WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.560 Who is Jesus of Nazareth? 00:00:08.939 --> 00:00:09.919 Who is He? 00:00:12.339 --> 00:00:15.080 Well, whoever He is, He can't ride the fence. 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:20.240 Jesus of Nazareth calls for a response. 00:00:20.359 --> 00:00:21.719 You will either deny Him, 00:00:22.600 --> 00:00:26.359 whether that's blatant or not so blatant, 00:00:26.359 --> 00:00:28.699 or you'll live for Him. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:31.579 Everything you've got for Him. 00:00:33.280 --> 00:00:35.140 Jesus calls for a response. 00:00:35.420 --> 00:00:38.439 And to learn who Jesus of Nazareth claims to be, 00:00:38.539 --> 00:00:39.939 we turn to the Gospels. 00:00:41.299 --> 00:00:43.000 The Gospels are books of the Bible 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:44.700 that provide historical accounts 00:00:44.700 --> 00:00:47.460 of the life, teaching, miracles, 00:00:47.780 --> 00:00:51.079 death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:52.460 So, if we're going to ask, 00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:53.439 who is Jesus? 00:00:54.159 --> 00:00:55.519 We turn to the Gospels. 00:00:55.519 --> 00:00:56.820 If you would open up your Bibles 00:00:56.820 --> 00:01:00.179 and turn to the Gospel of Luke 7. 00:01:00.659 --> 00:01:03.480 The Gospel of Luke 7. 00:01:04.159 --> 00:01:06.700 This morning, I want to get you 00:01:06.700 --> 00:01:09.239 to an unforgettable dinner party. 00:01:11.239 --> 00:01:12.260 It's awesome. 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:16.439 It took place in the house of a guy named Simon. 00:01:17.799 --> 00:01:18.819 And I want you there 00:01:18.819 --> 00:01:21.460 because we learned the answer to the question, 00:01:21.979 --> 00:01:22.699 who is Jesus? 00:01:23.459 --> 00:01:25.219 Who is this Jesus of Nazareth? 00:01:25.679 --> 00:01:26.959 And what we're also going to see 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:30.399 are two very different responses to Jesus. 00:01:32.039 --> 00:01:35.280 First, let's go back to 1st century Judea. 00:01:36.379 --> 00:01:37.819 So, turning to Luke 7. 00:01:38.439 --> 00:01:39.919 I want to help you see some things. 00:01:39.979 --> 00:01:40.780 What I'm going to do right now 00:01:40.780 --> 00:01:43.319 is just kind of walk you through Luke 7. 00:01:43.399 --> 00:01:44.119 I'm not going to read it. 00:01:44.159 --> 00:01:45.639 I'm just going to kind of skip through it. 00:01:45.699 --> 00:01:47.060 You just follow along with me. 00:01:47.679 --> 00:01:48.019 You ready? 00:01:49.019 --> 00:01:49.579 Let's go. 00:01:49.579 --> 00:01:53.500 Now, if we showed up, 00:01:53.539 --> 00:01:54.539 if we got in a time machine 00:01:54.539 --> 00:01:56.840 and went back to Judea, 1st century, 00:01:57.359 --> 00:01:59.480 we would find ourselves in an area 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:02.299 that was buzzing with news of Jesus. 00:02:02.679 --> 00:02:03.640 Who is this guy? 00:02:03.859 --> 00:02:04.859 There's a lot going on. 00:02:06.539 --> 00:02:09.219 Well, we hear that Jesus has just heard 00:02:09.219 --> 00:02:12.139 or healed the servant of a Roman centurion. 00:02:12.259 --> 00:02:14.340 That's chapter 7, 1 through 10. 00:02:15.500 --> 00:02:17.219 The servant was at the point of death 00:02:17.219 --> 00:02:19.680 and we hear that Jesus just healed him 00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:20.819 from a distance. 00:02:21.259 --> 00:02:22.080 From a distance! 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:25.500 Who is this guy? 00:02:26.780 --> 00:02:28.340 And then we hear that this Jesus, 00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:30.520 while in a town called Nain, 00:02:30.719 --> 00:02:33.599 you'll see this in chapter 7, verses 11 through 17, 00:02:34.020 --> 00:02:36.219 he comes across a funeral procession 00:02:36.219 --> 00:02:37.039 of a young man. 00:02:37.039 --> 00:02:42.539 Well, he was the only son of a widow. 00:02:43.659 --> 00:02:47.139 And so this widow's social security 00:02:47.139 --> 00:02:49.199 just died with her boy. 00:02:50.280 --> 00:02:53.079 So Jesus comes along this funeral procession, 00:02:53.219 --> 00:02:54.099 sees the mom, 00:02:54.459 --> 00:02:55.599 has compassion on her, 00:02:55.699 --> 00:02:57.259 goes right up to this dead boy 00:02:57.259 --> 00:02:57.899 and says, 00:02:58.959 --> 00:02:59.419 young man, 00:02:59.500 --> 00:03:00.239 I say to you, 00:03:00.399 --> 00:03:00.919 arise. 00:03:02.039 --> 00:03:02.719 And you know what happened? 00:03:03.379 --> 00:03:04.560 The young man sits up. 00:03:04.879 --> 00:03:06.079 It doesn't record what he said. 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:07.460 Who are you? 00:03:07.920 --> 00:03:08.380 We don't know. 00:03:08.940 --> 00:03:10.200 Are the Packers playing this afternoon? 00:03:10.400 --> 00:03:11.780 It doesn't say that. 00:03:12.420 --> 00:03:12.960 I'm hungry. 00:03:13.100 --> 00:03:14.340 Can you give me something to eat? 00:03:14.700 --> 00:03:16.100 It doesn't say anything like that. 00:03:16.360 --> 00:03:17.320 What we do read about 00:03:17.320 --> 00:03:18.920 is the response of everybody else. 00:03:19.880 --> 00:03:21.200 There's a prophet among us. 00:03:22.360 --> 00:03:23.380 God has visited us. 00:03:24.340 --> 00:03:25.040 There's fear. 00:03:25.700 --> 00:03:26.480 There's amazement. 00:03:26.860 --> 00:03:27.900 Who is this guy 00:03:27.900 --> 00:03:29.880 that just raised this young man 00:03:29.880 --> 00:03:30.439 from the dead 00:03:30.439 --> 00:03:32.760 and handed him back to his mother? 00:03:32.759 --> 00:03:35.379 Who is this guy? 00:03:37.139 --> 00:03:39.819 In Luke 7, 18-35, 00:03:40.099 --> 00:03:42.039 we see a very interesting interaction 00:03:42.039 --> 00:03:43.579 between Jesus 00:03:43.579 --> 00:03:45.639 and the disciples of John the Baptist. 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:47.159 John the Baptist 00:03:47.159 --> 00:03:48.459 sends a couple of his followers 00:03:48.459 --> 00:03:49.599 to Jesus to ask him, 00:03:49.739 --> 00:03:51.219 are you the one who is to come? 00:03:51.979 --> 00:03:53.180 Or shall we look for another? 00:03:53.399 --> 00:03:54.000 In other words, 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:56.060 who are you, Jesus? 00:03:57.239 --> 00:03:57.680 Specifically, 00:03:57.680 --> 00:04:00.640 are you the long-awaited Messiah? 00:04:01.800 --> 00:04:03.120 Are you the promised one 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:04.620 who would deliver God's people? 00:04:05.819 --> 00:04:07.099 And in 22 and 23, 00:04:07.240 --> 00:04:08.040 Jesus gives an answer. 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:08.540 He says, 00:04:09.260 --> 00:04:10.920 Go tell John, my cousin, 00:04:11.040 --> 00:04:11.780 go tell him 00:04:11.780 --> 00:04:13.420 the blind receive their sight, 00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:15.120 the lame walk, 00:04:15.420 --> 00:04:16.519 lepers are cleansed, 00:04:16.899 --> 00:04:17.960 the deaf hear, 00:04:18.180 --> 00:04:20.060 the dead are raised, 00:04:20.759 --> 00:04:22.060 the poor hear the good news 00:04:22.060 --> 00:04:22.680 preached to them, 00:04:22.759 --> 00:04:23.819 blessed is the one 00:04:23.819 --> 00:04:24.939 who is not offended by me. 00:04:25.879 --> 00:04:27.160 Sounds like Jesus is saying, 00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:27.900 yeah, I'm the one. 00:04:28.900 --> 00:04:29.380 I'm the one. 00:04:29.860 --> 00:04:31.800 I'm the long-anticipated one. 00:04:32.460 --> 00:04:33.700 And that brings us up 00:04:33.700 --> 00:04:35.000 to this amazing dinner party. 00:04:36.640 --> 00:04:38.840 It's just simply amazing. 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:40.360 Unforgettable. 00:04:40.720 --> 00:04:41.500 Let me read it for you. 00:04:41.680 --> 00:04:42.940 Verses 36-50. 00:04:43.740 --> 00:04:44.680 One of the Pharisees 00:04:44.680 --> 00:04:46.020 asked him to eat with him, 00:04:46.140 --> 00:04:47.400 asked Jesus to eat with him, 00:04:47.440 --> 00:04:48.360 and Jesus went into 00:04:48.360 --> 00:04:49.220 the Pharisee's house 00:04:49.220 --> 00:04:50.360 and took his place at the table. 00:04:51.140 --> 00:04:51.580 And behold, 00:04:51.620 --> 00:04:52.480 a woman of the city 00:04:52.480 --> 00:04:53.200 who was a sinner, 00:04:53.520 --> 00:04:54.580 when she learned 00:04:54.580 --> 00:04:55.460 that he was reclining 00:04:55.460 --> 00:04:55.940 at a table 00:04:55.940 --> 00:04:56.900 in the Pharisee's house, 00:04:57.160 --> 00:04:58.900 brought an alabaster flask 00:04:58.900 --> 00:04:59.420 of ointment. 00:04:59.780 --> 00:05:00.680 And standing behind him 00:05:00.680 --> 00:05:01.220 at his feet, 00:05:01.340 --> 00:05:01.660 weeping, 00:05:01.760 --> 00:05:03.020 she began to wet his feet 00:05:03.020 --> 00:05:03.660 with her tears 00:05:03.660 --> 00:05:04.820 and wipe them 00:05:04.820 --> 00:05:05.900 with the hair of her head 00:05:05.900 --> 00:05:07.100 and kissed his feet 00:05:07.100 --> 00:05:07.960 and anointed them 00:05:07.960 --> 00:05:09.320 with the ointment. 00:05:11.020 --> 00:05:12.380 Now when the Pharisee 00:05:12.380 --> 00:05:13.180 who had invited him 00:05:13.180 --> 00:05:13.800 saw this, 00:05:13.860 --> 00:05:14.840 he said to himself, 00:05:15.260 --> 00:05:16.600 if this man were a prophet, 00:05:16.760 --> 00:05:17.700 he would have known 00:05:17.700 --> 00:05:19.200 who and what sort of woman 00:05:19.200 --> 00:05:20.540 this is who is touching him, 00:05:20.600 --> 00:05:21.820 for she is a sinner. 00:05:21.819 --> 00:05:24.019 And Jesus answering, 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:24.779 said to him, 00:05:25.360 --> 00:05:25.680 Simon, 00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:26.540 I have something 00:05:26.540 --> 00:05:27.579 to say to you. 00:05:27.620 --> 00:05:28.120 And he said, 00:05:28.579 --> 00:05:29.439 say it, teacher. 00:05:30.779 --> 00:05:31.759 A certain money lender 00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:32.639 had two debtors. 00:05:32.920 --> 00:05:34.180 One owed 500 denarii, 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:35.259 the other 50. 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:36.779 One that could not pay, 00:05:36.879 --> 00:05:38.519 he canceled the debt of both. 00:05:39.079 --> 00:05:39.819 Now which of them 00:05:39.819 --> 00:05:40.699 will love him more? 00:05:40.899 --> 00:05:41.740 Simon answered, 00:05:42.240 --> 00:05:42.980 the one, 00:05:43.360 --> 00:05:43.819 I suppose, 00:05:45.279 --> 00:05:46.319 for whom he canceled 00:05:46.319 --> 00:05:47.180 the larger debt. 00:05:47.180 --> 00:05:49.740 And Jesus said to him, 00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:50.759 you have judged rightly. 00:05:51.620 --> 00:05:52.900 Then turning toward the woman, 00:05:52.980 --> 00:05:53.860 he said to Simon, 00:05:54.300 --> 00:05:55.319 do you see this woman 00:05:55.319 --> 00:05:56.319 I entered your house? 00:05:57.400 --> 00:05:59.120 But she has wet my feet 00:05:59.120 --> 00:05:59.519 with her, 00:05:59.780 --> 00:06:00.139 excuse me, 00:06:00.300 --> 00:06:01.120 I entered your house. 00:06:01.540 --> 00:06:02.319 You gave me no water 00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:02.960 for my feet, 00:06:03.160 --> 00:06:04.460 but she has wet my feet 00:06:04.460 --> 00:06:05.079 with her tears 00:06:05.079 --> 00:06:05.639 and wiped them 00:06:05.639 --> 00:06:06.120 with her hair. 00:06:06.780 --> 00:06:07.840 You gave me no kiss, 00:06:07.920 --> 00:06:08.620 but from the time 00:06:08.620 --> 00:06:09.259 I came in, 00:06:09.319 --> 00:06:10.180 she has not ceased 00:06:10.180 --> 00:06:11.319 to kiss my feet. 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:12.480 You did not anoint 00:06:12.480 --> 00:06:13.420 my head with oil, 00:06:13.500 --> 00:06:14.300 but she has anointed 00:06:14.300 --> 00:06:15.340 my feet with ointment. 00:06:15.740 --> 00:06:16.939 Therefore I tell you this, 00:06:17.180 --> 00:06:18.079 her sins, 00:06:18.220 --> 00:06:18.740 which are many, 00:06:19.220 --> 00:06:19.800 are forgiven. 00:06:20.639 --> 00:06:21.860 For she loved much, 00:06:22.819 --> 00:06:24.319 but he who is forgiven little 00:06:24.319 --> 00:06:25.439 loves little. 00:06:26.379 --> 00:06:27.379 And he said to her, 00:06:28.400 --> 00:06:29.780 your sins are forgiven. 00:06:30.860 --> 00:06:32.060 We'll finish off the rest 00:06:32.060 --> 00:06:32.579 in a little bit. 00:06:34.040 --> 00:06:35.060 Now you've got to understand 00:06:35.060 --> 00:06:36.040 some things culturally 00:06:36.040 --> 00:06:38.079 about first century Judea. 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:40.340 Typically when a dinner guest 00:06:40.340 --> 00:06:41.420 showed up at the home 00:06:41.420 --> 00:06:42.759 of someone in the first century, 00:06:43.220 --> 00:06:44.500 the guest would either 00:06:44.500 --> 00:06:45.500 be given water 00:06:45.500 --> 00:06:46.740 to wash his or her feet, 00:06:46.740 --> 00:06:47.540 or there would be 00:06:47.540 --> 00:06:48.280 a servant there 00:06:48.280 --> 00:06:49.740 to wash his or her feet. 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:51.379 It was a nasty thing 00:06:51.379 --> 00:06:52.699 walking around in sandals 00:06:52.699 --> 00:06:53.600 in the first century. 00:06:54.199 --> 00:06:55.180 It was pretty gross. 00:06:55.300 --> 00:06:56.340 And so they would come in, 00:06:56.400 --> 00:06:57.280 they would have their feet 00:06:57.280 --> 00:06:57.740 cleansed. 00:06:58.420 --> 00:06:59.199 It would have been 00:06:59.199 --> 00:06:59.939 very refreshing. 00:07:00.500 --> 00:07:02.240 It was just common courtesy 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:03.400 of the time. 00:07:04.040 --> 00:07:04.920 But it didn't happen 00:07:04.920 --> 00:07:06.379 to Jesus in Simon's house. 00:07:07.680 --> 00:07:08.720 Typically a guest 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:09.460 would be greeted 00:07:09.460 --> 00:07:10.920 with a kiss from the host. 00:07:11.780 --> 00:07:12.540 Common courtesy. 00:07:12.920 --> 00:07:14.199 The host is saying simply, 00:07:14.199 --> 00:07:14.959 welcome, 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:16.099 you're at peace here. 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:18.060 We didn't see that happen 00:07:18.060 --> 00:07:20.060 from Simon to Jesus. 00:07:21.279 --> 00:07:22.259 And typically a guest 00:07:22.259 --> 00:07:23.339 would be given a dab 00:07:23.339 --> 00:07:24.259 of olive oil 00:07:24.259 --> 00:07:25.099 on their forehead. 00:07:25.300 --> 00:07:26.099 It was fragrant, 00:07:26.539 --> 00:07:28.000 a gesture of welcome, 00:07:28.539 --> 00:07:29.259 common courtesy, 00:07:29.680 --> 00:07:31.219 but it did not happen 00:07:31.219 --> 00:07:32.620 in Simon's house. 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:34.599 When Jesus showed up 00:07:34.599 --> 00:07:35.899 to Simon's house, 00:07:36.339 --> 00:07:38.099 it was kind of icy. 00:07:38.100 --> 00:07:41.820 No common courtesy is here. 00:07:43.580 --> 00:07:44.620 Simon did not welcome 00:07:44.620 --> 00:07:46.120 Jesus into his house. 00:07:46.300 --> 00:07:48.840 Simon's self-righteous pride 00:07:48.840 --> 00:07:51.580 was suspicious of this Jesus. 00:07:52.860 --> 00:07:54.740 There was a power play going on 00:07:54.740 --> 00:07:55.860 around this table. 00:07:57.740 --> 00:07:59.360 Simon was guarded towards Jesus. 00:08:00.140 --> 00:08:02.260 Simon was distanced towards Jesus. 00:08:02.860 --> 00:08:05.240 And it was not an uncommon response 00:08:05.240 --> 00:08:06.700 to being in the presence 00:08:06.699 --> 00:08:08.039 of Jesus of Nazareth. 00:08:08.339 --> 00:08:09.979 But you could cut the tension 00:08:09.979 --> 00:08:10.759 with a knife. 00:08:12.639 --> 00:08:14.099 Now when Jesus took his place 00:08:14.099 --> 00:08:15.000 at Simon's table, 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:16.699 he did not pull up a chair. 00:08:17.399 --> 00:08:18.560 At Thanksgiving this Thursday, 00:08:18.920 --> 00:08:20.079 probably you'll be sitting 00:08:20.079 --> 00:08:20.560 in a chair. 00:08:20.860 --> 00:08:22.839 Not in the first century Judea. 00:08:22.899 --> 00:08:23.599 What they would do is 00:08:23.599 --> 00:08:24.519 there would be these 00:08:24.519 --> 00:08:25.659 lowered tables 00:08:25.659 --> 00:08:27.079 and you'd walk in 00:08:27.079 --> 00:08:28.480 and they would recline a table. 00:08:28.620 --> 00:08:29.379 So you'd recline 00:08:29.379 --> 00:08:30.339 on your left hand 00:08:30.339 --> 00:08:31.539 and then you would eat 00:08:31.539 --> 00:08:33.159 with your right feet 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:34.580 out away from the table 00:08:34.580 --> 00:08:35.340 because they're usually 00:08:35.340 --> 00:08:36.259 kind of stinky still. 00:08:36.700 --> 00:08:40.220 And so when Jesus comes, 00:08:41.220 --> 00:08:42.460 he takes his spot 00:08:42.460 --> 00:08:43.960 at the table 00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:46.900 with his feet still dirty. 00:08:49.280 --> 00:08:51.080 Then the real controversy 00:08:51.080 --> 00:08:51.800 breaks out. 00:08:54.160 --> 00:08:55.060 And you thought 00:08:55.060 --> 00:08:56.020 it was already tense. 00:08:58.259 --> 00:08:59.600 In verse 37, 00:08:59.740 --> 00:09:00.759 we read about someone 00:09:00.759 --> 00:09:01.480 walking in. 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:04.120 She's called 00:09:04.120 --> 00:09:05.040 a woman of the city. 00:09:05.039 --> 00:09:07.459 Most likely 00:09:07.459 --> 00:09:08.099 a prostitute. 00:09:09.860 --> 00:09:11.500 She walks into the room 00:09:11.500 --> 00:09:13.539 carrying an alabaster jar 00:09:13.539 --> 00:09:14.199 of perfume. 00:09:16.439 --> 00:09:17.360 She must have 00:09:17.360 --> 00:09:18.299 already heard 00:09:18.299 --> 00:09:18.980 Jesus preach. 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:21.099 She must have already 00:09:21.099 --> 00:09:22.099 been convinced 00:09:22.099 --> 00:09:23.139 of who this man is. 00:09:23.559 --> 00:09:24.779 Because she comes 00:09:24.779 --> 00:09:26.519 into this room, 00:09:26.819 --> 00:09:27.639 Simon's house, 00:09:28.360 --> 00:09:29.299 already believing. 00:09:30.319 --> 00:09:31.319 She's already convinced 00:09:31.319 --> 00:09:31.939 of this one 00:09:31.939 --> 00:09:32.919 reclining at table 00:09:32.919 --> 00:09:33.980 across from Simon. 00:09:33.980 --> 00:09:35.440 She already knows 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:36.440 something about him. 00:09:37.340 --> 00:09:38.840 She's already been forgiven. 00:09:39.840 --> 00:09:41.259 She's a changed person 00:09:41.259 --> 00:09:41.600 already. 00:09:41.960 --> 00:09:43.100 You can see that 00:09:43.100 --> 00:09:44.120 in what's about 00:09:44.120 --> 00:09:45.240 to take place. 00:09:46.320 --> 00:09:47.360 For this woman 00:09:47.360 --> 00:09:48.460 to walk into 00:09:48.460 --> 00:09:49.759 this man's house 00:09:49.759 --> 00:09:51.639 was courageous. 00:09:52.920 --> 00:09:54.360 We have a prostitute 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:56.779 in a Pharisee's house. 00:09:58.360 --> 00:10:00.220 Two very different people. 00:10:00.220 --> 00:10:02.840 very different people. 00:10:05.480 --> 00:10:06.720 Her faith 00:10:06.720 --> 00:10:08.160 in this man 00:10:08.160 --> 00:10:09.220 with the dirty feet 00:10:09.220 --> 00:10:11.680 was the reason 00:10:11.680 --> 00:10:12.940 why she had been 00:10:12.940 --> 00:10:14.300 cleaned from her dirt. 00:10:15.680 --> 00:10:16.800 She was coming 00:10:16.800 --> 00:10:17.600 to see Jesus. 00:10:18.899 --> 00:10:19.700 She was drawn 00:10:19.700 --> 00:10:20.160 to him. 00:10:21.500 --> 00:10:22.460 She wanted to be 00:10:22.460 --> 00:10:22.899 with him. 00:10:24.720 --> 00:10:25.879 She knew something 00:10:25.879 --> 00:10:26.519 about him 00:10:26.519 --> 00:10:28.179 that obviously 00:10:28.179 --> 00:10:29.299 Simon did not. 00:10:30.460 --> 00:10:31.179 She comes in 00:10:31.179 --> 00:10:31.740 and she stands 00:10:31.740 --> 00:10:32.500 behind Jesus 00:10:32.500 --> 00:10:33.639 and starts weeping. 00:10:33.720 --> 00:10:34.500 Now it seemed 00:10:34.500 --> 00:10:35.340 as though she walked 00:10:35.340 --> 00:10:36.019 in with this 00:10:36.019 --> 00:10:37.659 alabaster jar 00:10:37.659 --> 00:10:38.399 of perfume 00:10:38.399 --> 00:10:39.620 and her intention 00:10:39.620 --> 00:10:41.139 was just to simply 00:10:41.139 --> 00:10:42.419 anoint Jesus. 00:10:43.379 --> 00:10:44.439 And so she comes up 00:10:44.439 --> 00:10:45.139 and she comes up 00:10:45.139 --> 00:10:45.980 behind Jesus 00:10:45.980 --> 00:10:48.259 and she loses it. 00:10:48.939 --> 00:10:49.879 She loses it. 00:10:50.539 --> 00:10:51.639 She starts weeping 00:10:51.639 --> 00:10:53.240 uncontrolled. 00:10:53.240 --> 00:10:55.180 She loses it. 00:10:55.860 --> 00:10:57.360 She goes to plan B. 00:10:59.100 --> 00:11:00.480 Her big tears 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:00.879 are dripping 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:01.919 on Jesus' feet. 00:11:04.519 --> 00:11:05.639 She's overwhelmed. 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:06.720 She's overwhelmed 00:11:06.720 --> 00:11:07.440 with gratitude. 00:11:09.779 --> 00:11:10.399 And so then 00:11:10.399 --> 00:11:11.279 she does something 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:11.960 amazing. 00:11:14.080 --> 00:11:15.560 She lets down 00:11:15.560 --> 00:11:16.060 her hair. 00:11:19.060 --> 00:11:19.820 Simon would have 00:11:19.820 --> 00:11:21.639 been aghast. 00:11:21.639 --> 00:11:22.899 What? 00:11:22.899 --> 00:11:25.399 What is she doing? 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:27.620 Here's why. 00:11:29.139 --> 00:11:30.220 First century Judea 00:11:30.220 --> 00:11:32.039 only wives 00:11:32.039 --> 00:11:33.439 let down their hair 00:11:33.439 --> 00:11:34.199 for their husbands. 00:11:35.580 --> 00:11:36.259 It was a 00:11:36.259 --> 00:11:37.000 demonstration 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:38.240 of intimacy. 00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:40.699 This woman 00:11:40.699 --> 00:11:42.100 was just reaching 00:11:42.100 --> 00:11:42.600 for whatever 00:11:42.600 --> 00:11:43.360 she could grab 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:44.699 in order to wipe 00:11:44.699 --> 00:11:45.240 the tears 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:46.240 and clean the feet 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:47.100 of her savior. 00:11:49.100 --> 00:11:50.159 She had no 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:51.139 sexual intent. 00:11:51.639 --> 00:11:52.419 None whatsoever. 00:11:53.939 --> 00:11:54.819 She was using 00:11:54.819 --> 00:11:55.379 the only thing 00:11:55.379 --> 00:11:55.819 she had 00:11:55.819 --> 00:11:56.399 to wipe 00:11:56.399 --> 00:11:57.179 the dirty feet 00:11:57.179 --> 00:11:57.779 of her savior. 00:11:58.000 --> 00:11:58.559 Something that 00:11:58.559 --> 00:11:59.340 Simon wasn't 00:11:59.340 --> 00:12:00.199 intent on doing. 00:12:02.039 --> 00:12:02.720 And then she 00:12:02.720 --> 00:12:03.419 starts to kiss 00:12:03.419 --> 00:12:03.819 his feet. 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:06.419 Keep on kissing 00:12:06.419 --> 00:12:06.899 his feet. 00:12:09.539 --> 00:12:10.559 Then she pours 00:12:10.559 --> 00:12:11.139 out some of the 00:12:11.139 --> 00:12:11.960 perfume on his 00:12:11.960 --> 00:12:12.139 feet. 00:12:13.699 --> 00:12:14.480 The room 00:12:14.480 --> 00:12:15.259 would have been 00:12:15.259 --> 00:12:16.340 filled with 00:12:16.340 --> 00:12:17.019 the fragrance. 00:12:17.019 --> 00:12:20.879 this woman's 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:21.840 overwhelming 00:12:21.840 --> 00:12:22.720 gratitude 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:23.500 for what 00:12:23.500 --> 00:12:24.139 Christ 00:12:24.139 --> 00:12:25.240 had done 00:12:25.240 --> 00:12:25.899 for her 00:12:25.899 --> 00:12:26.939 brings 00:12:26.939 --> 00:12:27.460 an 00:12:27.460 --> 00:12:28.399 atmospheric 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:29.600 change 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:30.439 to 00:12:30.439 --> 00:12:31.740 the room. 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:35.059 It's got 00:12:35.059 --> 00:12:35.639 everything to do 00:12:35.639 --> 00:12:36.240 with this person 00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:36.579 Jesus. 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:38.419 It's got everything 00:12:38.419 --> 00:12:38.899 to do with him. 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:40.039 Was this like 00:12:40.039 --> 00:12:41.240 overly extravagant? 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:42.159 Was this woman 00:12:42.159 --> 00:12:43.379 kind of over the top? 00:12:43.379 --> 00:12:45.340 Not at all. 00:12:46.059 --> 00:12:46.600 Not at all. 00:12:47.759 --> 00:12:48.379 This was the 00:12:48.379 --> 00:12:49.460 right response 00:12:49.460 --> 00:12:50.159 of a woman 00:12:50.159 --> 00:12:51.299 who knew 00:12:51.299 --> 00:12:52.200 what she 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:52.679 had been 00:12:52.679 --> 00:12:53.799 forgiven of 00:12:53.799 --> 00:12:54.700 and knew 00:12:54.700 --> 00:12:55.340 who with 00:12:55.340 --> 00:12:56.179 some inclination 00:12:56.179 --> 00:12:56.980 of who this 00:12:56.980 --> 00:12:58.120 man must be. 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:02.240 verse 39 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:03.700 Simon is 00:13:03.700 --> 00:13:04.139 taking all 00:13:04.139 --> 00:13:04.539 of it in. 00:13:06.940 --> 00:13:07.539 And he's 00:13:07.539 --> 00:13:07.919 thinking to 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:08.419 himself 00:13:08.419 --> 00:13:09.860 if this 00:13:09.860 --> 00:13:10.620 man were 00:13:10.620 --> 00:13:11.220 a prophet 00:13:11.220 --> 00:13:12.679 he would 00:13:12.679 --> 00:13:13.500 have known 00:13:13.500 --> 00:13:13.960 who and 00:13:13.960 --> 00:13:14.440 what sort 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:14.799 of woman 00:13:14.799 --> 00:13:15.480 this is 00:13:15.480 --> 00:13:15.779 who is 00:13:15.779 --> 00:13:16.419 touching him 00:13:16.419 --> 00:13:17.620 for she 00:13:17.620 --> 00:13:17.879 is a 00:13:17.879 --> 00:13:18.080 sinner. 00:13:19.560 --> 00:13:20.200 In other 00:13:20.200 --> 00:13:20.480 words 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:21.659 he should 00:13:21.659 --> 00:13:22.080 have no 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:22.440 business 00:13:22.440 --> 00:13:22.879 with her. 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:25.840 The irony 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:26.259 is in 00:13:26.259 --> 00:13:27.039 verse 40 00:13:27.039 --> 00:13:27.579 Jesus 00:13:27.579 --> 00:13:27.879 knows 00:13:27.879 --> 00:13:28.219 exactly 00:13:28.219 --> 00:13:28.500 what he's 00:13:28.500 --> 00:13:28.719 thinking. 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:30.679 He is 00:13:30.679 --> 00:13:31.079 a prophet. 00:13:32.259 --> 00:13:32.839 He's 00:13:32.839 --> 00:13:33.360 more than 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:33.779 a prophet. 00:13:34.819 --> 00:13:35.459 Because not 00:13:35.459 --> 00:13:35.819 only does he 00:13:35.819 --> 00:13:36.079 know what 00:13:36.079 --> 00:13:36.519 this man's 00:13:36.519 --> 00:13:36.799 thinking 00:13:36.799 --> 00:13:37.899 he knows 00:13:37.899 --> 00:13:38.500 everything 00:13:38.500 --> 00:13:39.059 about this 00:13:39.059 --> 00:13:39.319 woman. 00:13:40.599 --> 00:13:41.360 And he 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:41.839 welcomes 00:13:41.839 --> 00:13:42.159 her. 00:13:43.539 --> 00:13:44.219 He does 00:13:44.219 --> 00:13:44.980 not flinch 00:13:44.980 --> 00:13:46.379 as she 00:13:46.379 --> 00:13:47.000 cleans 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:47.620 his feet. 00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:49.860 He welcomes 00:13:49.860 --> 00:13:50.159 her. 00:13:51.419 --> 00:13:52.000 Who is 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:52.679 this guy? 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:54.740 Who is 00:13:54.740 --> 00:13:55.019 he? 00:13:55.019 --> 00:13:57.199 Well 00:13:57.199 --> 00:13:57.879 Jesus 00:13:57.879 --> 00:13:58.279 seizes 00:13:58.279 --> 00:13:58.860 the moment 00:13:58.860 --> 00:13:59.759 as Simon 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:00.059 is 00:14:00.059 --> 00:14:00.840 Simonizing 00:14:00.840 --> 00:14:02.319 and he 00:14:02.319 --> 00:14:02.639 says 00:14:02.639 --> 00:14:03.019 hey 00:14:03.019 --> 00:14:03.360 Simon 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:03.679 I have 00:14:03.679 --> 00:14:03.939 something 00:14:03.939 --> 00:14:04.279 to say 00:14:04.279 --> 00:14:04.679 to you. 00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:06.939 Go 00:14:06.939 --> 00:14:07.379 right ahead 00:14:07.379 --> 00:14:07.740 teacher 00:14:07.740 --> 00:14:08.799 Simon 00:14:08.799 --> 00:14:09.220 says 00:14:09.220 --> 00:14:10.120 to which 00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:10.519 Jesus 00:14:10.519 --> 00:14:11.059 shares 00:14:11.059 --> 00:14:11.919 a parable. 00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:13.460 A 00:14:13.460 --> 00:14:14.000 parable 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:15.480 designed 00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:16.799 to explain 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:17.960 the overwhelming 00:14:17.960 --> 00:14:18.659 gratitude 00:14:18.659 --> 00:14:19.240 of this 00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:19.620 woman 00:14:19.620 --> 00:14:21.620 and it's 00:14:21.620 --> 00:14:22.220 designed 00:14:22.220 --> 00:14:23.500 to expose 00:14:23.500 --> 00:14:24.799 the hardness 00:14:24.799 --> 00:14:25.840 of heart 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:26.799 of Simon. 00:14:27.279 --> 00:14:27.759 His heart 00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:28.240 was about 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:28.700 as hard 00:14:28.700 --> 00:14:29.019 as the 00:14:29.019 --> 00:14:29.340 table 00:14:29.340 --> 00:14:29.580 that 00:14:29.580 --> 00:14:30.159 separated 00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:30.419 him 00:14:30.419 --> 00:14:30.620 from 00:14:30.620 --> 00:14:30.940 Jesus. 00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:34.039 Here's 00:14:34.039 --> 00:14:34.460 the parable. 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:35.799 A certain 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:36.259 money lender 00:14:36.259 --> 00:14:36.659 had two 00:14:36.659 --> 00:14:37.100 debtors. 00:14:38.080 --> 00:14:38.320 One 00:14:38.320 --> 00:14:38.820 debtor 00:14:38.820 --> 00:14:39.259 owed 00:14:39.259 --> 00:14:40.940 the equivalent 00:14:40.940 --> 00:14:41.480 of 20 00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:41.940 months of 00:14:41.940 --> 00:14:42.200 pay. 00:14:42.340 --> 00:14:42.740 The other 00:14:42.740 --> 00:14:43.419 two months 00:14:43.419 --> 00:14:43.879 of pay. 00:14:44.060 --> 00:14:44.320 One 00:14:44.320 --> 00:14:44.659 owed 00:14:44.659 --> 00:14:45.500 ten times 00:14:45.500 --> 00:14:45.940 as much 00:14:45.940 --> 00:14:46.220 as the 00:14:46.220 --> 00:14:46.480 other. 00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:47.960 To put it 00:14:47.960 --> 00:14:49.300 in our 00:14:49.300 --> 00:14:49.639 day 00:14:49.639 --> 00:14:50.259 figures. 00:14:50.379 --> 00:14:50.540 Let's 00:14:50.540 --> 00:14:50.700 say 00:14:50.700 --> 00:14:50.980 one 00:14:50.980 --> 00:14:51.320 owed 00:14:51.320 --> 00:14:52.840 $60,000 00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:53.519 and the 00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:53.759 other 00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:54.040 owed 00:14:54.040 --> 00:14:55.379 $6,000. 00:14:56.180 --> 00:14:56.620 That's 00:14:56.620 --> 00:14:57.220 quite a lot 00:14:57.220 --> 00:14:57.540 of money. 00:14:58.519 --> 00:14:58.879 60 00:14:58.879 --> 00:14:59.160 grand. 00:14:59.240 --> 00:14:59.379 That's 00:14:59.379 --> 00:14:59.740 a lot 00:14:59.740 --> 00:15:00.160 of money. 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:01.220 But what 00:15:01.220 --> 00:15:01.540 we see 00:15:01.540 --> 00:15:01.900 in verse 00:15:01.900 --> 00:15:02.400 42 00:15:02.400 --> 00:15:02.960 is a 00:15:02.960 --> 00:15:03.240 very 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:03.680 important 00:15:03.680 --> 00:15:04.100 point 00:15:04.100 --> 00:15:04.480 Jesus 00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:04.940 makes. 00:15:06.379 --> 00:15:06.759 Both 00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:07.139 couldn't 00:15:07.139 --> 00:15:07.400 pay. 00:15:09.400 --> 00:15:09.960 Both 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:10.180 were 00:15:10.180 --> 00:15:10.860 insolvent. 00:15:12.540 --> 00:15:13.120 They 00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:13.280 didn't 00:15:13.280 --> 00:15:13.680 have it. 00:15:14.480 --> 00:15:14.879 They 00:15:14.879 --> 00:15:15.000 didn't 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:15.139 have 00:15:15.139 --> 00:15:15.220 the 00:15:15.220 --> 00:15:15.680 capacity. 00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:16.420 They 00:15:16.420 --> 00:15:16.620 couldn't 00:15:16.620 --> 00:15:16.800 pay 00:15:16.800 --> 00:15:17.019 this 00:15:17.019 --> 00:15:17.280 debt. 00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:18.360 So 00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:18.580 Jesus 00:15:18.580 --> 00:15:18.879 goes 00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:19.240 on. 00:15:20.280 --> 00:15:20.800 He 00:15:20.800 --> 00:15:20.960 goes 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:21.259 on to 00:15:21.259 --> 00:15:21.560 share 00:15:21.560 --> 00:15:23.000 that 00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:23.420 the 00:15:23.420 --> 00:15:24.420 money 00:15:24.420 --> 00:15:24.980 lender 00:15:24.980 --> 00:15:25.800 goes 00:15:25.800 --> 00:15:26.400 on 00:15:26.400 --> 00:15:26.920 to 00:15:26.920 --> 00:15:27.920 forgive, 00:15:28.620 --> 00:15:29.139 cancel 00:15:29.139 --> 00:15:30.060 both 00:15:30.060 --> 00:15:30.540 debts. 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:31.840 In 00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:32.019 other 00:15:32.019 --> 00:15:32.340 words, 00:15:32.940 --> 00:15:33.280 debts 00:15:33.280 --> 00:15:33.840 are 00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:34.300 forgiven. 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:35.560 And 00:15:35.560 --> 00:15:35.720 then 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:36.060 Jesus 00:15:36.060 --> 00:15:36.500 in a 00:15:36.500 --> 00:15:36.740 stroke 00:15:36.740 --> 00:15:36.920 of 00:15:36.920 --> 00:15:37.320 brilliance, 00:15:37.560 --> 00:15:38.400 he's 00:15:38.400 --> 00:15:38.540 a 00:15:38.540 --> 00:15:38.960 teacher 00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:39.660 unlike 00:15:39.660 --> 00:15:40.019 any 00:15:40.019 --> 00:15:40.280 other. 00:15:41.320 --> 00:15:41.420 In 00:15:41.420 --> 00:15:41.580 a 00:15:41.580 --> 00:15:41.800 stroke 00:15:41.800 --> 00:15:41.980 of 00:15:41.980 --> 00:15:42.320 brilliance 00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:42.480 he 00:15:42.480 --> 00:15:42.740 says 00:15:42.740 --> 00:15:42.960 to 00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:43.220 Simon, 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:43.700 asks 00:15:43.700 --> 00:15:43.980 him, 00:15:44.100 --> 00:15:44.200 now 00:15:44.200 --> 00:15:44.500 which 00:15:44.500 --> 00:15:44.740 of 00:15:44.740 --> 00:15:44.840 the 00:15:44.840 --> 00:15:45.019 two 00:15:45.019 --> 00:15:45.400 debtors 00:15:45.400 --> 00:15:45.639 will 00:15:45.639 --> 00:15:46.019 love 00:15:46.019 --> 00:15:46.259 the 00:15:46.259 --> 00:15:46.500 money 00:15:46.500 --> 00:15:46.780 lender 00:15:46.780 --> 00:15:47.259 more? 00:15:47.960 --> 00:15:49.379 Both are 00:15:49.379 --> 00:15:49.840 canceled. 00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:51.100 Which one 00:15:51.100 --> 00:15:51.440 will love 00:15:51.440 --> 00:15:51.800 him more? 00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:54.420 Simon responds 00:15:54.420 --> 00:15:55.560 and you can 00:15:55.560 --> 00:15:57.340 hear his 00:15:57.340 --> 00:15:57.980 guardedness 00:15:57.980 --> 00:15:58.860 in the 00:15:58.860 --> 00:15:59.400 response. 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:01.100 The one, 00:16:01.480 --> 00:16:02.720 I suppose, 00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:04.700 who owed 00:16:04.700 --> 00:16:05.040 the larger 00:16:05.040 --> 00:16:05.379 debt. 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:08.620 That's right, 00:16:08.840 --> 00:16:09.440 says Jesus. 00:16:09.920 --> 00:16:10.220 And then he 00:16:10.220 --> 00:16:10.820 turns to the 00:16:10.820 --> 00:16:11.240 woman and 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:11.800 says to 00:16:11.800 --> 00:16:12.420 Simon, 00:16:12.419 --> 00:16:12.539 Simon, 00:16:13.219 --> 00:16:15.219 when I 00:16:15.219 --> 00:16:15.679 walked into 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:16.099 your house 00:16:16.099 --> 00:16:16.479 you gave 00:16:16.479 --> 00:16:16.759 me no 00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:17.179 water for 00:16:17.179 --> 00:16:17.559 my feet 00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:17.959 but she 00:16:17.959 --> 00:16:18.479 wet my 00:16:18.479 --> 00:16:19.159 feet with 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:19.740 her tears 00:16:19.740 --> 00:16:20.299 and wiped 00:16:20.299 --> 00:16:20.599 them with 00:16:20.599 --> 00:16:20.959 her hair. 00:16:21.740 --> 00:16:22.259 You gave 00:16:22.259 --> 00:16:22.679 me no 00:16:22.679 --> 00:16:23.199 kiss but 00:16:23.199 --> 00:16:23.779 she hasn't 00:16:23.779 --> 00:16:24.120 stopped 00:16:24.120 --> 00:16:24.459 kissing 00:16:24.459 --> 00:16:24.979 my feet. 00:16:25.079 --> 00:16:25.299 You did 00:16:25.299 --> 00:16:25.919 not anoint 00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:26.459 my head 00:16:26.459 --> 00:16:26.899 with oil 00:16:26.899 --> 00:16:27.719 but she 00:16:27.719 --> 00:16:28.059 anointed 00:16:28.059 --> 00:16:28.500 my feet 00:16:28.500 --> 00:16:29.219 with perfume. 00:16:29.439 --> 00:16:29.759 Simon, 00:16:30.059 --> 00:16:30.719 there is a 00:16:30.719 --> 00:16:31.399 clear difference 00:16:31.399 --> 00:16:31.839 in the way 00:16:31.839 --> 00:16:32.199 that you 00:16:32.199 --> 00:16:32.599 have treated 00:16:32.599 --> 00:16:32.939 me and 00:16:32.939 --> 00:16:33.219 the way 00:16:33.219 --> 00:16:33.579 that this 00:16:33.579 --> 00:16:34.079 woman has 00:16:34.079 --> 00:16:34.319 treated 00:16:34.319 --> 00:16:34.620 me. 00:16:36.059 --> 00:16:36.620 So this 00:16:36.620 --> 00:16:36.980 morning I 00:16:36.980 --> 00:16:37.299 want to ask 00:16:37.299 --> 00:16:37.539 you this 00:16:37.539 --> 00:16:37.860 question. 00:16:39.099 --> 00:16:39.699 How do you 00:16:39.699 --> 00:16:40.099 account for 00:16:40.099 --> 00:16:40.639 the difference? 00:16:40.639 --> 00:16:44.379 Why did 00:16:44.379 --> 00:16:45.360 this Simon 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:46.199 respond to 00:16:46.199 --> 00:16:47.100 Jesus his 00:16:47.100 --> 00:16:48.120 icy hard 00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:48.980 way and 00:16:48.980 --> 00:16:49.679 this woman 00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:50.419 respond to 00:16:50.419 --> 00:16:52.600 Jesus overwhelmed? 00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:53.580 She didn't 00:16:53.580 --> 00:16:54.179 care who was 00:16:54.179 --> 00:16:54.620 around. 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:55.960 This is 00:16:55.960 --> 00:16:56.419 he. 00:16:58.740 --> 00:16:59.600 Jesus spells 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:00.220 it out for us 00:17:00.220 --> 00:17:00.819 in verse 7. 00:17:00.980 --> 00:17:01.240 He says, 00:17:01.539 --> 00:17:01.819 therefore I 00:17:01.819 --> 00:17:02.399 tell you her 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:03.159 sins which are 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:03.559 many are 00:17:03.559 --> 00:17:04.139 forgiven for 00:17:04.139 --> 00:17:04.579 she loved 00:17:04.579 --> 00:17:05.859 much but 00:17:05.859 --> 00:17:06.420 he who is 00:17:06.420 --> 00:17:07.420 forgiven little 00:17:07.420 --> 00:17:08.759 loves little 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:09.400 Simon. 00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:10.940 And then 00:17:10.940 --> 00:17:11.820 Jesus says 00:17:11.820 --> 00:17:12.120 to the 00:17:12.120 --> 00:17:12.380 woman, 00:17:13.540 --> 00:17:14.040 your sins 00:17:14.040 --> 00:17:14.620 are forgiven. 00:17:14.740 --> 00:17:15.300 Your sins 00:17:15.300 --> 00:17:16.000 have been 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:16.660 forgiven, 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:17.500 sister. 00:17:20.300 --> 00:17:20.660 To be 00:17:20.660 --> 00:17:20.980 forgiven 00:17:20.980 --> 00:17:21.780 much results 00:17:21.780 --> 00:17:22.300 in loving 00:17:22.300 --> 00:17:22.720 much. 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:24.280 To be 00:17:24.280 --> 00:17:24.560 forgiven 00:17:24.560 --> 00:17:25.320 little results 00:17:25.320 --> 00:17:25.759 in loving 00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:26.100 little. 00:17:26.340 --> 00:17:27.200 Being forgiven 00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:28.580 much results 00:17:28.580 --> 00:17:29.160 in great 00:17:29.160 --> 00:17:29.680 gratitude, 00:17:30.320 --> 00:17:30.640 great 00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:31.259 thanksgiving. 00:17:32.259 --> 00:17:32.600 To be 00:17:32.600 --> 00:17:32.920 forgiven 00:17:32.920 --> 00:17:33.700 little results 00:17:33.700 --> 00:17:34.140 in not 00:17:34.140 --> 00:17:34.340 much 00:17:34.340 --> 00:17:34.780 gratitude, 00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:36.200 not much 00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:36.720 thanksgiving. 00:17:37.560 --> 00:17:37.900 You see 00:17:37.900 --> 00:17:38.400 the issue 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:38.880 here is 00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:39.320 forgiveness. 00:17:39.319 --> 00:17:39.519 forgiveness. 00:17:40.599 --> 00:17:41.339 Specifically, 00:17:42.119 --> 00:17:42.720 the realization 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:43.500 that you 00:17:43.500 --> 00:17:44.039 need 00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:44.740 forgiveness. 00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:46.779 The realization 00:17:46.779 --> 00:17:47.500 that you 00:17:47.500 --> 00:17:48.200 are a 00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:48.720 sinner. 00:17:50.299 --> 00:17:51.359 This woman 00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:52.500 knew she 00:17:52.500 --> 00:17:53.500 was a 00:17:53.500 --> 00:17:54.179 sinner. 00:17:54.500 --> 00:17:55.039 That she 00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:55.579 needed to 00:17:55.579 --> 00:17:56.119 be forgiven 00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:56.619 of her 00:17:56.619 --> 00:17:57.439 many sins. 00:17:57.939 --> 00:17:58.319 Simon, 00:17:58.659 --> 00:17:59.619 not so 00:17:59.619 --> 00:18:00.079 much. 00:18:00.919 --> 00:18:01.579 If Simon 00:18:01.579 --> 00:18:01.960 needed to 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:02.460 be forgiven, 00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:03.240 he didn't 00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:03.759 need to be 00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:04.319 forgiven that 00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:04.700 much. 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:05.279 And he was 00:18:05.279 --> 00:18:05.859 probably thinking 00:18:05.859 --> 00:18:06.299 his own 00:18:06.299 --> 00:18:06.700 righteousness 00:18:06.700 --> 00:18:07.200 should cover 00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:07.799 that anyway. 00:18:09.319 --> 00:18:10.099 He didn't 00:18:10.099 --> 00:18:10.659 see himself 00:18:10.659 --> 00:18:11.059 as a 00:18:11.059 --> 00:18:11.240 sinner. 00:18:13.500 --> 00:18:14.359 What Simon 00:18:14.359 --> 00:18:14.960 failed to 00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:15.839 recognize was 00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:16.679 that he 00:18:16.679 --> 00:18:17.240 was in 00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:18.799 debt to 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:20.299 God and 00:18:20.299 --> 00:18:22.119 incapable of 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:22.819 paying it. 00:18:25.339 --> 00:18:25.980 And it 00:18:25.980 --> 00:18:26.399 showed up in 00:18:26.399 --> 00:18:26.720 the way he 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:27.460 treated Jesus. 00:18:29.159 --> 00:18:29.960 Simon didn't 00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:30.319 need a 00:18:30.319 --> 00:18:30.559 Savior. 00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:33.200 He didn't 00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:33.759 see himself 00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:34.179 as one 00:18:34.179 --> 00:18:34.659 needing to 00:18:34.659 --> 00:18:35.259 be saved. 00:18:35.619 --> 00:18:36.099 He didn't 00:18:36.099 --> 00:18:36.599 see himself 00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:37.220 as one who 00:18:37.220 --> 00:18:37.740 is in debt 00:18:37.740 --> 00:18:38.180 to God 00:18:38.180 --> 00:18:38.420 and in 00:18:38.420 --> 00:18:38.700 need of 00:18:38.700 --> 00:18:39.000 God's 00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:39.299 mercy. 00:18:39.799 --> 00:18:40.059 His 00:18:40.059 --> 00:18:40.559 confidence 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:41.180 was in 00:18:41.180 --> 00:18:41.720 his own 00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:43.039 self-righteousness. 00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:45.799 If you 00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:46.620 don't need 00:18:46.620 --> 00:18:46.960 forgiveness, 00:18:47.099 --> 00:18:47.319 you don't 00:18:47.319 --> 00:18:47.880 need Jesus. 00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:49.740 And if you 00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:50.079 don't need 00:18:50.079 --> 00:18:50.380 Jesus, 00:18:50.500 --> 00:18:50.779 you treat 00:18:50.779 --> 00:18:51.099 him like 00:18:51.099 --> 00:18:51.940 Simon did. 00:18:51.980 --> 00:18:52.259 You keep 00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:52.480 him at 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:53.079 a distance. 00:18:55.299 --> 00:18:56.039 Simon was 00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:56.819 blinded to 00:18:56.819 --> 00:18:57.620 Jesus by 00:18:57.620 --> 00:18:58.160 his own 00:18:58.160 --> 00:18:59.460 self-righteousness. 00:19:00.140 --> 00:19:00.640 He who 00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:01.120 is forgiven 00:19:01.120 --> 00:19:01.440 little, 00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:02.319 loves little. 00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:03.740 But if 00:19:03.740 --> 00:19:04.059 you know 00:19:04.059 --> 00:19:04.579 you are a 00:19:04.579 --> 00:19:04.779 sinner, 00:19:05.319 --> 00:19:05.799 you know 00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:06.319 you need a 00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:06.599 Savior. 00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:07.759 because you 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:08.119 know you 00:19:08.119 --> 00:19:08.619 can't pay 00:19:08.619 --> 00:19:09.159 your debt. 00:19:10.439 --> 00:19:11.179 You need 00:19:11.179 --> 00:19:11.619 Jesus. 00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:13.619 And when 00:19:13.619 --> 00:19:14.399 you experience 00:19:14.399 --> 00:19:14.959 the forgiveness 00:19:14.959 --> 00:19:15.799 of Jesus, 00:19:16.199 --> 00:19:16.799 the cancellation 00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:17.500 that he can 00:19:17.500 --> 00:19:18.119 only provide 00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:19.159 through his 00:19:19.159 --> 00:19:19.619 death on 00:19:19.619 --> 00:19:20.119 the cross, 00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:21.059 when you 00:19:21.059 --> 00:19:22.740 experience that, 00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:23.799 you start to 00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:24.559 love Jesus 00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:25.139 like this 00:19:25.139 --> 00:19:25.539 woman, 00:19:25.679 --> 00:19:26.619 this prostitute 00:19:26.619 --> 00:19:27.919 loved Jesus. 00:19:28.980 --> 00:19:29.539 Overwhelmed 00:19:29.539 --> 00:19:30.259 with gratitude. 00:19:31.399 --> 00:19:31.759 You don't 00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:32.099 care what 00:19:32.099 --> 00:19:32.559 other people 00:19:32.559 --> 00:19:32.959 think. 00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:35.980 where Simon 00:19:35.980 --> 00:19:36.799 was blinded 00:19:36.799 --> 00:19:37.220 by his 00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:38.059 self-righteousness. 00:19:38.220 --> 00:19:38.539 Those who 00:19:38.539 --> 00:19:39.000 are forgiven 00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:39.640 much are 00:19:39.640 --> 00:19:40.440 blinded to 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:40.840 what other 00:19:40.840 --> 00:19:41.340 people think 00:19:41.340 --> 00:19:41.779 because your 00:19:41.779 --> 00:19:42.960 gratitude of 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:43.380 what Jesus 00:19:43.380 --> 00:19:43.819 has done 00:19:43.819 --> 00:19:44.299 for you. 00:19:45.140 --> 00:19:45.480 You don't 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:45.980 give a rip. 00:19:46.360 --> 00:19:46.660 I'm 00:19:46.660 --> 00:19:46.960 praising 00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:47.500 Jesus. 00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:50.319 The one 00:19:50.319 --> 00:19:50.819 who's forgiven 00:19:50.819 --> 00:19:51.279 much, 00:19:51.640 --> 00:19:52.920 loves much. 00:19:54.700 --> 00:19:55.299 How do 00:19:55.299 --> 00:19:55.759 we respond 00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:56.240 to this? 00:19:58.600 --> 00:19:59.200 How do 00:19:59.200 --> 00:19:59.660 we respond 00:19:59.660 --> 00:20:00.120 to God's 00:20:00.120 --> 00:20:00.660 word this 00:20:00.660 --> 00:20:01.000 morning? 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:03.599 Well, we 00:20:03.599 --> 00:20:03.799 need to 00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:04.380 realize three 00:20:04.380 --> 00:20:04.859 things. 00:20:06.059 --> 00:20:06.859 The first 00:20:06.859 --> 00:20:07.440 is this. 00:20:08.839 --> 00:20:09.799 We're all 00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:10.240 debtors. 00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:12.259 We're all 00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:12.700 debtors. 00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:14.440 Debtors to 00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:14.839 God. 00:20:16.339 --> 00:20:17.240 Incapable 00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:18.059 of paying 00:20:18.059 --> 00:20:18.940 our debt. 00:20:20.640 --> 00:20:21.539 Our sins 00:20:21.539 --> 00:20:22.339 accumulate 00:20:22.339 --> 00:20:23.420 like debt 00:20:23.420 --> 00:20:24.380 in God's 00:20:24.380 --> 00:20:25.079 eyes and 00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:25.759 we can't 00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:27.180 pay for 00:20:27.180 --> 00:20:27.420 it. 00:20:28.819 --> 00:20:29.799 We all 00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:30.319 need to be 00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:30.920 forgiven of 00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:31.420 our sins 00:20:31.420 --> 00:20:31.800 and we've 00:20:31.800 --> 00:20:32.519 all sinned 00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:32.980 much. 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:34.380 So let me 00:20:34.380 --> 00:20:34.920 ask you a 00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:35.420 question this 00:20:35.420 --> 00:20:35.720 morning. 00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:37.420 How great 00:20:37.420 --> 00:20:37.860 is your 00:20:37.860 --> 00:20:38.180 debt? 00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:42.279 Are you 00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:42.860 like Simon 00:20:42.860 --> 00:20:43.640 the Pharisee 00:20:43.640 --> 00:20:44.039 who didn't 00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:44.580 think he was 00:20:44.580 --> 00:20:45.019 in debt to 00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:45.279 God? 00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:47.300 He didn't 00:20:47.300 --> 00:20:47.700 think his 00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:48.440 sins amounted 00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:48.880 to much so 00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:49.519 therefore there 00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:50.100 was really no 00:20:50.100 --> 00:20:50.620 need to be 00:20:50.620 --> 00:20:50.960 forgiven? 00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:53.700 Showed up in 00:20:53.700 --> 00:20:54.200 his coolness 00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:54.820 towards Jesus? 00:20:55.060 --> 00:20:55.860 Or are you 00:20:55.860 --> 00:20:56.580 more like the 00:20:56.580 --> 00:20:57.120 woman of the 00:20:57.120 --> 00:20:57.420 city? 00:20:57.840 --> 00:20:58.279 Are you more 00:20:58.279 --> 00:20:58.660 like the 00:20:58.660 --> 00:20:59.360 prostitute? 00:20:59.359 --> 00:21:01.219 Are you 00:21:01.219 --> 00:21:01.659 more like 00:21:01.659 --> 00:21:02.179 this woman 00:21:02.179 --> 00:21:02.639 who was 00:21:02.639 --> 00:21:03.479 thoroughly aware 00:21:03.479 --> 00:21:03.759 of her 00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:04.459 many sins? 00:21:04.979 --> 00:21:05.759 She knew 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.619 she racked 00:21:06.619 --> 00:21:07.519 up so 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:08.519 much debt 00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:08.959 that there 00:21:08.959 --> 00:21:09.539 was no 00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:10.279 way she 00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:10.859 could pay 00:21:10.859 --> 00:21:11.159 it. 00:21:12.819 --> 00:21:13.419 Her 00:21:13.419 --> 00:21:14.199 many sins 00:21:14.199 --> 00:21:14.759 made her 00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:15.359 desperate. 00:21:16.959 --> 00:21:17.479 Desperate 00:21:17.479 --> 00:21:18.119 for a 00:21:18.119 --> 00:21:18.500 Savior. 00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:20.839 Desperate 00:21:20.839 --> 00:21:21.599 for Jesus. 00:21:22.639 --> 00:21:23.279 Her only 00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:23.799 hope for 00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:24.279 forgiveness 00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:24.519 forgiveness 00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:26.180 was Jesus. 00:21:27.420 --> 00:21:27.680 He had 00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:28.379 forgiven her 00:21:28.379 --> 00:21:29.139 and there 00:21:29.139 --> 00:21:29.660 he is 00:21:29.660 --> 00:21:30.879 sitting at 00:21:30.879 --> 00:21:31.319 the table. 00:21:34.399 --> 00:21:34.660 Jesus 00:21:34.660 --> 00:21:35.180 graciously 00:21:35.180 --> 00:21:35.960 forgave her. 00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:36.639 Your sins 00:21:36.639 --> 00:21:37.059 have been 00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:37.500 forgiven. 00:21:37.740 --> 00:21:38.339 Jesus did 00:21:38.339 --> 00:21:39.399 not forgive 00:21:39.399 --> 00:21:39.899 religious 00:21:39.899 --> 00:21:40.339 Simon 00:21:40.339 --> 00:21:41.980 because Simon 00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.579 didn't think 00:21:42.579 --> 00:21:42.899 he needed 00:21:42.899 --> 00:21:43.160 to be 00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:43.519 forgiven. 00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:45.059 Jesus 00:21:45.059 --> 00:21:45.839 pronounced 00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:46.420 forgiveness 00:21:46.420 --> 00:21:47.339 for the 00:21:47.339 --> 00:21:47.639 sinful 00:21:47.639 --> 00:21:48.259 prostitute 00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:48.859 because she 00:21:48.859 --> 00:21:49.359 knew that 00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:50.039 only Jesus 00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:50.779 could forgive 00:21:50.779 --> 00:21:51.000 her. 00:21:51.700 --> 00:21:52.059 What about 00:21:52.059 --> 00:21:52.319 you? 00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:54.139 are you 00:21:54.139 --> 00:21:54.779 aware this 00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:55.359 morning of 00:21:55.359 --> 00:21:55.779 your many 00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:56.460 sins? 00:21:57.339 --> 00:21:58.019 Do you 00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:58.579 need to 00:21:58.579 --> 00:21:59.240 be forgiven? 00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:01.720 We are 00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:02.319 all in debt 00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:02.859 to God. 00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:03.700 Only Jesus 00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:04.359 can forgive 00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:04.579 you. 00:22:04.679 --> 00:22:05.119 It's only 00:22:05.119 --> 00:22:05.659 through his 00:22:05.659 --> 00:22:06.319 payment on 00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:06.939 the cross 00:22:06.939 --> 00:22:08.059 that can 00:22:08.059 --> 00:22:08.439 pay the 00:22:08.439 --> 00:22:08.799 debt of 00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:09.419 our sins. 00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:11.519 This 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:11.939 morning I 00:22:11.939 --> 00:22:12.220 want you 00:22:12.220 --> 00:22:12.460 to know 00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:12.799 if you 00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:13.099 are in 00:22:13.099 --> 00:22:14.299 here and 00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:14.539 you're 00:22:14.539 --> 00:22:14.980 realizing 00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.379 I have 00:22:15.379 --> 00:22:15.700 not been 00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:16.099 forgiven. 00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:18.659 My sins 00:22:18.659 --> 00:22:19.299 stand against 00:22:19.299 --> 00:22:19.579 me. 00:22:20.779 --> 00:22:21.279 This 00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:21.679 morning 00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:23.240 the Savior 00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:24.100 who died 00:22:24.100 --> 00:22:24.420 and then 00:22:24.420 --> 00:22:25.140 was raised 00:22:25.140 --> 00:22:26.080 is offering 00:22:26.080 --> 00:22:26.680 you 00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:27.360 forgiveness 00:22:27.360 --> 00:22:28.120 in full. 00:22:30.120 --> 00:22:30.860 All of 00:22:30.860 --> 00:22:31.120 it. 00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.519 Paid. 00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:33.460 He's 00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:34.580 offering it 00:22:34.580 --> 00:22:35.180 to you. 00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:37.039 You know 00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:37.320 how you 00:22:37.320 --> 00:22:37.860 respond? 00:22:39.320 --> 00:22:39.840 You just 00:22:39.840 --> 00:22:40.240 say I'll 00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:40.640 take it. 00:22:41.860 --> 00:22:42.420 I'll 00:22:42.420 --> 00:22:42.840 take it. 00:22:43.580 --> 00:22:43.860 There's 00:22:43.860 --> 00:22:44.240 no way 00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:44.519 you can 00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:44.860 earn it. 00:22:46.060 --> 00:22:46.519 You 00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.220 receive it 00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:48.680 by faith 00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:50.259 and then 00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:50.400 you 00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:51.380 experience 00:22:51.380 --> 00:22:52.360 the 00:22:52.360 --> 00:22:53.039 peace 00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:54.340 of being 00:22:54.340 --> 00:22:54.900 forgiven 00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:55.600 much. 00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:59.000 All you 00:22:59.000 --> 00:22:59.240 need to 00:22:59.240 --> 00:22:59.519 do is 00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:00.100 receive 00:23:00.100 --> 00:23:00.519 this 00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:01.120 gift 00:23:01.120 --> 00:23:02.160 by 00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:02.620 faith. 00:23:06.560 --> 00:23:07.279 The 00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:07.740 second 00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.460 realization 00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:10.500 is for 00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:11.120 those who 00:23:11.120 --> 00:23:11.820 have already 00:23:11.820 --> 00:23:12.600 been forgiven. 00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:14.920 For those 00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:15.539 of us who 00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.080 have already 00:23:16.080 --> 00:23:17.039 received 00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.980 this gift 00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.599 by faith. 00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:19.799 For those 00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:20.319 of us who 00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:20.779 have 00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.819 recognized 00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.500 our 00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:23.119 sinfulness 00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:24.559 and realized 00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:25.440 we needed 00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:26.000 a Savior 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:27.539 and maybe 00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:28.559 a month ago 00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:29.399 or years ago 00:23:29.399 --> 00:23:30.119 you put your 00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:30.839 faith in 00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.200 Jesus. 00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:32.779 You were 00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:33.099 forgiven 00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:33.619 much. 00:23:34.819 --> 00:23:35.500 But I don't 00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:35.940 know about 00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.319 you. 00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.680 But there 00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:39.160 seems to 00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:39.480 be a 00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:39.940 tendency 00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:41.880 for those 00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:42.059 who have 00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:42.240 been 00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:42.740 forgiven 00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:44.380 to get 00:23:44.380 --> 00:23:45.019 forgetful. 00:23:47.119 --> 00:23:47.680 Those 00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:48.099 of us 00:23:48.099 --> 00:23:48.500 who have 00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:49.960 been 00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.480 forgiven 00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.140 we can 00:23:51.140 --> 00:23:51.680 slowly 00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.319 become 00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:52.740 like 00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:53.480 Simon 00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:55.539 trusting 00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:56.440 in our 00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:56.940 own 00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.720 righteousness 00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.420 while 00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:59.019 cooling 00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.839 towards 00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.359 Jesus. 00:24:02.619 --> 00:24:03.160 Because 00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:03.519 what can 00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.220 happen is 00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:04.680 we start 00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:05.140 thinking we 00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:05.580 don't need 00:24:05.580 --> 00:24:05.940 Jesus 00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:06.440 anymore. 00:24:07.840 --> 00:24:08.420 He's 00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:08.740 forgiven 00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.120 us. 00:24:10.820 --> 00:24:11.580 Big thing 00:24:11.580 --> 00:24:11.860 done. 00:24:14.340 --> 00:24:15.200 There can 00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.799 be this 00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.620 subtle yet 00:24:16.620 --> 00:24:17.120 gradual 00:24:17.120 --> 00:24:17.740 shift 00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:19.460 after you're 00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:20.039 saved. 00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:20.820 A shift 00:24:20.820 --> 00:24:22.039 from the 00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:22.960 focus on 00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.960 being on 00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:24.779 Jesus to 00:24:24.779 --> 00:24:25.600 coming off 00:24:25.600 --> 00:24:26.140 of Jesus 00:24:26.140 --> 00:24:26.880 and coming 00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:27.259 on to 00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:27.820 yourself. 00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.840 Oh 00:24:31.840 --> 00:24:32.340 forgiven 00:24:32.340 --> 00:24:33.000 brother and 00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.720 sinner who is 00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.240 forgetful. 00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.380 And I'm 00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:35.900 preaching this 00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:36.600 to myself 00:24:36.600 --> 00:24:37.059 as much 00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:37.819 as anybody 00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.339 else in 00:24:38.339 --> 00:24:38.720 this room. 00:24:40.120 --> 00:24:40.880 You need 00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:41.720 Jesus just 00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.180 as much 00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:43.880 today as 00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:44.460 you did 00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.480 the first 00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:45.860 day you 00:24:45.860 --> 00:24:46.440 believed in 00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:46.640 him. 00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.299 You need 00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:48.440 him. 00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:49.559 You'll 00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:50.160 never outgrow 00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:50.420 him. 00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.420 You've been 00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:52.860 forgiven. 00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.440 That's where 00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:54.940 you live. 00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:56.140 In his 00:24:56.140 --> 00:24:56.559 forgiveness 00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:57.279 of you. 00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:00.319 It's all 00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:00.920 about him. 00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:02.900 he is 00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:03.480 the vine. 00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:04.360 We are 00:25:04.360 --> 00:25:05.100 the branches. 00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.200 Apart from 00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:06.620 him we can 00:25:06.620 --> 00:25:07.039 do nothing. 00:25:08.080 --> 00:25:08.779 We need 00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:09.039 him. 00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.340 And so 00:25:11.340 --> 00:25:11.860 if you're 00:25:11.860 --> 00:25:12.080 in the 00:25:12.080 --> 00:25:13.279 room and 00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.560 you've been 00:25:13.560 --> 00:25:14.400 forgiven but 00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:14.700 you get 00:25:14.700 --> 00:25:15.380 forgetful, 00:25:16.100 --> 00:25:17.820 remember how 00:25:17.820 --> 00:25:18.480 much Jesus 00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:19.279 has forgiven 00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:19.600 you. 00:25:20.600 --> 00:25:20.940 Do you 00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:22.740 remember what 00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:23.340 he's forgiven 00:25:23.340 --> 00:25:23.779 you of? 00:25:24.560 --> 00:25:25.720 How much 00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.360 he has 00:25:26.360 --> 00:25:26.960 forgiven you? 00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:28.840 Maybe you're 00:25:28.840 --> 00:25:29.000 in the 00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.299 room and 00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:29.500 you've been 00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:29.960 raised in a 00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:30.559 Christian home 00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:30.799 and you're 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.019 like I 00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.440 became a 00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:31.779 Christian when 00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:31.960 I was 00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:32.279 four. 00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:32.620 I don't 00:25:32.620 --> 00:25:32.980 remember 00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:33.360 that. 00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.259 Turn to 00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.960 Ephesians 2 00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:38.860 1-3 and 00:25:38.860 --> 00:25:39.680 ask God to 00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:40.360 impress upon 00:25:40.360 --> 00:25:40.940 you what 00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:41.360 you've been 00:25:41.360 --> 00:25:42.279 forgiven from. 00:25:43.100 --> 00:25:43.720 What he's 00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.319 delivered you 00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:44.620 from. 00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:48.720 Remember how 00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:49.259 much Jesus 00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:49.900 has forgiven 00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:50.340 you and 00:25:50.340 --> 00:25:51.220 then express 00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:52.380 your gratitude 00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:53.440 to him. 00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:54.779 You see 00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.759 gratitude is 00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.920 the result of 00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:57.740 being forgiven 00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:59.879 not because. 00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:02.299 There's one 00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:02.759 more thing I 00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.140 want you to 00:26:03.140 --> 00:26:03.539 see here. 00:26:05.619 --> 00:26:06.500 It's this. 00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.640 The third 00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:10.400 realization is 00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:10.980 who this 00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.779 Jesus of 00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:13.160 Nazareth is. 00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:14.900 Look at 00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:15.599 verse 49. 00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:17.920 After Jesus 00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:18.539 says to the 00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:19.400 prostitute your 00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:20.180 sins are 00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.519 forgiven, 00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:21.039 have been 00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:21.440 forgiven, 00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.539 those around 00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:23.000 the table 00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.619 began to 00:26:23.619 --> 00:26:23.960 say to 00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:24.900 themselves who 00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:25.740 is this 00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:27.799 who even 00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:29.519 forgives sins. 00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:30.740 You see 00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.099 what the 00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:31.640 people around 00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:32.120 the table 00:26:32.120 --> 00:26:32.620 knew that 00:26:32.620 --> 00:26:33.120 you may 00:26:33.120 --> 00:26:33.660 not know 00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:34.240 is this, 00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:35.740 that only 00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.240 God can 00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:37.180 forgive people 00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:37.539 of their 00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:37.980 sins. 00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:40.460 Ultimately 00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:40.900 when we 00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:41.220 sin, 00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:41.640 we sin 00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:42.380 against God 00:26:42.380 --> 00:26:42.839 and only 00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.299 God can 00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:43.900 forgive our 00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:44.720 sins against 00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.120 Him. 00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.279 So when 00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:48.859 Jesus says 00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:49.819 to this 00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.120 woman, 00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:50.880 your sins 00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:51.680 are forgiven, 00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:52.079 do you know 00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:52.359 who he's 00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:52.740 claiming to 00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:52.920 be? 00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:54.559 He's 00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:54.940 claiming to 00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.420 be God. 00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:57.660 He's 00:26:57.660 --> 00:26:58.059 more than 00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:58.519 a prophet. 00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:00.200 He's 00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:00.779 God in 00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.380 the flesh. 00:27:03.120 --> 00:27:03.720 And he 00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.500 died for 00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.220 sinners like 00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:05.539 you and 00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:05.759 me. 00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:09.700 His 00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:10.059 death on 00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:10.620 the cross 00:27:10.620 --> 00:27:13.539 is the 00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:14.160 only way 00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:14.660 our debt 00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.019 can be 00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.440 paid in 00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:15.660 full. 00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:16.880 And his 00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:17.559 resurrection 00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:18.559 proves his 00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:19.579 payment was 00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:20.440 accepted. 00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.200 Who is 00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:22.579 Jesus? 00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:23.440 He's God 00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:24.059 in the flesh 00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.519 and he's 00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.119 the only 00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:25.619 one who 00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:26.220 can forgive 00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:27.139 your sins 00:27:27.139 --> 00:27:28.379 because he 00:27:28.379 --> 00:27:29.099 is God. 00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:30.500 It's all 00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.039 about him. 00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:33.919 We've 00:27:33.919 --> 00:27:34.359 much to be 00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:34.919 grateful for 00:27:34.919 --> 00:27:35.539 this Thanksgiving, 00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.019 don't we? 00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:38.519 We live in a 00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.240 wonderful country. 00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.339 We've got 00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:41.159 wonderful freedoms. 00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.419 But this 00:27:42.419 --> 00:27:42.980 Thanksgiving, 00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.500 when you sit 00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:45.039 down for 00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.279 dinner, 00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.240 think about 00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.700 the one who 00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.359 reclined a 00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:47.720 table. 00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:50.620 we've got a 00:27:50.620 --> 00:27:51.759 wonderful country. 00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.279 We have a 00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.860 more wonderful 00:27:52.860 --> 00:27:53.259 Savior. 00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.680 We have 00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.500 many freedoms, 00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:58.299 but the 00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:58.880 greatest freedom 00:27:58.880 --> 00:28:00.500 of all is 00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.360 being forgiven 00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:02.920 of all your 00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.319 sin. 00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:04.740 And the 00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.160 result, 00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:07.180 gratitude. 00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:08.940 Let's pray. 00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.380 Lord Jesus, 00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:16.920 you are 00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.480 awesome. 00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:22.160 like the 00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:22.759 prostitute, 00:28:22.860 --> 00:28:23.079 God, 00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:24.140 we rejoice 00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:25.980 in you. 00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.480 And we are 00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:28.180 drawn to you, 00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.680 Lord Jesus. 00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.660 We want to be 00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:30.220 around you. 00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:32.079 God, 00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:32.400 would you 00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:33.079 continue to 00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:33.819 stir up 00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:34.559 gratitude in 00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:35.059 our hearts? 00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:36.500 Would you 00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:37.100 remind us 00:28:37.100 --> 00:28:37.500 over and 00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:38.039 over of 00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:39.220 being forgiven 00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:39.700 much? 00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:41.019 It's in your 00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.660 name we pray. 00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:42.819 Amen. 00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:42.980 Amen. 00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:43.019 Amen. 00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.039 Amen. 00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.079 Amen. 00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:43.100 Amen.