Luke 7:36-50

I want to take the opportunity to talk a little bit more about what was taught last Wednesday night. Last Wednesday we were in Luke 7:36-50 and we saw this women walk into the meal time when Jesus was with a Pharisee named Simon. She came walking in and bursts into tears and begins to wash the feet of Jesus letting down her hair, wiping his feet, kissing them and then anointing them with costly ointment. Simon was disgusted at this act thinking if this man (Jesus) were a prophet we would know what kind of woman she was. Simon was this self-righteous, I believe God is pleased with my merit and though I have some sin it will be overlooked because of everything else I do. Because of this attitude when Jesus entered the house he did nothing of the customary practices one would do in that day. Then in enters this woman who at some point early had received forgiveness, and because of this forgiveness she is able to love much. I hope we understand this, this woman saw her sin and how desperate she was and because she received forgiveness in Christ she loved much. We must daily recognize our sin, how much we have been forgiven. As we walk with Jesus and he takes sin out of our lives and our lives continue to conform to him it can be easy to forget how much we have been forgiven. Don’t forget that your sin whether you deem it small or great, was the same costly price as the “worst of sinners.” The debt is the same, for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23), and the cost was the shedding of the blood of Jesus. The cost was His life.

This section is not a call to go out and be more sinful so you will love more. However understand that sin has separated us, but Jesus came to reconcile the believer, he has redeemed the believer, and we daily see that and it causes us to love much.