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 Good morning.

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 I am Abigail Todd, and I am part of Christ Church Kids.

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 Today's scripture reading is from the Gospel according to Luke, chapter 7, verse 36 to chapter 8, verse 3, as printed in the liturgy.

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 A reading from the Gospel according to Luke.

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 When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table.

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 A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee's house.

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 So she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume.

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 As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears.

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 Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and poured perfume on them.

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 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself,

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 If this man were a prophet, he would know that who is touching him and what kind of woman she is, that she is a sinner.

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 Jesus answered him,

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 Simon, I have something to tell you.

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 Tell me, teacher, he said.

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 Two people owed money to a certain money letter.

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 One owed him 500 denarii and the other 50.

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 Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both.

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 Now which of them will love him more?

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 Simon replied,

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 I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven.

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 You have judged correctly, Jesus said.

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 Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon,

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 Do you see this woman?

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 I came to your house.

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 You did not give me any water for my feet,

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 but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

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 You did not give me a kiss,

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 but this woman from the time I entered has not stopped kissing my feet.

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 You did not pour oil on my head,

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 but she has poured perfume on my feet.

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 Therefore, I tell you,

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 her many sins have been forgiven,

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 as her great love has shown.

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 But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.

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 Then Jesus said to her,

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 Your sins are forgiven.

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 The other guests began to say among themselves,

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 Who is this who even forgives sins?

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 Jesus said to the woman,

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 Your faith has saved you.

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 Go in peace.

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 After this,

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 Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another,

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 proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God.

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 The twelve were with him,

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 and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases.

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 Mary, called Magdalene,

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 from whom seven demons had come out,

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 Joanna, the wife of Chusa,

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 the manager of Herod's household,

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 Susanna, and many others.

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 These women were helping to support them out of their own means.

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 This is the gospel of the Lord.

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 Praise to you, O Christ.

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 Let's see if my mic is working now.

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 Can you hear me?

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 All right.

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 Abby, fantastic reading.

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 Thank you so much.

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 So, one of my favorite book discussions

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 that we've ever had here at Christ Church was in 2011.

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 Thank you so much, Walt.

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 Appreciate that.

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 2011, we got a group of people together,

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 and we read this book by a New Testament scholar.

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 His name is Ben Witherington.

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 And we basically read his work that he did in his Ph.D. thesis

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 at the University of Durham in England.

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 And the name of the book is called

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 Women and the Genesis of Christianity.

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 And it was a fantastic group.

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 It was a mixed-gender group.

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 We had people there from, you know,

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 church backgrounds that were more maybe patriarchal

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 and authoritarian.

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 I remember we had a woman in there

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 who was getting her Ph.D. at Cal

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 in, like, women and gender and sexuality studies.

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 And as you can imagine,

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 it was just a really lively group in our living room.

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 And sadly, I can't find my copy of the book,

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 but I do remember that we dove deep

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 into this portion of Scripture.

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 And Witherington made this point.

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 He said, prior to Jesus,

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 there were no women disciples

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 of any Jewish rabbis or teachers.

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 And so Jesus is creating this counterculture

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 that had never been seen with female disciples.

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 He transforms this woman in Luke 7,

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 and we're going to be looking at her story in a moment.

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 But there's also these other female disciples

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 who are named here as traveling companions

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 and witnesses of Jesus and His mission.

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 So, for example, who is this woman,

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 this lead female disciple, Mary Magdalene?

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 We know that Jesus gave nicknames to His disciples.

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 Peter, He called the Rock.

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 You know, James and John,

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 He called the Sons of Thunder.

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 And so you've got, you know,

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 Rocky and the Thunder Boys

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 as part of Jesus' group.

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 And then you've got Mary Magdalene,

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 which either means from Magdala, her hometown,

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 or it means the Magdalene, the tower.

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 Right?

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 So you've got this woman

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 who's had a rough background,

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 a rough life.

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 And Jesus powerfully transforms her

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 into this strong, towering disciple.

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 Right?

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 And then you've got this woman named Joanna.

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 She's a woman clearly of high status.

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 Her husband manages the estate,

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 the vineyards of the king.

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 And then we're not told much about Susanna

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 and these many other women disciples of Jesus,

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 but we do know from what Luke tells us

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 that they were funding Jesus.

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 They were bankrolling the apostles

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 out of their properties and their possessions.

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 If you read to the end of the gospel,

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 at the crucifixion and the resurrection of Jesus,

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 all the male disciples had run away in fear.

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 And so the primary eyewitnesses

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 to these world-changing events

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 were these women.

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 Mary Magdalene, in fact,

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 was the first to see the empty tomb.

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 She was the first to encounter the risen Jesus.

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 And she's the one who actually went

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 and shared the news with Peter, James, and John.

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 So Jesus' attitude toward female disciples,

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 toward these women,

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 really carried over into the life of the early church.

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 Paul, the apostle,

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 gave his greatest epistle

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 to a woman named Phoebe

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 to go and read it,

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 explain it, and apply it to the Romans.

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 He called a woman Priscilla,

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 his co-worker in Jesus Christ.

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 He called Junia an apostle.

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 He greets a woman named Nympha

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 as the leader of a house church in Colossae.

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 If we had all day,

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 it would be so fun

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 to talk to you about how radical

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 this actually was in the first century

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 and still is even today

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 in many parts of the world.

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 But really, the person,

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 the woman I want to focus on the most

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 is this woman in Luke 7.

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 And you've got to know

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 that there are two stories in the Gospels

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 where Jesus is being anointed by women.

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 One of them is in Luke 7 here.

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 It's early in Jesus' ministry.

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 It's in northern Israel

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 in a town called Nain,

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 which is near Nazareth.

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 And the other story

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 is told by Matthew, Mark, and John.

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 And it happens just before Jesus' crucifixion

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 in southern Israel in Bethany,

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 which is near Jerusalem.

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 So you've got to be careful

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 not to confuse and conflate

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 these two anointings.

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 But I want to ask three questions

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 of this story for us today.

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 How do you approach Jesus?

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 How do you see your condition?

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 And how does the root of forgiveness

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 bear the fruit of love?

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 So those are our three questions.

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 How do you approach Jesus?

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 How do you see your condition?

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 And how does the root of forgiveness

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 bear the fruit of love?

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 So first of all,

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 how do you approach Jesus?

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 We meet here these two real historical people

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 and they approach Jesus

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 in two very different ways.

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 In fact, Jesus evaluates

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 and contrasts their approaches to Him.

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 And we notice that this is a contrast

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 not between someone who's open to Jesus

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 and someone who's hostile to Jesus.

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 It's not a contrast

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 between someone who's interested in Jesus

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 and someone who's indifferent to Jesus.

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 Rather, Simon and this woman,

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 they hold in common,

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 they're both in the presence

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 of the same person

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 and they both desire

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 to see and to know Jesus.

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 And we read in verse 36,

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 when one of the Pharisees

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 invited Jesus to have dinner with Him,

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 He went to the Pharisee's house

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 and reclined at the table.

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 And if you're new to the Scriptures,

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 the Pharisees,

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 they were the pastors,

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 they were the Bible teachers,

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 and Jesus critiqued them the most.

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 And they were mostly opposed to Jesus,

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 except for just a handful of them.

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 And one of them is a guy named Nicodemus.

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 Nicodemus was a Pharisee.

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 And he came to talk to Jesus,

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 but he came at night.

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 He came in secret.

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 He came so that no one would see

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 he was talking to Jesus.

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 But Simon, this Pharisee,

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 is open, right?

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 He openly invites Jesus

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 to come to his home

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 in this public feast,

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 like you would invite

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 the synagogue teacher

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 over for a Sabbath meal.

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 And so in this way,

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 Simon is subverting

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 the dominant paradigm.

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 This is not a popular thing to do

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 in his circles and in his tribe.

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 He's open to Jesus.

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 He's interested in Jesus.

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 He's attracted to and admires Jesus.

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 He's curious to know more about Jesus.

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 He wants to learn from Jesus.

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 And we notice,

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 if you look in verse 39 and 40,

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 it's clear that

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 he thinks that Jesus is more

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 than just a teacher of the Scriptures.

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 Right?

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 He thinks maybe Jesus

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 is a prophet of God.

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 Maybe Jesus is

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 a special messenger of God.

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 He has a special relationship

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 with God

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 and has been chosen

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 to speak for God

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 like a prophet does.

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 But Simon,

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 who's open to Jesus

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 and who's interested in Jesus,

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 he ends up being

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 very surprised by Jesus.

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 He ends up being critiqued

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 and reprimanded

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 and actually condemned

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 by Jesus.

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 And I can imagine

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 that he felt

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 fairly miffed about that.

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 Right?

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 He felt annoyed

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 and disgruntled

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 by Jesus

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 because Jesus is showing

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 that something is

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 seriously lacking

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 in Simon's approach.

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 Something is

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 completely inadequate

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 about the way

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 he's approaching Jesus.

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 And Jesus,

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 he contrasts Simon

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 with this woman.

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 And I don't know,

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 I couldn't really,

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 didn't have the time

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 this week

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 to double check this,

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 but she's praised,

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 I think,

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 by almost more

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 than anyone else

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 in the Gospels.

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 Jesus just goes on

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 and on

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 about this woman.

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 And notice

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 at the end of the story,

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 she walks away

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 with confidence, right?

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 She walks away

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 with a confidence

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 that she's forgiven

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 and free.

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 She walks away

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 with a sense

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 that she has faith

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 in God's saving grace.

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 She has a great love

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 for Jesus.

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 She has great peace.

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 She has the peace

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 of God in her heart.

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 But how does Simon

00:11:52.019 --> 00:11:52.940
 go away from Jesus?

00:11:53.060 --> 00:11:53.779
 He goes away

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 seemingly with no forgiveness,

00:11:56.600 --> 00:11:57.720
 no grace,

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 no faith,

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 no love,

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 no peace.

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 In fact,

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 he's massively

00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:04.240
 dishonored Jesus.

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 It's a striking contrast,

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 isn't it?

00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:08.779
 Two people

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 in the presence

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 of the same person

00:12:10.240 --> 00:12:11.000
 both desiring

00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:11.660
 to see

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 and to know

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 Jesus.

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 Jesus.

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 And as far

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 as Jesus

00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:16.100
 is concerned,

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 he has the power

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 to give them

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 both the same things,

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 right?

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 He could have done

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 the same thing

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 for both of them

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 and how utterly

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 different

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 is the end result

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 here.

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 One is condemned

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 and the other

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 is pardoned

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 and receives

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 a gift of salvation.

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 Why is that?

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 Well,

00:12:33.640 --> 00:12:33.940
 Simon

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 is interested

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 in Jesus

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 in a mainly

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 intellectual way.

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 I think

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 that's his

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 primary problem.

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 He's all head

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 with no heart

00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:47.539
 and no hands

00:12:47.539 --> 00:12:48.219
 like this woman.

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 He's intrigued

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 by the words

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 and the works

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 of Jesus.

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 He's heard

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 about Jesus'

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 ability

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 to heal

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 the diseases

00:12:55.659 --> 00:12:56.139
 of the body.

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 He's heard

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 about Jesus'

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 ability

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 to give rest

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 to tormented

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 and troubled souls.

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 And so Simon

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 is curious.

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 He's prepared

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 to consider Jesus.

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 He's ready

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 to investigate

00:13:08.980 --> 00:13:10.120
 and to examine

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 Jesus with a kind

00:13:11.500 --> 00:13:12.060
 of cool

00:13:12.060 --> 00:13:12.740
 and detached

00:13:12.740 --> 00:13:13.600
 attitude

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 and to have

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 Jesus answer

00:13:16.019 --> 00:13:16.720
 his questions.

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 And he says,

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 okay, Jesus,

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 I want to have you

00:13:19.680 --> 00:13:20.300
 over for dinner

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 and a discussion

00:13:21.040 --> 00:13:22.720
 about your

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 extraordinary claims

00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:25.040
 to be the Messiah,

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 right?

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 Your claims

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 to be the one

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 who fulfills

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 and interprets

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 God's scriptures,

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 the one who

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 claims to be

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 the only way to God.

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 I want to talk

00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:35.320
 about that.

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 I'd love to have you

00:13:36.879 --> 00:13:37.520
 over, Jesus,

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 and talk about

00:13:38.440 --> 00:13:39.100
 your claim

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 to have the authority

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 to forgive sins

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 and to be the judge

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 of all the peoples

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 of the world

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 and to grant

00:13:46.740 --> 00:13:47.440
 eternal life.

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 I'd love to talk

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 about that

00:13:49.100 --> 00:13:49.520
 over dinner.

00:13:49.680 --> 00:13:50.920
 I'd love to know

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 more, Jesus,

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 about why it is

00:13:53.260 --> 00:13:55.140
 that you demand

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 everyone

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 to deny themselves,

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 take up their crosses,

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 and come follow you

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 in utter obedience.

00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:05.540
 Simon's openness,

00:14:05.779 --> 00:14:06.659
 Simon's interest,

00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:08.120
 Simon's curiosity

00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:09.240
 to explore

00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:10.279
 and to examine Jesus

00:14:10.279 --> 00:14:11.980
 is a very good thing,

00:14:12.500 --> 00:14:13.320
 and we share this

00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:14.200
 in common with Simon.

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 I don't think we'd be

00:14:14.960 --> 00:14:15.860
 in this building today

00:14:15.860 --> 00:14:17.800
 if that weren't the case,

00:14:18.659 --> 00:14:19.779
 but Simon,

00:14:20.040 --> 00:14:21.800
 he's standing apart,

00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:22.779
 right?

00:14:22.860 --> 00:14:24.019
 Simon is sitting loose.

00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:25.540
 He's holding back.

00:14:25.660 --> 00:14:26.300
 He's keeping

00:14:26.300 --> 00:14:28.080
 all of his options open.

00:14:28.180 --> 00:14:29.040
 His curiosity

00:14:29.040 --> 00:14:30.500
 is real,

00:14:30.500 --> 00:14:31.440
 but it's superficial,

00:14:31.860 --> 00:14:32.019
 right?

00:14:32.039 --> 00:14:33.779
 It's lacking in depth,

00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:35.159
 and Christ to him

00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:37.759
 is just an intellectual problem,

00:14:38.259 --> 00:14:38.519
 right?

00:14:38.820 --> 00:14:40.179
 He's not really willing

00:14:40.179 --> 00:14:42.779
 to fall at the feet of Jesus.

00:14:42.879 --> 00:14:43.399
 He's not willing

00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:45.399
 to give himself to Jesus,

00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:47.039
 but oh,

00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:47.600
 how different

00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:48.879
 is this woman,

00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:50.139
 right?

00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:50.759
 Her interest

00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:52.120
 is far deeper.

00:14:52.259 --> 00:14:52.820
 She's moved

00:14:52.820 --> 00:14:53.580
 to the depths,

00:14:53.700 --> 00:14:53.879
 right?

00:14:53.919 --> 00:14:54.539
 She wants

00:14:54.539 --> 00:14:56.559
 a personal relationship

00:14:56.559 --> 00:14:57.759
 with Jesus

00:14:57.759 --> 00:14:58.759
 that involves

00:14:58.759 --> 00:14:59.840
 her whole self,

00:14:59.840 --> 00:15:00.259
 utterly

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 and completely,

00:15:02.160 --> 00:15:02.540
 head,

00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:03.340
 heart,

00:15:03.820 --> 00:15:04.399
 hands,

00:15:05.560 --> 00:15:06.620
 holding nothing back.

00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:08.019
 She's all in.

00:15:08.100 --> 00:15:08.300
 In fact,

00:15:08.340 --> 00:15:09.240
 let's just read it again.

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 Verse 37,

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 it says,

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 a woman in that town

00:15:11.800 --> 00:15:14.019
 who lived a sinful life

00:15:14.019 --> 00:15:15.320
 learned that Jesus

00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:15.860
 was eating

00:15:15.860 --> 00:15:17.259
 at the Pharisee's house,

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 so she came there

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 with an alabaster jar

00:15:19.100 --> 00:15:19.600
 of perfume,

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 and as she stood

00:15:21.280 --> 00:15:21.759
 behind him

00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:22.580
 at his feet weeping,

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 she began to wet

00:15:23.379 --> 00:15:24.759
 his feet with her tears,

00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:26.040
 and then she wiped

00:15:26.040 --> 00:15:26.660
 them with her hair,

00:15:26.820 --> 00:15:27.300
 kissed them,

00:15:27.299 --> 00:15:28.099
 and poured perfume

00:15:28.099 --> 00:15:28.599
 on them.

00:15:30.019 --> 00:15:30.439
 Meanwhile,

00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:32.000
 Simon is detached,

00:15:32.099 --> 00:15:32.959
 he's holding back,

00:15:33.299 --> 00:15:34.079
 he's superficial,

00:15:34.219 --> 00:15:35.120
 he's only engaged

00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:36.219
 with his head.

00:15:37.620 --> 00:15:38.699
 And I wonder today

00:15:38.699 --> 00:15:39.879
 which attitude

00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:41.379
 and which approach

00:15:41.379 --> 00:15:42.919
 you bring to Jesus.

00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:45.000
 Right?

00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:45.519
 Are you merely

00:15:45.519 --> 00:15:46.599
 seeking knowledge

00:15:46.599 --> 00:15:48.039
 about Jesus

00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:49.319
 objectively

00:15:49.319 --> 00:15:50.299
 and cognitively

00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:51.779
 and rationally,

00:15:51.839 --> 00:15:52.839
 which is good

00:15:52.839 --> 00:15:53.599
 and which is essential?

00:15:53.600 --> 00:15:55.820
 Or are you also

00:15:55.820 --> 00:15:56.540
 wanting to know

00:15:56.540 --> 00:15:57.779
 Jesus subjectively

00:15:57.779 --> 00:15:58.960
 and personally

00:15:58.960 --> 00:16:00.680
 and experientially?

00:16:02.540 --> 00:16:02.779
 Right?

00:16:02.820 --> 00:16:03.540
 This is the fundamental

00:16:03.540 --> 00:16:04.580
 difference that Jesus

00:16:04.580 --> 00:16:06.700
 critiques and condemns.

00:16:06.820 --> 00:16:06.960
 Right?

00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:07.700
 In verse 44,

00:16:07.820 --> 00:16:08.159
 he says,

00:16:08.560 --> 00:16:08.820
 Simon,

00:16:08.899 --> 00:16:09.740
 do you see this woman?

00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:12.120
 I came into your house,

00:16:12.259 --> 00:16:13.240
 you did not give me

00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:14.600
 any water for my feet,

00:16:14.659 --> 00:16:15.240
 but she,

00:16:15.420 --> 00:16:16.440
 she wet my feet

00:16:16.440 --> 00:16:17.279
 with her tears

00:16:17.279 --> 00:16:17.820
 and wiped them

00:16:17.820 --> 00:16:18.360
 with her hair.

00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:20.220
 You did not give me

00:16:20.220 --> 00:16:20.759
 a kiss,

00:16:21.040 --> 00:16:22.139
 but this woman,

00:16:22.139 --> 00:16:22.580
 she,

00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:24.000
 from the time I entered,

00:16:24.080 --> 00:16:24.919
 she's not stopped

00:16:24.919 --> 00:16:26.299
 kissing my feet.

00:16:27.460 --> 00:16:28.559
 You did not put oil

00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:29.080
 on my head,

00:16:29.139 --> 00:16:29.720
 but she,

00:16:29.919 --> 00:16:31.480
 she has poured out

00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:33.500
 perfume on my feet.

00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:36.059
 Do you approach Jesus

00:16:36.059 --> 00:16:36.879
 like Simon

00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:38.639
 or like this woman?

00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:39.639
 That's the question.

00:16:40.819 --> 00:16:41.939
 And the second question

00:16:41.939 --> 00:16:42.299
 is this,

00:16:42.319 --> 00:16:43.220
 not only how do you

00:16:43.220 --> 00:16:43.980
 approach Jesus,

00:16:44.139 --> 00:16:45.799
 but how do you see

00:16:45.799 --> 00:16:46.419
 your condition?

00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:48.559
 How do you see

00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:49.259
 your condition?

00:16:50.299 --> 00:16:50.439
 Right?

00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:51.240
 Simon responds

00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:51.860
 in verse 39,

00:16:51.860 --> 00:16:52.180
 he says,

00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:53.360
 when the Pharisee

00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:54.500
 who had invited him

00:16:54.500 --> 00:16:55.120
 saw this,

00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:56.560
 he said to himself,

00:16:57.080 --> 00:16:58.320
 if this man were a prophet,

00:16:58.440 --> 00:16:58.940
 he would know

00:16:58.940 --> 00:16:59.899
 who is touching him

00:16:59.899 --> 00:17:00.800
 and what kind of woman

00:17:00.800 --> 00:17:01.680
 she is,

00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:03.240
 that she is a sinner.

00:17:04.579 --> 00:17:05.039
 Right?

00:17:05.079 --> 00:17:05.720
 He's questioning

00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:06.660
 Jesus' status

00:17:06.660 --> 00:17:07.180
 as a prophet

00:17:07.180 --> 00:17:08.140
 because if Jesus

00:17:08.140 --> 00:17:09.299
 had divine revelation,

00:17:09.460 --> 00:17:10.120
 if Jesus had

00:17:10.120 --> 00:17:11.380
 divine insight,

00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:12.839
 then he would know

00:17:12.839 --> 00:17:14.079
 that a righteous man

00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:14.720
 should not be

00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:15.579
 in a relationship

00:17:15.579 --> 00:17:16.839
 with this sinful woman.

00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:16.899
 woman.

00:17:18.819 --> 00:17:19.359
 And actually,

00:17:19.439 --> 00:17:19.879
 the Greek

00:17:19.879 --> 00:17:21.819
 in verse 37,

00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:22.759
 it says literally

00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:23.759
 that this is a woman,

00:17:24.139 --> 00:17:25.379
 this woman is a sinner

00:17:25.379 --> 00:17:26.059
 of the city

00:17:26.059 --> 00:17:27.039
 is what the Greek says.

00:17:28.059 --> 00:17:28.679
 She's a sinner

00:17:28.679 --> 00:17:29.119
 of the city,

00:17:29.159 --> 00:17:30.399
 which is a polite idiom

00:17:30.399 --> 00:17:32.740
 for one of the world's

00:17:32.740 --> 00:17:33.659
 oldest professions.

00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:34.980
 Right?

00:17:35.019 --> 00:17:36.039
 She's a lady of the night,

00:17:36.179 --> 00:17:36.679
 she's a woman

00:17:36.679 --> 00:17:37.559
 of ill repute,

00:17:37.740 --> 00:17:38.799
 she works in the

00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:39.639
 red light district,

00:17:40.299 --> 00:17:42.359
 she's a sex worker,

00:17:42.459 --> 00:17:43.399
 she's a prostitute.

00:17:43.400 --> 00:17:45.920
 And we're not told

00:17:45.920 --> 00:17:46.820
 how she got there.

00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:48.660
 Perhaps her parents

00:17:48.660 --> 00:17:49.480
 fell into poverty

00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:51.460
 and she was forced

00:17:51.460 --> 00:17:52.180
 into this work,

00:17:52.259 --> 00:17:53.640
 maybe she's widowed

00:17:53.640 --> 00:17:54.240
 or divorced

00:17:54.240 --> 00:17:55.100
 and she's desperate

00:17:55.100 --> 00:17:55.900
 to feed her kids,

00:17:55.940 --> 00:17:56.460
 we don't know.

00:17:57.440 --> 00:17:58.440
 But we can imagine

00:17:58.440 --> 00:17:59.980
 that many, many

00:17:59.980 --> 00:18:01.040
 self-serving men

00:18:01.040 --> 00:18:02.640
 have stolen

00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:04.100
 her sense of identity,

00:18:05.019 --> 00:18:05.920
 her sense of dignity

00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:06.519
 and honor

00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:07.220
 and confidence.

00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:09.280
 We can assume

00:18:09.280 --> 00:18:10.780
 that she feels oppressed

00:18:10.780 --> 00:18:13.140
 by guilt and shame

00:18:13.140 --> 00:18:14.080
 and fear.

00:18:15.580 --> 00:18:16.660
 And we're also not told

00:18:16.660 --> 00:18:18.660
 how she had experienced

00:18:18.660 --> 00:18:19.900
 Jesus before this moment,

00:18:19.980 --> 00:18:20.480
 but it seems

00:18:20.480 --> 00:18:21.560
 that she already has.

00:18:21.620 --> 00:18:22.300
 It seems she already

00:18:22.300 --> 00:18:23.620
 had met Jesus

00:18:23.620 --> 00:18:24.800
 and she had heard

00:18:24.800 --> 00:18:26.240
 Jesus' message

00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:27.220
 in his manifesto

00:18:27.220 --> 00:18:27.780
 that we looked at

00:18:27.780 --> 00:18:28.440
 a few weeks ago

00:18:28.440 --> 00:18:29.000
 in Luke 4

00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:30.180
 where Jesus says,

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 I've come to preach

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 good news for the poor.

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 I've come to

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 bring freedom

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 to prisoners.

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 I've come to

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 bring liberation

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 for those who are oppressed.

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 I've come to bring

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 the year of the Lord's favor

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 and his grace.

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 And that's the reason

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 she's falling

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 at the feet of Jesus

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 because she's experienced that.

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 She's experienced

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 Jesus' forgiveness

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 of her sins.

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 She's experienced

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 the fact

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 that all of her

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 spiritual and moral debts

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 to God

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 have been canceled.

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 That's why she's

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 at the feet of Jesus.

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 Now in the ancient Near East,

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 you don't have your feet

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 under a table

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 like sitting on a chair.

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 You're reclining

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 on a couch

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 with your bare feet

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 extended out

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 behind you

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 and that's kind of

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 how she's able

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 to sneak up

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 on Jesus as it were.

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 And she's standing

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 there at his feet

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 and she's got

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 this flask,

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 this jar,

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 this bottle

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 around her neck

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 of perfumed ointment.

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 And we've got to

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 understand that

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 this is the thing

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 that causes her

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 to be attractive.

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 This is the thing

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 that causes her

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 to be desirable.

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 It's the very thing

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 that allows her

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 to make money.

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 It's the very thing

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 that's given her success.

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 It's her most

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 treasured possession.

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 It's worth probably

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 about a year's wages.

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 And she's come

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 to Jesus' feet

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 so that she can

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 break that bottle open

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 and cleanse

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 his dirty feet

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 and sweeten

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 his smelly feet

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 and soften

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 his callous feet

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 and soothe

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 his tired feet.

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 And you know

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 only slaves

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 dealt with feet.

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 Only slaves

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 dealt with the feet

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 of their hosts

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 and their guests

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 but she doesn't care.

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 She's actually honored

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 to be a slave

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 of Jesus

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 because she wants

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 to show

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 how much

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 she's been forgiven

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 by him

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 in this act

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 of costly love.

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 And so she gets there

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 and before

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 she even can begin

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 this anointing

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 she's so moved

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 by the presence

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 of Jesus

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 and the power

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 of Jesus

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 that she begins

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 weeping.

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 Right?

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 She begins to shed

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 these tears

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 of repentance

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 these tears

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 of freedom

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 these tears

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 of absolute joy.

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 They start to fall

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 on the feet of Jesus.

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 I assume that's how

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 he even knew

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 she was there.

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 He can feel

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 her tears.

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 And you gotta know

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 also that in this culture

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 for a woman

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 to let down

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 her hair

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 was the most

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 intimate

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 most vulnerable

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 thing you could do.

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 In fact

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 if a married woman

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 let down her hair

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 in public

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 it was grounds

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 for divorce.

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 That's how intimate

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 of a signal

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 this is.

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 And she doesn't

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 really seem to care.

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 She just undoes

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 her hair

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 and she begins

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 drying the feet

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 of Jesus

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 and kissing

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 the feet

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 of Jesus

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 and she starts

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 to break open

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 this bottle

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 this tool

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 of her trade.

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 Right?

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 The one thing

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 that gives her

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 power in the world

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 the one thing

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 that gives her

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 leverage

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 in the world

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 this most precious

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 thing in her life

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 she starts to pour it out

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 on the feet

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 of Jesus

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 and I can imagine

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 as she does that

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 she says

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 I love you Jesus.

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 I love you Jesus.

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 Simon

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 is outraged.

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 Right?

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 Simon

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 is

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 scandalized.

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 If you

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 if this man

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 were a prophet

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 he would know

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 who is touching him

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 and what kind of woman

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 she is

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 that she

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 is a sinner

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 and Jesus

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 answered him

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 Simon

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 I have something

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 to tell you.

00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:01.559
 Now if Jesus

00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:02.319
 ever says that

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 to you

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 just hold on

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 you know

00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:05.179
 like brace yourself

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 it's going to be rough

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 it's going to be rough

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 Simon I have something

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 to tell you

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 he says

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 you think

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 I'm not a prophet

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 huh?

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 Well not only

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 do I know

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 who this woman is

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 but I know

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 who you are.

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 In fact

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 I even know

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 what you're thinking

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 right now

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 I see

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 the thoughts

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 in your mind

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 and I can see

00:22:25.679 --> 00:22:26.139
 that you

00:22:26.139 --> 00:22:26.839
 don't even

00:22:26.839 --> 00:22:27.299
 really know

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:27.819
 yourself

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 you don't even

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 know

00:22:28.679 --> 00:22:29.579
 the condition

00:22:29.579 --> 00:22:30.179
 that you're in

00:22:30.179 --> 00:22:30.700
 and so Jesus

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 says let's have

00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:32.519
 a little prophetic

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:33.720
 story time

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.179
 right now

00:22:34.179 --> 00:22:35.039
 about these two

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.819
 debtors

00:22:35.819 --> 00:22:36.279
 and he says

00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:37.139
 this in verse 41

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 two people

00:22:37.879 --> 00:22:38.799
 owed money

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.379
 to a certain

00:22:39.379 --> 00:22:39.919
 money lender

00:22:39.919 --> 00:22:40.559
 one owed him

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:41.579
 500 denarii

00:22:41.579 --> 00:22:42.299
 the other 50

00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:43.799
 neither of them

00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:44.359
 had the money

00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:45.119
 to pay him back

00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:45.779
 so he forgave

00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:46.159
 the debts

00:22:46.159 --> 00:22:46.659
 of both

00:22:46.659 --> 00:22:48.039
 now which of them

00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:49.059
 will love him

00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:49.339
 more?

00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:52.740
 Simon

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:55.159
 you think

00:22:55.159 --> 00:22:56.980
 that this woman

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:58.299
 is a big time

00:22:58.299 --> 00:22:59.519
 debtor

00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:01.779
 and you think

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.839
 that she has not

00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:03.919
 lived right

00:23:03.919 --> 00:23:04.539
 before God

00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:05.480
 and that is true

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:07.240
 but what about you?

00:23:08.919 --> 00:23:10.059
 Don't you realize

00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:10.480
 Simon

00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:12.559
 that it's not about

00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:13.579
 the number

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:14.740
 of your debts

00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:15.399
 it's not about

00:23:15.399 --> 00:23:16.240
 the size

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:17.480
 of your debts

00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:19.539
 don't you see

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:20.019
 Simon

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:21.299
 that your state

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 and your condition

00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:23.559
 of being a debtor

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 of being a sinner

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 puts you in the exact

00:23:25.860 --> 00:23:26.880
 same predicament

00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:28.480
 as this woman

00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:30.880
 she owes God

00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:32.559
 over a year's wages

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:33.900
 and you owe God

00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:35.480
 about two months wages

00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:36.400
 but who cares

00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:38.559
 even though

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:39.500
 you're a nice guy

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 Simon

00:23:39.860 --> 00:23:40.480
 and I really do

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:40.980
 like you

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:42.579
 even though

00:23:42.579 --> 00:23:43.559
 you've lived a good

00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:44.400
 and moral

00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:45.500
 and respectable life

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:46.000
 even though

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:46.759
 you're theologically

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.460
 orthodox

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 even though

00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:49.519
 you're ethically

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:50.160
 circumspect

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:50.720
 even though

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.600
 you're spiritually

00:23:51.600 --> 00:23:52.480
 engaged

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.600
 and religiously

00:23:53.600 --> 00:23:54.039
 committed

00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:54.539
 Simon

00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:56.100
 have you really

00:23:56.100 --> 00:23:57.220
 loved the Lord

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:57.779
 your God

00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:59.400
 with all your heart

00:23:59.400 --> 00:24:00.579
 with all your soul

00:24:00.579 --> 00:24:01.600
 and with all your mind

00:24:01.600 --> 00:24:02.480
 every moment

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:03.079
 of every day

00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:05.400
 have you really

00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:06.460
 loved your neighbor

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:07.160
 as yourself

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:08.340
 at every moment

00:24:08.340 --> 00:24:09.299
 and every opportunity

00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:11.700
 James

00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.559
 the brother of Jesus

00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:13.420
 he writes a letter

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:14.160
 in the New Testament

00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:14.860
 and he says this

00:24:14.860 --> 00:24:15.759
 in James 2.10

00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:16.200
 he says

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:16.960
 for whoever

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:18.460
 keeps the whole law

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:20.240
 and yet stumbles

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:21.400
 at just one point

00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:22.160
 is guilty

00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:22.619
 of breaking

00:24:22.619 --> 00:24:23.619
 all of it

00:24:23.619 --> 00:24:26.099
 Simon

00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:26.720
 I have something

00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.460
 to tell you

00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:30.440
 you owe God

00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:31.980
 just like this woman

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:32.539
 owes God

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:34.400
 you are both

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:35.519
 in the same condition

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.960
 the same state

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:38.440
 of being debtors

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:38.920
 you're both

00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:39.859
 penniless

00:24:39.859 --> 00:24:40.579
 you both

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:41.500
 have nothing

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.460
 whatsoever to pay

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:42.920
 you're both

00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:44.000
 justly condemned

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:45.400
 under the law

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:46.120
 and you both

00:24:46.120 --> 00:24:46.519
 deserve

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.779
 to lose everything

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.940
 and to die

00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:50.860
 in a debtor's prison

00:24:50.860 --> 00:24:53.860
 you Simon

00:24:53.860 --> 00:24:54.700
 you're identical

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:56.180
 with this woman

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:58.259
 you are on the exact

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.940
 same level

00:24:58.940 --> 00:24:59.580
 spiritually

00:24:59.580 --> 00:25:00.700
 and morally

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.600
 both of you

00:25:01.600 --> 00:25:02.600
 are insolvent

00:25:02.600 --> 00:25:03.400
 both of you

00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:04.220
 are bankrupt

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:05.120
 both of you

00:25:05.120 --> 00:25:06.279
 are poor

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:08.460
 and you Simon

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:09.279
 you're powerless

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:11.180
 to clear the ledgers

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:13.619
 you cannot reconcile

00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:14.440
 your accounts

00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:15.399
 with God

00:25:15.399 --> 00:25:16.619
 in fact

00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:17.599
 the only way

00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:18.799
 that you can have

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.279
 your debts

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:20.339
 cancelled and forgiven

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:21.299
 is in precisely

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:22.379
 the same way

00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:23.519
 as this woman

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:25.240
 and you see

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:26.119
 what Jesus is doing

00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:26.619
 is he's given

00:25:26.619 --> 00:25:27.180
 this little

00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:28.839
 prophetic parable

00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:30.119
 as smelling salts

00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:30.920
 to Simon

00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:31.720
 because Simon

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:33.500
 has no idea

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:34.259
 how desperate

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.700
 he is

00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:36.019
 he has no clue

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:37.019
 how helpless

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:38.279
 and how hopeless

00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:39.660
 he is

00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:40.519
 unless a gracious

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:41.240
 benefactor

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:42.139
 comes to pay

00:25:42.139 --> 00:25:42.879
 the cost

00:25:42.879 --> 00:25:45.059
 and to save

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:46.480
 from his predicament

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:48.639
 and the irony

00:25:48.639 --> 00:25:49.299
 is that

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:50.259
 somehow

00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:51.039
 Simon

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.940
 has invited

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:52.799
 to his house

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.680
 and to his table

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.900
 one who is

00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:55.660
 actually righteous

00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:56.879
 one who

00:25:56.879 --> 00:25:58.440
 actually has never

00:25:58.440 --> 00:25:58.940
 sinned

00:25:58.940 --> 00:25:59.799
 one who

00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:00.700
 is

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:02.099
 able to

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:02.619
 absorb

00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:03.619
 and pay down

00:26:03.619 --> 00:26:04.500
 and forgive

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:05.599
 all of his debts

00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:08.179
 but Simon

00:26:08.179 --> 00:26:09.519
 gives no impression

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:11.000
 that this is the most

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:12.059
 important person

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:13.399
 he's ever encountered

00:26:13.399 --> 00:26:15.599
 he gives no indication

00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:16.639
 that this is the most

00:26:16.639 --> 00:26:17.199
 vital

00:26:17.199 --> 00:26:18.519
 and momentous

00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:19.539
 occasion

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.339
 of his life

00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:22.539
 there's no signal

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:23.879
 that here and now

00:26:23.879 --> 00:26:24.339
 Simon

00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:25.799
 could possibly

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.619
 obtain

00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:27.659
 something from Jesus

00:26:27.659 --> 00:26:28.299
 which will make

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:28.939
 an eternal

00:26:28.939 --> 00:26:30.399
 difference for him

00:26:30.399 --> 00:26:31.339
 he just wants to have

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:31.919
 a detached

00:26:31.919 --> 00:26:33.799
 discussion with Jesus

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.500
 he just wants to

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.379
 coolly consider

00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:36.360
 Jesus

00:26:36.360 --> 00:26:36.940
 and critically

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:37.940
 examine Jesus

00:26:37.940 --> 00:26:38.620
 and stand

00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:39.960
 ultimately in judgment

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:41.060
 on Jesus

00:26:41.060 --> 00:26:42.460
 and the people

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:43.400
 who love Jesus

00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:47.220
 many a guest

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:47.840
 had been honored

00:26:47.840 --> 00:26:48.880
 in Simon's house

00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:49.680
 and at his table

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:51.780
 but he's failed

00:26:51.780 --> 00:26:52.540
 to honor the most

00:26:52.540 --> 00:26:53.020
 important

00:26:53.020 --> 00:26:53.920
 and most honorable

00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:54.420
 guest

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:57.020
 the one who

00:26:57.020 --> 00:26:57.720
 matters the most

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.160
 the one

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:59.760
 who could forgive

00:26:59.760 --> 00:27:00.300
 his debts

00:27:00.300 --> 00:27:01.440
 and the question

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:01.940
 in the story

00:27:01.940 --> 00:27:02.720
 is what about you

00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:05.460
 how do you see

00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:06.220
 your condition

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:08.160
 right

00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:08.600
 how do you

00:27:08.600 --> 00:27:09.079
 understand

00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:10.200
 your predicament

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:12.779
 do you know

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.940
 yourself to be

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:15.559
 a desperate debtor

00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:16.200
 it doesn't matter

00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:17.100
 what the size

00:27:17.100 --> 00:27:17.940
 of the debt is

00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:19.860
 and do you know

00:27:19.860 --> 00:27:20.440
 that there's actually

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:21.620
 only one way out

00:27:21.620 --> 00:27:24.900
 so how do you

00:27:24.900 --> 00:27:25.700
 approach Jesus

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:27.460
 how do you see

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:28.220
 your condition

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:29.980
 and finally

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:31.740
 how does the root

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:32.319
 of forgiveness

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:33.180
 bear the fruit

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:34.519
 of love

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:36.779
 how does the root

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:38.019
 of forgiveness

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:38.839
 bear the fruit

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:40.000
 of love

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:42.079
 it's clear

00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:43.960
 from Simon's

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.379
 attitude

00:27:44.379 --> 00:27:45.139
 and Simon's

00:27:45.139 --> 00:27:45.539
 behavior

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:45.899
 that

00:27:45.899 --> 00:27:47.199
 you know

00:27:47.199 --> 00:27:47.779
 he's lacking

00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.279
 in love

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:48.740
 for Jesus

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.299
 he's lacking

00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:49.759
 in love

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.379
 for this woman

00:27:50.379 --> 00:27:51.639
 and therefore

00:27:51.639 --> 00:27:52.319
 he knows

00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:53.599
 neither the depths

00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:54.359
 of his sin

00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:55.759
 nor the heights

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.240
 of Jesus

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:57.039
 and the forgiveness

00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:58.379
 and salvation

00:27:58.379 --> 00:27:59.019
 that's on offer

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.379
 to him

00:27:59.379 --> 00:28:01.119
 you know

00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:01.639
 if a king

00:28:01.639 --> 00:28:02.199
 had come

00:28:02.199 --> 00:28:03.000
 to his house

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:04.619
 Simon would have

00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:05.199
 done everything

00:28:05.199 --> 00:28:06.099
 he could

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:07.019
 to show the greatness

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.720
 and the worth

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.500
 of that person

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:10.799
 here's the eternal

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.439
 son of God

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:12.160
 in the flesh

00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:13.019
 at his table

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:15.519
 if only Simon

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.400
 would have fallen

00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:17.740
 at the feet

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.100
 of Jesus

00:28:18.100 --> 00:28:18.900
 like this woman

00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:20.220
 she actually

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:21.120
 is the model

00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:23.039
 for all time

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:24.279
 of what

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:25.259
 we ought to do

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:26.019
 and what we should

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.580
 do

00:28:26.580 --> 00:28:29.019
 and this is what

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:29.700
 Jesus says

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:30.900
 in verse 47

00:28:30.900 --> 00:28:31.380
 he says

00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:32.460
 therefore I tell you

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:32.779
 Simon

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.740
 her many sins

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.600
 have been forgiven

00:28:34.600 --> 00:28:36.580
 as her great love

00:28:36.580 --> 00:28:37.039
 has shown

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:37.519
 but whoever

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:38.240
 has been forgiven

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.660
 little

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:39.740
 loves little

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:42.099
 and that's so easy

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:42.880
 to misinterpret

00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:43.660
 and misunderstand

00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:44.559
 because some people

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:44.880
 can say

00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:45.799
 ah I see

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:47.180
 because her

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:49.259
 loving deeds

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:50.500
 because of her

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.019
 loving deeds

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:51.539
 to Jesus

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:52.539
 she's

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:54.480
 forgiven

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:54.900
 her sins

00:28:54.900 --> 00:28:55.359
 are forgiven

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:56.259
 because of her

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.700
 actions

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:57.539
 she's somehow

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:58.019
 earned

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:58.700
 she's somehow

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.579
 merited

00:28:59.579 --> 00:29:00.579
 her debts

00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:01.220
 being cancelled

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:02.380
 but the gospel

00:29:02.380 --> 00:29:02.859
 of Jesus

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.519
 the good news

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:03.920
 of Jesus

00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:04.440
 is actually

00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:04.940
 the exact

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:06.319
 opposite of that

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:08.339
 her love

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:09.119
 is the proof

00:29:09.119 --> 00:29:09.559
 her love

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:10.359
 is the evidence

00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:11.099
 that she has

00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:12.240
 been forgiven

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:14.079
 her love

00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:14.960
 is the response

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.839
 to God's grace

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:16.399
 in Jesus

00:29:16.399 --> 00:29:17.000
 that she's

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.639
 clinging to

00:29:17.639 --> 00:29:18.319
 by faith

00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:20.279
 her love

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:21.220
 is the consequence

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:22.419
 and not the cause

00:29:22.419 --> 00:29:23.919
 of her salvation

00:29:23.919 --> 00:29:24.799
 right

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.500
 the reason

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:27.339
 she has the ability

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:28.039
 to love

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:29.119
 in this way

00:29:29.119 --> 00:29:29.539
 is because

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:30.319
 she sees

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:30.939
 in Jesus

00:29:30.939 --> 00:29:31.559
 the one

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.200
 who's come

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:33.379
 to cancel

00:29:33.379 --> 00:29:33.879
 her debts

00:29:33.879 --> 00:29:34.259
 and she

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:35.000
 doesn't even

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.559
 remotely

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:36.119
 have a clue

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:36.659
 what that

00:29:36.659 --> 00:29:37.559
 even means

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:37.980
 right

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.440
 she doesn't

00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:38.599
 know

00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:39.019
 what that's

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.240
 going to

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.679
 cost

00:29:39.679 --> 00:29:40.659
 to Jesus

00:29:40.659 --> 00:29:41.099
 she just

00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:41.399
 knows

00:29:41.399 --> 00:29:41.819
 that Jesus

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:42.500
 is the one

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:45.339
 and the grace

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:45.659
 of God

00:29:45.659 --> 00:29:46.460
 is liberating

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:46.679
 her

00:29:46.679 --> 00:29:47.379
 in this moment

00:29:47.379 --> 00:29:47.859
 to bring

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:48.299
 all of her

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:48.779
 needs

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.619
 all of her

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:50.079
 failures

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.839
 all of her

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:51.119
 debts

00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:51.619
 to the feet

00:29:51.619 --> 00:29:51.960
 of Jesus

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:52.339
 and just

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:53.059
 cast herself

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:53.599
 completely

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:54.940
 on him

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:56.960
 it's the grace

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.379
 of God

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:58.079
 that's unlocking

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.779
 those tears

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.119
 right

00:29:59.119 --> 00:29:59.440
 that are

00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:00.399
 rolling down

00:30:00.399 --> 00:30:01.399
 her cheeks

00:30:01.399 --> 00:30:02.279
 those tears

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:02.839
 of repentance

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:05.799
 and far

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:06.459
 from coming

00:30:06.459 --> 00:30:07.139
 to test

00:30:07.139 --> 00:30:07.480
 Jesus

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:08.139
 and examine

00:30:08.139 --> 00:30:09.099
 Jesus

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:09.759
 like Simon

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.279
 far from

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:10.919
 being cool

00:30:10.919 --> 00:30:11.579
 and detached

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:11.939
 she

00:30:11.939 --> 00:30:13.399
 just can't

00:30:13.399 --> 00:30:13.899
 restrain

00:30:13.899 --> 00:30:14.259
 herself

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:14.679
 and that's

00:30:14.679 --> 00:30:15.059
 what grace

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.359
 does

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:15.779
 grace

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.859
 moves her

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:17.359
 to the very

00:30:17.359 --> 00:30:17.799
 depth

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:18.779
 of her being

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:20.539
 and what

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:21.059
 begins to

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.699
 flow out

00:30:21.699 --> 00:30:21.959
 of her

00:30:21.959 --> 00:30:22.319
 forgiven

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:22.740
 heart

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.359
 what flows

00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:23.879
 out of her

00:30:23.879 --> 00:30:24.379
 free

00:30:24.379 --> 00:30:25.119
 heart

00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:25.559
 is this

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:26.220
 faith

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:27.000
 that's

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:27.500
 expressing

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:28.099
 itself

00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:29.179
 in love

00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:31.220
 it's a love

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:31.600
 that's not

00:30:31.600 --> 00:30:32.660
 merely subjective

00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:33.820
 feelings

00:30:33.820 --> 00:30:34.480
 and emotions

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:35.279
 and affections

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:35.940
 though it must

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.940
 contain that

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:39.120
 but it's a love

00:30:39.120 --> 00:30:40.680
 of objective

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:41.100
 actions

00:30:41.100 --> 00:30:41.820
 it's a costly

00:30:41.820 --> 00:30:42.100
 love

00:30:42.100 --> 00:30:43.120
 it's a consequential

00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:43.900
 love

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:45.460
 right

00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:46.240
 she's lavishing

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:46.779
 devotion

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:48.299
 and adoration

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:49.080
 and honor

00:30:49.080 --> 00:30:50.080
 and gratitude

00:30:50.080 --> 00:30:50.620
 on Jesus

00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:51.380
 not just with her

00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:52.019
 head but with her

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.360
 heart

00:30:52.360 --> 00:30:53.140
 and with her

00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:53.580
 hands

00:30:53.580 --> 00:30:55.759
 like we sang

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.299
 about a moment

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:56.560
 ago

00:30:56.560 --> 00:30:57.380
 take my love

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:57.980
 my Lord

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.660
 I pour

00:30:58.660 --> 00:31:00.120
 at its feet

00:31:00.120 --> 00:31:01.320
 my treasure

00:31:01.320 --> 00:31:01.759
 store

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.560
 take myself

00:31:02.560 --> 00:31:03.480
 and I will be

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:05.080
 ever and only

00:31:05.080 --> 00:31:05.700
 and all

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:07.000
 for thee

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:09.200
 what she's saying

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:09.700
 in this moment

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:10.440
 is not Jesus

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:11.120
 I'm not

00:31:11.120 --> 00:31:12.380
 just adding you

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:13.080
 as one more

00:31:13.080 --> 00:31:13.519
 thing

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.200
 into my very

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:14.820
 full life

00:31:14.820 --> 00:31:15.200
 she's saying

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:15.580
 Jesus

00:31:15.580 --> 00:31:16.680
 you are my

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:17.120
 life

00:31:17.120 --> 00:31:19.600
 everything I am

00:31:19.600 --> 00:31:19.940
 is yours

00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:20.940
 everything I have

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:22.060
 is yours

00:31:22.060 --> 00:31:24.019
 and it's

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:24.420
 remarkable

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:25.220
 that she acts

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:26.100
 out her love

00:31:26.100 --> 00:31:27.360
 without even

00:31:27.360 --> 00:31:27.860
 knowing how

00:31:27.860 --> 00:31:28.620
 Jesus is going

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:29.239
 to act out

00:31:29.239 --> 00:31:30.199
 his love

00:31:30.199 --> 00:31:30.899
 on the cross

00:31:30.899 --> 00:31:31.699
 right

00:31:31.699 --> 00:31:32.359
 because Jesus

00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:33.399
 when he says

00:31:33.399 --> 00:31:33.799
 to people

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.419
 your sins

00:31:34.419 --> 00:31:34.879
 are forgiven

00:31:34.879 --> 00:31:35.379
 your debts

00:31:35.379 --> 00:31:35.799
 are cancelled

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.439
 he can't just

00:31:36.439 --> 00:31:37.000
 say that

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.799
 and then poof

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.139
 it just

00:31:38.139 --> 00:31:38.919
 vanishes

00:31:38.919 --> 00:31:39.659
 in the air

00:31:39.659 --> 00:31:41.500
 someone has

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:42.339
 to pay

00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:43.000
 the cost

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.359
 right

00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:43.959
 someone has

00:31:43.959 --> 00:31:44.479
 to eat

00:31:44.479 --> 00:31:44.959
 the debts

00:31:44.959 --> 00:31:45.479
 and absorb

00:31:45.479 --> 00:31:46.079
 the debts

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:47.659
 and that's

00:31:47.659 --> 00:31:48.539
 why Jesus

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.519
 gave himself

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.219
 for us

00:31:50.219 --> 00:31:51.859
 entirely

00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:52.659
 and completely

00:31:52.659 --> 00:31:54.299
 in the agony

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:55.399
 of his crucifixion

00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:56.380
 we could

00:31:56.380 --> 00:31:57.140
 not pay

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:58.960
 so he

00:31:58.960 --> 00:31:59.380
 paid

00:31:59.380 --> 00:32:01.560
 he shed

00:32:01.560 --> 00:32:02.820
 his blood

00:32:02.820 --> 00:32:04.720
 and in shedding

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.240
 his blood

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.780
 he bore

00:32:05.780 --> 00:32:06.420
 our debts

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:07.780
 and he

00:32:07.780 --> 00:32:08.480
 reconciled

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:09.000
 our account

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.600
 with God

00:32:09.600 --> 00:32:11.740
 and so

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:12.140
 it's only

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:12.540
 fitting

00:32:12.540 --> 00:32:13.160
 if he gave

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:13.580
 himself

00:32:13.580 --> 00:32:13.980
 utterly

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.600
 and completely

00:32:14.600 --> 00:32:15.420
 for us

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:16.840
 that we

00:32:16.840 --> 00:32:17.180
 would give

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:17.620
 ourselves

00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:18.000
 utterly

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.600
 and completely

00:32:18.600 --> 00:32:19.360
 for him

00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:19.580
 that we

00:32:19.580 --> 00:32:19.960
 would take

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.600
 that flask

00:32:20.600 --> 00:32:21.140
 whatever it

00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:21.540
 is in our

00:32:21.540 --> 00:32:21.980
 lives

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.620
 we would

00:32:22.620 --> 00:32:23.040
 take that

00:32:23.040 --> 00:32:23.420
 bottle

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:23.860
 whatever the

00:32:23.860 --> 00:32:24.440
 most important

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:25.160
 thing is

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:26.800
 and we

00:32:26.800 --> 00:32:27.320
 break it

00:32:27.320 --> 00:32:28.600
 and we

00:32:28.600 --> 00:32:29.000
 just pour

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:29.360
 it out

00:32:29.360 --> 00:32:30.519
 on Jesus

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:32.800
 you know

00:32:32.800 --> 00:32:33.200
 we can no

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:33.980
 longer fall

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:35.560
 at Jesus

00:32:35.560 --> 00:32:36.460
 physical feet

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:37.160
 we can no

00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:38.060
 longer wash

00:32:38.060 --> 00:32:38.580
 or kiss

00:32:38.580 --> 00:32:39.740
 or anoint

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.740
 his feet

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:41.000
 right

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.580
 the resurrected

00:32:41.580 --> 00:32:42.019
 Jesus

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:43.060
 he's ascended

00:32:43.060 --> 00:32:44.320
 to the right

00:32:44.320 --> 00:32:44.759
 hand of the

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.019
 father

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.480
 he's been

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:45.880
 exalted

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:47.080
 to that

00:32:47.080 --> 00:32:47.700
 place of

00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:48.519
 all power

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:49.140
 and authority

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:51.259
 but you

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:51.920
 can show

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.320
 your love

00:32:52.320 --> 00:32:52.940
 to Jesus

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:54.840
 by forsaking

00:32:54.840 --> 00:32:55.519
 your sins

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:58.440
 you can

00:32:58.440 --> 00:32:58.940
 show your

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.160
 love

00:32:59.160 --> 00:32:59.620
 to Jesus

00:32:59.620 --> 00:33:00.019
 by

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:01.900
 taking his

00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:02.259
 commands

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.779
 seriously

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.340
 and obeying

00:33:03.340 --> 00:33:03.539
 them

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:03.700
 right

00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:04.320
 you can

00:33:04.320 --> 00:33:05.620
 show your

00:33:05.620 --> 00:33:05.940
 love to

00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:06.200
 Jesus

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:06.860
 by praising

00:33:06.860 --> 00:33:07.059
 him

00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:07.440
 not just

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:07.720
 with your

00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:08.000
 lips

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.320
 but with

00:33:08.320 --> 00:33:08.840
 your life

00:33:08.840 --> 00:33:10.220
 you can

00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:10.680
 show your

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.019
 love to

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:11.240
 Jesus

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:11.740
 by telling

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:12.279
 other people

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:13.400
 that he

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:14.000
 really is

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.600
 the love

00:33:14.600 --> 00:33:15.660
 of your

00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:16.080
 life

00:33:16.080 --> 00:33:18.400
 Jesus

00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:19.000
 says to

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.279
 her

00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:20.120
 and he

00:33:20.120 --> 00:33:20.600
 says to

00:33:20.600 --> 00:33:20.759
 us

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.440
 your faith

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:21.960
 has saved

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.120
 you

00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:22.739
 go in

00:33:22.739 --> 00:33:23.199
 peace

00:33:23.199 --> 00:33:25.099
 but don't

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:25.459
 misunderstand

00:33:25.459 --> 00:33:25.899
 that

00:33:25.899 --> 00:33:26.239
 when Jesus

00:33:26.239 --> 00:33:26.859
 says go

00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:27.299
 in peace

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:27.659
 he's not

00:33:27.659 --> 00:33:28.579
 saying hey

00:33:28.579 --> 00:33:29.039
 good luck

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:29.699
 with everything

00:33:29.699 --> 00:33:31.719
 and just go

00:33:31.719 --> 00:33:32.299
 live however

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:32.919
 you'd like to

00:33:32.919 --> 00:33:33.419
 live now

00:33:33.419 --> 00:33:35.000
 when Jesus

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:35.599
 says go in

00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:36.079
 peace he's

00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:36.859
 saying I

00:33:36.859 --> 00:33:37.319
 want you to

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:38.579
 in some ways

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:39.119
 come in

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:39.500
 peace

00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:41.799
 come live a

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:42.359
 new life in

00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:42.899
 my disciple

00:33:42.899 --> 00:33:43.459
 community

00:33:43.459 --> 00:33:46.639
 come join

00:33:46.639 --> 00:33:48.019
 Mary Magdalene

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:49.239
 and Joanna

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.960
 and Susanna

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.240
 and all

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.579
 these other

00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:50.779
 women

00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:51.539
 come learn

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:52.279
 how to

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:53.120
 live in

00:33:53.120 --> 00:33:53.720
 my grace

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:53.980
 and in

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.440
 my peace

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:55.400
 come let

00:33:55.400 --> 00:33:56.640
 me master

00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:57.420
 all of your

00:33:57.420 --> 00:33:58.019
 relationships

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.519
 and your

00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:59.000
 time

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.440
 and your

00:33:59.440 --> 00:33:59.940
 job

00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:00.200
 and your

00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:00.519
 money

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:01.220
 and your

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:01.819
 sexuality

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.180
 and all

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:02.700
 the rest

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:04.319
 go in

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:04.859
 peace to

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:05.279
 love me

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:05.620
 as the

00:34:05.620 --> 00:34:05.920
 Lord

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.960
 in every

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.440
 area of

00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:07.819
 your life

00:34:07.819 --> 00:34:08.159
 that's what

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:08.739
 that means

00:34:08.739 --> 00:34:10.760
 see the

00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:11.559
 root of

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:11.980
 forgiveness

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:13.780
 bears the

00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:14.159
 fruit of

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:14.519
 love

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:16.420
 and the

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:16.880
 costly

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.340
 forgiveness

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:17.759
 of the

00:34:17.759 --> 00:34:18.199
 cross

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:20.099
 must show

00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:20.679
 itself in

00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:21.159
 the costly

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:22.380
 love of

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:22.519
 our

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:23.280
 discipleship

00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:25.619
 so friends

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:27.920
 do you

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.579
 love Jesus

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:31.420
 do you

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:32.000
 love Jesus

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:33.119
 like this

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:33.739
 woman loves

00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:34.219
 Jesus

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:36.460
 has he

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:37.099
 removed your

00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:37.460
 debts

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:37.900
 has he

00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:40.400
 given rest

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:40.679
 to your

00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:41.420
 troubled and

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:41.840
 tormented

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:42.460
 souls

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:44.980
 has Jesus

00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:45.440
 put the

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:45.900
 peace of

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:46.260
 God

00:34:46.260 --> 00:34:47.280
 into your

00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:47.619
 heart

00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:50.320
 if he

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:50.920
 has just

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:51.659
 know he's

00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:52.099
 worthy

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:53.960
 he's worthy

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.500
 of all

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:55.380
 that we

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:55.920
 could possibly

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.519
 pour out on

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:56.760
 him

00:34:56.760 --> 00:34:58.360
 in the name

00:34:58.360 --> 00:34:58.579
 of the

00:34:58.579 --> 00:34:59.039
 father son

00:34:59.039 --> 00:34:59.380
 and holy

00:34:59.380 --> 00:34:59.800
 spirit

00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:00.679
 amen