WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.419 Starting at verse 36, it's up on the screen. 00:00:03.280 --> 00:00:06.960 If you have the Red Church Bibles, it's on 1036. 00:00:08.580 --> 00:00:09.060 1036. 00:00:22.240 --> 00:00:25.800 Now, one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him. 00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:29.519 So he went to the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table. 00:00:30.239 --> 00:00:35.500 When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee's house, 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:38.120 she brought an alabaster jar of perfume. 00:00:38.780 --> 00:00:43.719 And as she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:48.539 Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and poured perfume on them. 00:00:49.379 --> 00:00:52.620 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, 00:00:52.719 --> 00:00:59.620 If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is, that she is a sinner. 00:01:00.619 --> 00:01:01.560 Jesus answered him, 00:01:02.060 --> 00:01:03.740 Simon, I have something to tell you. 00:01:04.260 --> 00:01:05.560 Tell me, teacher, he said. 00:01:06.099 --> 00:01:08.299 Two men owed money to a certain money lender. 00:01:08.739 --> 00:01:11.340 One owed him 500 denarii and the other 50. 00:01:12.140 --> 00:01:14.319 Neither of them had the money to pay him back. 00:01:14.659 --> 00:01:16.439 So he cancelled the debts of both. 00:01:16.939 --> 00:01:18.659 Now which of them will love him more? 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:20.400 Simon replied, 00:01:20.400 --> 00:01:22.940 I suppose the one who had the bigger debt cancelled. 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:25.840 You have judged correctly, Jesus said. 00:01:26.500 --> 00:01:29.040 Then he turned towards the woman and said to Simon, 00:01:29.260 --> 00:01:30.520 Do you see this woman? 00:01:30.900 --> 00:01:32.280 I came into your house. 00:01:32.460 --> 00:01:34.380 You did not give me any water for my feet, 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:38.040 but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 00:01:38.980 --> 00:01:40.480 You did not give me a kiss, 00:01:41.140 --> 00:01:44.880 but this woman from the time I entered has not stopped kissing my feet. 00:01:44.879 --> 00:01:47.359 You did not put oil on my head, 00:01:47.599 --> 00:01:49.719 but she has poured perfume on my feet. 00:01:50.679 --> 00:01:51.739 Therefore I tell you, 00:01:52.019 --> 00:01:53.500 her many sins have been forgiven, 00:01:53.699 --> 00:01:54.799 for she loved much. 00:01:55.599 --> 00:01:57.500 But he who has been forgiven little, 00:01:58.280 --> 00:01:58.939 loves little. 00:02:00.259 --> 00:02:01.399 Then Jesus said to her, 00:02:01.739 --> 00:02:03.219 Your sins are forgiven. 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:06.120 The other guests began to say among themselves, 00:02:06.500 --> 00:02:08.379 Who is this who even forgives sins? 00:02:09.240 --> 00:02:10.379 Jesus said to the woman, 00:02:10.799 --> 00:02:12.060 Your faith has saved you. 00:02:12.579 --> 00:02:13.259 Go in peace. 00:02:23.419 --> 00:02:24.639 Thanks, Connor. 00:02:25.019 --> 00:02:28.840 I haven't got little notes for you today, 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:30.659 but there are pens, 00:02:30.659 --> 00:02:33.900 and I think Sam is going to distribute them. 00:02:33.979 --> 00:02:34.800 If you want to take notes, 00:02:34.900 --> 00:02:38.159 you can use the back side of your new sheet, 00:02:38.159 --> 00:02:41.039 and write things down there if you wish. 00:02:41.039 --> 00:02:41.099 Thank you. 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:13.039 Thanks. 00:03:13.180 --> 00:03:13.900 Thanks, Sam. 00:03:18.599 --> 00:03:22.000 Well, let's pray and ask for God's help to us. 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:32.919 Father, thank you for Luke, 00:03:33.979 --> 00:03:38.879 the author of this account of the Lord Jesus. 00:03:40.340 --> 00:03:44.159 Thank you that we have it in our language, 00:03:45.159 --> 00:03:48.280 and that we have the freedom to meet here today, 00:03:48.280 --> 00:03:50.620 and think about it, 00:03:50.740 --> 00:03:51.699 reflect on it. 00:03:53.219 --> 00:03:55.039 But we want to do more than that. 00:03:55.159 --> 00:03:58.560 We want to encounter the Lord Jesus, 00:03:59.300 --> 00:04:04.379 just as these people encountered you. 00:04:04.379 --> 00:04:09.439 And as we encounter the Lord Jesus, 00:04:09.439 --> 00:04:11.659 we want to be changed, 00:04:12.659 --> 00:04:17.579 to be the people you have called us to be, 00:04:17.699 --> 00:04:20.199 the people that you desire us to be. 00:04:22.759 --> 00:04:26.839 So, Father, would you do your work in our lives today? 00:04:26.839 --> 00:04:31.299 Do a radical transformation 00:04:31.299 --> 00:04:35.539 in only ways that you can do. 00:04:36.939 --> 00:04:38.859 We ask it in Jesus' name. 00:04:39.459 --> 00:04:39.839 Amen. 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:46.139 The Pharisees, 00:04:46.259 --> 00:04:48.859 they really don't like Jesus, 00:04:49.359 --> 00:04:52.439 and they really don't like the people, 00:04:52.679 --> 00:04:56.239 or the situations Jesus finds himself in. 00:04:57.219 --> 00:05:00.479 Remember the people Jesus had met back in chapter 5? 00:05:00.579 --> 00:05:02.759 You might want to look back there, chapter 5. 00:05:03.359 --> 00:05:04.299 There were the fishermen. 00:05:04.300 --> 00:05:08.460 Then there was the man with the skin disease 00:05:08.460 --> 00:05:10.280 that no one could touch. 00:05:11.840 --> 00:05:13.800 Then there was the paralytic, 00:05:14.280 --> 00:05:16.780 left outside, 00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:19.759 the unwelcomed ones. 00:05:20.860 --> 00:05:22.800 And then it all boils over 00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:26.319 in verses, chapter 5, verse 27, 00:05:26.480 --> 00:05:29.340 when Jesus meets Levi, the tax collector, 00:05:29.439 --> 00:05:31.560 and calls him to follow him. 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:34.899 Let's read verse 29. 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:36.959 Then Levi held a great banquet 00:05:36.959 --> 00:05:38.480 for Jesus at his house, 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:41.480 and a large crowd of tax collectors 00:05:41.480 --> 00:05:43.579 and others were eating with them. 00:05:44.639 --> 00:05:47.340 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law 00:05:47.340 --> 00:05:48.699 who belonged to their sect 00:05:48.699 --> 00:05:50.620 complained to his disciples, 00:05:51.899 --> 00:05:53.540 Why do you eat and drink 00:05:53.540 --> 00:05:55.279 with tax collectors and sinners? 00:05:57.560 --> 00:05:59.439 And they kept up their complaint. 00:05:59.579 --> 00:06:00.319 Verse 33. 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:02.300 They said to him, to Jesus, 00:06:02.439 --> 00:06:02.779 that is, 00:06:03.099 --> 00:06:05.519 John's disciples often fast and pray, 00:06:06.120 --> 00:06:08.459 and so did the disciples of the Pharisees, 00:06:08.740 --> 00:06:12.099 but yours go on eating and drinking. 00:06:14.300 --> 00:06:15.860 I think it's safe to say 00:06:15.860 --> 00:06:17.300 that the Pharisees and Jesus 00:06:17.300 --> 00:06:18.959 are not Facebook friends. 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:21.860 So it comes as a surprise 00:06:21.860 --> 00:06:24.100 when in chapter 7, verse 36, 00:06:24.420 --> 00:06:25.060 we read 00:06:25.060 --> 00:06:27.360 that one of the Pharisees 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:28.379 invited Jesus 00:06:28.379 --> 00:06:29.860 to have dinner with him. 00:06:31.259 --> 00:06:33.620 And perhaps even more of a surprise 00:06:33.620 --> 00:06:36.259 that Jesus went to the Pharisees' house 00:06:36.259 --> 00:06:38.319 and reclined at the table. 00:06:41.860 --> 00:06:43.480 You see, the Pharisees 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:45.620 were good religious folk. 00:06:46.420 --> 00:06:48.100 They were highly respected 00:06:48.100 --> 00:06:49.379 within their communities. 00:06:49.379 --> 00:06:53.420 They were keepers of the religious law. 00:06:53.939 --> 00:06:56.759 And the primary way of keeping the law, 00:06:57.600 --> 00:06:59.959 well, was to keep away from the sinners, 00:07:00.300 --> 00:07:01.300 the outsiders, 00:07:01.500 --> 00:07:02.779 those untouchables. 00:07:04.060 --> 00:07:06.399 Sinners were like a contagious disease, 00:07:06.779 --> 00:07:09.259 something to avoid at all costs. 00:07:10.259 --> 00:07:10.680 You see, 00:07:10.839 --> 00:07:12.240 their understanding was 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:14.480 if you could keep yourself pure, 00:07:15.439 --> 00:07:16.740 uncontaminated, 00:07:16.740 --> 00:07:18.860 then the chances are 00:07:18.860 --> 00:07:20.519 God is going to welcome you. 00:07:20.920 --> 00:07:22.740 God is going to bring the kingdom. 00:07:27.199 --> 00:07:29.100 But this Jesus character 00:07:29.100 --> 00:07:29.840 has arrived 00:07:29.840 --> 00:07:31.400 and upset their thinking. 00:07:33.180 --> 00:07:35.500 He's been claiming to be God. 00:07:37.100 --> 00:07:39.120 He's breaking all their rules. 00:07:39.120 --> 00:07:41.139 And the shocking reality is 00:07:41.139 --> 00:07:42.819 Jesus spends all his time 00:07:42.819 --> 00:07:45.060 with the untouchable sinners. 00:07:45.060 --> 00:07:47.420 Rather than avoid them, 00:07:47.819 --> 00:07:48.639 he welcomes them. 00:07:48.740 --> 00:07:50.500 Rather than condemn and judge them, 00:07:50.959 --> 00:07:52.040 Jesus stops, 00:07:52.439 --> 00:07:52.920 it seems, 00:07:53.019 --> 00:07:54.199 goes out of his way 00:07:54.199 --> 00:07:56.600 to eat and drink with them. 00:07:58.680 --> 00:07:59.439 In fact, 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:00.439 Jesus sums up 00:08:00.439 --> 00:08:01.560 what he came to do 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:04.220 and what people think of him 00:08:04.220 --> 00:08:05.420 in verse 34. 00:08:05.660 --> 00:08:06.879 If you just go back a verse 00:08:06.879 --> 00:08:08.819 or to chapter 7, 00:08:08.899 --> 00:08:09.560 verse 34, 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:10.300 he says, 00:08:10.300 --> 00:08:11.560 the Son of Man, 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:12.860 speaking about himself, 00:08:12.860 --> 00:08:15.199 came eating and drinking. 00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:17.800 And you say, 00:08:17.920 --> 00:08:19.740 here is a glutton and a drunkard, 00:08:20.699 --> 00:08:22.199 a friend of tax collectors 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:22.939 and sinners. 00:08:25.780 --> 00:08:27.720 That's how Jesus summarises 00:08:27.720 --> 00:08:28.639 his mission. 00:08:30.420 --> 00:08:32.919 One who comes eating and drinking, 00:08:34.980 --> 00:08:37.100 one who's a friend of tax collectors 00:08:37.100 --> 00:08:37.759 and sinners. 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:41.100 Is Jesus really like this? 00:08:42.480 --> 00:08:44.419 Have we understood correctly 00:08:44.419 --> 00:08:45.919 what he came to do? 00:08:48.019 --> 00:08:49.919 Well, Luke recounts this story 00:08:49.919 --> 00:08:51.960 to tell us that this is exactly 00:08:51.960 --> 00:08:53.779 what Jesus does. 00:08:54.700 --> 00:08:55.259 You see, 00:08:55.340 --> 00:08:56.700 as Luke tells this story, 00:08:56.779 --> 00:08:59.500 as he recounts this event to us, 00:08:59.799 --> 00:09:01.019 it's as if Luke is saying, 00:09:01.100 --> 00:09:01.259 look, 00:09:01.379 --> 00:09:01.860 come on, 00:09:02.580 --> 00:09:03.600 come with me. 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:06.460 You're also invited 00:09:06.460 --> 00:09:07.740 to this dinner. 00:09:08.860 --> 00:09:10.560 I want you to accompany 00:09:10.560 --> 00:09:12.399 the Lord Jesus 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:14.659 and I want you to watch 00:09:14.659 --> 00:09:16.519 the people. 00:09:17.500 --> 00:09:19.279 Listen to how they respond. 00:09:19.680 --> 00:09:20.960 Listen to the conversations 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:22.159 that take place. 00:09:24.240 --> 00:09:26.440 And as we sit in on this meal, 00:09:26.920 --> 00:09:28.139 we will discover 00:09:28.139 --> 00:09:31.160 that it's not the religious 00:09:31.160 --> 00:09:33.160 respectable who are accepted 00:09:33.159 --> 00:09:33.819 and welcomed, 00:09:34.819 --> 00:09:37.079 but those who accept 00:09:37.079 --> 00:09:38.799 and welcome Jesus. 00:09:40.379 --> 00:09:41.799 It's not the religious 00:09:41.799 --> 00:09:43.620 respectable who are accepted 00:09:43.620 --> 00:09:44.219 and welcomed, 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:46.740 but those who accept 00:09:46.740 --> 00:09:48.480 and welcome Jesus. 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:51.719 We're going to look at 00:09:51.719 --> 00:09:53.839 three big ideas 00:09:53.839 --> 00:09:56.079 from this dinner. 00:09:56.980 --> 00:09:57.600 First, 00:09:57.980 --> 00:10:00.839 the devotion Jesus deserves. 00:10:00.959 --> 00:10:02.939 You can picture the scene here. 00:10:03.600 --> 00:10:05.100 You've got all the honoured 00:10:05.100 --> 00:10:06.480 and privileged guests 00:10:06.480 --> 00:10:07.620 that's been invited 00:10:07.620 --> 00:10:09.740 and in amongst them all 00:10:09.740 --> 00:10:10.620 is Jesus. 00:10:10.819 --> 00:10:12.059 He's been invited too. 00:10:13.539 --> 00:10:14.759 As was the custom, 00:10:14.919 --> 00:10:15.639 in those days, 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:17.179 people would sit on the floor 00:10:17.179 --> 00:10:18.740 to eat their food. 00:10:20.039 --> 00:10:21.839 You would rest in some ways, 00:10:21.939 --> 00:10:24.000 perhaps with your head 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:25.100 on your left elbow, 00:10:25.240 --> 00:10:26.179 leaning in like this, 00:10:26.219 --> 00:10:27.539 and you would use your right hand 00:10:27.539 --> 00:10:28.839 to use bread 00:10:28.839 --> 00:10:30.240 and scoop it into the food 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:30.959 that was there 00:10:30.959 --> 00:10:31.879 and to drink away. 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:34.460 And your body would be positioned 00:10:34.460 --> 00:10:35.179 in such a way 00:10:35.179 --> 00:10:35.899 that your feet 00:10:35.899 --> 00:10:37.279 pointed away 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:39.220 from the food area. 00:10:41.299 --> 00:10:43.500 Everything seems to be going well, 00:10:44.759 --> 00:10:45.659 enjoying the food, 00:10:45.820 --> 00:10:46.820 enjoying the company. 00:10:49.259 --> 00:10:50.480 Verse 37. 00:10:50.480 --> 00:10:53.580 When a woman 00:10:53.580 --> 00:10:54.539 who had lived 00:10:54.539 --> 00:10:55.639 a sinful life 00:10:55.639 --> 00:10:56.759 in that town 00:10:56.759 --> 00:10:58.899 learned that Jesus 00:10:58.899 --> 00:10:59.480 was eating 00:10:59.480 --> 00:11:00.700 at the Pharisee's house, 00:11:01.539 --> 00:11:02.279 she brought 00:11:02.279 --> 00:11:03.940 an alabaster jar 00:11:03.940 --> 00:11:05.320 of perfume. 00:11:05.320 --> 00:11:08.440 Now let's be clear. 00:11:09.160 --> 00:11:10.080 This is not 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:11.460 a respectable woman. 00:11:13.020 --> 00:11:13.780 She has lived, 00:11:13.879 --> 00:11:14.260 we're told, 00:11:14.340 --> 00:11:15.440 a sinful life. 00:11:15.800 --> 00:11:16.720 Three times 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:17.140 we're told, 00:11:17.320 --> 00:11:18.260 we're not even told 00:11:18.260 --> 00:11:18.700 her name. 00:11:19.040 --> 00:11:19.879 She's just told 00:11:19.879 --> 00:11:21.000 that she's a sinner. 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:24.580 That many times 00:11:24.580 --> 00:11:25.860 she has sinned. 00:11:25.860 --> 00:11:28.899 The implication is 00:11:28.899 --> 00:11:29.820 that she's a woman 00:11:29.820 --> 00:11:31.700 who's known 00:11:31.700 --> 00:11:32.460 in the town. 00:11:33.899 --> 00:11:35.139 She is the town's 00:11:35.139 --> 00:11:36.000 prostitute. 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:38.740 An unwelcome intruder, 00:11:38.860 --> 00:11:40.019 if ever there was one, 00:11:40.120 --> 00:11:41.379 to a meal 00:11:41.379 --> 00:11:42.399 with a Pharisee. 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:44.860 Her very presence 00:11:44.860 --> 00:11:47.639 contaminated the house. 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:49.779 Those eating 00:11:49.779 --> 00:11:51.000 ran the risk 00:11:51.000 --> 00:11:51.720 of becoming 00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:52.779 impure 00:11:52.779 --> 00:11:54.199 and unacceptable. 00:11:57.480 --> 00:11:58.600 You can imagine 00:11:58.600 --> 00:11:59.879 them all flinching, 00:12:00.759 --> 00:12:01.399 moving. 00:12:03.459 --> 00:12:04.539 But Jesus 00:12:04.539 --> 00:12:06.419 remains unmoved. 00:12:08.279 --> 00:12:09.039 Unflinching, 00:12:09.980 --> 00:12:11.019 he lets this 00:12:11.019 --> 00:12:12.100 sinful woman 00:12:12.100 --> 00:12:13.679 touch him. 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:15.639 Verse 38. 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:17.500 And as she 00:12:17.500 --> 00:12:18.839 stood behind him 00:12:18.839 --> 00:12:19.879 at his feet 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:20.620 weeping, 00:12:21.620 --> 00:12:22.259 she began 00:12:22.259 --> 00:12:22.879 to wet 00:12:22.879 --> 00:12:23.700 his feet 00:12:23.700 --> 00:12:24.620 with her tears. 00:12:25.639 --> 00:12:26.519 Then she 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:27.100 wiped them 00:12:27.100 --> 00:12:27.860 with her hair, 00:12:29.100 --> 00:12:29.700 kissed them 00:12:29.700 --> 00:12:31.159 and poured 00:12:31.159 --> 00:12:32.279 perfume on them. 00:12:33.659 --> 00:12:34.740 The intrusion 00:12:34.740 --> 00:12:35.860 is bad enough. 00:12:36.980 --> 00:12:37.600 Now it's 00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:38.759 become embarrassing. 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:40.720 This woman 00:12:40.720 --> 00:12:42.120 starts crying 00:12:42.120 --> 00:12:43.240 and wiping 00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:44.500 the dirty dust 00:12:44.500 --> 00:12:45.200 off Jesus' 00:12:45.439 --> 00:12:46.559 feet with her hair. 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:47.960 Why doesn't 00:12:47.960 --> 00:12:48.700 someone do 00:12:48.700 --> 00:12:49.179 something? 00:12:49.179 --> 00:12:52.439 perhaps they're 00:12:52.439 --> 00:12:53.000 all afraid 00:12:53.000 --> 00:12:54.179 to touch her. 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:55.719 Who knows 00:12:55.719 --> 00:12:56.319 who she was 00:12:56.319 --> 00:12:57.039 with last 00:12:57.039 --> 00:12:57.439 night? 00:12:59.099 --> 00:12:59.819 Maybe they 00:12:59.819 --> 00:13:00.699 can't believe 00:13:00.699 --> 00:13:01.099 Jesus' 00:13:01.339 --> 00:13:02.519 acceptance of her. 00:13:03.620 --> 00:13:04.359 But she's 00:13:04.359 --> 00:13:05.079 not finished. 00:13:06.199 --> 00:13:06.819 This woman 00:13:06.819 --> 00:13:07.359 has spared 00:13:07.359 --> 00:13:08.359 no expense. 00:13:08.779 --> 00:13:09.159 She has 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:09.719 bought a 00:13:09.719 --> 00:13:10.299 jar of 00:13:10.299 --> 00:13:11.099 alabaster 00:13:11.099 --> 00:13:11.819 perfume. 00:13:13.179 --> 00:13:13.799 Her life 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:14.579 savings 00:13:14.580 --> 00:13:17.480 from her 00:13:17.480 --> 00:13:18.900 work. 00:13:21.300 --> 00:13:22.139 And she 00:13:22.139 --> 00:13:22.800 pours it 00:13:22.800 --> 00:13:24.139 on his feet. 00:13:26.639 --> 00:13:27.280 Why? 00:13:28.139 --> 00:13:28.800 What's she 00:13:28.800 --> 00:13:29.220 doing? 00:13:30.900 --> 00:13:31.480 Well, 00:13:31.540 --> 00:13:32.120 she's obviously 00:13:32.120 --> 00:13:33.020 heard about 00:13:33.020 --> 00:13:33.360 Jesus. 00:13:33.580 --> 00:13:34.580 She knows 00:13:34.580 --> 00:13:35.259 that Jesus 00:13:35.259 --> 00:13:35.720 has been 00:13:35.720 --> 00:13:36.500 invited to 00:13:36.500 --> 00:13:37.360 his house. 00:13:38.900 --> 00:13:40.120 She knows 00:13:40.120 --> 00:13:41.879 that this 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:42.620 Jesus is 00:13:42.620 --> 00:13:43.000 the one 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:43.879 who welcomes 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:44.600 sinners. 00:13:46.220 --> 00:13:46.919 That's 00:13:46.919 --> 00:13:47.399 why she 00:13:47.399 --> 00:13:48.039 comes. 00:13:49.379 --> 00:13:49.840 And so 00:13:49.840 --> 00:13:50.720 this sinful 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:51.279 woman 00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:52.779 pours out 00:13:52.779 --> 00:13:53.519 her devotion 00:13:53.519 --> 00:13:55.519 in the 00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:56.139 only way 00:13:56.139 --> 00:13:56.659 that she 00:13:56.659 --> 00:13:57.060 can. 00:13:59.560 --> 00:14:00.259 You see, 00:14:01.259 --> 00:14:02.259 her devotion 00:14:02.259 --> 00:14:04.080 is an 00:14:04.080 --> 00:14:04.620 expression 00:14:04.620 --> 00:14:05.519 of her 00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:06.180 welcome. 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:07.879 She 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:08.379 treats 00:14:08.379 --> 00:14:09.139 Jesus in 00:14:09.139 --> 00:14:09.680 such a 00:14:09.679 --> 00:14:10.239 way that 00:14:10.239 --> 00:14:11.500 Simon the 00:14:11.500 --> 00:14:12.000 host 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:12.919 should have 00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:13.279 treated 00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:13.879 Jesus. 00:14:14.620 --> 00:14:15.239 Look at 00:14:15.239 --> 00:14:16.199 verse 44. 00:14:18.219 --> 00:14:18.819 Then 00:14:18.819 --> 00:14:19.259 Jesus 00:14:19.259 --> 00:14:19.779 turned 00:14:19.779 --> 00:14:20.359 towards 00:14:20.359 --> 00:14:20.799 the woman 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:21.739 and said 00:14:21.739 --> 00:14:22.299 to Simon, 00:14:22.459 --> 00:14:22.819 do you 00:14:22.819 --> 00:14:23.299 see this 00:14:23.299 --> 00:14:23.559 woman? 00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:25.099 Well, 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:25.439 what an 00:14:25.439 --> 00:14:26.199 understatement. 00:14:26.459 --> 00:14:26.679 She 00:14:26.679 --> 00:14:27.099 couldn't be 00:14:27.099 --> 00:14:27.559 avoided, 00:14:27.719 --> 00:14:28.099 could she? 00:14:29.699 --> 00:14:30.739 I came 00:14:30.739 --> 00:14:31.199 into 00:14:31.199 --> 00:14:32.139 your 00:14:32.139 --> 00:14:32.679 house. 00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:34.639 You 00:14:34.639 --> 00:14:35.599 did not 00:14:35.599 --> 00:14:35.959 give me 00:14:35.959 --> 00:14:36.519 any water 00:14:36.519 --> 00:14:36.959 for my 00:14:36.959 --> 00:14:37.319 feet, 00:14:38.299 --> 00:14:39.620 but 00:14:39.620 --> 00:14:40.039 she 00:14:40.039 --> 00:14:40.860 wet my 00:14:40.860 --> 00:14:41.440 feet with 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:42.000 her tears 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:42.560 and wiped 00:14:42.560 --> 00:14:42.960 them with 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:43.659 her hair. 00:14:45.019 --> 00:14:45.539 You 00:14:45.539 --> 00:14:46.659 did not 00:14:46.659 --> 00:14:47.039 give me 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:47.539 a kiss, 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:49.419 but this 00:14:49.419 --> 00:14:49.740 woman, 00:14:49.879 --> 00:14:50.159 from the 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:50.580 time I 00:14:50.580 --> 00:14:50.960 entered, 00:14:51.580 --> 00:14:52.120 has not 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:52.740 stopped 00:14:52.740 --> 00:14:53.460 kissing my 00:14:53.460 --> 00:14:53.840 feet. 00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:55.860 You 00:14:55.860 --> 00:14:56.320 did not 00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:57.039 put oil 00:14:57.039 --> 00:14:57.580 on my 00:14:57.580 --> 00:14:57.940 head, 00:14:58.940 --> 00:15:00.179 but she 00:15:00.179 --> 00:15:00.799 has poured 00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:01.560 perfume on 00:15:01.560 --> 00:15:02.179 my feet. 00:15:02.179 --> 00:15:02.219 feet. 00:15:04.379 --> 00:15:04.859 You 00:15:04.859 --> 00:15:05.019 see, 00:15:05.099 --> 00:15:05.319 as the 00:15:05.319 --> 00:15:05.679 host, 00:15:05.819 --> 00:15:06.079 it was 00:15:06.079 --> 00:15:06.639 expected 00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:07.319 that you, 00:15:07.959 --> 00:15:08.519 or certainly 00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:08.919 at least 00:15:08.919 --> 00:15:09.259 one of 00:15:09.259 --> 00:15:09.439 your 00:15:09.439 --> 00:15:10.319 servants, 00:15:11.419 --> 00:15:12.019 would wash 00:15:12.019 --> 00:15:12.519 the feet 00:15:12.519 --> 00:15:13.000 of the 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:13.819 guests and 00:15:13.819 --> 00:15:15.219 put a bit 00:15:15.219 --> 00:15:15.919 of olive 00:15:15.919 --> 00:15:16.279 oil, 00:15:16.339 --> 00:15:16.839 a way of 00:15:16.839 --> 00:15:17.539 freshening 00:15:17.539 --> 00:15:17.819 up. 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:20.519 So, 00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:21.620 perhaps this 00:15:21.620 --> 00:15:22.079 was an 00:15:22.079 --> 00:15:22.779 intentional 00:15:22.779 --> 00:15:24.099 slight on 00:15:24.099 --> 00:15:24.459 Jesus, 00:15:24.599 --> 00:15:25.219 a kind of 00:15:25.219 --> 00:15:26.699 social snub. 00:15:26.700 --> 00:15:27.940 you're 00:15:27.940 --> 00:15:28.560 invited, 00:15:28.780 --> 00:15:29.000 Jesus, 00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:29.460 to the 00:15:29.460 --> 00:15:29.720 house, 00:15:29.840 --> 00:15:30.040 but, 00:15:30.400 --> 00:15:30.700 you know, 00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:31.120 let's be 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:31.620 clear here, 00:15:31.660 --> 00:15:32.020 you're not 00:15:32.020 --> 00:15:32.440 welcome. 00:15:35.460 --> 00:15:36.240 And Jesus 00:15:36.240 --> 00:15:36.840 turns it 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:37.360 all on 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:37.860 its head, 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:40.140 as they 00:15:40.140 --> 00:15:40.720 all look 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:41.120 at this 00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:41.520 woman 00:15:41.520 --> 00:15:42.200 weeping. 00:15:44.420 --> 00:15:45.220 It's as if 00:15:45.220 --> 00:15:45.840 Jesus is 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:46.320 saying to 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:46.640 Simon, 00:15:46.759 --> 00:15:47.180 this is 00:15:47.180 --> 00:15:48.140 your house. 00:15:49.460 --> 00:15:49.900 You 00:15:49.900 --> 00:15:50.720 invited me, 00:15:50.900 --> 00:15:51.540 you sent 00:15:51.540 --> 00:15:52.400 the invitation, 00:15:52.920 --> 00:15:53.320 but see 00:15:53.320 --> 00:15:53.920 this woman, 00:15:55.580 --> 00:15:55.879 well, 00:15:55.920 --> 00:15:56.460 she's acted 00:15:56.460 --> 00:15:56.900 as the 00:15:56.900 --> 00:15:57.740 true host. 00:15:58.900 --> 00:15:59.519 She has 00:15:59.519 --> 00:16:00.379 welcomed me 00:16:00.379 --> 00:16:01.139 because she 00:16:01.139 --> 00:16:02.240 knows who 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:03.280 I am. 00:16:04.820 --> 00:16:05.320 Simon, 00:16:05.420 --> 00:16:05.879 if you 00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:06.780 really knew 00:16:06.780 --> 00:16:07.280 who I 00:16:07.280 --> 00:16:07.860 was, 00:16:10.300 --> 00:16:10.540 well, 00:16:10.620 --> 00:16:10.960 you would 00:16:10.960 --> 00:16:11.639 welcome me 00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:11.940 too. 00:16:15.980 --> 00:16:16.780 You see, 00:16:16.860 --> 00:16:17.560 this sinful 00:16:17.560 --> 00:16:18.440 woman bothers 00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:18.800 me. 00:16:19.820 --> 00:16:20.220 Does she 00:16:20.220 --> 00:16:20.800 bother you? 00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:23.220 There's no 00:16:23.220 --> 00:16:23.920 hiding who 00:16:23.920 --> 00:16:24.480 she is. 00:16:25.540 --> 00:16:26.040 There's no 00:16:26.039 --> 00:16:26.559 masks, 00:16:26.719 --> 00:16:27.139 there's no 00:16:27.139 --> 00:16:27.759 cover-up, 00:16:28.379 --> 00:16:29.339 the clothes 00:16:29.339 --> 00:16:29.980 are a dead 00:16:29.980 --> 00:16:30.480 giveaway. 00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:32.339 She knows 00:16:32.339 --> 00:16:33.159 that everybody 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:34.339 knows what 00:16:34.339 --> 00:16:35.159 she does. 00:16:36.899 --> 00:16:37.579 But it 00:16:37.579 --> 00:16:38.279 doesn't stop 00:16:38.279 --> 00:16:38.500 her. 00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:40.319 In 00:16:40.319 --> 00:16:40.899 shameless, 00:16:41.199 --> 00:16:42.059 extravagant 00:16:42.059 --> 00:16:42.599 devotion, 00:16:43.980 --> 00:16:44.899 she welcomes 00:16:44.899 --> 00:16:45.500 Jesus. 00:16:45.500 --> 00:16:49.899 and it 00:16:49.899 --> 00:16:50.559 bothers me 00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:51.120 because 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:52.940 that's not 00:16:52.940 --> 00:16:53.279 me. 00:16:55.539 --> 00:16:56.320 Because when 00:16:56.320 --> 00:16:56.899 I come to 00:16:56.899 --> 00:16:57.360 Jesus, 00:16:57.679 --> 00:16:58.419 I like to 00:16:58.419 --> 00:16:58.740 come 00:16:58.740 --> 00:17:00.000 presentable, 00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:02.320 reminding 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:03.279 myself of 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:04.019 how good 00:17:04.019 --> 00:17:04.539 I've been 00:17:04.539 --> 00:17:05.259 and how 00:17:05.259 --> 00:17:05.920 I've managed 00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:06.420 not to 00:17:06.420 --> 00:17:06.940 fail or 00:17:06.940 --> 00:17:07.539 fall and 00:17:07.539 --> 00:17:08.920 proud that 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:09.519 I haven't 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:10.339 slipped up 00:17:10.339 --> 00:17:10.559 and, 00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:11.119 well, 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:11.680 certainly not 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:12.200 in public 00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:12.680 anyway, 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:14.880 and don't 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:15.320 have any 00:17:15.320 --> 00:17:16.580 major sins 00:17:16.580 --> 00:17:17.500 to confess. 00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:21.820 But if I 00:17:21.820 --> 00:17:22.120 am to 00:17:22.120 --> 00:17:22.940 truly know 00:17:22.940 --> 00:17:23.620 Jesus, 00:17:25.840 --> 00:17:26.440 well, 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:26.759 then I 00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:27.240 need to 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:27.740 learn to 00:17:27.740 --> 00:17:28.460 become like 00:17:28.460 --> 00:17:29.160 this sinful 00:17:29.160 --> 00:17:29.539 woman, 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:31.539 without any 00:17:31.539 --> 00:17:32.299 pretense, 00:17:33.580 --> 00:17:34.039 shameless, 00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:36.340 risking it 00:17:36.340 --> 00:17:36.580 all, 00:17:36.700 --> 00:17:37.420 entering into 00:17:37.420 --> 00:17:37.860 the house 00:17:37.859 --> 00:17:38.619 where she 00:17:38.619 --> 00:17:39.000 could have 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:39.619 been kicked 00:17:39.619 --> 00:17:40.079 out. 00:17:43.500 --> 00:17:44.240 I need 00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:44.779 to become 00:17:44.779 --> 00:17:45.339 like this 00:17:45.339 --> 00:17:46.019 sinful woman 00:17:46.019 --> 00:17:46.599 because, 00:17:47.919 --> 00:17:48.359 well, 00:17:48.539 --> 00:17:48.859 you and 00:17:48.859 --> 00:17:49.179 I, 00:17:50.740 --> 00:17:51.779 we're all 00:17:51.779 --> 00:17:52.139 sinful, 00:17:53.019 --> 00:17:54.319 and we 00:17:54.319 --> 00:17:54.779 all need 00:17:54.779 --> 00:17:55.279 Jesus. 00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:00.959 Second, 00:18:01.139 --> 00:18:01.500 there's the 00:18:01.500 --> 00:18:01.939 forgiveness 00:18:01.939 --> 00:18:02.939 that Jesus 00:18:02.939 --> 00:18:03.500 gives. 00:18:05.719 --> 00:18:06.740 Simon the 00:18:06.740 --> 00:18:07.759 Pharisee is 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:08.900 disgusted 00:18:08.900 --> 00:18:10.400 with Jesus' 00:18:10.660 --> 00:18:11.079 lack of 00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:11.539 response. 00:18:11.700 --> 00:18:11.920 Look at 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:12.759 verse 39. 00:18:14.539 --> 00:18:15.000 When the 00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:15.720 Pharisee who 00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:16.420 had invited 00:18:16.420 --> 00:18:17.259 him saw 00:18:17.259 --> 00:18:17.720 this, 00:18:18.420 --> 00:18:18.819 he said 00:18:18.819 --> 00:18:19.480 to himself, 00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:21.420 if this 00:18:21.420 --> 00:18:21.900 man were 00:18:21.900 --> 00:18:22.420 a prophet, 00:18:23.640 --> 00:18:24.420 he would 00:18:24.420 --> 00:18:25.019 know who 00:18:25.019 --> 00:18:25.559 is touching 00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:25.980 him and 00:18:25.980 --> 00:18:26.519 what kind 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:27.000 of woman 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:27.640 she is, 00:18:28.299 --> 00:18:28.879 that she's 00:18:28.879 --> 00:18:29.539 a sinner. 00:18:31.200 --> 00:18:32.059 It's bad 00:18:32.059 --> 00:18:32.640 enough that 00:18:32.640 --> 00:18:33.879 this sinful 00:18:33.879 --> 00:18:34.680 woman has 00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:35.480 gate-crashed 00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:36.039 his dinner 00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:37.259 and invaded 00:18:37.259 --> 00:18:38.119 his privacy. 00:18:38.539 --> 00:18:39.259 But what's 00:18:39.259 --> 00:18:39.900 worse is 00:18:39.900 --> 00:18:40.519 that Jesus 00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:41.000 has done 00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:41.720 nothing about 00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:42.059 it. 00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:44.039 He's been 00:18:44.039 --> 00:18:44.900 walking around 00:18:44.900 --> 00:18:45.660 claiming to 00:18:45.660 --> 00:18:46.339 be God. 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:49.099 He should 00:18:49.099 --> 00:18:49.779 have rebuked 00:18:49.779 --> 00:18:49.920 her, 00:18:50.299 --> 00:18:50.680 condemned 00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:50.960 her, 00:18:51.299 --> 00:18:51.759 pushed her 00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:52.180 away. 00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:53.920 Instead, 00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:54.900 Jesus lets 00:18:54.900 --> 00:18:55.799 her filthy, 00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:57.299 dirty hands 00:18:57.299 --> 00:18:58.119 touch him. 00:18:59.420 --> 00:19:00.180 How dare 00:19:00.180 --> 00:19:00.480 he? 00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:00.539 be. 00:19:03.660 --> 00:19:04.079 You see, 00:19:04.160 --> 00:19:04.799 Simon is 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:05.740 not interested 00:19:05.740 --> 00:19:06.519 in welcoming 00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:07.019 Jesus. 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:09.039 He's more 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:10.079 interested in 00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:10.740 setting a 00:19:10.740 --> 00:19:12.599 standard that 00:19:12.599 --> 00:19:13.400 Jesus might 00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:14.000 take note 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:14.380 of. 00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:16.480 We're 00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:17.019 beginning to 00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:17.460 get the 00:19:17.460 --> 00:19:18.339 impression that 00:19:18.339 --> 00:19:18.940 the dinner 00:19:18.940 --> 00:19:19.980 has been 00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:21.019 orchestrated in 00:19:21.019 --> 00:19:21.660 such a way 00:19:21.660 --> 00:19:22.640 to, well, 00:19:22.700 --> 00:19:23.420 maybe teach 00:19:23.420 --> 00:19:24.120 Jesus a 00:19:24.120 --> 00:19:24.480 thing or 00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:24.960 two about 00:19:24.960 --> 00:19:25.440 how he 00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:26.500 should behave. 00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:28.920 If Jesus 00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:29.619 is who he 00:19:29.619 --> 00:19:30.200 claims to 00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:30.920 be, well, 00:19:30.940 --> 00:19:31.180 then he 00:19:31.180 --> 00:19:31.480 would have 00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:31.900 kicked her 00:19:31.900 --> 00:19:32.299 out. 00:19:35.500 --> 00:19:36.400 But that's 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:37.019 not why 00:19:37.019 --> 00:19:37.660 Jesus has 00:19:37.660 --> 00:19:37.980 come. 00:19:39.720 --> 00:19:40.539 Jesus came, 00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:41.000 remember, 00:19:41.140 --> 00:19:42.119 to eat and 00:19:42.119 --> 00:19:42.819 drink with 00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:43.740 sinners because 00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:44.740 people like 00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:45.420 you and me 00:19:45.420 --> 00:19:46.359 desperately 00:19:46.359 --> 00:19:48.160 need Jesus. 00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:53.039 So often 00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:53.660 we can be 00:19:53.660 --> 00:19:54.579 busy seeking 00:19:54.579 --> 00:19:55.099 approval, 00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:55.680 can't we? 00:19:56.500 --> 00:19:57.700 keeping a 00:19:57.700 --> 00:19:58.539 mental account 00:19:58.539 --> 00:19:59.619 of how 00:19:59.619 --> 00:20:00.359 often we've 00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:01.079 served through 00:20:01.079 --> 00:20:01.519 the week, 00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:02.519 just totting it 00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:03.819 up and all 00:20:03.819 --> 00:20:04.259 the different 00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:04.920 people that 00:20:04.920 --> 00:20:05.500 we've helped 00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:06.359 and the 00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:06.880 money that 00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:07.420 we've given 00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:08.099 and the 00:20:08.099 --> 00:20:08.839 organisations 00:20:08.839 --> 00:20:09.740 that we've 00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:10.500 supported and 00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:11.619 just to make 00:20:11.619 --> 00:20:12.740 sure we don't 00:20:12.740 --> 00:20:13.440 forget, well, 00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:14.119 we just kind of 00:20:14.119 --> 00:20:15.240 accidentally let 00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:15.740 it slip. 00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:17.539 I've been so 00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:18.839 busy this week, 00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:21.519 as if busyness 00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:22.220 equated with 00:20:22.220 --> 00:20:22.640 holiness. 00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:22.860 holiness. 00:20:24.800 --> 00:20:25.600 If only 00:20:25.600 --> 00:20:26.180 others were 00:20:26.180 --> 00:20:27.080 like me. 00:20:31.280 --> 00:20:31.860 Well, 00:20:31.900 --> 00:20:32.660 Jesus comes 00:20:32.660 --> 00:20:33.900 not for that 00:20:33.900 --> 00:20:34.360 kind of 00:20:34.360 --> 00:20:34.740 person, 00:20:35.840 --> 00:20:36.860 but for 00:20:36.860 --> 00:20:37.340 those who 00:20:37.340 --> 00:20:38.080 live messy 00:20:38.080 --> 00:20:38.800 and broken 00:20:38.800 --> 00:20:39.480 lives. 00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:41.520 For those 00:20:41.520 --> 00:20:42.340 who fall 00:20:42.340 --> 00:20:44.140 and can't 00:20:44.140 --> 00:20:44.620 seem to 00:20:44.620 --> 00:20:45.240 break their 00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:46.320 sinful habits, 00:20:47.540 --> 00:20:48.280 who try 00:20:48.280 --> 00:20:49.200 harder only 00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:49.900 to fail 00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:50.680 again and 00:20:50.680 --> 00:20:51.059 again. 00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:53.840 He's not 00:20:53.840 --> 00:20:55.059 impressed by 00:20:55.059 --> 00:20:56.200 our approval 00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:56.740 seeking. 00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:58.480 He's not 00:20:58.480 --> 00:20:59.299 impressed by 00:20:59.299 --> 00:21:00.180 the cover-ups, 00:21:00.620 --> 00:21:01.240 the masks 00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:01.920 that we put 00:21:01.920 --> 00:21:02.539 on as we 00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:03.720 gather together 00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:04.519 and sing our 00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:05.440 worship songs 00:21:05.440 --> 00:21:06.640 and the fake 00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:07.680 smile we put 00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:08.240 on as we 00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:09.100 answer people's 00:21:09.100 --> 00:21:09.500 questions. 00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.480 I'm fine. 00:21:13.940 --> 00:21:15.120 He longs to 00:21:15.120 --> 00:21:15.539 come with 00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:16.180 people who 00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:17.360 come as 00:21:17.360 --> 00:21:17.860 they are. 00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:21.360 people who 00:21:21.360 --> 00:21:21.840 need 00:21:21.840 --> 00:21:22.900 forgiveness. 00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:26.660 You see, 00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.460 Jesus knows 00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:28.180 our hearts 00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:29.660 better than 00:21:29.660 --> 00:21:30.059 we know 00:21:30.059 --> 00:21:30.700 ourselves. 00:21:31.299 --> 00:21:31.680 Look at 00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:32.400 verse 40. 00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:35.720 Jesus 00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:36.819 answered him. 00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:39.360 Well, 00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:41.240 how did 00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:41.860 Jesus know? 00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:42.319 Remember, 00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:43.720 he said it 00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:44.400 to himself, 00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:44.880 didn't he, 00:21:44.900 --> 00:21:45.840 in verse 39. 00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:48.220 Poor Simon, 00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:48.700 he's really 00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:49.440 on edge now, 00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:49.860 isn't he? 00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:50.460 Because Jesus 00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:51.039 knows what 00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:51.600 he's thinking. 00:21:53.120 --> 00:21:53.580 Simon, 00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:54.220 I have 00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:54.740 something to 00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:55.259 tell you. 00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:56.000 Oh, 00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:56.440 tell me, 00:21:56.600 --> 00:21:56.960 teacher, 00:21:57.620 --> 00:21:58.220 he said, 00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:00.080 as if he 00:22:00.080 --> 00:22:00.580 could teach 00:22:00.580 --> 00:22:01.259 me anything. 00:22:02.140 --> 00:22:02.900 Two men 00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:03.380 owed money 00:22:03.380 --> 00:22:04.039 to a certain 00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:04.700 money lender. 00:22:05.360 --> 00:22:06.200 One owed him 00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:07.500 500 denarii, 00:22:07.580 --> 00:22:08.580 about 18 00:22:08.580 --> 00:22:09.019 months' 00:22:09.360 --> 00:22:09.620 wages, 00:22:09.860 --> 00:22:10.960 so a 00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:11.539 significant 00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:12.259 amount of 00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:12.559 money, 00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:14.100 and the 00:22:14.100 --> 00:22:14.840 other 50, 00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:16.340 about six 00:22:16.339 --> 00:22:16.799 weeks. 00:22:17.939 --> 00:22:18.379 Significant, 00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:19.059 but certainly 00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:19.859 not as much. 00:22:20.919 --> 00:22:21.419 Neither of 00:22:21.419 --> 00:22:21.879 them had the 00:22:21.879 --> 00:22:22.500 money to pay 00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:23.000 him back, 00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:24.000 so he 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:25.159 cancelled the 00:22:25.159 --> 00:22:25.779 debts of 00:22:25.779 --> 00:22:26.220 both. 00:22:28.599 --> 00:22:29.059 Now, 00:22:29.099 --> 00:22:29.379 which of 00:22:29.379 --> 00:22:29.659 them will 00:22:29.659 --> 00:22:30.039 love him 00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:30.319 more? 00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:33.179 Simon replied, 00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:34.679 well, 00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.359 I suppose the 00:22:35.359 --> 00:22:35.799 one who had 00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.419 the bigger debt 00:22:36.419 --> 00:22:36.859 cancelled. 00:22:38.399 --> 00:22:39.059 You have 00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:39.399 judged 00:22:39.399 --> 00:22:39.939 correctly, 00:22:40.339 --> 00:22:41.019 Jesus said. 00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:43.519 it's a 00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:44.160 simple, 00:22:44.379 --> 00:22:45.200 simple story, 00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:46.139 but deeply 00:22:46.139 --> 00:22:46.680 challenging. 00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:48.440 If someone 00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:49.339 forgives you, 00:22:50.859 --> 00:22:52.119 you love 00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:52.359 them. 00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:53.619 If someone 00:22:53.619 --> 00:22:54.319 forgives you 00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:55.019 a lot, 00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:57.119 you love 00:22:57.119 --> 00:22:57.799 them a lot. 00:22:58.819 --> 00:22:59.259 And the 00:22:59.259 --> 00:22:59.819 point is, 00:22:59.900 --> 00:23:00.519 this sinful 00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:02.000 woman loves 00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:02.879 Jesus, 00:23:03.879 --> 00:23:05.220 because she 00:23:05.220 --> 00:23:06.339 has received 00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:06.980 forgiveness. 00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:09.180 She loves 00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:10.180 Jesus a lot, 00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:11.560 that explains 00:23:11.560 --> 00:23:12.480 her devotion, 00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:13.660 because he 00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:14.560 has forgiven 00:23:14.560 --> 00:23:15.420 her a lot. 00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:18.060 Verse 47, 00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.279 therefore, 00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:20.799 I tell you, 00:23:21.120 --> 00:23:22.340 her many 00:23:22.340 --> 00:23:24.120 sins have 00:23:24.120 --> 00:23:24.980 been forgiven, 00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:25.620 for she 00:23:25.620 --> 00:23:26.940 loved much. 00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:28.680 But he 00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:29.120 who has 00:23:29.120 --> 00:23:29.759 been forgiven 00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.259 little, 00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:32.080 loves little. 00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:33.980 Then Jesus 00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.640 said to her, 00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.360 your sins 00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:36.940 are forgiven. 00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:38.880 The other 00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:39.700 guests began 00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:40.160 to say 00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:40.519 amongst 00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:41.019 themselves, 00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:42.080 who is 00:23:42.080 --> 00:23:42.559 this, 00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:43.840 who even 00:23:43.840 --> 00:23:44.319 forgives 00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:44.860 sins? 00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:47.600 And Jesus 00:23:47.600 --> 00:23:48.200 said to the 00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:48.440 woman, 00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:49.220 your faith 00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:49.660 has saved 00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:49.920 you, 00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.480 go in 00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:51.940 peace. 00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:54.580 You see, 00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:55.240 it's not her 00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:55.860 devotion 00:23:55.860 --> 00:23:57.900 that saves. 00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:00.380 It's not her 00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:01.799 extravagance 00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.500 that saves, 00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:02.860 as she 00:24:02.860 --> 00:24:03.860 pours out 00:24:03.860 --> 00:24:04.660 all that she 00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:05.299 has for 00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:05.680 Jesus. 00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:06.600 It's not, 00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:07.660 it's not just 00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:08.360 her love 00:24:08.360 --> 00:24:09.500 that saves. 00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:12.100 In her 00:24:12.100 --> 00:24:12.720 faith, 00:24:14.060 --> 00:24:14.600 it's her 00:24:14.600 --> 00:24:14.980 faith, 00:24:15.120 --> 00:24:15.779 verse 50, 00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:18.440 that Jesus 00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:19.660 alone can 00:24:19.660 --> 00:24:20.320 forgive 00:24:20.320 --> 00:24:21.300 sins. 00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.880 This sinful 00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:23.740 woman knows 00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.360 that Jesus 00:24:24.360 --> 00:24:25.259 is the true 00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:26.080 friend of 00:24:26.080 --> 00:24:26.400 sinners. 00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:27.840 She comes 00:24:27.840 --> 00:24:28.240 to him 00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:29.680 because he 00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:30.320 is the one 00:24:30.320 --> 00:24:30.700 who will 00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:31.300 forgive her. 00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:32.540 He won't 00:24:32.540 --> 00:24:33.380 misuse her 00:24:33.380 --> 00:24:34.460 or abuse 00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:34.660 her. 00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:35.440 He will 00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:36.380 forgive her. 00:24:36.620 --> 00:24:37.040 He won't 00:24:37.040 --> 00:24:37.900 refuse her 00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.800 or reject 00:24:38.800 --> 00:24:39.040 her. 00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:39.740 Jesus 00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.320 will 00:24:40.320 --> 00:24:41.140 welcome 00:24:41.140 --> 00:24:41.500 her. 00:24:43.820 --> 00:24:44.100 Her 00:24:44.100 --> 00:24:44.660 love, 00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:45.380 her 00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:46.040 devotion, 00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:46.600 her 00:24:46.600 --> 00:24:47.600 extravagance 00:24:47.600 --> 00:24:48.580 is because 00:24:48.580 --> 00:24:49.660 she has 00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:50.440 been forgiven. 00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:53.220 She has 00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:53.779 received 00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.400 forgiveness 00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:56.100 from Jesus. 00:24:56.100 --> 00:24:56.440 Jesus. 00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:02.019 Third, 00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:02.759 the change 00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.440 that Jesus 00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:03.960 makes. 00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:07.960 The story 00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.580 is here 00:25:08.580 --> 00:25:09.279 to tell us 00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:09.799 that just 00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:10.279 as the 00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:10.680 woman 00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:11.279 received 00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:11.779 forgiveness, 00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:14.080 we too 00:25:14.080 --> 00:25:15.120 can all 00:25:15.120 --> 00:25:15.880 be forgiven 00:25:15.880 --> 00:25:17.740 of our 00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:19.220 many sins. 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:21.059 The known 00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:21.720 sins 00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:23.580 and the 00:25:23.580 --> 00:25:24.200 secret 00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:24.820 sins. 00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.480 The ones 00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:26.940 we don't 00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.660 want anybody 00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:28.160 to know. 00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:29.880 You see, 00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:30.420 this little 00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:31.200 story that 00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:31.980 Jesus tells 00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:32.480 in verses 00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.380 41 to 00:25:33.380 --> 00:25:33.940 42 00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:35.620 about the 00:25:35.620 --> 00:25:36.240 debts 00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:36.660 being 00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:37.319 cancelled. 00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:39.259 Well, 00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:39.660 it's a much 00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:40.559 bigger story, 00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:40.920 a much 00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:41.680 bigger picture, 00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:42.240 isn't it? 00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:43.559 Of what 00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:44.099 would happen 00:25:44.099 --> 00:25:44.680 when Jesus 00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:45.200 went to 00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:45.759 the cross. 00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.799 When Jesus 00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.420 would pay 00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:48.940 the debt 00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.880 of my 00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:50.319 sin and 00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:50.940 your sin. 00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:52.599 He would 00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:53.059 take the 00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:53.519 punishment 00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:54.160 that you 00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:54.579 and I 00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:55.140 deserve. 00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:56.440 He would 00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:56.940 take the 00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.480 hit for 00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:57.880 you and 00:25:57.880 --> 00:25:58.240 for me. 00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:58.940 He would 00:25:58.940 --> 00:26:00.000 cancel the 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.299 debt, 00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:01.500 wipe the 00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.240 slate clean 00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:03.159 and no 00:26:03.159 --> 00:26:04.099 longer hold 00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:04.639 it against 00:26:04.639 --> 00:26:05.240 us. 00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.779 And in 00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.279 case we're 00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.059 struggling to 00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.740 grasp the 00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.659 enormity of 00:26:11.659 --> 00:26:11.980 that, 00:26:13.419 --> 00:26:13.919 let me 00:26:13.919 --> 00:26:14.399 read to 00:26:14.399 --> 00:26:14.919 you something 00:26:14.919 --> 00:26:15.639 from Psalm 00:26:15.639 --> 00:26:16.500 103. 00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.980 Familiar 00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.559 words. 00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:23.159 He does 00:26:23.159 --> 00:26:23.980 not treat 00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.740 us as 00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:25.399 our sins 00:26:25.399 --> 00:26:25.899 deserve, 00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.899 or repay 00:26:27.899 --> 00:26:28.740 us according 00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.500 to our 00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.240 iniquities. 00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.039 For as 00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.579 high as 00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:32.120 the heavens 00:26:32.120 --> 00:26:32.859 are above 00:26:32.859 --> 00:26:33.460 the earth, 00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:34.819 so great 00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.240 is his 00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.900 love for 00:26:35.900 --> 00:26:36.519 those who 00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:37.140 fear him. 00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:38.059 As far 00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:38.440 as the 00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:39.099 east is 00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:39.559 from the 00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:40.000 west, 00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:42.140 an eternity 00:26:42.140 --> 00:26:43.120 of space, 00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:45.240 so far 00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:46.640 as he 00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:47.299 removed 00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:48.140 our 00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:48.980 transgressions 00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.660 from us. 00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:53.140 He wipes 00:26:53.140 --> 00:26:53.700 it away, 00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:55.940 every 00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:56.779 deep and 00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.700 secret sin, 00:26:58.700 --> 00:26:59.279 everything 00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.879 that we 00:26:59.879 --> 00:27:00.420 think, 00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.220 no, 00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:01.579 Jesus 00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:02.460 couldn't 00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:02.920 deal with 00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.319 that, 00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:05.220 he deals 00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:05.599 with at 00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:06.160 the cross. 00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:09.960 Now the 00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:10.399 thing is, 00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:10.920 if we 00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:11.940 have received 00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:13.039 and experienced 00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:14.339 this forgiveness, 00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:16.279 it will 00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:16.839 radically 00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:17.639 change your 00:27:17.639 --> 00:27:18.000 life. 00:27:18.899 --> 00:27:19.259 It will 00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:20.180 transform you. 00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:22.279 In some 00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:22.779 ways it's 00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.519 the tester 00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:24.420 to know 00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:24.819 that we 00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:25.420 have been 00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:25.900 forgiven. 00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.680 If we've 00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:29.119 received 00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:29.660 forgiveness, 00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:30.519 it will 00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:31.099 affect us 00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:31.480 in two 00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:31.799 ways. 00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:32.220 First, 00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:33.740 you will 00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.460 have a 00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:34.799 deep 00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.379 love 00:27:35.379 --> 00:27:36.799 for others. 00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:37.200 You will 00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:37.559 have a 00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:37.839 deep 00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:38.279 love 00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:39.059 for others. 00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:39.480 Look at 00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:40.379 verse 47. 00:27:41.879 --> 00:27:42.420 Jesus 00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:42.759 says, 00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:43.339 Therefore I 00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:44.059 tell you, 00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:45.539 her many 00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:46.359 sins have 00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:47.139 been forgiven 00:27:47.139 --> 00:27:47.720 for she 00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:48.480 loved much. 00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:51.220 But he 00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:51.799 who has 00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.500 been forgiven 00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:53.039 little, 00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:54.880 loves 00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:55.619 little. 00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:57.579 That's 00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:58.259 the problem 00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:59.099 with Simon, 00:27:59.279 --> 00:27:59.720 isn't it? 00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:01.539 He loves 00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.319 little because 00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:03.039 he's been 00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.559 forgiven 00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:04.000 little. 00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:05.619 Not that 00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:06.059 he just 00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.680 has little 00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:07.359 sins and 00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:07.779 there's no 00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.579 big sins 00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:09.339 to confess. 00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:11.319 It's because 00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:11.940 he can't 00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:12.460 see how 00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:13.079 great his 00:28:13.079 --> 00:28:13.799 sin is. 00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.720 That's his 00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:16.099 problem. 00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:18.140 And as a 00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:18.720 result he 00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.220 has no 00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:20.200 love for 00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.920 this sinful 00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:21.579 woman who's 00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.380 come bursting 00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:23.000 into his 00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.380 house. 00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:24.560 She's to 00:28:24.560 --> 00:28:25.220 be avoided, 00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:26.080 ignored, 00:28:26.280 --> 00:28:26.700 removed, 00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.420 pushed out, 00:28:27.840 --> 00:28:28.300 given a 00:28:28.300 --> 00:28:28.660 kick. 00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:34.220 You see, 00:28:34.300 --> 00:28:35.120 sinful lives 00:28:35.120 --> 00:28:35.740 like this 00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:36.580 sinful woman 00:28:36.580 --> 00:28:38.800 are broken 00:28:38.800 --> 00:28:39.440 and messy. 00:28:40.060 --> 00:28:40.440 They're 00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:41.180 complicated. 00:28:43.320 --> 00:28:44.220 And when we 00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.600 look out 00:28:44.600 --> 00:28:45.320 sometimes we 00:28:45.320 --> 00:28:45.560 think, 00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:45.860 well, 00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.100 they're the 00:28:47.100 --> 00:28:47.720 very kind 00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:48.120 of people 00:28:48.120 --> 00:28:48.520 we just 00:28:48.520 --> 00:28:48.920 want to 00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.280 avoid. 00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:51.899 because it's 00:28:51.899 --> 00:28:52.319 messy. 00:28:53.859 --> 00:28:54.500 And it's 00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:54.859 going to 00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:55.440 cost us 00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:56.240 our time 00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.639 and our 00:28:56.639 --> 00:28:58.099 personal space 00:28:58.099 --> 00:28:58.660 if we get 00:28:58.660 --> 00:28:59.240 involved. 00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.519 It's going 00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:01.299 to interrupt 00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:02.440 my plans 00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:02.759 and the 00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.180 things that 00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:03.759 I want 00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.220 to do. 00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:07.899 But when 00:29:07.899 --> 00:29:08.299 we have 00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:08.839 received 00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:09.460 forgiveness, 00:29:10.619 --> 00:29:11.399 when we 00:29:11.399 --> 00:29:11.940 look at the 00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:12.500 cross and 00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:12.940 we see 00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.639 Christ 00:29:13.639 --> 00:29:14.839 who is 00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:15.420 hanging there 00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:16.019 for me 00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:18.140 and see 00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:18.800 how God 00:29:18.800 --> 00:29:19.539 has cancelled 00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:21.120 my sin 00:29:21.120 --> 00:29:21.800 debt 00:29:21.800 --> 00:29:25.100 and I 00:29:25.100 --> 00:29:25.539 see 00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:26.960 the cost 00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:27.259 of it 00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:27.600 all, 00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:29.360 then I 00:29:29.360 --> 00:29:30.000 will love 00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.700 much 00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:32.900 because I 00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:33.400 have been 00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:33.960 forgiven 00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.600 much. 00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:37.140 We will 00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:37.720 care 00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.880 and we 00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:39.620 will invest 00:29:39.620 --> 00:29:40.400 our lives 00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:41.160 intentionally 00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:42.700 into people. 00:29:42.860 --> 00:29:43.120 We will 00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:44.039 give our 00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.720 time and 00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.339 we'll open 00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:46.000 our homes 00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.920 and we'll 00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.660 welcome and 00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:48.259 there will 00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:48.960 be nobody 00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.380 who we 00:29:49.380 --> 00:29:49.839 will ever 00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:50.720 refuse and 00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.600 we'll never 00:29:51.600 --> 00:29:52.019 look at 00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.559 anybody and 00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:52.740 say, 00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:53.100 sorry, 00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.620 I haven't 00:29:53.620 --> 00:29:53.940 got the 00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.700 time because 00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.079 well, 00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:56.000 it's too 00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.400 messy. 00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:00.120 Forgiven 00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:00.680 lots 00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:02.880 and we 00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:03.339 will love 00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:03.819 lots. 00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.700 But there's 00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.360 another way in 00:30:08.360 --> 00:30:08.759 which it will 00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.500 change us. 00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:11.200 Not just 00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:11.660 love for 00:30:11.660 --> 00:30:12.039 others, 00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:14.360 but peace 00:30:14.359 --> 00:30:15.219 for life. 00:30:16.879 --> 00:30:17.219 Did you 00:30:17.219 --> 00:30:17.819 get Jesus' 00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:18.579 words at 00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:18.959 the end, 00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.879 that final 00:30:19.879 --> 00:30:21.959 departing 00:30:21.959 --> 00:30:22.319 word? 00:30:23.959 --> 00:30:24.399 It's 00:30:24.399 --> 00:30:26.039 amazing. 00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:27.359 Jesus said 00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:27.659 to the 00:30:27.659 --> 00:30:27.899 woman, 00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:30.179 your face 00:30:30.179 --> 00:30:30.639 has saved 00:30:30.639 --> 00:30:30.939 you. 00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:33.459 Go in 00:30:33.459 --> 00:30:33.939 peace. 00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:37.419 Think about 00:30:37.419 --> 00:30:37.919 this woman 00:30:37.919 --> 00:30:38.419 for a minute. 00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:39.179 She's lived 00:30:39.179 --> 00:30:40.740 a life of 00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.919 personal guilt 00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:42.880 and public 00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:43.380 shame. 00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:47.300 Guilt is 00:30:47.300 --> 00:30:48.060 when you 00:30:48.060 --> 00:30:48.539 live with 00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:49.080 your own 00:30:49.080 --> 00:30:49.460 sin. 00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.620 But shame 00:30:51.620 --> 00:30:52.200 is when 00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:53.440 everybody else 00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:54.180 knows about 00:30:54.180 --> 00:30:54.800 that sin. 00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:57.800 She 00:30:57.800 --> 00:30:58.460 couldn't walk 00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:58.920 down the 00:30:58.920 --> 00:30:59.380 street in 00:30:59.380 --> 00:30:59.800 her town 00:30:59.800 --> 00:31:00.519 without people 00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.460 passing comment. 00:31:02.360 --> 00:31:03.019 Her life 00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.660 was ruled 00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:04.140 by what 00:31:04.140 --> 00:31:04.880 others said 00:31:04.880 --> 00:31:05.220 and what 00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:06.000 others thought 00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.360 of her. 00:31:06.359 --> 00:31:06.979 God 00:31:06.979 --> 00:31:08.359 was 00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:09.219 forgiven. 00:31:09.219 --> 00:31:09.459 But now 00:31:09.459 --> 00:31:09.959 she meets 00:31:09.959 --> 00:31:10.519 Jesus 00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:12.659 and that 00:31:12.659 --> 00:31:13.039 changed 00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:13.599 everything. 00:31:15.379 --> 00:31:16.039 Go 00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:17.779 in peace. 00:31:18.979 --> 00:31:19.759 No longer 00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.539 burdened by 00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.319 her past. 00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:23.039 No longer 00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.599 having to 00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:24.259 sneak out 00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:24.779 at night. 00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:25.799 No longer 00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:26.559 afraid of 00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:27.039 what others 00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:27.619 would think 00:31:27.619 --> 00:31:28.059 or say. 00:31:28.479 --> 00:31:28.599 Well, 00:31:28.639 --> 00:31:29.079 she was 00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:30.059 now forgiven. 00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:31.939 She was a 00:31:31.939 --> 00:31:32.659 daughter of 00:31:32.659 --> 00:31:33.039 God, 00:31:33.139 --> 00:31:34.139 accepted and 00:31:34.139 --> 00:31:34.679 welcomed. 00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:40.680 how many 00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:41.240 of us 00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:42.120 continue to 00:31:42.120 --> 00:31:42.539 live with 00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:42.980 the shame 00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.299 of the 00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.860 past? 00:31:47.340 --> 00:31:48.019 Avoiding 00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.880 eye contact 00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:49.560 in case 00:31:49.560 --> 00:31:50.660 people ask 00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:51.620 that question? 00:31:53.580 --> 00:31:54.259 Keeping 00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:55.100 busy so 00:31:55.100 --> 00:31:55.460 that we 00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:55.960 don't have 00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.600 to talk? 00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:58.940 Afraid 00:31:58.940 --> 00:31:59.539 to step 00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:00.000 out and 00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.799 get involved? 00:32:01.580 --> 00:32:02.080 Always 00:32:02.080 --> 00:32:02.720 thinking, 00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.660 what if? 00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:06.060 what if 00:32:06.060 --> 00:32:06.539 they find 00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:06.900 out? 00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.279 You see, 00:32:11.360 --> 00:32:11.720 when we 00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:12.340 face up 00:32:12.340 --> 00:32:12.740 to our 00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.060 sin, 00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:14.900 like this 00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:15.299 woman, 00:32:17.080 --> 00:32:17.759 when we 00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.400 run to 00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:19.140 Jesus in 00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:20.220 extravagant 00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:20.740 devotion, 00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:22.440 when we 00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:23.500 receive and 00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:24.480 experience 00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:25.000 his 00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.620 forgiveness, 00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:27.700 hear the 00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:28.259 words of 00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.700 Jesus, 00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:30.440 go in 00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:31.360 peace. 00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:31.479 peace. 00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.159 No 00:32:34.159 --> 00:32:34.559 longer 00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:35.219 held back 00:32:35.219 --> 00:32:35.679 by what 00:32:35.679 --> 00:32:35.919 others 00:32:35.919 --> 00:32:36.479 think or 00:32:36.479 --> 00:32:36.740 say. 00:32:38.139 --> 00:32:38.599 No 00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:38.939 longer 00:32:38.939 --> 00:32:39.639 controlled 00:32:39.639 --> 00:32:40.279 by the 00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:40.839 sins of 00:32:40.839 --> 00:32:41.399 past, 00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.679 but now 00:32:43.679 --> 00:32:44.679 set free 00:32:44.679 --> 00:32:46.599 to go 00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:47.319 and love 00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:48.500 and care 00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.719 and welcome 00:32:49.719 --> 00:32:50.259 others. 00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:52.259 to 00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:53.259 peace. 00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:55.259 This 00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:56.500 woman 00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:57.220 really 00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:57.720 bothers 00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:58.119 me 00:32:58.119 --> 00:33:02.720 because 00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.279 she does 00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:04.019 what I 00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:04.559 should do 00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:06.660 and I 00:33:06.660 --> 00:33:07.140 don't do 00:33:07.140 --> 00:33:07.480 it. 00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.700 Too 00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.059 busy 00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:11.720 hiding, 00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:13.839 too 00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:14.119 busy 00:33:14.119 --> 00:33:14.599 covering 00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:15.119 up, 00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:18.579 afraid of 00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:19.019 what others 00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.539 will think 00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:19.920 if I 00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:20.799 express my 00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:21.359 love for 00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:22.059 Jesus in 00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:22.599 public 00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:24.539 and talk 00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.139 about him. 00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:29.500 I need 00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:29.920 to look at 00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:30.400 the cross 00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:31.059 again and 00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:32.339 maybe that's 00:33:32.339 --> 00:33:32.879 where we all 00:33:32.879 --> 00:33:33.460 need to come 00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:34.440 and see 00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:35.259 Christ and 00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:35.759 see the 00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.180 forgiveness 00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:36.799 that we 00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.559 have received. 00:33:40.139 --> 00:33:41.079 For those 00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:41.440 who are 00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:41.900 forgiven 00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.779 lots, 00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.599 love 00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:45.200 lots 00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:47.379 and can 00:33:47.379 --> 00:33:47.779 go in 00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:48.319 peace 00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:50.159 set free 00:33:50.159 --> 00:33:50.619 from their 00:33:50.619 --> 00:33:51.299 past, 00:33:52.439 --> 00:33:52.859 given a 00:33:52.859 --> 00:33:53.240 future 00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:54.839 to go 00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:55.299 and love 00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:55.859 and care 00:33:55.859 --> 00:33:56.439 and welcome. 00:33:59.159 --> 00:33:59.759 Let's 00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:00.019 pray. 00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.399 Let's 00:34:00.399 --> 00:34:00.480 pray. 00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:30.460 Thank you.