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 Heavenly Father, we don't want to be a people who preach and teach more than we have experienced from your grace.

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 We want to be people who are full of love, affection for you and gratefulness toward you because we understand how lavish your forgiveness for this has been.

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 So won't you please, by your spirit, minister to us this morning.

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 Convict us of our sins.

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 But even more, comfort us with your grace.

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 In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

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 Luke chapter 7, verse 36 to chapter 8, verse 3.

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 I will read it out loud. You can follow along with me in your Bibles.

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 One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him.

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 And he went into the Pharisee's house and reclined at table.

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 And behold, a woman of the city was a sinner.

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 When she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment.

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 And standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and wipe them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment.

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 Now, 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 have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him.

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 For she is a sinner.

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 And Jesus answering said to him,

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 Simon, I have something to say to you.

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 And he answered,

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 Say it, teacher.

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 A certain money lender had two debtors.

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 One owed 500 denarii and the other 50.

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 When they could not pay, he canceled the debt of both.

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 Now, which of them will love him more?

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 Simon answered,

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 The one, I suppose, for whom he canceled a larger debt.

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 And he said to him,

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 You have judged rightly.

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 Then, turning toward the woman, he said to Simon,

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 Do you see this woman?

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 I entered your house.

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 You gave me no water for my feet.

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

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 You gave me no kiss.

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 But from the time I came in, she has not ceased to kiss my feet.

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 You did not anoint my head with oil.

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 But she has anointed my feet with ointment.

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 Therefore, I tell you,

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 her sins, which are many,

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 are forgiven.

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 For she loved much.

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 But he who is forgiven little,

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 loves little.

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 And he said to her,

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 Your sins are forgiven.

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 And those who were at table with him

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 began to say among themselves,

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 Who is this who even forgives sins?

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 And he said to the woman,

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 Your faith has saved you.

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 Go in peace.

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 Soon afterward,

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 he went on through villages,

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 cities and villages,

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 proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God.

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 And the twelve were with him.

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 And also some woman

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 who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities.

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 Mary, called Magdalene,

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 from whom seven demons had gone out.

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 And Joanna, the wife of Chusa,

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 Herod's household manager.

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 And Susanna,

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 and many others,

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 who provided for them out of their means.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 We believe as Christians that we are saved by grace through faith.

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 We believe that faith is the means,

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 the instrument through which we will be saved.

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 But it's still kind of abstract, isn't it, to think about that.

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 We're saved by grace through faith.

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 What is faith?

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 What does saving faith look like?

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 And in this passage,

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 Luke gives us two concrete pictures

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 of various women of faith

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 in order to teach us what saving faith in Jesus looks like.

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 And here he first talks about how he produces love for God,

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 that we have to love God,

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 chapter 7, 36 to 50.

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 And then we are to serve God in chapter 8,

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 verses 1 to 3.

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 And the main point he wants to get across to us

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 is that God's lavish forgiveness of our sins

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 produces lavish love for and service to God.

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 God.

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 It's a wonderful passage.

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 Verse 36 tells us this.

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 It says,

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 One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him,

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 and he went into the Pharisee's house

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 and reclined at table.

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 This is interesting because remember that

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 Jesus drew the ire of the Pharisees in Luke 5

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 because he was eating and drinking

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 with tax collectors and sinners.

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 And these Pharisees have questioned Jesus

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 and accused him of blasphemy,

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 and they have been keeping a close watch on him

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 so that they can trip him up

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 and bring a false charge against him.

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 And yet,

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 when one of their known number

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 invites him,

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 extends an invitation to him,

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 opens up his home,

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 Jesus takes the opportunity.

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 In spite of all of that.

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 This is comforting because he shows me that he's,

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 yes, he's a friend of sinners

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 and he is a friend of all kinds of sinners,

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 including the legalists

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 and the prideful people,

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 as long as there is an openness

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 and desire to humble himself before Jesus.

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 We'll see that this Pharisee is not quite ready all the way,

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 but this is still an encouraging sign.

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 As they are dining together,

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 another sinner enters the scene,

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 but this time a woman whose sinfulness

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 is widely known.

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 Verse 37 conveys the surprise

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 of seeing this woman,

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 and behold,

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 a woman of the city

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 who was a sinner.

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 When she learned that he was reclining at table

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 in the Pharisee's house,

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 she came.

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 So you might wonder

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 who opened the door for this woman,

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 right?

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 This is a dinner party.

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 Where are the bouncers, right?

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 This intruder has come in.

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 We can understand the situation better

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 by considering the cultural context.

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 Notice that twice,

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 in verses 36 to 37,

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 we're told that people were reclining at table

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 instead of sitting at a table like usual.

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 The word suggests that this wasn't

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 an ordinary family meal

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 where people sit around the table on chairs.

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 Rather, this is a banquet.

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 It's a special meal,

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 and Jesus is likely the guest of honor at this meal.

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 And in this kind of meal,

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 people actually lay down on mats or cushions

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 on their left side like this

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 with their legs out away from the table,

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 sporting themselves with their elbow,

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 and they would eat with their right hand

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 and drink with their right hand.

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 So they're all reclining,

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 kind of lying down.

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 It's a very intimate setting.

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 And in this kind of,

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 we know that this is the case

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 because Jesus is also addressed later

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 as rabbi, a teacher.

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 It was considered an honor

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 to have a teacher who's out of town

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 over at your house

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 for this kind of a banquet.

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 So it seems that's what is going on.

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 And it was customary

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 at a special meal like this

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 to leave the door open

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 so that uninvited guests

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 could enter and be flies on the wall,

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 observing and listening silently and respectfully

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 to the discourse between the host and his guest.

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 This was also an opportunity for the poor to enter

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 so that they can beg for leftovers.

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 This explains why this disreputable woman

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 was able to enter the banquet unhindered.

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 And this woman,

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 look at how she is described.

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 She's described specifically as a woman of the city

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 who was a sinner.

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 Being of the city and being a sinner together

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 suggests that this woman was known throughout the city

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 as a sinful person.

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 Many people speculate that this woman was a prostitute.

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 It's certainly possible that she was.

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 It's not certain from the text.

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 This sinful woman is also frequently identified

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 in popular culture as Mary Magdalene.

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 But this is due to a mistake that people made in the Middle Ages

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 to conflate Mary Magdalene with Mary of Bethany.

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 They're two different people.

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 Mary of Magdala and Mary of Bethany

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 who is the brother of Lazarus and Martha.

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 This is all the more confusing

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 because the episode where Martha anoints Jesus' feet

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 takes place in the house of Simon the leper.

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 This guy's name is Simon too,

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 but this is Simon the Pharisee.

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 It's a completely different place

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 at a different time of Jesus' ministry

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 and Jesus' teaching and response is different.

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 So all of this suggests that these are totally different instances.

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 And it makes sense because actually Mary and Simon

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 were very, very common names.

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 It's kind of like in our church we have,

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 I don't know how many,

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 we have three Daniels,

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 three Johns,

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 two Hanas.

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 I think it's similar.

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 It's statisticians who look at the names

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 in tombstones in the first century Israel.

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 They estimate that Mary among the women

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 was made up probably 25% of the women.

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 It's a hugely, wildly popular name.

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 And you can see that in scripture actually.

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 In the New Testament alone,

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 we find no less than six women named Mary,

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 which is confusing.

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 And then in the New Testament alone,

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 you find no less than nine men named Simon.

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 So you can see why this could be confusing,

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 but just don't conflate the two.

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 They're two different occasions.

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 And so here is an unnamed woman.

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 We don't know her name,

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 yet she is known throughout the city

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 as a sinful person.

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 It's public knowledge.

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 And Luke repeatedly draws attention

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 to that contrast between the sinful woman

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 and the respected Pharisee.

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 Notice just how many times

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 the word Pharisee is repeated.

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 Even when it's a little awkward,

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 it would make more sense to just use a pronoun.

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 It repeats the word.

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 Verse 36 to 39.

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 One of the Pharisee asked him to eat with him,

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 and he went into the Pharisee's house

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 and reclined the table.

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 And behold,

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 the woman of the city who was a sinner,

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 when she learned that he was reclining a table

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 in the Pharisee's house,

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 brought an alabaster flask of ointment,

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 and standing behind him at his feet weeping,

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 she began to wet his feet with her tears

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 and wiped them with the hair of her head

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 and kissed his feet

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 and anointed them with the ointment.

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 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this,

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 he said to himself,

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 if this man were a prophet,

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 he would have known who

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 and what sort of woman this is

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 who is touching him,

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 for she is a sinner.

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 Four times.

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 Pharisee, Pharisee, Pharisee.

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 And two times,

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 sinner, sinner.

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 We know the name of this Pharisee,

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 but Luke in this section

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 doesn't address him by name.

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 Pharisee and sinner,

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 that's supposed to form a contrast

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 because the word Pharisee in Hebrew

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 means to separate.

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 These are people who separated themselves

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 in order to purify themselves

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 and to set themselves apart from sinners

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 like this woman.

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 So these two people

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 do not belong in the same room.

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 The Pharisee is moral.

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 The sinner is immoral.

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 The Pharisee is respected.

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 The sinner is despised.

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 The Pharisee is the host.

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 And the sinner is the intruder.

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 And yet Jesus will forgive

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 and receive the sinner

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 as he does over and over again

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 throughout the Gospel of Luke.

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 Because as Jesus said in Luke 5,

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 those who are well

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 have no need of a physician,

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 but those who are sick.

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 I have not come to call the righteous,

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 but sinners to repentance.

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 And this woman seems to know

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 about Jesus already.

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 She has been exposed to his teaching

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 before as we see later

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 in Jesus' response to her.

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 So even though she is lowly

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 and despised,

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 even though she was well aware

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 of her own sordid reputation

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 in this city,

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 even though she knew

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 that she would attract

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 the scorn and stares

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 of people

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 as she enters into this banquet,

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 she cannot pass up

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 this opportunity

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 to go and see

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 and honor Jesus.

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 Look at verses 37 to 38.

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 When she learned

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 that he was reclining at table

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 in the Pharisee's house,

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 she brought an alabaster flask

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 of ointment

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 and standing behind him

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 at his feet,

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 weeping,

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 she began to wet his feet

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 with her tears

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 and wiped them

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 with the hair of her head

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 and kissed his feet

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 and anointed them

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 with the ointment.

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 An alabaster

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 is a lightly colored,

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 translucent,

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 soft mineral rock

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 that was believed

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 to help preserve

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 perfumes and ointments.

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 And the word ointment

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 used here

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 is not the typical word

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 that refers to

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 the less expensive olive oil,

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 but this is a reference

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 to an expensive perfume.

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 She brings something

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 that's valuable to her

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 to use,

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 to anoint Jesus.

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 And it says

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 that this woman

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 stands behind Jesus

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 at his feet.

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 And as she stands

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 behind Jesus' feet,

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 she's so overcome

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 by this opportunity

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 to show her devotion

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 to her affection

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 for Jesus

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 that she begins

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 to weep.

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 And it's not

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 a quiet sniffling.

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 The word weep

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 is the same word

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 used to describe

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 a widow

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 who was mourning,

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 weeping during

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 the funeral process

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 of her only son

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 earlier in this chapter.

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 In Mark 5,

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 38 to 39,

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 the word weeping

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 is parallel

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 to wailing loudly

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 and making a commotion.

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 You've probably seen

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 similar reactions

00:15:02.379 --> 00:15:03.220
 to this before

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 in real life

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 or on YouTube

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 probably, right?

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 a soldier

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 that has been deployed

00:15:09.800 --> 00:15:11.100
 for a long time

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 returns home

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 finally

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 to surprise

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 his daughter

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 and she begins

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 to weep

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 with joy.

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 Or a little girl

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 hears the news

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 that her foster parents

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 will be adopting her

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 into their family

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 and then she begins

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 to weep

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 with gratitude.

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 It's the kind

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 of sob

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 that breaks forth

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 from the chest.

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 That's the kind

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 of weeping

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 that's pictured here.

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 She's not stealing

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 a single tear

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 here and there.

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 The word wet here

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 is the same word

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 that's used to refer

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 to rain showers.

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 There's enough tears

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 to douse

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 Jesus' feet.

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 That's how moved

00:15:52.800 --> 00:15:53.620
 this woman is.

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 Then she proceeds

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 to wipe the tears

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 on Jesus' feet

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 with the hair

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 of her head.

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 Remember that

00:16:06.040 --> 00:16:06.960
 Jesus lived

00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:07.940
 and ministered

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 in what is today

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 modern Israel

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 and Palestine.

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 So Jesus

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 would have walked

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 around with

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 open-toed sandals

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 in the desert region

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 and his feet

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 would have been sweaty

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 and coated

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 with dust.

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 And it was customary

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 for the host

00:16:20.680 --> 00:16:22.020
 of a party like this

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 to provide

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 for the foot washing

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 of his guests.

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 But this was actually

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 reserved for the slaves.

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 In fact,

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 some Jews insisted

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 that even slaves

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 if they're Jewish

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 should not

00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:32.720
 deign to do

00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:33.800
 such a lowly task.

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 They argue

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 that only Gentile slaves

00:16:36.800 --> 00:16:37.720
 should do such a thing.

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 And yet this woman

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 wipes Jesus' feet

00:16:42.340 --> 00:16:44.139
 with the hair

00:16:44.139 --> 00:16:45.040
 of her head.

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 For a woman

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 to let down

00:16:48.580 --> 00:16:49.259
 her hair

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 in polite company

00:16:50.580 --> 00:16:51.340
 was considered

00:16:51.340 --> 00:16:52.639
 humiliating.

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 And yet,

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 no matter that

00:16:55.680 --> 00:16:56.220
 the hair

00:16:56.220 --> 00:16:57.680
 is getting disheveled,

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 no matter that

00:16:58.500 --> 00:16:59.100
 she's getting

00:16:59.100 --> 00:16:59.700
 dirt

00:16:59.700 --> 00:17:00.899
 and sweat

00:17:00.899 --> 00:17:02.779
 on her hair,

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 because it's

00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:04.660
 an opportunity

00:17:04.660 --> 00:17:06.380
 to honor Jesus

00:17:06.380 --> 00:17:07.579
 whom she loves,

00:17:08.220 --> 00:17:09.019
 she does it

00:17:09.019 --> 00:17:09.900
 without hesitation.

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 And not only

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 does she wash

00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:14.960
 Jesus' feet,

00:17:15.220 --> 00:17:15.660
 afterwards,

00:17:15.779 --> 00:17:16.660
 she kissed

00:17:16.660 --> 00:17:17.240
 his feet

00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:18.680
 and anointed them

00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:19.500
 with the ointment.

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 In this culture,

00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:21.099
 you kissed

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 relatives

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 and friends

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 on the cheek

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 or the forehead.

00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:28.419
 Kissing someone's feet

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 was considered

00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:29.839
 a mark

00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:31.759
 of great respect,

00:17:31.879 --> 00:17:32.480
 usually reserved

00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:33.039
 for rulers,

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 because it involves

00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:36.919
 humbling yourself,

00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:38.879
 lowering yourself

00:17:38.879 --> 00:17:39.879
 before that other person.

00:17:41.319 --> 00:17:41.799
 This woman

00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:43.700
 kisses Jesus' feet,

00:17:44.059 --> 00:17:45.000
 then anoints

00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:45.700
 his feet

00:17:45.700 --> 00:17:46.339
 with this

00:17:46.339 --> 00:17:47.039
 expensive

00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:48.339
 ointment.

00:17:48.339 --> 00:17:49.779
 once again,

00:17:49.939 --> 00:17:50.599
 anointing

00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:51.579
 is something

00:17:51.579 --> 00:17:52.259
 you typically

00:17:52.259 --> 00:17:53.480
 do on the head.

00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:55.419
 Yet,

00:17:55.740 --> 00:17:56.159
 this woman

00:17:56.159 --> 00:17:57.079
 does not see herself

00:17:57.079 --> 00:17:57.639
 as worthy

00:17:57.639 --> 00:17:58.619
 of such a task.

00:17:59.500 --> 00:18:00.159
 She anoints,

00:18:00.299 --> 00:18:01.220
 stoopes to anoint

00:18:01.220 --> 00:18:02.579
 Jesus' feet

00:18:02.579 --> 00:18:03.779
 instead.

00:18:04.599 --> 00:18:04.980
 And Luke

00:18:04.980 --> 00:18:05.639
 repeatedly

00:18:05.639 --> 00:18:06.720
 emphasizes this

00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:08.740
 by repeating,

00:18:09.740 --> 00:18:10.619
 repeatedly mentioning

00:18:10.619 --> 00:18:11.539
 Jesus' feet.

00:18:12.099 --> 00:18:12.919
 Look at verse 38

00:18:12.919 --> 00:18:13.500
 one more time,

00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:14.539
 and standing behind

00:18:14.539 --> 00:18:16.000
 him at his feet,

00:18:16.379 --> 00:18:16.759
 weeping,

00:18:16.759 --> 00:18:17.940
 she began to wet

00:18:17.940 --> 00:18:19.099
 his feet

00:18:19.099 --> 00:18:19.900
 with her tears,

00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:20.980
 and wiped them

00:18:20.980 --> 00:18:21.619
 with the hair

00:18:21.619 --> 00:18:22.240
 of her head,

00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:23.220
 and kissed

00:18:23.220 --> 00:18:24.099
 his feet,

00:18:24.539 --> 00:18:25.200
 and anointed

00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:26.539
 them with the ointment.

00:18:27.259 --> 00:18:27.980
 She did all

00:18:27.980 --> 00:18:28.599
 of these things

00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:29.980
 to Jesus' feet.

00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:31.599
 Everything that

00:18:31.599 --> 00:18:32.299
 she does here

00:18:32.299 --> 00:18:33.059
 communicates

00:18:33.059 --> 00:18:34.599
 Jesus' supreme

00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:35.500
 worthiness,

00:18:35.700 --> 00:18:36.900
 and her own

00:18:36.900 --> 00:18:37.579
 unworthiness

00:18:37.579 --> 00:18:38.259
 before him.

00:18:43.559 --> 00:18:44.420
 And this

00:18:44.420 --> 00:18:45.059
 dramatic

00:18:45.059 --> 00:18:47.000
 emotional scene

00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:47.639
 featuring

00:18:47.639 --> 00:18:48.639
 the sinful woman

00:18:48.639 --> 00:18:49.159
 is unfolding

00:18:49.159 --> 00:18:49.779
 right before

00:18:49.779 --> 00:18:50.259
 the eyes

00:18:50.259 --> 00:18:51.220
 of her host,

00:18:51.940 --> 00:18:53.460
 the Pharisee.

00:18:53.819 --> 00:18:54.679
 And you wonder

00:18:54.679 --> 00:18:55.399
 what he's thinking.

00:18:57.099 --> 00:18:57.980
 Luke tells us

00:18:57.980 --> 00:18:58.759
 in verse 39,

00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:02.079
 Now when the Pharisee

00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:02.899
 who had invited him

00:19:02.899 --> 00:19:03.859
 saw this,

00:19:04.619 --> 00:19:05.559
 he said to himself,

00:19:06.079 --> 00:19:07.200
 if this man

00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:07.859
 were a prophet,

00:19:08.579 --> 00:19:09.539
 he would have known

00:19:09.539 --> 00:19:10.819
 who and what

00:19:10.819 --> 00:19:11.919
 sort of woman

00:19:11.919 --> 00:19:12.480
 this is

00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:13.619
 who is touching him.

00:19:13.619 --> 00:19:15.159
 for she is

00:19:15.159 --> 00:19:15.659
 a sinner.

00:19:17.179 --> 00:19:18.259
 The Pharisee,

00:19:18.339 --> 00:19:18.899
 because he lives

00:19:18.899 --> 00:19:19.379
 in the city,

00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:20.879
 knows of this woman,

00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:22.039
 knows of her

00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:23.219
 public reputation

00:19:23.219 --> 00:19:24.699
 as a sinful woman

00:19:24.699 --> 00:19:25.879
 not to consort with,

00:19:26.199 --> 00:19:27.079
 and he,

00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:28.399
 as a Pharisee,

00:19:28.500 --> 00:19:29.679
 would never have

00:19:29.679 --> 00:19:30.699
 let such a woman

00:19:30.699 --> 00:19:31.519
 touch him.

00:19:33.439 --> 00:19:34.599
 And for that reason,

00:19:34.699 --> 00:19:35.319
 he assumes

00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:36.339
 that Jesus too,

00:19:36.439 --> 00:19:37.839
 as a Jewish teacher,

00:19:38.139 --> 00:19:39.059
 would never let

00:19:39.059 --> 00:19:40.039
 a sinner like her

00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:40.899
 touch him.

00:19:40.900 --> 00:19:42.660
 But since he is

00:19:42.660 --> 00:19:43.660
 letting her touch him,

00:19:43.780 --> 00:19:44.960
 he assumes

00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:47.680
 he has no idea

00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:48.740
 who this woman is.

00:19:50.040 --> 00:19:51.280
 That he can't be

00:19:51.280 --> 00:19:51.759
 a prophet.

00:19:54.700 --> 00:19:56.080
 The Pharisee is now

00:19:56.080 --> 00:19:57.259
 doubting Jesus'

00:19:57.480 --> 00:19:58.000
 credentials

00:19:58.000 --> 00:20:00.500
 because he can't

00:20:00.500 --> 00:20:01.500
 possibly be a true

00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:02.300
 prophet of the Lord

00:20:02.300 --> 00:20:03.460
 since he's

00:20:03.460 --> 00:20:04.360
 unaware of this

00:20:04.360 --> 00:20:05.460
 woman's sinfulness.

00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:07.100
 But little does he

00:20:07.100 --> 00:20:07.880
 know that

00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:09.160
 Jesus not only

00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:10.060
 knows that this

00:20:10.060 --> 00:20:10.820
 woman is a sinner,

00:20:10.900 --> 00:20:12.220
 but he also

00:20:12.220 --> 00:20:13.100
 knows exactly

00:20:13.100 --> 00:20:13.980
 what this Pharisee

00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:14.560
 is thinking

00:20:14.560 --> 00:20:15.460
 at that moment.

00:20:17.180 --> 00:20:18.140
 And so Jesus

00:20:18.140 --> 00:20:18.980
 addresses him

00:20:18.980 --> 00:20:19.500
 by name

00:20:19.500 --> 00:20:21.019
 in verses 40 to 43.

00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:22.200
 Simon,

00:20:23.040 --> 00:20:24.519
 I have something

00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:25.180
 to say to you.

00:20:26.380 --> 00:20:27.340
 And he answered,

00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:28.000
 say it, teacher.

00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:30.220
 A certain money

00:20:30.220 --> 00:20:31.019
 lender had two

00:20:31.019 --> 00:20:31.480
 debtors,

00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:32.400
 one owed

00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:33.820
 500 denarii

00:20:33.820 --> 00:20:34.240
 and the other

00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:34.820
 50.

00:20:35.100 --> 00:20:35.759
 When they could

00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:36.259
 not pay,

00:20:36.340 --> 00:20:36.960
 he canceled

00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:38.019
 the debt of both.

00:20:38.380 --> 00:20:39.400
 Now which of them

00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:40.340
 will love him

00:20:40.340 --> 00:20:40.920
 more?

00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:42.820
 Simon answered,

00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:43.280
 the one,

00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:44.060
 I suppose,

00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:44.800
 for whom he

00:20:44.800 --> 00:20:45.660
 canceled a larger

00:20:45.660 --> 00:20:46.019
 debt.

00:20:46.780 --> 00:20:47.740
 And he said to him,

00:20:47.820 --> 00:20:48.720
 you have judged

00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:49.100
 rightly.

00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:51.360
 The parable is

00:20:51.360 --> 00:20:52.019
 simple, right?

00:20:52.100 --> 00:20:53.200
 A denarius is a

00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:54.280
 common laborer's

00:20:54.280 --> 00:20:55.200
 day's worth

00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:55.720
 of wage.

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:57.720
 So one has

00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:58.279
 two months

00:20:58.279 --> 00:20:58.620
 of wage

00:20:58.620 --> 00:20:59.000
 canceled,

00:20:59.160 --> 00:20:59.400
 the other

00:20:59.400 --> 00:20:59.799
 one has

00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:00.299
 almost two

00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:00.779
 years of

00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:02.860
 debt

00:21:02.860 --> 00:21:03.519
 canceled.

00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:05.660
 And when

00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:06.559
 neither of them

00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:07.140
 could pay,

00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:07.839
 this money lender

00:21:07.839 --> 00:21:08.980
 cancels the

00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:09.660
 debt of both.

00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:10.980
 That's a

00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.839
 shocking twist

00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:12.460
 to this story

00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:13.019
 because that's

00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:13.500
 not what

00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:14.019
 money lenders

00:21:14.019 --> 00:21:14.819
 typically do.

00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:16.960
 They might

00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:17.740
 let you finance

00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:18.600
 your loan so

00:21:18.600 --> 00:21:19.019
 that you could

00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:19.519
 get a better

00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:20.160
 interest rate.

00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:21.720
 They might

00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:22.259
 let you pay

00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:22.860
 off your loans

00:21:22.860 --> 00:21:23.460
 with years of

00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:24.539
 service instead,

00:21:24.539 --> 00:21:25.720
 maybe, for

00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:26.299
 example, like

00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:26.839
 through military

00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:28.940
 service or

00:21:28.940 --> 00:21:29.460
 being an

00:21:29.460 --> 00:21:30.000
 educator in

00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:30.319
 the public

00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:30.720
 sector.

00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:32.220
 But they

00:21:32.220 --> 00:21:32.720
 will not

00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.339
 cancel your

00:21:33.339 --> 00:21:33.940
 debt outright.

00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:36.740
 They will

00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:37.319
 hound you

00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:37.639
 until they

00:21:37.639 --> 00:21:39.079
 get every

00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:41.779
 penny with

00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:42.200
 interest.

00:21:43.659 --> 00:21:44.599
 That's what

00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:45.200
 money lenders

00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:45.619
 do.

00:21:47.579 --> 00:21:48.200
 Yet here,

00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:48.960
 this money

00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:49.299
 lender,

00:21:49.700 --> 00:21:50.319
 whose picture

00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:51.039
 of God,

00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:52.159
 he cancels

00:21:52.159 --> 00:21:52.579
 the debt.

00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:53.539
 And the

00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:54.139
 result is that

00:21:54.140 --> 00:21:54.620
 these debtors

00:21:54.620 --> 00:21:55.820
 love this

00:21:55.820 --> 00:21:57.080
 generous and

00:21:57.080 --> 00:21:57.800
 merciful money

00:21:57.800 --> 00:21:58.080
 lender.

00:21:58.360 --> 00:21:58.740
 And the

00:21:58.740 --> 00:21:59.140
 one who

00:21:59.140 --> 00:21:59.580
 was canceled

00:21:59.580 --> 00:22:00.080
 the larger

00:22:00.080 --> 00:22:01.460
 debt loves

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:02.140
 him more.

00:22:03.780 --> 00:22:04.500
 Then Jesus

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:05.320
 explains this

00:22:05.320 --> 00:22:05.759
 parable in

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.420
 verses 44

00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:07.140
 to 47.

00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:08.120
 Then turning

00:22:08.120 --> 00:22:08.900
 toward the

00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:09.400
 woman, he

00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:09.960
 said to

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:10.440
 Simon,

00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:11.900
 do you see

00:22:11.900 --> 00:22:12.500
 this woman?

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:13.960
 I entered

00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:14.920
 your house.

00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:15.720
 You gave

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.580
 me no water

00:22:16.580 --> 00:22:17.380
 for my feet,

00:22:17.560 --> 00:22:18.220
 but she has

00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:19.220
 wet my feet

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:20.160
 with her tears

00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:21.060
 and wiped

00:22:21.060 --> 00:22:21.580
 them with her

00:22:21.580 --> 00:22:21.920
 hair.

00:22:22.340 --> 00:22:22.820
 You gave

00:22:22.820 --> 00:22:23.600
 me no kiss.

00:22:24.140 --> 00:22:25.080
 But from

00:22:25.080 --> 00:22:25.620
 the time I

00:22:25.620 --> 00:22:25.920
 came and

00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:26.180
 she has

00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:27.020
 not ceased

00:22:27.020 --> 00:22:27.560
 to kiss

00:22:27.560 --> 00:22:28.100
 my feet.

00:22:28.620 --> 00:22:29.259
 You did

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:29.680
 not anoint

00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:30.340
 my head

00:22:30.340 --> 00:22:30.840
 with oil,

00:22:31.120 --> 00:22:31.500
 but she

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:31.840
 has anointed

00:22:31.840 --> 00:22:32.540
 my feet

00:22:32.540 --> 00:22:33.180
 with ointment.

00:22:33.300 --> 00:22:33.640
 Therefore,

00:22:33.860 --> 00:22:34.680
 I tell you,

00:22:35.140 --> 00:22:36.060
 her sins,

00:22:36.840 --> 00:22:37.880
 which are

00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:38.380
 many,

00:22:40.120 --> 00:22:40.880
 are forgiven.

00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:42.820
 For she

00:22:42.820 --> 00:22:43.620
 loved much,

00:22:44.340 --> 00:22:44.720
 but he

00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:45.300
 was forgiven

00:22:45.300 --> 00:22:45.960
 little,

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:47.700
 loves little.

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.259
 By turning

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:49.620
 to the

00:22:49.620 --> 00:22:50.360
 woman while

00:22:50.360 --> 00:22:50.820
 addressing

00:22:50.820 --> 00:22:51.400
 Simon,

00:22:51.620 --> 00:22:51.960
 she just

00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:52.579
 focuses

00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:53.100
 Simon's

00:22:53.100 --> 00:22:53.500
 attention

00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:54.420
 on this

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:55.000
 woman.

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:55.720
 And then

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.220
 he proceeds

00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:57.019
 to command

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:58.059
 the sinner

00:22:58.059 --> 00:22:59.000
 instead of

00:22:59.000 --> 00:23:00.000
 the Pharisee,

00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:00.980
 implying that

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.480
 this sinner

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:02.100
 is closer

00:23:02.100 --> 00:23:02.779
 to God

00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:03.720
 than this

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:04.259
 Pharisee

00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:04.740
 because of

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:05.539
 her humility.

00:23:06.180 --> 00:23:06.500
 And because

00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:06.840
 she was

00:23:06.840 --> 00:23:07.460
 fervent in

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:08.039
 her devotion

00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:08.559
 to Jesus

00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:09.240
 in comparison

00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:10.440
 to Simon's

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:11.019
 lukewarm

00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:11.680
 reception of

00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:11.900
 Jesus,

00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:12.539
 since he

00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:12.860
 has

00:23:12.860 --> 00:23:14.920
 neglected

00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:16.460
 to extend

00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:16.920
 the courtesy

00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:17.400
 of washing

00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:18.120
 Jesus' feet,

00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:19.279
 or giving

00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:19.740
 him a kiss

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.000
 on the

00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:20.259
 cheek,

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.319
 or anointing

00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:21.680
 his head

00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:22.160
 with oil.

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:26.900
 Simon

00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:27.400
 secretly

00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:27.740
 passed

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.180
 judgment

00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:28.960
 on this

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.279
 woman and

00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:29.859
 despised

00:23:29.859 --> 00:23:30.299
 this sinful

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:30.660
 woman,

00:23:31.120 --> 00:23:31.740
 but Jesus

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.740
 now enjoins

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.019
 him to

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.500
 follow her

00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:34.000
 example

00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:34.720
 because

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.880
 her sins,

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:36.380
 which are

00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:36.799
 many,

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:37.799
 are forgiven

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.519
 for she

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:40.000
 loved much.

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:41.500
 Now,

00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:41.920
 this does

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.539
 not mean

00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:42.900
 that our

00:23:42.900 --> 00:23:43.640
 love for

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:44.259
 God is

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:44.980
 the basis

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:45.980
 for our

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.400
 forgiveness.

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:48.940
 Forgiveness

00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:50.320
 comes first

00:23:50.320 --> 00:23:50.779
 as we can

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:51.160
 see in

00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:51.460
 Jesus'

00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:51.900
 comment

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.400
 afterward.

00:23:52.900 --> 00:23:53.220
 But he

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:53.559
 who is

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:54.059
 forgiven

00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:54.620
 little

00:23:54.620 --> 00:23:55.360
 loves

00:23:55.360 --> 00:23:55.880
 little.

00:23:56.620 --> 00:23:56.640
 The

00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:59.680
 other

00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:00.160
 statement

00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:00.440
 is also

00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:00.580
 true.

00:24:00.580 --> 00:24:00.799
 He was

00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:01.140
 forgiven

00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:01.640
 much

00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:02.380
 loves

00:24:02.380 --> 00:24:02.759
 much.

00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:03.400
 In

00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:03.600
 other

00:24:03.600 --> 00:24:03.820
 words,

00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.000
 the

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.240
 sinful

00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:04.680
 woman's

00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:05.059
 love

00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.460
 for

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:05.880
 Jesus

00:24:05.880 --> 00:24:06.440
 gives

00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:07.120
 evidence

00:24:07.120 --> 00:24:07.860
 of the

00:24:07.860 --> 00:24:08.320
 forgiveness

00:24:08.320 --> 00:24:08.860
 that she

00:24:08.860 --> 00:24:09.180
 has

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:09.580
 already

00:24:09.580 --> 00:24:10.600
 received.

00:24:11.580 --> 00:24:11.820
 It's

00:24:11.820 --> 00:24:12.240
 similar to

00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:12.519
 how we

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:13.080
 might say,

00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:13.880
 hey,

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:14.380
 it's

00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:15.480
 snowing

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:15.900
 outside

00:24:15.900 --> 00:24:16.820
 because

00:24:16.820 --> 00:24:17.640
 the ground

00:24:17.640 --> 00:24:18.440
 has snow

00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:18.759
 on it.

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:20.700
 the

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:21.519
 snow on

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:21.799
 the ground

00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.080
 is not

00:24:22.080 --> 00:24:22.720
 what causes

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.080
 the snow

00:24:23.080 --> 00:24:23.440
 to come

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:23.820
 down,

00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:24.580
 but it's

00:24:24.580 --> 00:24:24.920
 how we

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.480
 know that

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:25.840
 snow is

00:24:25.840 --> 00:24:26.360
 coming down

00:24:26.360 --> 00:24:26.759
 when the

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.120
 flurries are

00:24:27.120 --> 00:24:27.519
 too small

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:27.720
 and you

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:28.120
 can't see

00:24:28.120 --> 00:24:28.360
 it.

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:31.960
 It's

00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:32.100
 the

00:24:32.100 --> 00:24:32.640
 evidence.

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.259
 So

00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:35.600
 likewise,

00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:36.580
 here,

00:24:36.820 --> 00:24:37.420
 the woman's

00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:37.960
 sins are

00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:38.420
 forgiven

00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:39.880
 for she

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:40.380
 loved

00:24:40.380 --> 00:24:40.779
 much.

00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:41.019
 The

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.720
 love that

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.039
 she has

00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:42.820
 shown is

00:24:42.820 --> 00:24:43.519
 the evidence

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:43.920
 of the

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:44.340
 forgiveness

00:24:44.340 --> 00:24:44.799
 she has

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.120
 already

00:24:45.120 --> 00:24:45.680
 received.

00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:47.360
 And

00:24:47.360 --> 00:24:47.560
 there's

00:24:47.560 --> 00:24:47.640
 a

00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:48.039
 rebuke

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.440
 here for

00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:48.700
 Simon

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.080
 as well,

00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:49.320
 isn't

00:24:49.320 --> 00:24:49.519
 there?

00:24:50.299 --> 00:24:50.560
 Since

00:24:50.560 --> 00:24:50.980
 according to

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.120
 the

00:24:51.120 --> 00:24:51.380
 parable,

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:51.840
 he is

00:24:51.840 --> 00:24:52.000
 the

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:52.320
 debtor

00:24:52.320 --> 00:24:52.560
 who

00:24:52.560 --> 00:24:52.920
 is

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.460
 forgiven

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:53.880
 little

00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:54.960
 and

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.200
 therefore

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:55.720
 loves

00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:56.259
 little.

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.180
 That's

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:57.500
 not a

00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:57.960
 compliment.

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:58.720
 Hey,

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.060
 you don't

00:24:59.060 --> 00:24:59.299
 have that

00:24:59.299 --> 00:24:59.779
 many sins,

00:24:59.860 --> 00:25:00.000
 so you

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.340
 only have

00:25:00.340 --> 00:25:00.539
 to be

00:25:00.539 --> 00:25:00.799
 forgiven

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.080
 a little

00:25:01.080 --> 00:25:01.200
 bit.

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:01.460
 That's

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:01.940
 not what

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:02.240
 Jesus

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.500
 is

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:02.700
 saying.

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:02.880
 That's

00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:03.140
 not the

00:25:03.140 --> 00:25:03.360
 point

00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:03.640
 of this

00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:04.039
 parable.

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:05.400
 Jesus

00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:05.720
 is

00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.299
 referring

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:07.380
 to

00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:07.600
 the

00:25:07.600 --> 00:25:07.900
 fact

00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:08.200
 that

00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:08.480
 it's

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:08.779
 not

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:09.060
 that

00:25:09.060 --> 00:25:09.279
 he

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:09.740
 actually

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.299
 has

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:10.920
 little

00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:11.480
 sin

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.039
 to

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:12.400
 repent

00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:12.519
 of.

00:25:12.580 --> 00:25:12.660
 It's

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:12.880
 not

00:25:12.880 --> 00:25:13.060
 that

00:25:13.060 --> 00:25:13.300
 he's

00:25:13.300 --> 00:25:13.560
 actually

00:25:13.560 --> 00:25:14.180
 slaved.

00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:14.720
 It's

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:14.840
 that

00:25:14.840 --> 00:25:15.160
 he does

00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:15.420
 not

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:16.279
 recognize

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:16.580
 how

00:25:16.580 --> 00:25:17.380
 indebted

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:17.840
 he

00:25:17.840 --> 00:25:18.360
 really

00:25:18.360 --> 00:25:18.960
 is

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:20.160
 because

00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:20.519
 of

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:20.700
 his

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.259
 pride.

00:25:23.120 --> 00:25:23.920
 He

00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:24.180
 sees

00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:24.400
 other

00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:24.720
 people

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:24.900
 as

00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:25.160
 sinners

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:27.120
 but

00:25:27.120 --> 00:25:27.320
 not

00:25:27.320 --> 00:25:27.779
 himself.

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 And

00:25:30.560 --> 00:25:31.080
 precisely

00:25:31.080 --> 00:25:31.759
 because

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.240
 he does

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:32.640
 not

00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:33.340
 apprehend

00:25:33.340 --> 00:25:33.539
 the

00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:33.920
 depth

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 of

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.400
 his

00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:34.600
 own

00:25:34.600 --> 00:25:35.200
 sinfulness,

00:25:35.800 --> 00:25:36.019
 he

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:36.420
 doesn't

00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:37.039
 appreciate

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:37.440
 the

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:37.779
 depth

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.300
 of

00:25:38.300 --> 00:25:38.779
 God's

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.539
 mercy.

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:42.759
 Then

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:43.160
 finally

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:43.320
 in

00:25:43.320 --> 00:25:43.480
 verse

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:43.920
 48

00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:44.240
 Jesus

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:44.660
 speaks

00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:45.120
 directly

00:25:45.120 --> 00:25:45.340
 to

00:25:45.340 --> 00:25:45.460
 the

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:45.640
 woman

00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:46.140
 herself.

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:48.440
 She's

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:48.600
 not

00:25:48.600 --> 00:25:48.880
 supposed

00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:49.100
 to be

00:25:49.100 --> 00:25:49.380
 part

00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:49.500
 of

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:49.640
 this

00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:50.160
 conversation.

00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:50.880
 She's

00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:51.080
 just

00:25:51.080 --> 00:25:51.400
 the

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:51.620
 fly

00:25:51.620 --> 00:25:51.759
 on

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:51.860
 the

00:25:51.860 --> 00:25:52.060
 wall.

00:25:52.620 --> 00:25:52.759
 But

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:52.980
 Jesus

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.340
 turns

00:25:53.340 --> 00:25:53.500
 to

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:53.720
 her,

00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:54.800
 speaks

00:25:54.800 --> 00:25:55.039
 to

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:55.300
 her,

00:25:55.820 --> 00:25:55.980
 your

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.600
 sins

00:25:56.600 --> 00:25:57.160
 are

00:25:57.160 --> 00:25:57.820
 forgiven.

00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:00.000
 The

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.180
 verb

00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:00.500
 forgive

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:00.960
 here

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.120
 in

00:26:01.120 --> 00:26:01.300
 verse

00:26:01.300 --> 00:26:01.820
 48

00:26:01.820 --> 00:26:02.060
 as

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 well

00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:02.340
 as

00:26:02.340 --> 00:26:02.440
 in

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:02.580
 verse

00:26:02.580 --> 00:26:03.140
 47

00:26:03.140 --> 00:26:03.340
 is

00:26:03.340 --> 00:26:03.460
 in

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:03.600
 the

00:26:03.600 --> 00:26:03.980
 perfect

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.519
 tense.

00:26:05.080 --> 00:26:05.220
 Her

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.560
 sins

00:26:05.560 --> 00:26:06.060
 have

00:26:06.060 --> 00:26:06.440
 been

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:06.980
 forgiven.

00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:07.279
 Jesus

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:07.680
 referring

00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:07.860
 to

00:26:07.860 --> 00:26:08.220
 forgiveness

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.519
 that's

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:08.840
 already

00:26:08.840 --> 00:26:09.660
 been

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.519
 dispensed

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:10.740
 and

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.240
 received.

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:12.220
 He's

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:12.400
 now

00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:13.440
 authoritatively

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:14.160
 pronouncing

00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:14.360
 the

00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:14.720
 forgiveness

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.200
 as a

00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:15.759
 confirmation

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.480
 to her.

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:17.380
 To use

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:17.580
 the

00:26:17.580 --> 00:26:17.920
 analogy

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:18.100
 that

00:26:18.100 --> 00:26:18.380
 Jesus

00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:18.720
 uses,

00:26:18.840 --> 00:26:19.160
 he is

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:19.420
 giving

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:19.740
 her

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.100
 the

00:26:20.100 --> 00:26:20.580
 receipt

00:26:20.580 --> 00:26:20.820
 of

00:26:20.820 --> 00:26:21.279
 payment

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:21.840
 for

00:26:21.840 --> 00:26:22.100
 her

00:26:22.100 --> 00:26:22.519
 debt

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:23.019
 even

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.220
 though

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:23.400
 she

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:23.860
 hasn't

00:26:23.860 --> 00:26:24.200
 paid

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:24.680
 anything

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:25.180
 back.

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.519
 And

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:28.720
 this

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.100
 causes

00:26:29.100 --> 00:26:29.300
 a

00:26:29.300 --> 00:26:29.519
 stir

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:29.680
 in

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:29.840
 verse

00:26:29.840 --> 00:26:30.279
 49.

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:31.560
 Then

00:26:31.560 --> 00:26:31.920
 those

00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:32.040
 who

00:26:32.040 --> 00:26:32.120
 were

00:26:32.120 --> 00:26:32.279
 at

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:32.580
 table

00:26:32.580 --> 00:26:32.800
 with

00:26:32.800 --> 00:26:32.920
 him

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.180
 began

00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:33.380
 to

00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:33.560
 say

00:26:33.560 --> 00:26:33.779
 among

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.279
 themselves,

00:26:34.560 --> 00:26:34.920
 who

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:35.259
 is

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:35.600
 this

00:26:35.600 --> 00:26:35.800
 who

00:26:35.800 --> 00:26:36.019
 even

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.519
 forgives

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:36.860
 sin?

00:26:36.859 --> 00:26:38.219
 And

00:26:38.219 --> 00:26:38.319
 he

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:38.579
 said

00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:38.719
 to

00:26:38.719 --> 00:26:38.859
 the

00:26:38.859 --> 00:26:39.099
 woman,

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:39.500
 your

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.059
 faith

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:40.500
 has

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:40.959
 saved

00:26:40.959 --> 00:26:41.279
 you.

00:26:42.179 --> 00:26:42.619
 Go

00:26:42.619 --> 00:26:42.819
 in

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.199
 peace.

00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:44.899
 That's

00:26:44.899 --> 00:26:45.000
 the

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.219
 key

00:26:45.219 --> 00:26:45.479
 word,

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:46.139
 faith.

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.099
 It's

00:26:48.099 --> 00:26:48.439
 not her

00:26:48.439 --> 00:26:48.859
 love

00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:49.079
 and

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:49.579
 devotion

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:50.000
 that

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.379
 saved

00:26:50.379 --> 00:26:50.519
 her,

00:26:50.619 --> 00:26:50.919
 but her

00:26:50.919 --> 00:26:51.419
 faith

00:26:51.419 --> 00:26:51.699
 in

00:26:51.699 --> 00:26:52.039
 Jesus

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:52.719
 Christ

00:26:52.719 --> 00:26:53.159
 and

00:26:53.159 --> 00:26:53.299
 in

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:53.579
 his

00:26:53.579 --> 00:26:53.959
 saving

00:26:53.959 --> 00:26:54.399
 grace

00:26:54.399 --> 00:26:55.159
 that

00:26:55.159 --> 00:26:56.240
 saved

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.519
 her.

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.639
 The

00:26:58.639 --> 00:26:58.879
 verb

00:26:58.879 --> 00:26:59.439
 translated

00:26:59.439 --> 00:26:59.619
 as

00:26:59.619 --> 00:27:00.079
 cancel

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:00.379
 in

00:27:00.379 --> 00:27:00.619
 verses

00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:01.159
 42

00:27:01.159 --> 00:27:01.319
 to

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:01.799
 43,

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:02.539
 referring

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:02.719
 to

00:27:02.719 --> 00:27:03.240
 canceling

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:03.479
 debt,

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:03.759
 is

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:03.960
 the

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.339
 verbal

00:27:04.339 --> 00:27:04.819
 form

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:05.200
 of

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:05.519
 the

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.140
 noun,

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:06.360
 the

00:27:06.360 --> 00:27:06.559
 word

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:06.700
 that

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:06.980
 means

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.620
 grace.

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:08.579
 It's

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:08.720
 the

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.099
 free

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:09.799
 bestowal

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:09.920
 of

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:10.579
 something,

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.319
 something

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:12.559
 unearned,

00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:13.599
 unmerited,

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.559
 yet given

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:15.120
 freely

00:27:15.120 --> 00:27:16.259
 as a

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:16.599
 gift.

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.460
 It

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:17.799
 points

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.120
 to the

00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:18.559
 spiritual

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:19.079
 reality

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:19.299
 that

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:19.640
 salvation

00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:20.279
 is a

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.559
 gift

00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:20.960
 from

00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:21.360
 God

00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:21.839
 and

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.160
 not

00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:22.400
 that

00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:22.740
 we

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:22.880
 are

00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:22.980
 to

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.259
 receive

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:23.860
 humbly

00:27:23.860 --> 00:27:24.519
 and

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.099
 gratefully

00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:25.319
 with

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:25.700
 empty

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:26.200
 hands.

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:27.180
 Salvation

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.759
 is not

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.420
 a wage

00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:28.720
 to be

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.059
 earned

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:29.259
 with

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:29.420
 our

00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:29.720
 hard

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.160
 work

00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:31.380
 or

00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:31.539
 our

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:31.799
 good

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.319
 works.

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:35.839
 Verse 42

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:36.220
 says

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:36.900
 specifically

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:37.740
 when

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.019
 they

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:38.400
 could

00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:38.839
 not

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:39.299
 pay

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:40.640
 he

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:41.339
 canceled

00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:41.620
 the

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:41.900
 debt

00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:42.140
 of

00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:42.579
 both.

00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:45.039
 Some

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.339
 of you

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:45.660
 are not

00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:45.880
 yet

00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:46.299
 followers

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:46.480
 of

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:46.720
 Jesus

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.120
 Christ.

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.360
 Maybe

00:27:50.360 --> 00:27:50.779
 you think

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:51.059
 that you're

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:51.400
 a pretty

00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:51.660
 good

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.120
 person.

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.360
 You

00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:54.620
 think

00:27:54.620 --> 00:27:54.940
 that by

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.420
 living a

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:55.880
 relatively

00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:56.319
 moral

00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:56.680
 life

00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:56.920
 that you

00:27:56.920 --> 00:27:57.380
 can earn

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:57.559
 your

00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:57.839
 ticket

00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:58.039
 to

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.339
 heaven

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:59.079
 but

00:27:59.079 --> 00:27:59.480
 God's

00:27:59.480 --> 00:27:59.740
 word

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.200
 tells

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:00.519
 us

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.099
 that you

00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:01.460
 owe

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:01.740
 a

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.019
 debt

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:02.420
 that you

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:02.940
 cannot

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.980
 repay.

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:06.820
 Every

00:28:06.820 --> 00:28:07.200
 single

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:07.559
 one of

00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:07.940
 us

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:08.580
 has

00:28:08.580 --> 00:28:09.160
 rebelled

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.580
 against

00:28:09.580 --> 00:28:09.960
 God.

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.279
 We

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:10.420
 have

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:11.200
 disbelieved

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:11.400
 in

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:11.600
 his

00:28:11.600 --> 00:28:12.100
 existence

00:28:12.100 --> 00:28:12.400
 at

00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:12.600
 one

00:28:12.600 --> 00:28:12.940
 point.

00:28:13.360 --> 00:28:13.420
 We

00:28:13.420 --> 00:28:13.600
 have

00:28:13.600 --> 00:28:14.820
 flouted

00:28:14.820 --> 00:28:15.080
 his

00:28:15.080 --> 00:28:15.680
 authority.

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:16.700
 We

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:16.860
 have

00:28:16.860 --> 00:28:17.440
 presumed

00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:17.680
 to be

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:18.080
 masters

00:28:18.080 --> 00:28:18.420
 of our

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:18.700
 own

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.100
 fate

00:28:19.100 --> 00:28:19.440
 and we

00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:19.640
 have

00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:20.440
 violated

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:20.700
 his

00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:21.019
 laws

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:21.279
 and we

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:21.420
 have

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:21.660
 lived

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:22.299
 selfishly

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:22.460
 for

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:22.640
 our

00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:22.860
 own

00:28:22.860 --> 00:28:23.220
 glory

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.920
 instead

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.160
 of

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:24.380
 living

00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:24.620
 for

00:28:24.620 --> 00:28:24.880
 God

00:28:24.880 --> 00:28:25.039
 as

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.180
 he

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:25.680
 created

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:26.120
 us

00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:26.500
 to

00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:26.880
 do.

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.240
 I

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:31.039
 wish

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.299
 I could

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:31.799
 convince

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:32.360
 all of

00:28:32.360 --> 00:28:32.680
 you

00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:34.580
 you

00:28:34.580 --> 00:28:35.039
 can't

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:35.420
 repay

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:35.759
 the

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:35.920
 debt

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:36.080
 of

00:28:36.080 --> 00:28:36.279
 sin.

00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:38.860
 We

00:28:38.860 --> 00:28:39.000
 owe

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.200
 too

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:39.420
 much

00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:39.700
 money.

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:40.539
 We

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:40.660
 have

00:28:40.660 --> 00:28:40.880
 run

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:41.200
 out

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.500
 of

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:41.759
 money.

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:43.960
 Many

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:44.200
 of us

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:44.460
 know what

00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:44.840
 it feels

00:28:44.840 --> 00:28:45.200
 like to

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:45.640
 have

00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:46.799
 debt

00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:47.120
 that we

00:28:47.120 --> 00:28:47.440
 will be

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:48.019
 paying off

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.460
 for many

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:49.039
 many years

00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:49.360
 because

00:28:49.360 --> 00:28:50.180
 there's a lot

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:50.560
 of schools

00:28:50.560 --> 00:28:50.880
 in this

00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:51.120
 area.

00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:51.219
 debt.

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:54.279
 But not

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.699
 many of

00:28:54.699 --> 00:28:55.079
 us

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:56.219
 know

00:28:56.219 --> 00:28:57.399
 what it

00:28:57.399 --> 00:28:58.119
 feels to

00:28:58.119 --> 00:28:58.339
 be

00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:59.399
 overwhelmed

00:28:59.399 --> 00:29:00.099
 by

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:01.339
 insurmountable

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:01.719
 debt.

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:04.759
 Debt

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.139
 that we

00:29:05.139 --> 00:29:05.519
 have no

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:06.079
 hope of

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.859
 repaying.

00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:09.299
 Hopelessness.

00:29:10.639 --> 00:29:11.199
 Despair.

00:29:13.099 --> 00:29:13.659
 Shame.

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:15.579
 Failure.

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:18.740
 That's all

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.220
 of us.

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.460
 And where

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:23.859
 will the

00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:24.399
 payment come

00:29:24.399 --> 00:29:24.659
 from?

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:27.859
 Jesus

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:28.480
 teaches us

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:28.919
 here that

00:29:28.919 --> 00:29:29.559
 when we

00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:30.579
 cannot pay,

00:29:31.659 --> 00:29:32.059
 God

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:32.980
 graces us

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.559
 with his

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:34.019
 lavish

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.519
 forgiveness.

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:35.819
 God

00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:36.480
 himself

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:37.220
 assumes

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:38.079
 our debt,

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:39.299
 absorbs the

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.879
 loss

00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:40.740
 himself.

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.579
 he does

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:41.980
 this by

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.339
 sending

00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:43.000
 his only

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.539
 son,

00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:43.900
 Jesus

00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:44.400
 Christ,

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:45.140
 to die

00:29:45.140 --> 00:29:45.420
 on the

00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:45.880
 cross for

00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:46.559
 our sins,

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.299
 to pay

00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:47.779
 the price

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.359
 for our

00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:48.900
 forgiveness.

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:51.359
 Then God

00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:51.720
 the Father

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.700
 raises Jesus

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.120
 from the

00:29:53.120 --> 00:29:53.779
 dead as

00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:54.579
 proof that

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:55.160
 his payment

00:29:55.160 --> 00:29:55.880
 has been

00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:56.559
 accepted.

00:29:58.120 --> 00:29:59.059
 As proof

00:29:59.059 --> 00:29:59.400
 of our

00:29:59.400 --> 00:29:59.839
 forgiveness,

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:01.160
 our freedom.

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:04.299
 Our sins,

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:04.700
 they are

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:05.220
 many,

00:30:05.359 --> 00:30:05.700
 but his

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.559
 mercy is

00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:07.039
 more,

00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:07.500
 as one

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:08.120
 song says.

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:12.660
 As Romans

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.279
 5.20

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:13.620
 says,

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:15.019
 when sin

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.960
 increased,

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:16.980
 grace

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:17.799
 abounded

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:19.140
 all the

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:19.559
 more.

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:22.240
 Believing

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:23.259
 this truth

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:24.759
 and entrusting

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:25.460
 your life to

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:26.079
 Jesus Christ

00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:26.620
 is what we

00:30:26.620 --> 00:30:27.319
 call faith.

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:29.660
 And those

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:29.980
 who have

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.480
 faith in

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:31.059
 Jesus

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:32.900
 could hear

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:33.700
 today the

00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:34.779
 assurance that

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:35.500
 Jesus gives

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:35.980
 to this

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:36.700
 sinful woman.

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:37.940
 Your faith

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.880
 has saved

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:39.180
 you.

00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:40.039
 Go

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:41.420
 in peace.

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.500
 That's the

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:44.920
 step that

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.740
 our sister

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.079
 Leah is

00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:46.259
 going to

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:46.740
 take today

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.259
 by getting

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.619
 baptized.

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:51.079
 And she'll

00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:51.599
 be able to

00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:52.139
 walk away

00:30:52.139 --> 00:30:53.579
 today hearing

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:54.339
 those words

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:55.259
 from our

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.639
 Savior.

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.759
 Your faith

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.659
 has saved

00:30:57.659 --> 00:30:57.920
 you.

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:59.299
 Go in

00:30:59.299 --> 00:30:59.839
 peace.

00:31:01.139 --> 00:31:01.980
 The biblical

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.659
 concept of

00:31:02.659 --> 00:31:03.420
 peace represents

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:04.099
 so much more

00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:04.399
 than the

00:31:04.399 --> 00:31:05.059
 absence of

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:05.619
 conflict.

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:06.420
 It means

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:07.099
 reconciliation

00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:08.039
 with God.

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:08.960
 It means

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.960
 restoration to

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.940
 right relationship

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.559
 with him

00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:12.140
 and his

00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:12.640
 plan for

00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:13.140
 your life.

00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:14.180
 It means

00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:16.440
 rest in

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:17.079
 the finished

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:17.880
 work of

00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:18.740
 Jesus Christ

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.860
 rather than

00:31:19.860 --> 00:31:20.620
 restlessly

00:31:20.620 --> 00:31:21.259
 trying to

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:22.200
 save yourself

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:22.860
 in vain.

00:31:24.860 --> 00:31:25.700
 Restlessly

00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:26.519
 trying to

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:27.799
 find meaning

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.460
 for yourself,

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.940
 validation for

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:30.340
 yourself.

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:33.660
 Have you

00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:34.640
 experienced

00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:35.860
 this salvation?

00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:35.959
 God?

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:38.439
 Do you

00:31:38.439 --> 00:31:39.059
 love God

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.639
 as a result?

00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:41.019
 Are you

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.599
 grateful to

00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:41.719
 him?

00:31:41.719 --> 00:31:42.319
 Because this

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:42.759
 passage is

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.159
 teaching us

00:31:43.159 --> 00:31:43.500
 that that's

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:44.079
 what faith

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:44.799
 looks like.

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:46.039
 This passage

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.579
 has wonderful

00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:47.299
 application for

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:47.679
 those who are

00:31:47.679 --> 00:31:48.419
 already followers

00:31:48.419 --> 00:31:49.179
 of Jesus as

00:31:49.179 --> 00:31:49.479
 well.

00:31:49.859 --> 00:31:50.579
 Because God

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:51.259
 calls us to

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:51.939
 keep his

00:31:51.939 --> 00:31:52.419
 commandments,

00:31:52.639 --> 00:31:53.119
 yes, but he

00:31:53.119 --> 00:31:54.000
 calls us to

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.740
 much more than

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.099
 that.

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:56.539
 He calls us to

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:57.199
 love him.

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:57.579
 That's the

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:57.939
 greatest

00:31:57.939 --> 00:31:58.599
 commandment.

00:31:58.599 --> 00:32:00.819
 Do you

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:01.439
 love him

00:32:01.439 --> 00:32:01.939
 with all

00:32:01.939 --> 00:32:02.599
 your heart,

00:32:02.859 --> 00:32:03.480
 all your

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:04.299
 soul, all

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:04.879
 your mind,

00:32:04.919 --> 00:32:05.159
 and all

00:32:05.159 --> 00:32:05.819
 your strength?

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.579
 Are you

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:10.299
 lacking in

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:10.819
 zeal for

00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:11.119
 God?

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.639
 Are you

00:32:14.639 --> 00:32:15.559
 struggling in

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:16.279
 your acts of

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:16.859
 devotion to

00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:17.099
 God?

00:32:19.139 --> 00:32:20.299
 Jesus teaches

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:22.199
 us here that

00:32:22.199 --> 00:32:23.259
 a principle

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:24.259
 that governs

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.899
 the whole of

00:32:24.899 --> 00:32:25.379
 our spiritual

00:32:25.379 --> 00:32:25.740
 life.

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:27.299
 It's God's

00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:27.819
 lavish

00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:28.579
 forgiveness

00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:29.240
 of our

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:29.879
 sins that

00:32:29.879 --> 00:32:30.519
 produces

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:32.059
 lavish love

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:33.539
 and service

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:34.779
 unto God.

00:32:36.179 --> 00:32:37.220
 Your lack

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:37.859
 of zeal for

00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:38.299
 God, your

00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:38.759
 lukewarm

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.599
 affections for

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:40.960
 God, your

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.720
 waning love

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.500
 for God, it's

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:43.179
 directly

00:32:43.179 --> 00:32:44.339
 proportionate to

00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:45.339
 your awareness

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:46.579
 of God's

00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:47.599
 love for you

00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:48.619
 expressed in

00:32:48.619 --> 00:32:49.199
 his free

00:32:49.199 --> 00:32:49.759
 forgiveness

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.740
 through Jesus

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:51.299
 Christ.

00:32:54.939 --> 00:32:55.799
 That's why

00:32:55.799 --> 00:32:56.279
 we shouldn't

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:56.919
 wallow in our

00:32:56.919 --> 00:32:57.480
 guilt and be

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.039
 dejected by

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.559
 our sins.

00:32:58.579 --> 00:33:00.480
 brothers and

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:00.939
 sisters in

00:33:00.939 --> 00:33:01.240
 Christ.

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:04.299
 Let your

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:05.359
 sins drive

00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:06.919
 you toward

00:33:06.919 --> 00:33:07.799
 the bosom of

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.859
 our Savior.

00:33:10.399 --> 00:33:10.919
 Because where

00:33:10.919 --> 00:33:12.199
 sin increases,

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:13.599
 grace abounds

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:14.539
 all the more.

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.639
 I quoted

00:33:16.639 --> 00:33:17.179
 this in my

00:33:17.179 --> 00:33:18.119
 sermon last

00:33:18.119 --> 00:33:18.960
 spring, but

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.500
 it's worth

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:20.179
 quoting again.

00:33:20.179 --> 00:33:20.599
 In his

00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:21.679
 autobiography

00:33:21.679 --> 00:33:22.079
 entitled

00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:22.799
 Confessions,

00:33:24.199 --> 00:33:24.579
 the fourth

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:25.419
 century pastor

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:26.140
 theologian

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:27.220
 Augustine

00:33:27.220 --> 00:33:27.840
 writes this.

00:33:27.840 --> 00:33:28.259
 He says,

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:29.240
 the recalling

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:30.519
 of my wicked

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:31.680
 ways is

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:32.380
 bitter in my

00:33:32.380 --> 00:33:34.019
 memory, but

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:35.120
 I do it so

00:33:35.120 --> 00:33:35.820
 that you may

00:33:35.820 --> 00:33:36.740
 be sweeter

00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:37.240
 to me.

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:44.759
 if you're a

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.200
 believer, you

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:45.559
 know what I'm

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:46.160
 talking about.

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:49.240
 I despise my

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.720
 sins.

00:33:54.140 --> 00:33:54.620
 There's

00:33:54.620 --> 00:33:55.339
 nothing in the

00:33:55.339 --> 00:33:56.200
 world I hate

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:57.380
 more than my

00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:59.099
 own sins to

00:33:59.099 --> 00:33:59.740
 hide the face

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:01.900
 of God and

00:34:01.900 --> 00:34:02.799
 displeases my

00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:03.180
 Savior.

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:03.279
 fear.

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:05.400
 Yet in the

00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:06.120
 midst of it,

00:34:06.180 --> 00:34:06.880
 when I confess

00:34:06.880 --> 00:34:07.279
 it to the

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:07.640
 Lord, how

00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:09.059
 sweet, how

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.900
 sweet is the

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.900
 grace of God

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:12.280
 that comes to

00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:12.539
 me.

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.680
 When I come

00:34:16.680 --> 00:34:17.180
 to him as

00:34:17.180 --> 00:34:18.019
 an impoverished

00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:18.940
 sinner, how

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:20.220
 sweet is the

00:34:20.220 --> 00:34:21.260
 grace that

00:34:21.260 --> 00:34:22.340
 comes to us.

00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:25.880
 He forgives

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.519
 me and

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:27.440
 cancels all

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:28.159
 my debt.

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:31.980
 Does it make

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:32.559
 you want to

00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:33.880
 pour out all

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.599
 that you have

00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:35.820
 ever owned to

00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:36.599
 anoint Jesus'

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:37.139
 feet?

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.579
 Doesn't that

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:41.119
 make you want to

00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:42.019
 embrace the

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.960
 embarrassment and

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.860
 dishonor of

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:45.039
 disheveled hair,

00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:46.239
 dirt-caked hair,

00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:47.380
 for the sake of

00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:48.420
 Jesus, if it

00:34:48.420 --> 00:34:48.960
 means you can

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.960
 render service to

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:51.279
 him, honor him,

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:52.059
 and serve him?

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:56.719
 Isn't that the

00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:57.840
 case for you

00:34:57.840 --> 00:34:58.279
 brothers and

00:34:58.279 --> 00:34:58.579
 sisters?

00:34:58.579 --> 00:34:58.679
 brothers?

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:02.779
 And that's

00:35:02.779 --> 00:35:03.559
 why confession

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:04.159
 of sin is

00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:04.460
 such an

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:04.779
 important

00:35:04.779 --> 00:35:05.380
 practice.

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:08.119
 Because it

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:08.840
 leads us to

00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:09.299
 Christ.

00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:11.239
 It forces us

00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:11.599
 to come to

00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:12.539
 terms with

00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:14.039
 the graveness

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:14.799
 of our sins

00:35:14.799 --> 00:35:15.699
 and comforts

00:35:15.699 --> 00:35:16.199
 us with the

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:16.900
 lavishness of

00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:17.519
 God's grace

00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:18.599
 and forgiveness.

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:20.179
 That's why

00:35:20.179 --> 00:35:20.980
 later in Luke

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:21.619
 11, 4,

00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:22.360
 Jesus teaches

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:23.099
 us to pray

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:23.880
 like this

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:24.460
 daily.

00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:25.460
 He says,

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:26.500
 forgive us

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:27.280
 our sins,

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:28.159
 for we

00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:28.639
 ourselves

00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:29.639
 forgive everyone

00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:30.019
 who is

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.679
 indebted to

00:35:30.679 --> 00:35:31.039
 us.

00:35:32.740 --> 00:35:33.539
 If we

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:34.559
 humble ourselves

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:35.199
 before God

00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:35.900
 by acknowledging

00:35:35.900 --> 00:35:36.760
 our own sins,

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:37.559
 we won't be

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:38.340
 haughty before

00:35:38.340 --> 00:35:39.079
 other people

00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:40.900
 and stand in

00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:41.679
 sinful judgment

00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:42.320
 over them.

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:46.039
 This was the

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:46.820
 Pharisee's

00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:47.400
 problem.

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:48.940
 Because he

00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:49.619
 hadn't quite

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.480
 confronted his

00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:51.440
 own sinfulness,

00:35:51.760 --> 00:35:52.699
 he stood in

00:35:52.699 --> 00:35:53.500
 sinful judgment

00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:54.380
 over this woman.

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:55.539
 and he was

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:56.420
 unable to

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:57.619
 anticipate the

00:35:57.619 --> 00:35:58.700
 grace of God

00:35:58.700 --> 00:35:59.360
 extended to

00:35:59.360 --> 00:35:59.720
 the sinful

00:35:59.720 --> 00:36:00.059
 woman.

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:04.880
 So God's

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.800
 lavish forgiveness

00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:06.440
 of our sins

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:08.579
 produces lavish

00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:09.260
 love for God.

00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:10.980
 It also

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:12.000
 produces lavish

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:13.320
 service to

00:36:13.320 --> 00:36:13.640
 God.

00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:14.440
 And that's

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:14.960
 what we see

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:15.539
 in the brief

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:16.240
 examples of

00:36:16.240 --> 00:36:16.860
 chapter 8,

00:36:17.140 --> 00:36:18.079
 verses 1 to

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:18.380
 3.

00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:19.260
 Please read it

00:36:19.260 --> 00:36:19.800
 with me again.

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:22.840
 Soon afterward,

00:36:23.200 --> 00:36:23.920
 he went on

00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:24.659
 through cities

00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:25.400
 and villages

00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:26.480
 proclaiming and

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:27.000
 bringing the

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.680
 good news of

00:36:27.680 --> 00:36:28.240
 the kingdom of

00:36:28.240 --> 00:36:28.480
 God.

00:36:29.300 --> 00:36:29.900
 And the 12

00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:30.420
 were with him

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:31.599
 and also some

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:32.200
 women who had

00:36:32.200 --> 00:36:32.920
 been healed of

00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:33.700
 evil spirits

00:36:33.700 --> 00:36:34.519
 and infirmities.

00:36:35.260 --> 00:36:36.460
 Mary, called

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:37.460
 Magdalene, from

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:38.039
 whom seven

00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:38.800
 demons had gone

00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:40.680
 out, and

00:36:40.680 --> 00:36:41.320
 Joanna, the

00:36:41.320 --> 00:36:41.720
 wife of

00:36:41.720 --> 00:36:43.420
 Chusa, Herod's

00:36:43.420 --> 00:36:44.420
 household manager,

00:36:44.720 --> 00:36:45.500
 and Susanna and

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:46.579
 many others who

00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:47.400
 provided for them

00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:48.380
 out of their

00:36:48.380 --> 00:36:48.840
 means.

00:36:48.840 --> 00:36:50.420
 remember in

00:36:50.420 --> 00:36:51.640
 Luke 6, 17,

00:36:51.760 --> 00:36:52.579
 we saw three

00:36:52.579 --> 00:36:53.860
 kind of concentric

00:36:53.860 --> 00:36:54.600
 circles of

00:36:54.600 --> 00:36:55.600
 followers that

00:36:55.600 --> 00:36:57.500
 were with

00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:57.880
 Jesus.

00:36:58.220 --> 00:36:58.820
 The first, the

00:36:58.820 --> 00:36:59.480
 most smallest

00:36:59.480 --> 00:36:59.980
 and intimate

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.600
 circle was the

00:37:00.600 --> 00:37:01.340
 12 apostles.

00:37:01.860 --> 00:37:03.500
 And behind

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:03.920
 that, there

00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:04.120
 were the

00:37:04.120 --> 00:37:04.700
 larger group

00:37:04.700 --> 00:37:05.440
 of disciples,

00:37:05.620 --> 00:37:05.880
 those who

00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:06.559
 followed him

00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:07.059
 and believed

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:07.360
 in him.

00:37:07.680 --> 00:37:07.980
 And then

00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:09.140
 larger than

00:37:09.140 --> 00:37:09.539
 that was

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:10.160
 the crowds

00:37:10.160 --> 00:37:11.660
 that had

00:37:11.660 --> 00:37:12.100
 questions,

00:37:12.260 --> 00:37:12.720
 skeptics,

00:37:12.820 --> 00:37:13.140
 people who

00:37:13.140 --> 00:37:13.620
 don't yet

00:37:13.620 --> 00:37:14.320
 follow Jesus

00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:14.980
 as their

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:15.260
 Lord.

00:37:15.260 --> 00:37:17.600
 And here

00:37:17.600 --> 00:37:18.160
 it seems,

00:37:18.520 --> 00:37:19.660
 we expect

00:37:19.660 --> 00:37:20.140
 to see the

00:37:20.140 --> 00:37:20.800
 12 apostles

00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:21.440
 with him,

00:37:22.720 --> 00:37:24.080
 but they

00:37:24.080 --> 00:37:24.500
 only get a

00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:25.140
 brief mention.

00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:27.500
 But Luke

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:28.200
 specifically

00:37:28.200 --> 00:37:28.640
 notes that

00:37:28.640 --> 00:37:28.960
 there were

00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:30.320
 women among

00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:30.760
 Jesus'

00:37:31.020 --> 00:37:32.120
 followers in

00:37:32.120 --> 00:37:32.560
 that second

00:37:32.560 --> 00:37:33.020
 group of

00:37:33.020 --> 00:37:33.380
 the larger

00:37:33.380 --> 00:37:33.960
 disciples,

00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:34.920
 larger group

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:35.500
 of disciples.

00:37:36.520 --> 00:37:37.180
 Mary, called

00:37:37.180 --> 00:37:37.900
 Magdalene, from

00:37:37.900 --> 00:37:38.480
 whom seven

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:39.080
 demons came

00:37:39.080 --> 00:37:39.780
 out, Joanna,

00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:40.880
 the wife of

00:37:40.880 --> 00:37:41.680
 Chusa, Herod's

00:37:41.680 --> 00:37:42.180
 household manager,

00:37:42.260 --> 00:37:42.840
 and Susanna,

00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:43.940
 and many

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:45.200
 others who

00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:45.739
 provided for

00:37:45.739 --> 00:37:46.099
 them out

00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:46.379
 of their

00:37:46.379 --> 00:37:46.619
 means.

00:37:46.699 --> 00:37:47.319
 If you're

00:37:47.319 --> 00:37:47.879
 looking for

00:37:47.879 --> 00:37:48.379
 a name

00:37:48.379 --> 00:37:49.379
 for a

00:37:49.379 --> 00:37:50.259
 girl, a

00:37:50.259 --> 00:37:50.659
 good biblical

00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:51.000
 name, this

00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:51.199
 is a good

00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:51.559
 place to

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:51.759
 go.

00:37:52.359 --> 00:37:52.859
 There's a

00:37:52.859 --> 00:37:53.099
 lot of

00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:53.339
 them right

00:37:53.339 --> 00:37:53.579
 here.

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:56.779
 The verb

00:37:56.779 --> 00:37:57.619
 provided is

00:37:57.619 --> 00:37:58.199
 plural in

00:37:58.199 --> 00:37:58.519
 the Greek,

00:37:58.659 --> 00:37:59.119
 so it's not

00:37:59.119 --> 00:38:00.019
 just referring

00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:00.980
 to Susanna

00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:02.019
 or many

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:02.519
 others, it's

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:02.899
 referring to

00:38:02.899 --> 00:38:03.199
 all the

00:38:03.199 --> 00:38:03.579
 people that

00:38:03.579 --> 00:38:03.980
 were named

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:04.319
 here.

00:38:06.119 --> 00:38:06.779
 And they

00:38:06.779 --> 00:38:07.579
 gave generously

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:08.319
 to support

00:38:08.319 --> 00:38:08.960
 Jesus and

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.399
 his 12

00:38:09.399 --> 00:38:10.319
 apostles out

00:38:10.319 --> 00:38:10.679
 of their

00:38:10.679 --> 00:38:11.139
 own

00:38:11.139 --> 00:38:11.699
 means.

00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:14.619
 And this

00:38:14.619 --> 00:38:15.259
 is shocking

00:38:15.259 --> 00:38:17.299
 because of

00:38:17.299 --> 00:38:17.920
 the marginalized

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:19.380
 status that

00:38:19.380 --> 00:38:20.380
 woman occupied

00:38:20.380 --> 00:38:20.920
 in the first

00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:21.900
 century Israel.

00:38:25.079 --> 00:38:26.000
 First century

00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:26.779
 Jewish Rabbi

00:38:26.779 --> 00:38:27.779
 Eliezer expressed

00:38:27.779 --> 00:38:28.659
 the popular

00:38:28.659 --> 00:38:29.599
 sentiment of his

00:38:29.599 --> 00:38:30.159
 day when he

00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:30.900
 said this,

00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:32.740
 rather should

00:38:32.740 --> 00:38:33.559
 the words of

00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:34.099
 the Torah,

00:38:34.260 --> 00:38:34.619
 that's the

00:38:34.619 --> 00:38:35.180
 law of God,

00:38:35.660 --> 00:38:36.460
 be burned

00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:37.320
 than entrusted

00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:37.820
 to a woman.

00:38:39.260 --> 00:38:39.740
 Whoever

00:38:39.740 --> 00:38:40.440
 teaches his

00:38:40.440 --> 00:38:40.960
 daughter the

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:42.579
 Torah is

00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:43.240
 the one who

00:38:43.240 --> 00:38:43.960
 teaches her

00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:45.139
 lasciviousness.

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:49.139
 I'm not

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:49.619
 quoting a

00:38:49.619 --> 00:38:50.680
 fringe radical,

00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:52.059
 this was the

00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:52.440
 common

00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:52.840
 sentiment.

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:59.220
 I have two

00:38:59.220 --> 00:38:59.760
 daughters, I

00:38:59.760 --> 00:39:00.340
 take objection

00:39:00.340 --> 00:39:00.860
 to that.

00:39:03.840 --> 00:39:04.460
 Because of

00:39:04.460 --> 00:39:04.880
 what Jesus

00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:06.519
 does here.

00:39:08.019 --> 00:39:08.800
 Luke, more

00:39:08.800 --> 00:39:09.600
 than any of

00:39:09.600 --> 00:39:09.940
 the other

00:39:09.940 --> 00:39:10.780
 gospel writers,

00:39:11.140 --> 00:39:11.780
 compiles an

00:39:11.780 --> 00:39:12.780
 impressive list

00:39:12.780 --> 00:39:13.920
 of women who

00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:14.519
 play a

00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:15.400
 significant role

00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:15.940
 in the life

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:16.480
 and ministry

00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:17.120
 of Jesus.

00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:18.160
 And he does

00:39:18.160 --> 00:39:19.300
 this intentionally

00:39:19.300 --> 00:39:20.559
 to point out

00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:21.559
 that God is

00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:22.420
 no respecter

00:39:22.420 --> 00:39:23.160
 of persons.

00:39:23.800 --> 00:39:24.360
 He shows

00:39:24.360 --> 00:39:25.460
 no partiality

00:39:25.460 --> 00:39:26.559
 or favoritism.

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:29.579
 I wish I

00:39:29.579 --> 00:39:29.940
 could take

00:39:29.940 --> 00:39:30.480
 credit for

00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:31.099
 planning this

00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:31.579
 right after

00:39:31.579 --> 00:39:32.460
 International

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:33.000
 Women's Day.

00:39:34.299 --> 00:39:35.119
 But I had

00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:35.659
 no idea.

00:39:35.659 --> 00:39:42.199
 it's relevant

00:39:42.199 --> 00:39:42.639
 to talk about

00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:43.199
 because scripture

00:39:43.199 --> 00:39:44.179
 does teach

00:39:44.179 --> 00:39:45.679
 that men are

00:39:45.679 --> 00:39:46.719
 specifically called

00:39:46.719 --> 00:39:47.500
 to be leaders

00:39:47.500 --> 00:39:47.960
 in their

00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:49.219
 families and

00:39:49.219 --> 00:39:49.639
 in their

00:39:49.639 --> 00:39:50.139
 churches.

00:39:51.239 --> 00:39:52.259
 That's why the

00:39:52.259 --> 00:39:53.299
 apostles are

00:39:53.299 --> 00:39:53.619
 men.

00:39:54.779 --> 00:39:55.839
 But this has

00:39:55.839 --> 00:39:56.420
 to do with

00:39:56.420 --> 00:39:57.619
 differentiated roles

00:39:57.619 --> 00:39:58.399
 between a man

00:39:58.399 --> 00:39:58.920
 and a woman,

00:39:59.460 --> 00:40:00.940
 not differentiated

00:40:00.940 --> 00:40:01.839
 value or

00:40:01.839 --> 00:40:02.379
 worth.

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:05.019
 players on a

00:40:05.019 --> 00:40:05.740
 basketball team

00:40:05.740 --> 00:40:06.400
 have different

00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:07.500
 roles and

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:08.200
 positions to

00:40:08.200 --> 00:40:08.539
 play.

00:40:09.059 --> 00:40:10.000
 But that does

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:10.800
 not communicate

00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:11.960
 their value

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:13.019
 to the team.

00:40:13.599 --> 00:40:14.500
 Depending on

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:15.460
 any number of

00:40:15.460 --> 00:40:15.900
 teams, a

00:40:15.900 --> 00:40:16.579
 point guard who

00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:17.400
 specializes in

00:40:17.400 --> 00:40:18.579
 assists or a

00:40:18.579 --> 00:40:19.260
 shooting guard who

00:40:19.260 --> 00:40:20.440
 specializes in

00:40:20.440 --> 00:40:21.700
 scoring or a

00:40:21.700 --> 00:40:22.240
 center who

00:40:22.240 --> 00:40:23.039
 specializes in

00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:23.880
 blocking and

00:40:23.880 --> 00:40:24.660
 rebounding the

00:40:24.660 --> 00:40:25.700
 ball, any one of

00:40:25.700 --> 00:40:26.320
 those guys could be

00:40:26.320 --> 00:40:27.039
 the highest player

00:40:27.039 --> 00:40:27.500
 on the team,

00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:28.079
 depending on what

00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:28.800
 the team is.

00:40:29.360 --> 00:40:29.599
 There are

00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:30.880
 different roles and

00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:31.900
 different positions

00:40:31.900 --> 00:40:33.000
 they occupy do

00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:33.860
 not say anything

00:40:33.860 --> 00:40:35.039
 about their value

00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:36.160
 and worth.

00:40:36.780 --> 00:40:37.139
 And what the

00:40:37.139 --> 00:40:38.079
 Bible teaches is

00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:38.519
 that women,

00:40:38.619 --> 00:40:39.160
 though they occupy

00:40:39.160 --> 00:40:39.900
 different roles,

00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:40.760
 do not have

00:40:40.760 --> 00:40:43.019
 less value than

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.380
 the men.

00:40:49.180 --> 00:40:50.160
 In fact, no

00:40:50.160 --> 00:40:51.019
 religion has done

00:40:51.019 --> 00:40:51.680
 more for the

00:40:51.680 --> 00:40:52.360
 flourishing of

00:40:52.360 --> 00:40:52.780
 women than

00:40:52.780 --> 00:40:53.280
 Christianity.

00:40:56.840 --> 00:40:57.960
 A few years

00:40:57.960 --> 00:40:58.740
 ago, the Pew

00:40:58.740 --> 00:40:59.400
 Forum published

00:40:59.400 --> 00:41:00.340
 research indicating

00:41:00.340 --> 00:41:01.160
 that women are

00:41:01.159 --> 00:41:02.179
 measurably more

00:41:02.179 --> 00:41:03.420
 active participants

00:41:03.420 --> 00:41:04.539
 in Christianity

00:41:04.539 --> 00:41:05.739
 than men across

00:41:05.739 --> 00:41:06.259
 the board.

00:41:07.799 --> 00:41:08.719
 So pick up some

00:41:08.719 --> 00:41:09.579
 slack, guys.

00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:12.839
 But this is not

00:41:12.839 --> 00:41:13.819
 the case in other

00:41:13.819 --> 00:41:14.179
 religions.

00:41:15.799 --> 00:41:16.539
 For example,

00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:17.739
 among Christians,

00:41:17.859 --> 00:41:19.199
 women are 7% more

00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:20.859
 likely to attend the

00:41:20.859 --> 00:41:21.799
 weekly worship service

00:41:21.799 --> 00:41:22.239
 than men.

00:41:22.779 --> 00:41:23.839
 But among Muslims,

00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:25.899
 women are 29% less

00:41:25.899 --> 00:41:27.579
 likely to attend the

00:41:27.579 --> 00:41:28.659
 weekly worship service

00:41:28.659 --> 00:41:29.099
 than men.

00:41:29.099 --> 00:41:31.099
 women are

00:41:31.099 --> 00:41:31.659
 there.

00:41:31.659 --> 00:41:32.400
 There's a reason

00:41:32.400 --> 00:41:34.819
 why the global

00:41:34.819 --> 00:41:35.920
 church is still

00:41:35.920 --> 00:41:37.980
 majority female

00:41:37.980 --> 00:41:40.440
 with more women

00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:40.980
 than any other

00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:41.639
 religion in the

00:41:41.639 --> 00:41:41.819
 world.

00:41:41.900 --> 00:41:42.679
 There's a reason

00:41:42.679 --> 00:41:44.339
 why the American

00:41:44.339 --> 00:41:45.239
 church is still

00:41:45.239 --> 00:41:46.559
 mostly female with

00:41:46.559 --> 00:41:47.460
 black women being

00:41:47.460 --> 00:41:48.360
 the most Christian

00:41:48.360 --> 00:41:48.960
 demographic.

00:41:49.739 --> 00:41:50.759
 There's a reason

00:41:50.759 --> 00:41:51.679
 why throughout the

00:41:51.679 --> 00:41:52.559
 world, a Christian

00:41:52.559 --> 00:41:53.759
 you meet is more

00:41:53.759 --> 00:41:54.980
 likely to be a woman

00:41:54.980 --> 00:41:56.239
 of color than any

00:41:56.239 --> 00:41:57.039
 other demographic.

00:41:59.039 --> 00:42:00.319
 Jesus radically

00:42:00.319 --> 00:42:01.919
 changed the status

00:42:01.919 --> 00:42:03.259
 of women and we

00:42:03.259 --> 00:42:03.959
 here in the

00:42:03.959 --> 00:42:04.619
 Western world,

00:42:04.699 --> 00:42:05.459
 though we criticize

00:42:05.459 --> 00:42:06.500
 the Bible, we're

00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:07.279
 actually reaping the

00:42:07.279 --> 00:42:08.019
 benefits of it.

00:42:12.159 --> 00:42:13.219
 So let this be an

00:42:13.219 --> 00:42:14.000
 encouragement to all

00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:16.039
 of you women, but

00:42:16.039 --> 00:42:17.179
 also to others who

00:42:17.179 --> 00:42:18.119
 feel like they're part

00:42:18.119 --> 00:42:18.759
 of a marginalized

00:42:18.759 --> 00:42:19.379
 group.

00:42:20.359 --> 00:42:21.979
 Jesus shows no

00:42:21.979 --> 00:42:22.839
 partiality.

00:42:22.840 --> 00:42:25.280
 And these women

00:42:25.280 --> 00:42:26.200
 who have experienced

00:42:26.200 --> 00:42:27.100
 God's lavish

00:42:27.100 --> 00:42:28.100
 forgiveness and

00:42:28.100 --> 00:42:29.360
 gracious healing

00:42:29.360 --> 00:42:31.059
 dedicate their lives

00:42:31.059 --> 00:42:32.220
 to serving Jesus

00:42:32.220 --> 00:42:33.780
 by supporting his

00:42:33.780 --> 00:42:34.260
 ministry.

00:42:35.400 --> 00:42:36.300
 And Mary Magdalene

00:42:36.300 --> 00:42:37.400
 mentioned here will

00:42:37.400 --> 00:42:38.420
 stay with Jesus

00:42:38.420 --> 00:42:39.980
 until the very

00:42:39.980 --> 00:42:40.720
 end.

00:42:43.660 --> 00:42:45.079
 She's there where

00:42:45.079 --> 00:42:46.519
 his apostles are

00:42:46.519 --> 00:42:46.880
 not.

00:42:49.240 --> 00:42:50.440
 She's at his

00:42:50.440 --> 00:42:51.240
 crucifixion.

00:42:51.239 --> 00:42:52.679
 she's there to

00:42:52.679 --> 00:42:53.519
 see where Jesus'

00:42:53.699 --> 00:42:54.299
 body is laid.

00:42:54.659 --> 00:42:55.599
 She's there to

00:42:55.599 --> 00:42:56.779
 anoint his body.

00:43:03.439 --> 00:43:04.039
 Isn't God

00:43:04.039 --> 00:43:04.399
 amazing?

00:43:09.199 --> 00:43:10.799
 I pray that Leah

00:43:10.799 --> 00:43:11.879
 will be a woman of

00:43:11.879 --> 00:43:12.659
 faith like that too.

00:43:12.799 --> 00:43:13.299
 Now all of you

00:43:13.299 --> 00:43:13.579
 guys.

00:43:13.799 --> 00:43:14.479
 I'm going to invite

00:43:14.479 --> 00:43:15.119
 Leah to come up

00:43:15.119 --> 00:43:17.639
 and share her

00:43:17.639 --> 00:43:18.739
 testimony with us.

00:43:21.779 --> 00:43:22.239
 It's Wahes God.

00:43:22.319 --> 00:43:26.619
 Good night.

00:43:28.699 --> 00:43:51.219
 Good night.