

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 which was a sinner,

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 when she knew

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 that Jesus sat at meet

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 in the Pharisee's house,

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 brought an alabaster

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 box of ointment

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 and stood at his feet

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 behind him weeping

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 and began to wash

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 his feet with tears

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 and had wiped them

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 with the hairs of her head

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 and kissed his feet

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 and annoyed them

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 with the ointment.

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 Now when the Pharisees,

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 which had bidden him,

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 saw it,

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 he spake with him himself

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 saying,

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 this man,

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 if he were a prophet,

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 would have known

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 who and what manner

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 of woman this is

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 that touches him

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 for she is a sinner.

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 The sacrifice

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 this woman gave

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 was valuable to her.

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 Else how could it be

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 a sacrifice

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 unless it has value?

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 We give away junk

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 all the time.

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 It doesn't mean a thing.

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 First thing we want

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 to look at today

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 is the sacrifice defined.

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 The sacrifice defined.

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 This passage does not

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 give us much information

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 about this woman.

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 We're not told her name

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 in this passage.

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 We don't know her family

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 or her city

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 or her pedigree,

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 but we do know

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 that she came

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 from the city.

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 We also know

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 that this woman

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 was a sinner

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 and we shouldn't

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 judge her for that

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 because we're all sinners.

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 However,

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 the Bible does make

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 a particular point

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 to point out

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 that this woman

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 was a sinner,

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 which comes

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 from the Greek word

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 hamartolos,

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 which is defined

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 as devoted to sin,

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 not free from sin.

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 The implication here

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 is that she lived

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 a life controlled

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 by the sin

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 that she had.

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 Very sinful lifestyle.

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 Whatever her sin was,

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 the Bible doesn't say,

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 she had a bad reputation.

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 Everybody knew her

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 wherever she went.

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 In this particular time

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 in history, though,

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 Jewish rabbis

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 really wouldn't consort

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 with sinners,

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 especially women,

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 that were controlled

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 by this sin.

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 So it's interesting to me

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 that Simon would know her

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 because he was really quick

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 to point out,

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 what's she doing here?

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 She's a sinner

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 and Jesus is talking to him.

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 I don't know.

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 Is it one of those

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 small town reputation things

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 where everybody

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 knew everybody, right?

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 Maybe Simon was just guessing,

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 but I doubt it.

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 Somehow he knew her.

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 Anyway, it didn't matter

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 because as she approached Jesus,

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 I wonder how she felt.

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 Was she afraid?

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 Did she think that maybe

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 Jesus won't talk to me?

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 Here's this great man

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 talking to a Pharisee.

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 What business do I have

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 coming here in this presence?

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 But she came anyway,

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 didn't she?

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 And what the woman did next

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 shows a very deep humility.

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 Even though she had

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 a bad reputation,

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 she was very humble

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 to come in the presence

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 of Jesus.

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 Why was she humble?

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 Because she understood

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 who he was

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 and she understood

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 who she was.

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 She knew that she wasn't

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 worthy to be in his presence.

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 Look at verse number 38.

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 And stood at his feet

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 behind him weeping

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 and began to wash

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 his feet with tears

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 and did wipe them

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 with the hairs of her head

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 and kissed his feet

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 and annoyed them

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 with ointment.

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 So when she approached

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 the feet of Jesus,

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 she didn't try to talk to him.

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 She didn't say,

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 hey Jesus, look at me.

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 I need to say something to you.

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 Here I am.

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 I need your attention.

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 You need to pay attention to me.

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 No.

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 She humbly

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 knelt down

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 and began washing his feet

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 with her tears.

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 Because something had happened

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 in her life

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 that she became aware

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 who Jesus really was.

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 And she desperately wanted

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 to be in his presence

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 because of that.

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 And she was willing

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 to humble herself

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 before him

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 just to be with him.

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 So she defined the sacrifice.

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 But she also demonstrated

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 the sacrifice.

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 We see next how.

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 The woman demonstrated

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 her sacrifice.

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 How?

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 With her actions.

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 Right?

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 There's a lot of people

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 that talk about Christ.

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 A lot of people say,

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 I'm a Christian.

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 A lot of people say,

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 I'm God

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 and I know a lot about him.

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 But we don't always

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 pour out our love

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 in service to him,

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 do we?

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 So no doubt,

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 Simon the Pharisee

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 could have given

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 a great speech

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 on all the attributes

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 of God

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 that he had learned

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 in the Bible.

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 From all the things

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 that he had studied

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 over all the years.

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 But what this woman

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 was about to demonstrate

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 to be true

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 was a sacrifice

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 of her actions.

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 By washing Jesus' feet

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 with her hair

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 and anointing him

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 with this expensive ointment,

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 she showed how much

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 she valued the Lord

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 and wanted to honor him.

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 And verse 38 shows us

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 she was also willing

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 to give all that she had.

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 You know,

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 our actions are always

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 a better indicator

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 of our hearts

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 than our words, right?

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 Actions always speak

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 louder than words.

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 We judge people

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 by what they do,

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 not by what they say.

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 So we don't have to wonder

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 what Jesus thought

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 about this woman

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 because he tells us.

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 She washed his feet

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 with her hair

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 and instantly know

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 that she highly valued

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 being in his presence

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 by the things

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 that she did.

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 As a matter of fact,

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 this woman,

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 who was hated

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 and disrespected

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 by all that knew her,

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 had one little thing

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 that she gave.

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 She had one glory

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 left in her life

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 and that was her hair.

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 Right?

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 1 Corinthians 11.15.

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 So in this time,

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 a woman's hair

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 was her glory.

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 It was sometimes

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 even a gift

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 to her husband.

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 She gave her hair

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 to Jesus.

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 That's all she had.

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 The other item

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 this woman had of value

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 was an alabaster box

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 appointment

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 that probably

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 was very expensive.

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 So,

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 with love in her heart,

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 humbleness in her mind,

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 she came to Jesus

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 offering the only

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 two things of value

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 that she had

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 in her life.

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 Her ointment

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 and her hair.

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 And she demonstrated

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 her sacrifice

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 saying,

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 Lord,

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 I give you

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 what glory I have.

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 Furthermore,

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 she gave with an attitude

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 of humility.

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 The Bible tells us

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 that she was weeping.

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 We don't know

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 what brought her

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 into the state of weeping.

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 Maybe

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 just being in the presence

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 of God in the flesh

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 and recognizing

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 what grace is all about.

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 Her tears may have been

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 tears for joy

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 for she believed

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 Jesus could,

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 in fact,

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 take away

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 the guilt of her sin.

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 And I would hope

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 that all of us

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 that have sin

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 have guilt about our sin.

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 However,

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 because of the

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 harmony of the Gospels,

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 we know that shortly

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 before this event,

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 Jesus did give an invitation.

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 In Matthew 11,

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 verse number 28,

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 come unto me,

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 all ye that labor

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 and are heavy laden,

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 and I will give you rest.

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 Take my yoke upon you

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 and learn of me,

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 for I am meek

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 and lowly in heart,

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 and you shall find rest

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 unto your souls.

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 Verse number 30,

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 for my yoke is easy

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 and my burden is light.

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 There's a catch

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 to that verse,

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 though,

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 isn't there?

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 There's a caveat.

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 Jesus' yoke

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 is only light

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 if you're saved.

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 If you're unsaved,

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 it's the heaviest yoke

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 you could possibly

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 ever bear.

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 So it's possible

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 that the woman

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 was in the crowd

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 who heard these precious words

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 that Jesus said

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 just before going

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 to Simon's house.

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 She could have heard

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 the man named Jesus speak,

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 the one that John the Baptist

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 said was the Lamb of God

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 who take away

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 the sins of the world.

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 As he gave the invitation,

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 come to me,

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 my burden is light.

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 But she may have seen

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 hope for her own life,

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 hope for her burden of sin.

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 Because let's face it,

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 she knew she had

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 a bad reputation.

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 She wasn't oblivious

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 to the fact that

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 everybody looked down on her.

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 Maybe that's why

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 she was crying

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 as she put the ointment

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 on Jesus' feet.

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 Because she knew

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 that Jesus was the only one

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 that could lift her burdens.

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 So,

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 the question is,

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 can Jesus take your burdens

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 this morning?

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 Okay,

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 we're in Sunday school,

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 right?

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 I asked you a question earlier.

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 So,

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 we're going to have a pop quiz.

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 Ready?

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 Pop quiz.

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 What was the gift?

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 What was the gift?

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 During dinner at Simon's house,

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 a woman gave

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 a sacrificial gift.

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 Luke 36 to 39,

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 chapter 7,

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 what was the gift

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 that she gave?

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 Anointment?

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 Hair.

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 Devotion.

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 Good.

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 Anybody else?

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 Love.

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 Yep.

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 How about gratitude?

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 Thankfulness.

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 Yep.

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 The ointment was nice.

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 It was the other things

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 that Jesus wanted.

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 Which she gave

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 all that she had.

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 So,

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 this woman,

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 in a humble,

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 repentant state,

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 poured out her love

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 at the feet of the Lord.

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 The prideful Pharisee,

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 however,

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 what did he say?

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 Well,

00:16:54.939 --> 00:16:55.939
 he made a sarcastic

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 comment to himself,

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 didn't he?

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 Right?

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 Verse number 39,

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 a sarcastic assessment.

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 We know that God

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 looks on the heart,

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 not on the outward appearance.

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 And he saw the heart

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 of this repentant woman.

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 But sometimes,

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 right,

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 or maybe more than sometimes,

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 men look on the outward appearance.

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 1 Samuel 16, 7.

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 So,

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 I gotta say,

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 this verse right here

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 pierces me.

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 Don't look on a stature.

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 Come on,

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 I'm 6'4".

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 This hurts me.

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 Height should matter.

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 When the Pharisee

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 saw what this woman

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 was doing,

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 he judged

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 the outward appearance

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 of her.

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 She's a sinner.

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 And made a proud assessment

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 of the situation.

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 Verse number 39 says,

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 Now when the Pharisee

00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:46.039
 which had bidden him

00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:46.480
 saw it,

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 he spake with himself,

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 saying,

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 this man,

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 if he were a prophet,

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 would have known

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 who and what manner of woman

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 this is that toucheth him,

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 for she's a sinner.

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 His assessment was,

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 first of all,

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 directed toward the Savior.

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 Simon the Pharisee said,

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 this man,

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 if he were a prophet.

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 You know,

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 the Pharisees were always

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 trying to fight fault

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 with Jesus,

00:18:07.619 --> 00:18:07.980
 weren't they?

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 Constantly trying to

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 find fault with Jesus.

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 So,

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 why would they?

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 Because they wanted to show

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 how they were better

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 than Jesus.

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 we know religion

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 better than you.

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 We know the law

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 better than you.

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 We do it the right way.

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 You're doing it

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 the wrong way.

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 But it's not just Pharisees

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 that do this.

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 It's easy for us

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 to get it caught

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 into a legalistic trap,

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 isn't it?

00:18:32.120 --> 00:18:32.340
 Yeah,

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 you betcha.

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 Luke chapter 15,

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 verse 1 says,

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 They drew near unto him

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 all the publicans

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 and sinners

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 for to hear him.

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 And the Pharisees

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 and scribes murmured,

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 saying,

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 this man received sinners

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 and eat with them.

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 You know,

00:18:45.820 --> 00:18:46.380
 the Pharisees,

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 I think,

00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:47.500
 came that day

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 so they could see Jesus,

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 what Jesus was doing,

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 knowing that he was going

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 to receive the sinners

00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:53.539
 just so they can condemn him

00:18:53.539 --> 00:18:54.180
 for doing it.

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 Because you weren't

00:18:55.840 --> 00:18:56.600
 supposed to do that.

00:18:57.900 --> 00:18:59.299
 They were doing it wrong,

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 Jesus said.

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 I didn't come to earth

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 to save good people.

00:19:07.080 --> 00:19:07.480
 Right?

00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:09.519
 Jesus didn't come here

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 to tell us

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 how great we were.

00:19:12.680 --> 00:19:15.680
 Why did Jesus come?

00:19:17.180 --> 00:19:18.400
 Luke 5, 32 says,

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 I came not to call

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 the righteous,

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 but sinners

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 to repentance.

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 Good people don't need

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 to repent

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 because they're good.

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 Luke 19, 10 says,

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 For the Son of Man

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 is come to seek

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 and save

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 that which was lost.

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 Seems every time

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 Jesus tried to help someone,

00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:36.680
 someone in sin,

00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:38.680
 someone that was hurting,

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 hurting.

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 The Pharisees were there

00:19:41.600 --> 00:19:43.000
 to criticize him

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 about it,

00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:43.820
 weren't they?

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 Like I said earlier,

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 though,

00:19:45.460 --> 00:19:46.279
 we have to be careful

00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:47.680
 of having this attitude

00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:48.519
 of a Pharisee also,

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 though, sometimes.

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 Because in reality,

00:19:52.220 --> 00:19:53.460
 the Pharisee also needed

00:19:53.460 --> 00:19:54.500
 the forgiveness of Christ.

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 So,

00:19:56.620 --> 00:19:57.779
 those of us

00:19:57.779 --> 00:19:58.279
 have been saved

00:19:58.279 --> 00:19:58.799
 for a while,

00:19:59.259 --> 00:20:00.279
 30 some years,

00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:00.720
 right?

00:20:02.060 --> 00:20:03.000
 It's easy to fall

00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:03.820
 into the trap of

00:20:03.820 --> 00:20:05.519
 maybe looking down

00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:05.900
 on others

00:20:05.900 --> 00:20:06.700
 from time to time.

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 We see somebody

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 out in the world,

00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:10.779
 people that,

00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:11.400
 you know,

00:20:11.500 --> 00:20:13.559
 don't dress very nice,

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 people that don't

00:20:15.660 --> 00:20:16.880
 speak very nice,

00:20:17.299 --> 00:20:17.600
 right?

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 Whatever it is

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 about their appearance

00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:20.960
 that we may

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 or may not like,

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 it's easy for us

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 to judge them,

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 saying,

00:20:24.080 --> 00:20:24.980
 I don't want to be around them,

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 I don't want to talk to them,

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 I don't want to,

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 whatever.

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 But I think it's important

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 for us to remember

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 what Simon forgot.

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 And that's that

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 all of those people

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 are carrying a burden

00:20:37.679 --> 00:20:38.359
 of sin also.

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 And maybe what that person

00:20:41.159 --> 00:20:41.939
 really needs

00:20:41.939 --> 00:20:45.279
 is to see the grace

00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:46.179
 of Jesus Christ

00:20:46.179 --> 00:20:47.019
 in us

00:20:47.019 --> 00:20:48.179
 late in their life.

00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:50.599
 Simon, however,

00:20:50.639 --> 00:20:51.899
 was bold in his criticism.

00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:53.779
 I mean,

00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:54.579
 that's pretty brave.

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.939
 Jesus was the son of God.

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 And for Simon to sit there

00:20:59.159 --> 00:20:59.539
 and say,

00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:01.859
 what are you doing?

00:21:02.439 --> 00:21:03.220
 She's a sinner.

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 That's pretty bold.

00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:07.799
 sarcastic

00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:09.079
 and dismissive comment

00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:10.179
 of Christ's response

00:21:10.179 --> 00:21:10.679
 to the woman

00:21:10.679 --> 00:21:11.839
 is similar to the way

00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:13.779
 that Satan questioned

00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:14.299
 the word of God

00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:15.539
 in Genesis chapter 3.

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 Genesis chapter 3,

00:21:18.220 --> 00:21:19.019
 verses 1 through 4.

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 Satan had found Eve

00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:22.460
 in the garden

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 and convinced her

00:21:23.699 --> 00:21:24.759
 to question the word of God.

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 Since the beginning of time,

00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:27.159
 the devil has done

00:21:27.159 --> 00:21:28.559
 his best to question

00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:29.619
 the word of God,

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:31.159
 especially towards mankind.

00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:32.460
 Simon,

00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:34.279
 very similarly,

00:21:34.679 --> 00:21:35.759
 questioned Jesus' authority.

00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:37.559
 as he sarcastically judged

00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:38.140
 this woman.

00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:38.960
 She's a sinner.

00:21:40.859 --> 00:21:42.039
 It's interesting, though,

00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:44.160
 that Simon didn't stop

00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:44.779
 his criticism

00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:45.940
 with the woman,

00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:47.000
 did it?

00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:49.559
 Or stop his criticism

00:21:49.559 --> 00:21:50.039
 with Jesus.

00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:51.180
 He moved on to the woman.

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 That's letter B

00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.740
 in your handout.

00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:55.700
 Toward the woman.

00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:56.440
 The Pharisee

00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:57.980
 never saw the hope

00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:58.940
 that Jesus brought.

00:21:59.299 --> 00:21:59.539
 I mean,

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:01.039
 shouldn't it be that when

00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:03.079
 someone who is struggling

00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:03.619
 in life,

00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:04.219
 when we see them

00:22:04.219 --> 00:22:05.139
 getting close to God,

00:22:05.239 --> 00:22:05.959
 shouldn't we be happy

00:22:05.959 --> 00:22:06.379
 for them?

00:22:07.399 --> 00:22:08.659
 Not upset that they're

00:22:08.659 --> 00:22:09.759
 not wearing the right clothes

00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.439
 or maybe they haven't

00:22:10.439 --> 00:22:11.579
 taken a bath in a day or two.

00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:12.919
 We should be happy

00:22:12.919 --> 00:22:13.500
 that they're trying

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.299
 to get close to God

00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:15.119
 and encourage them

00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:16.159
 in every way we can.

00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:19.339
 Simon, however,

00:22:19.439 --> 00:22:21.239
 had never experienced

00:22:21.239 --> 00:22:22.439
 the grace-filled vision

00:22:22.439 --> 00:22:23.259
 that Jesus has

00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:24.399
 for all of mankind.

00:22:24.399 --> 00:22:25.799
 And he had never seen

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.399
 the change

00:22:26.919 --> 00:22:27.919
 that can happen

00:22:27.919 --> 00:22:28.739
 in someone's life

00:22:28.739 --> 00:22:29.439
 when they go to him.

00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:32.320
 People ask me,

00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:33.559
 there's so many religions

00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:34.120
 in the world.

00:22:34.860 --> 00:22:35.880
 What makes yours

00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:37.000
 the best?

00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:38.360
 What makes yours

00:22:38.360 --> 00:22:39.120
 the right one?

00:22:39.700 --> 00:22:40.240
 They respond,

00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:43.220
 Christianity is the only one

00:22:43.220 --> 00:22:44.320
 that changes people's lives.

00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:47.720
 It's the only one.

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:48.740
 The grace, however,

00:22:48.840 --> 00:22:50.000
 always has a vision

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:51.059
 for hope of change.

00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:52.940
 The Pharisees

00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:55.080
 only had a biased attitude.

00:22:56.559 --> 00:22:57.180
 James, too,

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:58.039
 admonishes us

00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:59.220
 to not have that type

00:22:59.220 --> 00:22:59.779
 of attitude.

00:23:00.139 --> 00:23:01.359
 James 2, 2-4.

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:03.279
 When people come to church,

00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:05.759
 if somebody comes,

00:23:06.599 --> 00:23:07.180
 take a bath,

00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:07.759
 comb their hair,

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:08.879
 we should be grateful.

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:09.559
 We should be happy.

00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:10.180
 We should be glad

00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:10.599
 they're there.

00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:12.500
 But if others come in

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:14.099
 that aren't like that,

00:23:14.899 --> 00:23:16.200
 we should be just as glad

00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:16.920
 to see them.

00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:19.079
 Just as glad.

00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:23.420
 I like how Jesus,

00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.440
 it took me a while

00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:25.180
 to realize this.

00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:27.099
 When Jesus went to minister,

00:23:27.099 --> 00:23:29.019
 he traveled all around

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:31.279
 the Holy Land,

00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:33.939
 he always went

00:23:33.939 --> 00:23:34.759
 to the regular people.

00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:37.919
 The riffraff,

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.459
 if you will.

00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.219
 Always.

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.500
 Maybe we should, too.

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:45.399
 The reason

00:23:45.399 --> 00:23:46.659
 is that the ground

00:23:46.659 --> 00:23:47.639
 at the cross is level,

00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:49.259
 and everybody

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:50.419
 matters to God.

00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:51.099
 Rich,

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:51.879
 poor,

00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:52.740
 tall,

00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:53.419
 short,

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:54.339
 as much as it hurts me

00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:54.899
 to say that.

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:57.059
 Everybody matters to God.

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.039
 So,

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:59.419
 what God wants us

00:23:59.419 --> 00:24:00.379
 to understand from that

00:24:00.379 --> 00:24:01.819
 is that everybody

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:03.059
 should matter to us also.

00:24:04.439 --> 00:24:05.379
 The Pharisee,

00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:07.039
 in his sarcasm

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:08.500
 and his disdain

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.559
 for Jesus doing it

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:10.359
 the wrong way,

00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:12.419
 failed to understand

00:24:12.419 --> 00:24:13.519
 the grace that Jesus

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:14.679
 was giving out that day.

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:16.459
 In Corinthians 5.17

00:24:16.459 --> 00:24:16.959
 says,

00:24:17.419 --> 00:24:17.740
 therefore,

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:19.559
 if any man be in Christ,

00:24:19.559 --> 00:24:20.259
 he is a

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:22.519
 new creature.

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:24.299
 Old things are passed away.

00:24:24.379 --> 00:24:24.659
 Behold,

00:24:24.779 --> 00:24:26.200
 all things become new.

00:24:26.599 --> 00:24:27.619
 And I hope that today,

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:28.099
 this morning,

00:24:28.139 --> 00:24:28.579
 you can say,

00:24:28.659 --> 00:24:29.179
 that's me.

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:31.240
 I've experienced

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.879
 the new

00:24:31.879 --> 00:24:32.740
 not.

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:35.179
 It's still available.

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:38.619
 You can have that today.

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:40.299
 You can experience

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:40.839
 the new.

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.919
 Jesus heard the proud rebuke,

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:44.299
 aimed at himself

00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:45.240
 and the woman,

00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:46.119
 who was,

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.519
 by the way,

00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:47.179
 repenting.

00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:49.860
 Jesus gave a spiritual answer

00:24:49.860 --> 00:24:50.700
 because Jesus

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:51.860
 always gives

00:24:51.860 --> 00:24:52.880
 a spiritual answer

00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:53.799
 to criticism.

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:56.320
 During the meal,

00:24:56.880 --> 00:24:57.779
 Jesus was observing

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:59.259
 everything around him.

00:25:00.580 --> 00:25:01.279
 And as the woman

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:02.440
 was washing his feet,

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:04.519
 he heard the Pharisee

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:05.539
 speak to himself

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:06.640
 and question

00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:07.820
 his deity.

00:25:09.320 --> 00:25:10.500
 And in that question,

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:11.840
 Simon was saying,

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.900
 you can't be God

00:25:13.900 --> 00:25:14.420
 because you're not

00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:14.920
 doing it right.

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:15.960
 You can't be God

00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:16.580
 because you're not

00:25:16.580 --> 00:25:17.160
 doing it the way

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:18.380
 that we were taught.

00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:20.860
 That's not how

00:25:20.860 --> 00:25:22.080
 we deal with sinners.

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.779
 Jesus chose

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.960
 to give the spiritual answer

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:26.540
 in the form of a parable.

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:28.560
 Look at verse number 40.

00:25:30.620 --> 00:25:31.180
 And Jesus,

00:25:31.540 --> 00:25:32.040
 answering

00:25:32.040 --> 00:25:34.640
 Simon's thoughts,

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:36.060
 said unto him,

00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:36.420
 Simon,

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.640
 I have somewhat

00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:38.440
 to say unto thee.

00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:39.660
 And he saith,

00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:40.279
 Master,

00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:41.120
 say on.

00:25:41.800 --> 00:25:42.660
 So I'm thinking,

00:25:42.860 --> 00:25:43.800
 as I'm studying this,

00:25:43.840 --> 00:25:44.680
 I'm thinking to myself,

00:25:45.600 --> 00:25:46.880
 Simon had invited Jesus,

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.400
 over for dinner.

00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:50.260
 And when you invite

00:25:50.260 --> 00:25:51.120
 somebody over to your house

00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:51.520
 for dinner,

00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:52.700
 you want to,

00:25:52.840 --> 00:25:53.180
 obviously,

00:25:53.540 --> 00:25:53.960
 you want to have

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.840
 some type of conversation

00:25:54.840 --> 00:25:55.180
 with them,

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.800
 you want to learn

00:25:55.800 --> 00:25:56.680
 something from them,

00:25:56.760 --> 00:25:56.980
 right?

00:25:57.020 --> 00:25:57.920
 That happens all the time.

00:25:58.300 --> 00:25:58.920
 People say,

00:25:59.060 --> 00:25:59.340
 Lance,

00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:00.240
 you can fix furnaces.

00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:01.380
 Why don't you come over

00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:02.260
 for supper some night?

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.600
 And I know there's a lot

00:26:03.600 --> 00:26:04.020
 of you that have

00:26:04.020 --> 00:26:04.840
 experienced that,

00:26:05.300 --> 00:26:05.620
 right?

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:06.580
 So,

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:08.900
 it's not surprising,

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:11.120
 Simon wasn't surprised,

00:26:11.320 --> 00:26:12.620
 that Jesus would have

00:26:12.620 --> 00:26:13.660
 something to say to him.

00:26:13.660 --> 00:26:15.620
 But I would imagine

00:26:15.620 --> 00:26:16.640
 that what he said

00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:17.120
 to him

00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:20.080
 probably did surprise him.

00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.140
 Now,

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:22.560
 I don't know,

00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:23.500
 I'm speculating here,

00:26:23.580 --> 00:26:23.779
 right?

00:26:24.040 --> 00:26:24.220
 So,

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:26.440
 this is a side note.

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.540
 My speculation

00:26:27.540 --> 00:26:28.779
 is that

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:30.460
 Simon wanted to have,

00:26:30.580 --> 00:26:30.940
 you know,

00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:32.200
 deep conversations

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:33.900
 about things

00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:34.380
 of the Bible,

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:35.240
 right?

00:26:35.360 --> 00:26:36.240
 Jesus is going to go around

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:37.140
 teaching these things,

00:26:37.540 --> 00:26:37.820
 you know,

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:39.040
 so Simon's going to ask him

00:26:39.040 --> 00:26:39.820
 all these big questions

00:26:39.820 --> 00:26:40.400
 because he knows,

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:40.900
 he's a man,

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:41.660
 he knows everything,

00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:41.880
 right?

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.940
 He's studied all these years,

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:44.040
 he's a Pharisee.

00:26:45.040 --> 00:26:46.320
 He knows everything

00:26:46.320 --> 00:26:47.080
 about all of it.

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.680
 He's going to ask

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:49.200
 these questions.

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:50.660
 So,

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:51.560
 I wonder if Simon

00:26:51.560 --> 00:26:52.759
 was taken by surprise

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:54.160
 when Jesus said,

00:26:55.820 --> 00:26:56.660
 in verse 41,

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.820
 there was a certain

00:26:57.820 --> 00:26:58.620
 creditor which had

00:26:58.620 --> 00:26:59.400
 two debtors.

00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:01.460
 The one owed 500 pence,

00:27:01.540 --> 00:27:02.200
 the other 50.

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.820
 And when they had

00:27:03.820 --> 00:27:04.440
 nothing to pay,

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:05.400
 he frankly forgave

00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:07.200
 them both.

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.279
 Therefore,

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.279
 tell me therefore,

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:09.900
 which of them

00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:10.820
 will love him the most?

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.380
 So,

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:12.860
 the parable

00:27:12.860 --> 00:27:14.080
 has been announced.

00:27:15.040 --> 00:27:15.940
 And it was directed

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:16.460
 at Simon.

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:16.980
 Simon,

00:27:17.080 --> 00:27:17.600
 I have somewhat

00:27:17.600 --> 00:27:18.360
 to say unto thee.

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.680
 Jesus wanted to show

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:20.740
 Simon the difference

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:22.200
 between Simon's hard heart

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:23.140
 and the woman's

00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:23.880
 penitent heart.

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:25.340
 And the parable

00:27:25.340 --> 00:27:26.680
 itself had three thoughts.

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.480
 First thought

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.440
 was the debt of finance.

00:27:29.040 --> 00:27:29.460
 So,

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:30.140
 we hear about debt

00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:30.960
 all the time,

00:27:31.320 --> 00:27:31.519
 right?

00:27:31.560 --> 00:27:32.340
 Our national debt

00:27:32.340 --> 00:27:33.400
 is so big,

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:34.200
 I can't even say

00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:35.220
 how big the number is.

00:27:36.800 --> 00:27:36.980
 What,

00:27:37.040 --> 00:27:37.620
 every American,

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.120
 every man,

00:27:38.120 --> 00:27:38.300
 woman,

00:27:38.340 --> 00:27:39.060
 and child in America

00:27:39.060 --> 00:27:39.600
 is on the hook

00:27:39.600 --> 00:27:39.900
 for what,

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:40.940
 130 grand

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.820
 if we were to pay it off

00:27:41.820 --> 00:27:42.120
 today?

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:45.100
 Four people in my family,

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:46.000
 I don't have a half

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.720
 million dollars.

00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:52.539
 In Jesus' parable,

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:52.820
 though,

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:53.759
 both of the people

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.360
 were in debt.

00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:55.279
 So,

00:27:55.360 --> 00:27:55.960
 a pence was about

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.580
 a day's wages

00:27:56.580 --> 00:27:57.360
 during that time.

00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:59.740
 One man in this parable

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:01.059
 owed 500 pence,

00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:02.779
 the other only owed 50.

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:05.019
 They both felt

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:05.759
 this heavy

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.859
 bondage of debt,

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:08.139
 but the one

00:28:08.139 --> 00:28:08.899
 who owed more

00:28:08.899 --> 00:28:10.319
 felt the greater burden.

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:13.079
 However,

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:14.240
 the creditor

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:15.680
 forgave both

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.299
 of the debts.

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.119
 So,

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:19.099
 the gift of forgiveness.

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:19.859
 So,

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.539
 whenever forgiveness

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.099
 happens,

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:22.960
 it's a gift

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:24.059
 because you can't

00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:24.639
 earn forgiveness.

00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:27.720
 You can't buy forgiveness.

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:30.400
 It can only be given.

00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:33.279
 Those who have

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:33.819
 experienced

00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:34.779
 much forgiveness

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.799
 appreciate it

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.839
 and understand it

00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:37.480
 to be the gift

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:39.380
 of what the gift is.

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:40.480
 When Paul discovered

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:41.579
 the forgiveness of God

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:42.519
 after he had murdered

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.839
 scores of Christians,

00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:46.140
 he understood

00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:47.039
 that the forgiveness

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.579
 he enjoyed

00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:48.940
 was a precious gift.

00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:50.720
 1 Corinthians 15,

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:53.100
 verse number 10 says,

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.600
 By the grace of God,

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:55.799
 I am what I am.

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:57.360
 And his grace,

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:58.579
 which was bestowed upon me,

00:28:58.680 --> 00:28:59.620
 was not in vain,

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:00.660
 but I labored

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:02.279
 more abundantly

00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:03.339
 than they all,

00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:04.160
 yet not I,

00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:05.420
 but the grace of God,

00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:06.600
 which was with me.

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:08.420
 Forgiveness is a powerful,

00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:09.640
 powerful idea.

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:13.160
 Carl Meiniger

00:29:13.160 --> 00:29:15.480
 was a famed

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:16.539
 American psychiatrist

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:17.740
 of the 20th century.

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.839
 And he believed

00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:20.700
 that if he could

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.360
 convince his

00:29:21.360 --> 00:29:22.519
 psychiatric patients

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:24.080
 that their sins

00:29:24.080 --> 00:29:24.740
 were forgiven,

00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:26.860
 75% of them

00:29:26.860 --> 00:29:27.299
 would be able

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:27.980
 to walk out

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:29.039
 the very next day.

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:30.180
 Because when someone

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:31.860
 experiences great forgiveness,

00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:33.920
 he understands

00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:35.140
 how amazing

00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:36.100
 of a gift it is.

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:39.500
 And he understands

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:40.299
 his chains

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:41.779
 that once bound him

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:43.819
 are now loosed.

00:29:44.600 --> 00:29:45.759
 Now he's free.

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:48.720
 Most of us

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.319
 have a mortgage.

00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:51.079
 How wonderful

00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:51.700
 would it be?

00:29:53.439 --> 00:29:54.319
 Free house.

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:55.659
 And I think

00:29:55.659 --> 00:29:56.539
 that's the appeal

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:57.339
 of the lottery,

00:29:57.579 --> 00:29:57.859
 right?

00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:00.700
 To get out of debt,

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.919
 instant

00:30:01.919 --> 00:30:03.759
 start over.

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:05.119
 So apply that.

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:07.799
 If we apply

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.980
 that perspective

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:09.779
 to our sin,

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:11.519
 what does it mean?

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:14.240
 The bigger the debt,

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:16.380
 the bigger the gift.

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:18.680
 As the woman

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:19.319
 washed the feet

00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:19.779
 of Jesus,

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:21.140
 she probably felt

00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:22.640
 very thankful

00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:23.440
 for his forgiveness.

00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:24.859
 Her actions

00:30:24.859 --> 00:30:25.319
 showed it,

00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:25.759
 didn't they?

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:28.500
 She had been

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:28.940
 forgiven

00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:30.279
 of much debt.

00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:32.480
 And for that,

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.079
 she was grateful.

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.039
 You know,

00:30:35.120 --> 00:30:35.819
 Jesus had never

00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:36.259
 told her

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.980
 how to serve him.

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:38.620
 She never said,

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.000
 okay.

00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:40.759
 He didn't turn

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.200
 to her and say,

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:41.519
 yep,

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:42.500
 you know,

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:43.759
 for what I've done

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:44.359
 for you,

00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:45.740
 you need to

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:47.660
 do this.

00:30:49.779 --> 00:30:50.339
 Because that's

00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:51.039
 not how God works.

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.740
 Because then the debt

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:54.160
 isn't paid,

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:54.500
 is it?

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:56.940
 Yep.

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.900
 She did what she did

00:30:58.900 --> 00:31:00.000
 out of pure love.

00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:02.279
 So next we see

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:03.460
 the debt of love.

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:05.519
 The one who was

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:06.299
 forgiven more

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:07.340
 loved more.

00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:09.160
 What was once,

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.700
 what had once

00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:11.519
 been a debt of money

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:12.680
 became a debt

00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:13.380
 of love.

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.799
 You know,

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.519
 when we recognize

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:17.079
 how great

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:19.559
 the sin

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.039
 that we have

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.680
 in our lives,

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:22.880
 we'll recognize

00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:23.579
 how great

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:24.759
 forgiveness is.

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.559
 And our response

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:27.160
 will be love.

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:28.500
 Our desire

00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:29.079
 to serve the Lord

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:30.019
 should not be

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:30.880
 out of duty,

00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:32.319
 but because

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:33.160
 of that love.

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:35.519
 because when we

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.360
 consider all

00:31:36.360 --> 00:31:36.880
 that Christ

00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:37.360
 has done

00:31:37.360 --> 00:31:38.120
 for us,

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.660
 for me,

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:41.860
 should move us

00:31:41.860 --> 00:31:42.539
 to want to serve him.

00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:44.180
 The woman knew

00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:44.819
 she was a sinner,

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:46.380
 but she also knew

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:48.000
 the Lord had forgiven

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:49.120
 all of her sin.

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.240
 But we can't let

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:51.380
 our motivation

00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:51.920
 for service

00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:52.519
 be the chains

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:53.240
 of bondage either,

00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:53.700
 can we?

00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:56.660
 Some legalistic thing.

00:31:58.860 --> 00:31:59.640
 We don't have

00:31:59.640 --> 00:32:00.079
 to do anything

00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:00.960
 to gain the acceptance

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:01.539
 of God.

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:02.840
 We're saved.

00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:03.480
 We're forgiven.

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.519
 That's it.

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.439
 When you come

00:32:07.439 --> 00:32:07.859
 to a point

00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:08.579
 in which you realize

00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:09.480
 that God brought you

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.480
 out of a sinful state

00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:11.779
 and freed us

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:13.439
 from our sin,

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:15.779
 our life can change.

00:32:16.459 --> 00:32:17.240
 Not can.

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:18.119
 It does.

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:19.639
 And we don't serve God

00:32:19.639 --> 00:32:20.439
 because we have to.

00:32:21.139 --> 00:32:21.879
 We serve him

00:32:21.879 --> 00:32:22.939
 because we want to.

00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:25.240
 2 Corinthians 5.14,

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:26.359
 the love of Christ

00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:27.440
 constraineth us

00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:30.059
 because we thus judge

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:31.480
 that if one died

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:32.019
 for all,

00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:34.039
 then we're all dead.

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:37.539
 That's why we serve God,

00:32:37.620 --> 00:32:37.920
 isn't it?

00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:39.799
 What great a way

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:40.759
 is there to serve

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:42.799
 with our lives

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:43.579
 and to forever say

00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:44.240
 thank you

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:45.579
 to the one

00:32:45.579 --> 00:32:46.059
 who gave us

00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:47.099
 hope of eternal life.

00:32:47.620 --> 00:32:47.940
 Next,

00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:49.380
 we see the parable applied.

00:32:50.260 --> 00:32:51.600
 So Jesus didn't forgive

00:32:51.600 --> 00:32:52.800
 this woman

00:32:52.800 --> 00:32:53.760
 just because she had

00:32:53.760 --> 00:32:54.700
 the most sins.

00:32:55.060 --> 00:32:55.240
 Right?

00:32:55.320 --> 00:32:56.260
 It's not a tally book.

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:59.440
 And you don't have to be

00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:00.320
 good to be saved.

00:33:00.860 --> 00:33:01.640
 Jesus forgave

00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:02.120
 this woman.

00:33:04.360 --> 00:33:04.800
 Class,

00:33:05.360 --> 00:33:06.420
 who can tell me why?

00:33:07.840 --> 00:33:08.580
 Why did Jesus

00:33:08.580 --> 00:33:09.260
 forgive this woman?

00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:10.300
 Yeah,

00:33:10.380 --> 00:33:11.040
 she came to him.

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:14.159
 Jesus forgave

00:33:14.159 --> 00:33:14.500
 this woman

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:15.359
 because she repented.

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.839
 That's why.

00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:19.200
 And when we repent

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:20.079
 and ask,

00:33:20.399 --> 00:33:21.500
 Jesus always,

00:33:21.639 --> 00:33:22.259
 always,

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:23.819
 always says yes.

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:25.099
 She needed forgiveness.

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:27.899
 But you know what?

00:33:29.359 --> 00:33:30.680
 No one can receive

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:31.099
 forgiveness

00:33:31.099 --> 00:33:32.299
 until they have first

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:32.920
 acknowledged

00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:34.200
 their need for it.

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.359
 Right?

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:37.960
 None of us

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:39.159
 can receive forgiveness

00:33:39.159 --> 00:33:40.720
 until we acknowledge

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.660
 that we need it.

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:44.259
 Notice how the events

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:45.480
 unfolded after Jesus

00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:46.700
 gave the parable

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:47.920
 in verse 44.

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:48.900
 And he turned

00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:49.360
 to the woman

00:33:49.360 --> 00:33:51.519
 and said unto Simon,

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:54.079
 Seest thou this woman?

00:33:54.339 --> 00:33:55.500
 I entered into thy house.

00:33:55.620 --> 00:33:56.100
 Thou gavest me

00:33:56.100 --> 00:33:57.019
 no water for my feet,

00:33:57.100 --> 00:33:58.579
 but she hath washed

00:33:58.579 --> 00:33:59.579
 my feet with tears

00:33:59.579 --> 00:34:00.480
 and wiped them

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:01.420
 with the hairs of her head.

00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:02.779
 Thou gavest me no kiss,

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:03.700
 but this woman

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.980
 since the time I came in

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:06.059
 hath not ceased

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:06.920
 to kiss my feet.

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:07.940
 My head with oil

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:08.980
 thou didst not anoint,

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:10.039
 but this woman

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.699
 hath anointed my feet.

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:11.599
 feet with ointment.

00:34:12.919 --> 00:34:13.980
 Wherefore I say unto thee,

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:14.980
 her sins which are many

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:15.579
 are forgiven,

00:34:16.759 --> 00:34:17.899
 for she loved much.

00:34:18.299 --> 00:34:19.099
 But to whom little

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:19.619
 is forgiven,

00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:20.699
 the same loveth little.

00:34:21.359 --> 00:34:22.259
 And he said unto her,

00:34:22.879 --> 00:34:24.239
 Thy sins are forgiven.

00:34:24.819 --> 00:34:25.659
 Simon showed

00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:26.719
 no humility,

00:34:27.239 --> 00:34:27.939
 and the woman

00:34:27.939 --> 00:34:29.599
 showed great humility.

00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:31.679
 However,

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:35.039
 Jesus always forgives

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:35.759
 the repentant.

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:38.039
 And he can do this

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:39.840
 because he's the son of God.

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:41.800
 This is the theological

00:34:41.800 --> 00:34:43.099
 crux of this passage.

00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:44.460
 How does a person

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:45.139
 find forgiveness?

00:34:46.579 --> 00:34:47.480
 If Jesus Christ

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:48.019
 can

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:49.440
 and does

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:50.239
 forgive sins,

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:50.800
 he is indeed

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:51.460
 the son of God,

00:34:51.699 --> 00:34:53.000
 not just a common man,

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:53.960
 not just a prophet,

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:55.179
 not just a good guy.

00:34:56.820 --> 00:34:57.639
 Because one of the

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:59.139
 attributes of deity

00:34:59.139 --> 00:34:59.759
 is the power

00:34:59.759 --> 00:35:00.679
 to forgive sin.

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:01.599
 The Pharisees

00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:02.039
 did not comprehend

00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:03.500
 that Christ

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:04.659
 had this power.

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:06.119
 So many deny

00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:07.000
 that Jesus is God,

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:07.699
 but the truth

00:35:07.699 --> 00:35:09.259
 is that this truth

00:35:09.259 --> 00:35:10.159
 that Jesus is God

00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:10.980
 is the bedrock

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:12.119
 of our Christian faith.

00:35:12.299 --> 00:35:13.719
 Because Jesus is God,

00:35:13.799 --> 00:35:14.739
 he alone can take away

00:35:14.739 --> 00:35:15.579
 the sins of the world.

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:16.879
 Isn't it wonderful

00:35:16.879 --> 00:35:19.399
 that we don't have to go

00:35:19.399 --> 00:35:20.000
 to a man

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.879
 for forgiveness?

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:22.279
 Isn't it wonderful

00:35:22.279 --> 00:35:25.000
 that we don't have to pay

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.779
 for our forgiveness?

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:27.460
 We don't have to

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:28.159
 buy our way

00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:28.679
 into heaven?

00:35:29.359 --> 00:35:30.599
 Or that our family

00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:31.219
 doesn't have to

00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:31.699
 buy our way

00:35:31.699 --> 00:35:32.159
 into heaven?

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:33.039
 Just saying,

00:35:33.299 --> 00:35:34.099
 if that was the case,

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:35.000
 I wouldn't make it.

00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:37.059
 You guys see my house?

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:38.420
 I'm not going to make it.

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:39.619
 Here was a woman

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:40.339
 with repentance

00:35:40.339 --> 00:35:41.460
 and faith toward Christ,

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:42.719
 and she was saved

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:43.779
 from her sins.

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:45.159
 The Pharisee

00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:46.299
 would not even acknowledge

00:35:46.299 --> 00:35:47.759
 the worth of that woman.

00:35:48.819 --> 00:35:49.500
 Isn't that interesting?

00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:52.239
 Christ came to save everybody,

00:35:52.299 --> 00:35:52.839
 and the Pharisee,

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:53.420
 all he could see

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:53.880
 was a sinner.

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:55.500
 May we never lose sight

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:56.900
 of what Jesus did for us

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:58.339
 to save us from our sins.

00:35:59.219 --> 00:36:01.079
 And as we consider forgiveness,

00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:02.480
 I hope that we all

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:03.279
 also decide

00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:04.000
 to never become

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.880
 like the Pharisee

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:06.620
 who looked at sinners

00:36:06.620 --> 00:36:07.280
 and saw them

00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:08.180
 for what they were

00:36:08.180 --> 00:36:10.300
 and not what they could be.

00:36:12.080 --> 00:36:12.560
 I mean,

00:36:12.580 --> 00:36:13.220
 that's a great truth

00:36:13.220 --> 00:36:14.120
 I have in my life.

00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:15.040
 I like to think

00:36:15.040 --> 00:36:15.800
 that even at

00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:18.260
 a little past middle age,

00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:19.620
 I can still be something.

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:21.740
 I still have potential.

00:36:22.060 --> 00:36:23.380
 I still have things to do.

00:36:23.660 --> 00:36:24.340
 I hope we all

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:25.440
 look at each other that way,

00:36:26.100 --> 00:36:27.400
 of what we could be

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:28.340
 and not what we are.

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:29.720
 In every life

00:36:29.720 --> 00:36:30.400
 where sin abounds,

00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:31.980
 grace more abundantly

00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:32.680
 abounds.

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:34.440
 So let's refuse

00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:35.860
 to be a judgmental Pharisee

00:36:35.860 --> 00:36:36.680
 who does not see

00:36:36.680 --> 00:36:37.579
 how people can be

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:38.740
 redeemed from their sin.

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:41.180
 Pray for the Lord

00:36:41.180 --> 00:36:41.960
 to work on the hearts

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.380
 of sinners

00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:43.300
 so they may find

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:44.000
 the forgiveness

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:45.720
 that you yourself

00:36:45.720 --> 00:36:46.380
 may have found.

00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:47.460
 As we consider

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:48.519
 the forgiveness of Jesus,

00:36:48.680 --> 00:36:49.460
 may we all remember

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:50.240
 the reason

00:36:50.240 --> 00:36:52.260
 why we do what we do.

00:36:52.660 --> 00:36:53.860
 We do not have to do anything

00:36:53.860 --> 00:36:55.280
 to gain God's acceptance

00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:56.340
 or his love.

00:36:56.780 --> 00:36:57.380
 He loves us

00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:58.380
 just the way we are

00:36:58.380 --> 00:36:59.579
 and there's nothing

00:36:59.579 --> 00:36:59.980
 we can do

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.500
 to make him

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:01.519
 love us any more

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:02.260
 or any less

00:37:02.260 --> 00:37:03.200
 than he already does.

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:04.519
 Our motivation

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:05.000
 for service

00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:05.480
 should not be

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:06.140
 out of fear or duty

00:37:06.140 --> 00:37:07.360
 but out of the love

00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:08.059
 and the joy

00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:09.240
 that he's given to us.

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:11.700
 As we consider forgiveness,

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.559
 may we consider

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:14.260
 where we were

00:37:14.260 --> 00:37:15.400
 before he saved us.

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:17.260
 Like the woman

00:37:17.260 --> 00:37:18.059
 in this passage,

00:37:18.780 --> 00:37:20.059
 we all carry

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:20.820
 burdens of sin

00:37:20.820 --> 00:37:23.119
 and sometimes

00:37:23.119 --> 00:37:23.780
 the burden

00:37:23.780 --> 00:37:24.480
 is so heavy

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:25.619
 that we're bound

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:26.559
 and controlled by it.

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:29.380
 The Bible teaches,

00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:29.700
 however,

00:37:29.820 --> 00:37:31.000
 that before we were saved,

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:31.740
 we were slaves

00:37:31.740 --> 00:37:33.039
 to that sin.

00:37:33.500 --> 00:37:34.460
 Romans chapter 6,

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:35.019
 verse 17,

00:37:35.099 --> 00:37:35.840
 but God be thanked

00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:36.619
 that you were

00:37:36.619 --> 00:37:37.500
 the servants of sin

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:38.619
 but you have obeyed

00:37:38.619 --> 00:37:39.059
 from the heart

00:37:39.059 --> 00:37:39.880
 that form of doctrine

00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:41.079
 which was delivered you.

00:37:41.480 --> 00:37:42.460
 Being then made free

00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:42.960
 from sin,

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.840
 you became the servants

00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:44.539
 of righteousness.

00:37:45.980 --> 00:37:47.280
 So Jesus freed us

00:37:47.280 --> 00:37:48.340
 from our sin debt

00:37:48.340 --> 00:37:50.019
 and he made us

00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:50.480
 the servants

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:51.099
 of righteousness.

00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:53.099
 You know what that means?

00:37:53.660 --> 00:37:54.519
 We don't have

00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:55.280
 to sin anymore.

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:56.400
 After we're saved,

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:57.300
 sin's now

00:37:57.300 --> 00:37:57.680
 choice,

00:37:58.280 --> 00:37:59.780
 but we have freedom

00:37:59.780 --> 00:38:01.039
 through his forgiveness.

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:05.940
 Let's pray together.

00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:06.159
 for heaven.