Full Transcript for When Grace Walks In

00:03:22.500 in your son's precious name. 00:03:23.020 --> 00:03:23.300 Amen. 00:03:23.440 --> 00:03:24.220 Thank you so much for standing. 00:03:24.300 --> 00:03:24.700 May be seated. 00:03:26.980 --> 00:03:27.820 Have you ever had anybody 00:03:27.820 --> 00:03:29.060 show up at your house uninvited? 00:03:30.900 --> 00:03:32.040 Maybe it's your in-laws. 00:03:33.440 --> 00:03:34.320 The best, right? 00:03:34.900 --> 00:03:36.280 You're very excited about it. 00:03:36.340 --> 00:03:37.240 Maybe it was your neighbor. 00:03:37.780 --> 00:03:38.800 Maybe it was your pastor 00:03:38.800 --> 00:03:40.120 just there to give you a hard time 00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:41.300 and I can hear you in there. 00:03:41.400 --> 00:03:42.080 It's the preacher. 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:43.680 I've been there. 00:03:45.240 --> 00:03:46.200 I'm just a person too, 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:46.900 just like you. 00:03:47.920 --> 00:03:49.180 But suddenly you're scrambling 00:03:49.180 --> 00:03:51.280 and you're trying to look hospitable 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:52.280 while you're hiding the clutter 00:03:52.280 --> 00:03:53.240 and you're opening the door 00:03:53.240 --> 00:03:54.039 and you're kicking things 00:03:54.039 --> 00:03:54.640 into the closet. 00:03:54.780 --> 00:03:55.640 Hey, come on in. 00:03:55.879 --> 00:03:56.840 For breeze in the air 00:03:56.840 --> 00:03:57.719 like it's holy water 00:03:57.719 --> 00:03:58.599 or whatever it may be 00:03:58.599 --> 00:03:59.680 and yelling at your kids. 00:03:59.840 --> 00:04:00.379 Hey, remember, 00:04:00.460 --> 00:04:01.719 we love each other in this house. 00:04:02.659 --> 00:04:03.439 Anybody been there? 00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:03.719 Yeah. 00:04:04.020 --> 00:04:05.580 I mean, that's just life in general. 00:04:06.040 --> 00:04:07.159 I mean, that's how it is. 00:04:07.159 --> 00:04:10.159 But imagine that you're throwing 00:04:10.159 --> 00:04:11.280 a dignified dinner party. 00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:13.680 You've set everything up 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:15.819 and Jesus is in attendance 00:04:15.819 --> 00:04:17.819 and everything is perfect. 00:04:17.939 --> 00:04:19.459 I mean, your house is spotless 00:04:19.459 --> 00:04:21.379 and you've invited respected guests 00:04:21.379 --> 00:04:22.319 and everything's tidy 00:04:22.319 --> 00:04:23.719 and the candles are lit. 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:26.379 And then she walks in. 00:04:27.300 --> 00:04:29.659 This person that we see in our text, 00:04:30.319 --> 00:04:32.899 a woman with a horrible reputation 00:04:32.899 --> 00:04:36.259 and a past that everybody knows about 00:04:36.259 --> 00:04:37.219 and everybody whispers 00:04:37.219 --> 00:04:38.379 every time she walks past. 00:04:39.379 --> 00:04:40.639 That's the scene here 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:41.920 and there's no introduction. 00:04:42.279 --> 00:04:43.279 There's no warning. 00:04:43.579 --> 00:04:44.500 She's just there 00:04:44.500 --> 00:04:46.079

and all of a sudden she's crying 00:04:46.079 --> 00:04:46.959 and she's weeping 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:48.920 and there's maybe snot going everywhere 00:04:48.920 --> 00:04:50.439 and she's worshiping the Lord. 00:04:50.620 --> 00:04:52.039 I mean, you talk about killing the mood 00:04:52.039 --> 00:04:52.699 of a dinner party. 00:04:53.959 --> 00:04:56.620 That's really kind of the idea here 00:04:56.620 --> 00:04:58.740 is all the things were in place 00:04:58.740 --> 00:05:00.800 for this feast, this spectacle, 00:05:01.180 --> 00:05:03.399 this banquet that Simon the Pharisee 00:05:03.399 --> 00:05:05.819 was putting on for really Jesus 00:05:05.819 --> 00:05:07.079 but really putting on for himself 00:05:07.079 --> 00:05:08.739 to kind of pump himself up. 00:05:09.599 --> 00:05:11.099 And it's here in this text, 00:05:11.179 --> 00:05:12.759 it's in this shocking moment 00:05:12.759 --> 00:05:15.579 when Jesus teaches this life-changing truth 00:05:15.579 --> 00:05:17.859 that we read there in verse 47. 00:05:17.979 --> 00:05:18.179 He said, 00:05:18.419 --> 00:05:19.399 Wherefore I say unto thee, 00:05:19.939 --> 00:05:22.719 her sins which are many are forgiven. 00:05:23.459 --> 00:05:23.739 Why? 00:05:23.859 --> 00:05:25.199 For she loved much, 00:05:25.859 --> 00:05:27.620 but to whom little is forgiven, 00:05:27.739 --> 00:05:29.939 the same loveth little. 00:05:29.939 --> 00:05:33.860 As we walk through this story this morning, 00:05:34.740 --> 00:05:36.899 I want us to answer this question to ourselves. 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:40.699 Do I live like somebody 00:05:40.699 --> 00:05:42.439 who's been forgiven much? 00:05:43.220 --> 00:05:45.180 That's a great question to ask ourselves. 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:48.879 Because we see a very contrasting setting 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:50.240 and we can ask ourselves, 00:05:50.500 --> 00:05:53.540 does my love for Jesus reflect that? 00:05:54.800 --> 00:05:56.720 I say that I'm forgiven much, 00:05:57.000 --> 00:05:58.220 but does my life prove it? 00:05:58.220 --> 00:06:00.940 Does my life show that I'm there? 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:02.040 And that's what we see 00:06:02.040 --> 00:06:03.100 in these first few verses 00:06:03.100 --> 00:06:05.420 that we read in really verse 36 through 39, 00:06:05.560 --> 00:06:07.000 this contrasting setting. 00:06:07.780 --> 00:06:10.420 We see this proud Pharisee 00:06:10.420 --> 00:06:13.000 and we see this humble sinner. 00:06:14.040 --> 00:06:15.160 Now when you read it at the beginning, 00:06:15.320 --> 00:06:16.080 in verse 36, 00:06:16.160 --> 00:06:17.460 and one of the Pharisees desired 00:06:17.460 --> 00:06:18.600 that he would eat with him, 00:06:18.920 --> 00:06:21.020 I mean, it seems like a warm invitation. 00:06:21.660 --> 00:06:24.620 It seems like a kind gesture. 00:06:25.640 --> 00:06:27.020 But when we really sat down 00:06:27.019 --> 00:06:28.779 and we really start looking into the text,

00:06:29.019 --> 00:06:31.319 this hospitality that Simon was showing 00:06:31.319 --> 00:06:33.139 was ice cold. 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:35.799 He wasn't there in the sense 00:06:35.799 --> 00:06:37.180 so Jesus could, 00:06:37.359 --> 00:06:39.019 he could learn more about him. 00:06:39.060 --> 00:06:41.159 And he wasn't maybe curious in that way. 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:42.839 No, we can tell very quickly 00:06:42.839 --> 00:06:44.139 there was no greeting. 00:06:45.079 --> 00:06:47.000 There was no kiss of peace, 00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:49.339 which is a standard greeting 00:06:49.339 --> 00:06:50.519 in this time period 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:51.799 and really in this culture still. 00:06:51.800 --> 00:06:54.660 There was no water for his feet. 00:06:54.759 --> 00:06:56.939 We understand that the roads were very dusty 00:06:56.939 --> 00:06:58.079 and so they would come into the house, 00:06:58.160 --> 00:06:59.560 they would wash their feet. 00:07:00.540 --> 00:07:02.060 Generally, there would be a servant there 00:07:02.060 --> 00:07:02.780 that would do that. 00:07:03.800 --> 00:07:06.500 There was no oil for Christ's head. 00:07:08.379 --> 00:07:10.660 See, Simon wanted Jesus at the table. 00:07:11.500 --> 00:07:12.840 He just didn't want him in his heart. 00:07:13.860 --> 00:07:15.300 That's really where we are 00:07:15.300 --> 00:07:16.780 at the outset of this story. 00:07:16.779 --> 00:07:19.839 Because in first century Jewish culture, 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:22.559 hospitality really wasn't an optional thing. 00:07:22.839 --> 00:07:24.000 It was a sacred thing. 00:07:24.719 --> 00:07:25.759 And it really still is. 00:07:25.819 --> 00:07:27.939 A lot of the eastern cultures are like that. 00:07:28.379 --> 00:07:29.799 And this was a big deal 00:07:29.799 --> 00:07:32.059 and it was one of the highest forms of honor 00:07:32.059 --> 00:07:33.239 to have somebody in your home. 00:07:33.819 --> 00:07:36.439 Or it could be a form of shame. 00:07:37.299 --> 00:07:40.059 And see, by refusing these simple courtesies, 00:07:40.699 --> 00:07:43.059 these are things that pretty much 00:07:43.059 --> 00:07:44.379 everybody else that would have came in that house 00:07:44.379 --> 00:07:45.579 would have received this. 00:07:45.579 --> 00:07:47.699 And yet everybody's kind of looking around thinking, 00:07:48.060 --> 00:07:49.519 well, why didn't he receive it? 00:07:49.899 --> 00:07:51.319 Why didn't he get to wash his feet? 00:07:51.599 --> 00:07:53.719 Why didn't he get these different situations? 00:07:54.060 --> 00:07:55.439 Here's what Simon is doing. 00:07:55.539 --> 00:07:57.560 He's saying this to everybody there. 00:07:57.899 --> 00:07:59.899 You're not welcome here, Jesus. 00:08:00.779 --> 00:08:02.000 That's really his mindset. 00:08:02.199 --> 00:08:02.799 That's really his, 00:08:03.299 --> 00:08:07.279 the way that he's leaning. 00:08:08.379 --> 00:08:09.799 And in fact, from everything we

know 00:08:09.799 --> 00:08:10.759 about the Pharisees, 00:08:10.919 --> 00:08:11.979 and as we've seen it, 00:08:11.979 --> 00:08:13.680 as we've walked through the Gospel of Luke, 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:16.400 the only reason that Jesus is probably here 00:08:16.400 --> 00:08:18.939 is because Simon wants to gather some evidence. 00:08:19.980 --> 00:08:22.000 They are seeking to destroy him. 00:08:22.220 --> 00:08:23.800 They are trying to catch him in a trap. 00:08:23.920 --> 00:08:25.480 They are trying to put him in a situation 00:08:25.480 --> 00:08:25.780 where they say, 00:08:25.900 --> 00:08:26.939 there he is, we got him. 00:08:27.740 --> 00:08:28.740 So he's there, 00:08:28.819 --> 00:08:31.180 and he's seeing what Jesus will say. 00:08:32.700 --> 00:08:34.180 Because from what we can tell about Simon, 00:08:34.259 --> 00:08:35.440 and we saw it there in verse 39, 00:08:35.539 --> 00:08:36.060 we'll look in a second, 00:08:36.440 --> 00:08:37.860 Simon thought a lot about himself. 00:08:37.860 --> 00:08:40.639 If you want to know how awesome Simon was, 00:08:40.700 --> 00:08:41.840 you probably just had to ask him. 00:08:42.779 --> 00:08:43.720 He's that kind of guy. 00:08:44.259 --> 00:08:45.240 He's going to tell you. 00:08:45.620 --> 00:08:46.560 He's a Pharisee. 00:08:46.620 --> 00:08:47.860 He's the ultra-religious, 00:08:48.659 --> 00:08:50.180 and he would have prided himself 00:08:50.180 --> 00:08:51.600 on keeping up appearances. 00:08:52.620 --> 00:08:54.259 This wasn't some little gathering 00:08:54.259 --> 00:08:55.379 that he would have had at his house. 00:08:55.440 --> 00:08:56.980 This would have been a big to-do. 00:08:57.560 --> 00:08:59.519 It would have been a spectacle around town. 00:08:59.620 --> 00:09:00.180 Everybody would have known, 00:09:00.379 --> 00:09:02.420 hey, did you hear that Simon's throwing a banquet, 00:09:02.639 --> 00:09:05.080 and I heard Jesus of Nazareth is going to be there. 00:09:05.080 --> 00:09:08.160 Everybody knew who Simon was. 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:11.700 He walked with his nose way up in the air 00:09:11.700 --> 00:09:12.639 when he went through Walmart, 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:15.180 and he's in all his religious garb, 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:17.780 and he followed all the rules. 00:09:18.460 --> 00:09:19.820 His robes were spotless. 00:09:20.400 --> 00:09:21.600 He knew more Old Testament 00:09:21.600 --> 00:09:24.300 than people even could understand, 00:09:24.700 --> 00:09:26.160 and he fasted twice a week, 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:27.680 and he tithed on everything he owned. 00:09:27.740 --> 00:09:30.140 I mean, he tithed on the spices in his cabinet, 00:09:30.900 --> 00:09:32.300 and he said, 00:09:32.360 --> 00:09:33.379 I'm going to get this Jesus, 00:09:33.780 --> 00:09:34.780 this rogue rabbi. 00:09:34.779 --> 00:09:35.419 I'm going to show him 00:09:35.419 --> 00:09:36.899 what a godly person looks like. 00:09:37.620 --> 00:09:38.759 That was kind of his mindset. 00:09:39.459 --> 00:09:40.559 He wanted to let Jesus know, 00:09:40.879 --> 00:09:42.559 this is what you're supposed to look like. 00:09:42.919 --> 00:09:44.919 This is what God is looking for, 00:09:45.059 --> 00:09:46.879 and he might have looked good on the outside, 00:09:47.600 --> 00:09:49.600 but his heart was full of pride 00:09:49.600 --> 00:09:51.059 and self-righteousness. 00:09:52.100 --> 00:09:53.279 And Jesus calls this out 00:09:53.279 --> 00:09:54.459 in multiple places in Scripture. 00:09:54.959 --> 00:09:56.319 He said this group of people, 00:09:56.480 --> 00:09:58.179 they were like whited sepulchers. 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:00.600 They looked real fancy on the outside 00:10:00.600 --> 00:10:01.560 and real ornate, 00:10:01.560 --> 00:10:02.620 but on the inside, 00:10:02.720 --> 00:10:05.100 they were just full of dead men's bones. 00:10:05.980 --> 00:10:07.340 There's no life to this. 00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:09.019 It's just a facade. 00:10:09.540 --> 00:10:12.040 It's covering really what is underneath, 00:10:12.159 --> 00:10:13.620 and underneath is just darkness, 00:10:13.820 --> 00:10:14.480 and it's sin. 00:10:16.019 --> 00:10:19.220 But yet, Jesus accepts the invitation. 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:21.960 Jesus knows his heart. 00:10:22.060 --> 00:10:24.879 He knows maybe the motives behind it, 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:26.879 and as Simon is reveling 00:10:26.879 --> 00:10:30.179 in his self-professed spiritual superiority, 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:32.360 the mood suddenly shifts. 00:10:33.220 --> 00:10:34.620 A woman enters the room. 00:10:35.700 --> 00:10:36.220 And maybe you're thinking, 00:10:36.439 --> 00:10:37.820 how did she get there? 00:10:38.679 --> 00:10:41.279 In these types of settings, 00:10:41.860 --> 00:10:43.779 many well-to-do people 00:10:43.779 --> 00:10:45.460 would have a courtyard in their house. 00:10:46.200 --> 00:10:47.039 And what they would do 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:48.840 is they would open up the gates, 00:10:48.940 --> 00:10:49.399 the doors, 00:10:49.500 --> 00:10:51.139 it'd be big, generally wooden doors 00:10:51.139 --> 00:10:51.659 type of thing, 00:10:51.659 --> 00:10:54.319 and the passerbys could see 00:10:54.319 --> 00:10:57.339 how the movers and shakers live life 00:10:57.339 --> 00:10:59.579 and how they ate their food 00:10:59.579 --> 00:11:00.319 and what they did. 00:11:00.419 --> 00:11:01.799 It was kind of Simon's idea 00:11:01.799 --> 00:11:03.299 is everybody look at me. 00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:05.059 So the gates open, 00:11:05.620 --> 00:11:06.639 and people would come in 00:11:06.639 --> 00:11:07.799 and they would just maybe think, 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:09.240 man, I wish I could have a meal like that. 00:11:09.259 --> 00:11:10.120 I wish I could do that. 00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:13.439 So there was access for anybody to come. 00:11:14.100 --> 00:11:15.939 They wanted them to hear the

conversations 00:11:15.939 --> 00:11:18.240 of the highfalutin people, so to speak. 00:11:19.000 --> 00:11:20.459 That's a real word, isn't it? 00:11:20.460 --> 00:11:21.620 I've always heard it. 00:11:21.639 --> 00:11:22.800 I just wanted to throw it out there. 00:11:23.259 --> 00:11:24.460 But that's kind of what it is. 00:11:24.540 --> 00:11:25.720 It's, hey, look at us. 00:11:25.780 --> 00:11:26.940 We're the pretty people. 00:11:27.019 --> 00:11:27.720 We're the rich people. 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:29.360 We're the spiritual people. 00:11:31.160 --> 00:11:32.580 She wasn't supposed to be here. 00:11:33.600 --> 00:11:35.240 Even a woman of her reputation 00:11:35.240 --> 00:11:36.960 knew even though the gates were open, 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:38.560 she really wasn't invited in. 00:11:39.180 --> 00:11:40.759 This wasn't a place that she could have been. 00:11:41.019 --> 00:11:42.540 And she's not just any woman. 00:11:42.600 --> 00:11:44.200 The Bible makes it clear in verse 37. 00:11:44.400 --> 00:11:45.940 It says, which was a sinner. 00:11:45.940 --> 00:11:49.320 Now, we can come to many conclusions, 00:11:49.500 --> 00:11:51.720 but it seems the overwhelming evidence points to this, 00:11:51.780 --> 00:11:53.320 that most likely she was a prostitute. 00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:55.380 Everybody knew this. 00:11:56.220 --> 00:11:57.840 It might be much like the woman at the well. 00:11:57.920 --> 00:11:59.140 Everybody knew her sins. 00:12:00.020 --> 00:12:02.040 Her life was flagrant, and it was public, 00:12:02.260 --> 00:12:03.820 and really didn't hide it, 00:12:03.880 --> 00:12:05.200 and really didn't run from it. 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:07.580 And her reputation followed her like a shadow. 00:12:07.580 --> 00:12:10.320 And yet she's here. 00:12:11.220 --> 00:12:12.040 Can you picture, 00:12:12.300 --> 00:12:15.480 can you picture the crowd when she walks in? 00:12:16.580 --> 00:12:17.920 Everybody starts whispering. 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:20.560 Every eye starts rolling, 00:12:20.860 --> 00:12:23.639 and you could really feel the tension in the air. 00:12:24.740 --> 00:12:26.120 She's not supposed to be here. 00:12:26.680 --> 00:12:27.940 Who does she think she is? 00:12:28.160 --> 00:12:30.500 She can't be, she can't be around us. 00:12:32.180 --> 00:12:35.620 And what she does next shocks the room. 00:12:35.620 --> 00:12:38.159 Because the Bible says in verse 37, 00:12:38.419 --> 00:12:40.480 that when she knew that Jesus said it, 00:12:40.779 --> 00:12:42.139 meet in the Pharisee's house, 00:12:42.220 --> 00:12:44.019 she brought an alabaster box of ointment. 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:47.000 And stood at his feet behind him, weeping. 00:12:47.139 --> 00:12:49.279 So what they would have been is around a table, 00:12:49.340 --> 00:12:50.919 and they would have been kind of reclining, 00:12:51.200 --> 00:12:52.820 and with their feet behind them, 00:12:52.879 --> 00:12:55.240 and it's just kind

of how they would operate. 00:12:55.460 --> 00:12:57.259 So she walks up behind him, 00:12:57.840 --> 00:13:00.019 and she's overcome with emotion. 00:13:01.139 --> 00:13:02.240 Now we understand why. 00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:03.460 We know the end of the story. 00:13:03.460 --> 00:13:05.740 Because Jesus changed her life. 00:13:06.680 --> 00:13:08.360 Now we don't know if it's in this exact moment, 00:13:08.700 --> 00:13:12.320 or if Jesus had another conversation with her prior to this. 00:13:12.800 --> 00:13:14.420 And she was just looking for him, 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:15.200 and she was there, 00:13:15.340 --> 00:13:16.780 and she just began to weep, 00:13:16.800 --> 00:13:17.379 and the tears, 00:13:17.620 --> 00:13:19.580 the idea when you really study it in the original, 00:13:19.920 --> 00:13:21.200 their tears are just falling down 00:13:21.200 --> 00:13:22.660 like a waterfall on his feet. 00:13:22.659 --> 00:13:29.939 And then she kneels down and washes his feet with her tears. 00:13:30.939 --> 00:13:33.860 She wipes his feet with her hair. 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:36.559 Which to us, I mean, it just sounds, 00:13:36.719 --> 00:13:38.319 let's just be honest, it sounds kind of gross. 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:43.079 But this wasn't just maybe unsanitary. 00:13:43.779 --> 00:13:47.159 This was absolutely against the culture and society of the day. 00:13:47.159 --> 00:13:50.339 For a woman to take her hair down in public like this 00:13:50.339 --> 00:13:53.519 would have been very equal to indecent exposure. 00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:55.819 This is not something they, 00:13:55.919 --> 00:13:58.719 you could divorce your wife in this culture for that. 00:13:58.919 --> 00:14:01.740 So what is happening here is just shocking everybody. 00:14:01.740 --> 00:14:04.799 And she kisses his feet, 00:14:04.879 --> 00:14:05.600 and she anoints him, 00:14:05.779 --> 00:14:07.080 not just with some oil, 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:09.519 but a very costly perfume. 00:14:11.379 --> 00:14:13.279 See, it's one thing to say we love Jesus 00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:14.639 when we're here in the church setting 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:15.759 and everybody else loves Jesus. 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:18.560 But she's in a situation 00:14:18.560 --> 00:14:21.340 where she knows that she's going to risk shame 00:14:21.340 --> 00:14:24.340 and ridicule to express what it means to others. 00:14:24.820 --> 00:14:25.860 Listen, here's what she's saying. 00:14:26.019 --> 00:14:27.200 I don't care who's here. 00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:29.100 I don't care what the cultural standards are. 00:14:29.100 --> 00:14:31.259 I love Jesus. 00:14:31.740 --> 00:14:33.100 And he changed my life. 00:14:34.159 --> 00:14:36.980 You can see her heart as she's laying it there. 00:14:37.220 --> 00:14:38.740 And listen, we have to be careful 00:14:38.740 --> 00:14:40.480 because we look at Simon and think, 00:14:40.560 --> 00:14:41.200 what's his problem? 00:14:41.259

--> 00:14:42.680 But we can be that same way. 00:14:44.519 --> 00:14:45.500 If we're not careful, 00:14:45.580 --> 00:14:47.519 we can come to church all dignified, 00:14:48.460 --> 00:14:49.279 all churchy, 00:14:49.919 --> 00:14:51.519 and say the right things and smile 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:53.139 and sing all the songs 00:14:53.139 --> 00:14:55.600 and at the same time look down our noses 00:14:55.600 --> 00:14:57.399 at somebody who maybe lifts their hands 00:14:57.399 --> 00:14:59.139 or is crying and think, 00:14:59.340 --> 00:15:00.080 what's their problem? 00:15:00.940 --> 00:15:01.780 Maybe here's their problem. 00:15:02.220 --> 00:15:03.820 Jesus loves them and they know it. 00:15:05.340 --> 00:15:07.840 It's okay to get moved emotionally sometimes 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:09.540 by the fact that you were lost, 00:15:09.660 --> 00:15:10.680 but now you're found, 00:15:10.800 --> 00:15:12.080 that you were on your way to hell, 00:15:12.160 --> 00:15:13.460 but now heaven's your home 00:15:13.460 --> 00:15:15.200 and you have a life worth living. 00:15:15.379 --> 00:15:16.639 That's where this woman was. 00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:18.320 And sometimes we can get down there 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:18.920 and think, hey, 00:15:19.040 --> 00:15:20.600 why are these people at the altar so long? 00:15:20.740 --> 00:15:21.879 Don't they know it's lunchtime? 00:15:21.879 --> 00:15:24.600 I mean, we can, can we not? 00:15:25.539 --> 00:15:26.600 And we get so worried about 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:28.679 kind of how it inconveniences us. 00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:30.159 Hey, well, maybe they've been struggling 00:15:30.159 --> 00:15:31.639 and God is speaking to their heart 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:34.460 and they just want to cry out for help 00:15:34.460 --> 00:15:36.460 and just thank the Lord that he saved them. 00:15:36.740 --> 00:15:38.419 It's okay every once in a while. 00:15:39.899 --> 00:15:40.620 Listen, this lady, 00:15:40.759 --> 00:15:41.860 she wasn't saying, 00:15:41.980 --> 00:15:42.740 well, I'm just going to wait. 00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:44.259 And he was there 00:15:44.259 --> 00:15:45.139 and she was going to worship. 00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:48.539 And we see that taking place 00:15:48.539 --> 00:15:50.159 and we see her heart 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:52.059 just for all to see. 00:15:53.240 --> 00:15:54.259 See, her worship, 00:15:54.379 --> 00:15:55.539 it wasn't dignified. 00:15:56.220 --> 00:15:58.819 It wasn't culturally acceptable. 00:15:59.179 --> 00:16:01.179 It really honestly wasn't clean, 00:16:01.580 --> 00:16:03.240 but it was real. 00:16:04.419 --> 00:16:06.259 And that's what Jesus is looking for. 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:08.840 He's looking for real worship. 00:16:09.019 --> 00:16:09.080 Why? 00:16:09.220 --> 00:16:10.439 Because he's worthy of it. 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:11.939 Paul says that it's, 00:16:12.100 --> 00:16:13.759 we should just lay our life down 00:16:13.759 --> 00:16:14.659 as a living sacrifice. 00:16:14.659 --> 00:16:17.059 It's our reasonable service. 00:16:18.059 --> 00:16:18.939 She didn't have much, 00:16:19.139 --> 00:16:19.860 but what she had, 00:16:19.939 --> 00:16:20.699 she brought to Jesus. 00:16:21.379 --> 00:16:22.839 And she was willing to pour it out. 00:16:23.059 --> 00:16:26.039 She was willing to spill this costly perfume. 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:27.980 She was willing to risk ridicule 00:16:27.980 --> 00:16:28.959 all these things 00:16:28.959 --> 00:16:31.699 because she loved her Savior. 00:16:33.899 --> 00:16:35.139 And in verse 39, 00:16:35.839 --> 00:16:38.399 I mean, Simon is just beside himself. 00:16:39.079 --> 00:16:40.379 You know, he's got to be sweating 00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:42.819 because this is his house. 00:16:43.059 --> 00:16:44.199 This is his banquet. 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:46.240 And he has brought everybody there 00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:48.720 to lift himself up and look at him. 00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:50.400 And now they're all looking at this situation. 00:16:50.980 --> 00:16:53.200 And while he's internally rolling his eyes, 00:16:53.560 --> 00:16:55.480 Jesus makes an internal point. 00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:57.780 He gives a story 00:16:57.780 --> 00:17:00.100 that doesn't just illustrate the truth. 00:17:00.259 --> 00:17:01.780 It reveals hearts. 00:17:01.779 --> 00:17:05.299 So we see he gives this parable of two debtors 00:17:05.299 --> 00:17:07.200 and one forgiving creditor. 00:17:08.500 --> 00:17:09.920 I love what he says in verse number 40 though. 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:12.339 And Jesus answering said unto him, 00:17:12.539 --> 00:17:13.879 I'm sure everybody in the room 00:17:13.879 --> 00:17:15.039 was glad Jesus said something. 00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:17.279 This is kind of one of those situations like, 00:17:17.420 --> 00:17:18.480 I'm not saying anything. 00:17:19.859 --> 00:17:20.480 Verse 40, 00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:23.279 Jesus answering said unto Simon, 00:17:23.360 --> 00:17:25.099 I have somewhat to say unto thee. 00:17:25.900 --> 00:17:26.420 Simon's like, 00:17:26.819 --> 00:17:27.759 maybe he's thinking to himself, 00:17:28.360 --> 00:17:29.680 maybe I'm going to get a compliment. 00:17:30.299 --> 00:17:31.640 Like I know the food's good, Jesus. 00:17:31.740 --> 00:17:34.140 Man, I put the best spread out here. 00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:35.480 I put everything going on. 00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:36.539 He says, say on. 00:17:37.259 --> 00:17:38.860 Tell me what I know you're going to tell me, 00:17:38.900 --> 00:17:40.319 how amazing I am. 00:17:41.319 --> 00:17:42.519 But instead of a compliment, 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:43.860 Jesus just reading his mail. 00:17:44.859 --> 00:17:46.299 Because if you read that verse, 00:17:46.779 --> 00:17:48.519 he spake within himself. 00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:51.819 I love when you walk through the gospels, 00:17:52.139 --> 00:17:53.819 they always are responding in

their heart 00:17:53.819 --> 00:17:54.119 and they're thinking, 00:17:54.299 --> 00:17:55.019 you can't do that. 00:17:55.159 --> 00:17:56.319 And Jesus answers 00:17:56.319 --> 00:17:58.399 what they're saying inside out loud. 00:17:59.259 --> 00:18:00.899 It's kind of like being married almost. 00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:02.259 You know what I mean? 00:18:02.259 --> 00:18:02.740 You've been there. 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:04.000 They just look at you and they're like, 00:18:04.099 --> 00:18:04.639 no, I'm like, 00:18:05.219 --> 00:18:05.919 I wouldn't do nothing. 00:18:07.459 --> 00:18:09.099 But Jesus really knows our hearts. 00:18:09.879 --> 00:18:11.719 And he knew exactly what Simon was thinking. 00:18:11.919 --> 00:18:12.379 Because Simon, 00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:13.259 it tells us what he's thinking. 00:18:13.259 --> 00:18:14.200 This man, 00:18:14.500 --> 00:18:17.700 he was already leery of Jesus, 00:18:17.819 --> 00:18:18.079 but he said, 00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:19.980 if he was really a prophet, 00:18:20.879 --> 00:18:22.660 if he's really who he said he was, 00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:24.839 he wouldn't be messing with this woman. 00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:27.200 Because everybody knows she's a sinner. 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:29.119 Everybody knows her reputation. 00:18:29.579 --> 00:18:31.440 She can't shake it. 00:18:32.839 --> 00:18:33.379 But Jesus says, 00:18:33.500 --> 00:18:35.920 here's what I want you to know, Simon. 00:18:36.539 --> 00:18:37.539 There was a certain creditor, 00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:39.220 which had two debtors. 00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:41.200 The one owed 500 pence 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:42.460 and the other 50. 00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:44.400 So there's these two men 00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:45.680 that have a debt that they cannot pay. 00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:47.140 One owed 500 pence, 00:18:47.259 --> 00:18:48.920 which would be about two years wages. 00:18:49.839 --> 00:18:51.099 That's a pretty decent debt. 00:18:51.879 --> 00:18:53.119 He's not going to be able to pay it off 00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:53.980 for a long, long time. 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:55.039 And the other owed 50, 00:18:55.140 --> 00:18:56.460 it's a decent amount, 00:18:56.559 --> 00:18:58.099 but he could probably handle that. 00:18:58.680 --> 00:18:58.879 I mean, 00:18:58.900 --> 00:18:59.940 if he really buckled down 00:18:59.940 --> 00:19:01.480 and he really got some things going 00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:02.759 and he started stuffing some money 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:03.200 in an envelope 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:04.839 or whatever plan he was going to get on, 00:19:04.980 --> 00:19:05.980 he could knock it out. 00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:08.319 But I love what Jesus says. 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:09.860 He gives what happens. 00:19:11.539 --> 00:19:12.140 In verse 42, 00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:13.140 when they had nothing to pay, 00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:14.180 neither one of them had nothing to pay, 00:19:15.000 -->

00:19:17.319 he frankly forgave them both. 00:19:18.420 --> 00:19:19.339 Jesus asked the question, 00:19:19.400 --> 00:19:19.599 he says, 00:19:19.660 --> 00:19:19.759 hey, 00:19:20.460 --> 00:19:21.660 who do you think is going to love me more? 00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:24.259 Who do you think is going to really feel 00:19:24.259 --> 00:19:25.640 that forgiveness more? 00:19:25.980 --> 00:19:26.579 Tell me, Simon, 00:19:26.700 --> 00:19:28.700 which one of them will love me the most? 00:19:28.839 --> 00:19:30.380 And I love Simon's answer. 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:32.140 He sounds just like my children sometimes. 00:19:32.140 --> 00:19:34.240 When it's a very obvious answer, 00:19:34.780 --> 00:19:35.040 well, 00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:35.740 I think, 00:19:36.640 --> 00:19:37.620 I suppose. 00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:38.620 No, 00:19:38.660 --> 00:19:39.560 it's not a trick question, 00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:39.920 Simon. 00:19:40.340 --> 00:19:41.660 The answer is clear as day. 00:19:42.080 --> 00:19:42.340 He says, 00:19:42.420 --> 00:19:43.560 I suppose 00:19:43.560 --> 00:19:48.600 that he to whom thou forgave the most. 00:19:49.300 --> 00:19:49.800 And Jesus said, 00:19:50.020 --> 00:19:50.540 spot on. 00:19:51.360 --> 00:19:51.640 I mean, 00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:52.380 you nailed it. 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:54.540 Thou has rightly judged. 00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:56.320 Now, 00:19:56.340 --> 00:19:57.040 don't miss this. 00:19:57.759 --> 00:20:00.080 Jesus isn't giving us a math equation. 00:20:01.059 --> 00:20:02.839 His point is not about math. 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:04.159 It's about mercy. 00:20:05.379 --> 00:20:06.740 That's what Jesus gives. 00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:08.939 He's merciful. 00:20:09.539 --> 00:20:10.259 But God, 00:20:10.399 --> 00:20:12.799 who is rich in mercy, 00:20:13.399 --> 00:20:15.019 he's got enough for all of us. 00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:16.039 He's got enough for, 00:20:16.199 --> 00:20:17.559 it doesn't matter if you're this woman 00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:18.919 who is a sinner, 00:20:19.159 --> 00:20:20.139 and everybody knows, 00:20:20.339 --> 00:20:21.059 or you're Simon, 00:20:21.179 --> 00:20:22.240 and you think you're something else. 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:22.500 Listen, 00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:25.919 we all need the grace and mercy of God. 00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:28.960 And he's showing Simon this, 00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:30.680 and he's revealing the heart. 00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:31.860 Because here's the truth, 00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:33.460 both of these men owed money, 00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:34.700 neither could pay, 00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:37.059 and both were shown grace. 00:20:38.180 --> 00:20:39.620 But the one that walked away 00:20:39.620 --> 00:20:42.819 with 500 pence cleared, 00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:44.100 he was probably skipping 00:20:44.100 --> 00:20:44.940 a little bit faster. 00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:47.440 Because it felt impossible. 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:50.340 It felt like there was no hope for him. 00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:50.720 Like, 00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:52.120 how am I ever going to get out of this? 00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:53.180 And really what it is, 00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:54.340 it's a picture of us. 00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:56.620 It's a picture of our lives. 00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:57.860 It's a picture of why Christ came. 00:20:57.859 --> 00:20:59.819 Because none of us could pay the debt. 00:21:01.199 --> 00:21:01.579 Sin, 00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:02.699 all have sinned 00:21:02.699 --> 00:21:03.819 and come short of the glory of God. 00:21:04.439 --> 00:21:05.479 And all our righteousness, 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:07.099 every good thing we can do, 00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:08.299 it's worth nothing. 00:21:08.959 --> 00:21:09.859 It's like filthy rags. 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:12.139 And here's the key 00:21:12.139 --> 00:21:14.079 that Jesus is trying to show Simon, 00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:16.059 and what we must get a hold of today, 00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:16.959 that forgiveness, 00:21:17.199 --> 00:21:19.159 it always produces love. 00:21:20.439 --> 00:21:22.059 Why was she loving Jesus 00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:23.240 so openly, 00:21:23.659 --> 00:21:26.199 so publicly and boldly? 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:27.559 Because she has been forgiven. 00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:30.759 Because he changed her life. 00:21:31.620 --> 00:21:32.759 She's not the same woman 00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:33.720 that she used to be. 00:21:33.940 --> 00:21:35.240 Maybe the world would see her, 00:21:35.420 --> 00:21:36.600 and the crowd around the table 00:21:36.600 --> 00:21:37.000 would see her, 00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:37.740 but Jesus says, 00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:37.960 listen, 00:21:38.120 --> 00:21:39.740 I see her much differently 00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:40.360 than you do. 00:21:42.360 --> 00:21:43.900 But shallow repentance 00:21:43.900 --> 00:21:45.860 leads to shallow devotion. 00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:47.500 See, 00:21:47.559 --> 00:21:48.660 all Simon was worried about 00:21:48.660 --> 00:21:49.539 is checking his boxes. 00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:50.680 Well, 00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:51.160 I did this, 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:51.840 I went to the synagogue, 00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:52.840 I tithed, 00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:53.720 I did that, 00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:54.279 I did this, 00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:55.779 that was his religion. 00:21:57.059 --> 00:21:57.339 Listen, 00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:58.759 religion doesn't save anybody. 00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:02.019 Jesus Christ does. 00:22:02.860 --> 00:22:03.579 He didn't come 00:22:03.579 --> 00:22:04.420 to pat the Pharisees 00:22:04.420 --> 00:22:04.720 on the back 00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:04.880 and say, 00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:05.200 hey, 00:22:05.339 --> 00:22:06.579 you keep being religious, 00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.600 it's working for you. 00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:07.920 No, 00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.279 he came,

00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:08.759 he said, 00:22:08.819 --> 00:22:09.759 this is what I came for, 00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:11.319 to seek and to save 00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:12.319 that which was lost 00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:13.299 and to bring you 00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:14.720 into a relationship 00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:15.980 with me. 00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:17.120 See, 00:22:17.180 --> 00:22:18.299 the problem with Simon 00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:19.500 wasn't that he was 00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.839 a small sinner, 00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:22.360 or a smaller sinner 00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:22.719 than her. 00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.740 Here's the problem, 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.859 he didn't realize 00:22:24.859 --> 00:22:25.699 he was a sinner. 00:22:27.419 --> 00:22:28.279 That's what Jesus 00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:28.859 is showing. 00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:31.039 That's what the men 00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:31.679 in the parable, 00:22:32.879 --> 00:22:33.839 500 or 50, 00:22:33.959 --> 00:22:34.419 here's the thing, 00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:35.659 they were both in debt. 00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.599 And the same is true 00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:38.039 with us. 00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:39.339 Here's what Simon thought, 00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.879 his sin was manageable. 00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:44.219 His sin was excusable. 00:22:45.139 --> 00:22:46.939 His sin was explainable. 00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:48.319 And we can fall 00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:48.899 into that trap 00:22:48.899 --> 00:22:50.159 even in our culture today. 00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:52.400 Because guess what? 00:22:52.800 --> 00:22:53.640 You can always find 00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:54.519 somebody worse than you. 00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.860 We say things like, 00:22:57.300 --> 00:22:57.480 you know, 00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:58.519 I'm not perfect, 00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:00.740 but have you seen 00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:01.420 that person over there? 00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:03.060 I'm better than them. 00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:04.060 Well, 00:23:04.080 --> 00:23:04.920 I'm not like this person 00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:05.160 on the street, 00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:05.800 I'm not like this person, 00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:06.380 I'm not like that. 00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:07.700 And we have all these things 00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.500 that we can excuse 00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:08.860 and say, 00:23:09.040 --> 00:23:09.160 well, 00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:10.120 it's not that big a deal, 00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:11.340 it's just a little white lie. 00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:12.980 It's not that big a deal, 00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:13.759 it's just this. 00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:14.440 Well, 00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:15.160 I haven't done anything, 00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:16.180 I may have thought something, 00:23:16.320 --> 00:23:17.220 but I didn't do it. 00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:18.680 You know, 00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.360 the Ten Commandments 00:23:19.359 --> 00:23:19.719 were given 00:23:19.719 --> 00:23:20.339 and the other commands 00:23:20.339 --> 00:23:20.539 were given, 00:23:20.719 --> 00:23:21.279 not to show us, 00:23:21.399 --> 00:23:22.099 try to keep it, 00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:22.679 but to show us 00:23:22.679 --> 00:23:23.339 we never can. 00:23:24.679 --> 00:23:26.259 And it forces us 00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:27.279 to look at ourselves 00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:28.879 and look at who God is. 00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:31.299 And because he thought 00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:32.199 his sin was manageable 00:23:32.199 --> 00:23:33.299 and excusable 00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:34.279 and explainable, 00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:36.579 his worship was minimal, 00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:38.979 his heart was distant, 00:23:39.659 --> 00:23:41.039 and his love was cold. 00:23:41.919 --> 00:23:43.099 He'd sit back and think, 00:23:43.219 --> 00:23:44.819 who does she think she is? 00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:46.479 Coming into my house, 00:23:46.919 --> 00:23:47.859 coming into my banquet. 00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:48.539 I mean, 00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:50.219 she's ruining our thing. 00:23:50.899 --> 00:23:52.519 I don't know what she's doing. 00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:52.899 Hey, 00:23:52.979 --> 00:23:53.979 I'm a good person. 00:23:54.159 --> 00:23:55.879 I do all these things. 00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:59.199 And it really still translates today 00:23:59.199 --> 00:24:00.119 that some people think 00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:00.859 they've only sinned 00:24:01.479 --> 00:24:02.119 just a little. 00:24:03.719 --> 00:24:04.939 So they only love 00:24:04.939 --> 00:24:06.279 just a little. 00:24:07.399 --> 00:24:08.619 They love when it's convenient. 00:24:09.419 --> 00:24:11.019 They love when they get things from it. 00:24:11.159 --> 00:24:11.299 Hey, 00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:11.919 I'll come to church 00:24:11.919 --> 00:24:12.819 as long as life is good, 00:24:12.939 --> 00:24:13.319 and you know, 00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:14.319 people are scratching my back, 00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:15.079 and I'll scratch theirs, 00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:16.139 and maybe we can network 00:24:16.139 --> 00:24:17.039 and do some different things. 00:24:17.179 --> 00:24:17.359 No, 00:24:17.419 --> 00:24:18.839 that's not why we come to church. 00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:20.139 We come to church 00:24:20.139 --> 00:24:20.939 because we're just sinners 00:24:20.939 --> 00:24:21.859 saved by grace. 00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:23.500 That we were all in debt 00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:24.460 and we could not pay, 00:24:24.639 --> 00:24:25.819 and until you realize 00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:27.279 how utterly hopeless 00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:28.539 you are without Jesus, 00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:29.960 you'll never pour your love 00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:31.019 out for him like she did. 00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:33.480 Because we all should. 00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:35.539 We should all come to that moment 00:24:35.539 -->

00:24:36.139 in our life. 00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.039 I mean, 00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:38.619 think of someone, 00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.319 if they were rescued 00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:39.939 from drowning. 00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:42.220 If they're near the shore 00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:43.360 or right by the edge of the pool, 00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:44.519 they may not say much. 00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:45.640 Hey, 00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:46.460 I was going to make it. 00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:47.440 Hey, 00:24:47.600 --> 00:24:48.740 I was going to make it. 00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:48.940 I know, 00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:49.860 thanks, 00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:50.519 I guess. 00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:51.660 You know, 00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.500 when you try to make your kids 00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:53.340 say thank you, 00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:54.100 but they don't really want 00:24:54.100 --> 00:24:54.500 to say thank you, 00:24:54.580 --> 00:24:54.720 you're like, 00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:54.840 well, 00:24:54.920 --> 00:24:55.519 I guess. 00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.900 I wasn't really drowning 00:24:57.900 --> 00:24:58.620 that hard. 00:24:59.299 --> 00:25:00.120 I was right there. 00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:00.279 I mean, 00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:02.039 I was just one stroke away 00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.640 from the edge. 00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.279 I could have done it. 00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:05.580 But if someone was pulled 00:25:05.580 --> 00:25:06.559 from the deep waters, 00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:08.299 lungs full, 00:25:08.620 --> 00:25:09.420 minutes from death, 00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.860 they'll never forget 00:25:10.860 --> 00:25:11.800 the hand that saved them. 00:25:13.560 --> 00:25:14.420 We have to remember 00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:15.340 where we were found. 00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:16.759 The psalmist says 00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.600 we were in a pit. 00:25:18.180 --> 00:25:19.620 We were in the miry clay 00:25:19.620 --> 00:25:21.220 and Jesus had to reach 00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:22.940 way down to find us. 00:25:23.300 --> 00:25:24.320 Not to find them, 00:25:24.580 --> 00:25:24.680 no, 00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:25.279 to find you. 00:25:25.860 --> 00:25:27.200 And he reached way down 00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:28.660 and he pulled you out. 00:25:28.860 --> 00:25:29.620 You didn't climb. 00:25:29.840 --> 00:25:31.320 You didn't follow some steps. 00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:31.660 No, 00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:33.600 Jesus changed your life 00:25:33.600 --> 00:25:36.120 and when we realize that, 00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:37.620 it should change 00:25:37.620 --> 00:25:38.519 how we worship him. 00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:40.759 that's what we see here. 00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.680 So now Jesus turns 00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:43.720 the spotlight to the woman. 00:25:44.580 --> 00:25:45.140 He's kind of, 00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:45.900 he's kind of put 00:25:45.900 --> 00:25:47.320 Simon on his heels. 00:25:48.340

--> 00:25:49.039 Simon's got to be 00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.460 thinking to himself, 00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:50.720 this is not how I envision 00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.440 this party going. 00:25:52.300 --> 00:25:53.480 But he's back on his heels 00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.800 and Jesus turns to the woman 00:25:54.800 --> 00:25:56.100 not to shame her, 00:25:57.100 --> 00:25:58.560 but to celebrate her. 00:25:59.560 --> 00:26:00.680 And in doing so, 00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.519 he calls out 00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.759 the spiritual bankruptcy 00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:04.279 of Simon's religion. 00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:06.759 notice in verse number 44. 00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.859 Then he turned to the woman 00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:10.700 and said unto Simon. 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:12.559 So he's looking at her, 00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:13.960 but he's actually 00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:15.119 talking to Simon. 00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.200 And really, 00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:16.660 he's going to give 00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:18.200 a very gracious revelation. 00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:20.339 He's looking at her, 00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:21.859 but he's also looking at us. 00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:24.319 And he finally breaks 00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:24.940 the silence 00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:26.299 concerning her. 00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.940 Because I'm sure 00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.779 when Jesus spoke up, 00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.139 Simon thought, 00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.899 he's probably going to 00:26:29.899 --> 00:26:30.680 get her out of this place 00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:31.119 because she's not 00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:31.720 supposed to be here. 00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:34.279 No, he addressed Simon first 00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:35.860 and now he's addressing her. 00:26:36.380 --> 00:26:37.059 And he said that, 00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:39.000 seest thou this woman? 00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:41.180 Here's what Jesus is saying 00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:41.839 in texting. 00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:43.180 You even paying attention? 00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:45.019 That's what he's saying. 00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:47.299 Because Simon still, 00:26:47.620 --> 00:26:48.500 Jesus knows his heart. 00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:49.279 He's probably still thinking, 00:26:49.620 --> 00:26:50.860 we've got to end this party 00:26:50.860 --> 00:26:51.740 as soon as possible. 00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:53.480 Jesus said, 00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:55.019 hey, before we go, Simon, 00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:55.860 I want to ask you a question. 00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:56.860 Do you not see 00:26:56.860 --> 00:26:57.660 what's going on here? 00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:58.960 Do you not see 00:26:58.960 --> 00:26:59.740 the situation? 00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:01.400 I entered into your house, 00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:03.140 you gave me no water. 00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:05.160 I entered in, 00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:07.339 I didn't get a kiss, 00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:09.620 a standard greeting. 00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:11.700 You didn't give me 00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.880 any oil for my head. 00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:14.759 But look at her. 00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.579 She gave me everything 00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:17.160 she had. 00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:19.000 She gave me her tears, 00:27:19.100 --> 00:27:20.059 she gave me her heart, 00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:21.440 she washed her feet, 00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:23.299 my feet with her hair 00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:24.740 and she's anointed my feet 00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:25.539 and she hasn't stopped 00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:26.420 kissing them since. 00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.700 That idea, 00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:30.079 don't misunderstand, 00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:30.740 people take this, 00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:32.119 there's nothing indecent 00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:32.779 going on here. 00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:35.000 No, it's an act of adoration. 00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:37.019 When she realized 00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:38.480 who he really was 00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:39.720 and what he had really done, 00:27:39.939 --> 00:27:40.859 she couldn't help 00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:41.519 but do the things 00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:41.980 she's doing. 00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:45.379 And then Jesus says it. 00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:47.419 And this is what threw 00:27:47.419 --> 00:27:48.339 the whole crowd off. 00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:51.619 Her sins are forgiven. 00:27:53.919 --> 00:27:54.279 Wow. 00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:57.299 I hope you can go back 00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:58.139 to a moment in your life 00:27:58.139 --> 00:27:59.700 where that was true for you. 00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.879 Where maybe you came 00:28:01.879 --> 00:28:02.680 into a service 00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.680 and you thought, 00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:04.399 I'm just trying to be 00:28:04.399 --> 00:28:04.879 a good person. 00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.740 I am a good person. 00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:06.920 I do this 00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:07.539 and I throw a little money 00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:07.920 on the plate 00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:08.460 and I do this. 00:28:08.660 --> 00:28:09.879 But you came to the realization 00:28:09.879 --> 00:28:11.339 that you're a sinner 00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:14.279 and there was no hope for you. 00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:16.700 But Jesus showed up 00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:19.359 and it changed your life. 00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.799 And it wasn't, 00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.579 hey, Jesus said, 00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:24.220 well, you almost made it there. 00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:24.599 No, no. 00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:26.139 We were lost. 00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.599 We were dead 00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:29.439 in our trespasses and sin. 00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.899 And what Jesus is doing here 00:28:32.899 --> 00:28:33.639 is he is comparing 00:28:33.639 --> 00:28:34.740 Simon's coldness 00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.859 to her

compassion. 00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:38.079 Simon is offering 00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:38.939 a bunch of tradition. 00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:41.500 She's offering tears. 00:28:42.679 --> 00:28:43.939 Simon gave him silence 00:28:43.939 --> 00:28:45.119 and she gave sacrifice. 00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:47.059 Simon withheld the oil 00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:48.859 and she poured everything out. 00:28:50.439 --> 00:28:52.139 But I want us to see this. 00:28:52.140 --> 00:28:53.380 Jesus doesn't deny 00:28:53.380 --> 00:28:54.020 her sinfulness. 00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:56.080 He said, 00:28:56.280 --> 00:28:56.840 her sins, 00:28:57.380 --> 00:28:59.780 which are many. 00:29:01.100 --> 00:29:01.960 He wasn't saying, 00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:02.700 hey, listen, 00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.600 she, you know, 00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:04.080 we just cleared 00:29:04.080 --> 00:29:04.720 a few things off. 00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:06.660 She was completely lost. 00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:09.120 But so are you, Simon. 00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:11.100 But her sins, 00:29:11.520 --> 00:29:12.220 which are many, 00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:13.460 are forgiven. 00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:14.460 Listen, 00:29:14.520 --> 00:29:15.180 they're no longer 00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:16.259 held against her. 00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:16.740 Why? 00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:17.820 Because forgiveness 00:29:17.820 --> 00:29:19.440 has been extended to her 00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:21.700 and she accepted it. 00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:24.440 You know what this story is? 00:29:24.600 --> 00:29:25.460 It's a picture 00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:26.680 of the gospel. 00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:29.080 This is what the gospel does. 00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.779 It meets us 00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:32.120 exactly where we are 00:29:32.120 --> 00:29:34.740 and we are more sinful 00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:36.140 than we can admit. 00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:38.240 We really are. 00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:39.759 I mean, 00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.640 we can really 00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:42.279 convince ourselves, 00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:42.460 well, 00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:43.860 I'm not that bad. 00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:45.579 we are. 00:29:47.439 --> 00:29:48.219 This ain't the most 00:29:48.219 --> 00:29:48.899 popular thought. 00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.439 We are. 00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:51.019 But there's, 00:29:51.179 --> 00:29:52.419 but here's the great news. 00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:53.979 We're loved 00:29:53.979 --> 00:29:55.359 and forgiven 00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:57.039 more than we ever 00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:57.879 hoped to be. 00:29:59.619 --> 00:30:00.159 We thought, 00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.419 Jesus, 00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:01.139 if you can just do 00:30:01.139 --> 00:30:01.899 just a little bit 00:30:01.899 --> 00:30:02.359 for me. 00:30:02.979 --> 00:30:03.159 No, no, 00:30:03.199 --> 00:30:04.000 Jesus didn't come. 00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.919 His mission wasn't come 00:30:04.919 --> 00:30:06.039 just to do a little bit 00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.439 for you. 00:30:07.699 --> 00:30:09.199 He came to give you 00:30:09.199 --> 00:30:09.899 everything. 00:30:10.679 --> 00:30:12.019 He came to transform 00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:12.579 your life. 00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:14.059 Imagine being in a courtroom 00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:15.240 and you know you're guilty 00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.939 in every account 00:30:15.939 --> 00:30:17.159 and just before the gavel 00:30:17.159 --> 00:30:17.500 falls, 00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:18.619 the judge steps down 00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:19.299 and he says, 00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:19.460 hey, 00:30:19.679 --> 00:30:21.079 this is your punishment 00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:22.399 but I'll take your place. 00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:24.879 We'll put it on somebody else. 00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:26.599 That would change your life. 00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:27.899 Listen, 00:30:27.939 --> 00:30:28.819 that's what Jesus did. 00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:30.199 That's the cross of Calvary. 00:30:30.439 --> 00:30:31.000 It's a picture 00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:32.179 of our sins. 00:30:32.419 --> 00:30:33.220 He was nailed to the cross 00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:34.220 for our sins 00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:36.039 and he took our place 00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.759 and that's what happened 00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.359 to this woman 00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:38.559 and Jesus wants us 00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:39.379 to see it there. 00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:43.240 And in these closing verses, 00:30:43.420 --> 00:30:44.840 Jesus does something remarkable. 00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:47.080 He speaks peace 00:30:47.080 --> 00:30:47.800 over her life 00:30:47.800 --> 00:30:49.520 and he sends her out 00:30:49.520 --> 00:30:51.720 with a brand new identity. 00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.740 Verse 48, 00:30:53.840 --> 00:30:54.560 he looked to her 00:30:54.560 --> 00:30:55.640 specifically 00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:57.160 and said, 00:30:57.720 --> 00:30:58.540 thy sins 00:30:58.540 --> 00:31:00.520 are forgiven. 00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:02.880 I love that. 00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:05.980 no conditions. 00:31:07.100 --> 00:31:08.880 No probationary period. 00:31:10.020 --> 00:31:10.400 He said, 00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:10.940 all right lady, 00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:13.380 you got 30 days to fix up. 00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:14.400 Clean up. 00:31:15.560 --> 00:31:16.880 If you don't mess up 00:31:16.880 --> 00:31:17.300 in 30 days, 00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:17.740 you're good. 00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:19.620 Aren't you glad 00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:20.840 that's not how Jesus operates? 00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:24.320 He just extends it 00:31:24.320 --> 00:31:26.240 full and free. 00:31:27.300 --> 00:31:28.580 That's what grace looks like. 00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:30.660 That's what Jesus looks like. 00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:31.180 See, 00:31:32.120 --> 00:31:32.980 it's not just grace. 00:31:33.100 -->

00:31:34.380 It's not just a pardon. 00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:35.900 It's not just freedom. 00:31:36.120 --> 00:31:37.420 It's all of those things. 00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:40.519 And the people watching, 00:31:41.060 --> 00:31:42.279 they thought they were stunned 00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:43.440 when she was, 00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.340 let her hair down 00:31:44.340 --> 00:31:45.000 and wash his feet. 00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:45.640 When he said, 00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:46.540 thy sins are forgiven, 00:31:46.600 --> 00:31:46.900 they think, 00:31:47.040 --> 00:31:48.200 you can't do that. 00:31:49.580 --> 00:31:50.160 They said this, 00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:51.560 who is this 00:31:51.560 --> 00:31:53.240 that forgives sins? 00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:54.560 Because you know 00:31:54.560 --> 00:31:55.100 what they knew 00:31:55.100 --> 00:31:56.480 as good Jewish people? 00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.700 That only God 00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.560 could forgive sins. 00:31:58.559 --> 00:32:00.599 well, 00:32:00.659 --> 00:32:01.200 good for them, 00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:01.940 that's who was there 00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.779 at the table that day. 00:32:03.659 --> 00:32:04.279 Because that's who 00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:05.179 Jesus Christ is. 00:32:05.899 --> 00:32:06.339 In the beginning 00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:06.819 was the Word 00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:07.059 and the Word 00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:07.559 was with God 00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:08.779 and the Word 00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:10.119 was God. 00:32:11.179 --> 00:32:12.399 That Jesus Christ 00:32:12.399 --> 00:32:13.359 is Emmanuel, 00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:14.419 He is God 00:32:14.419 --> 00:32:15.700 with us. 00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:17.500 That He came 00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:18.480 and came 00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:18.899 for this 00:32:18.899 --> 00:32:20.460 very specific reason. 00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:22.079 And He turns 00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:22.960 one last time 00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.220 to her 00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:23.639 and He said 00:32:23.639 --> 00:32:24.119 unto the woman, 00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:24.980 thy faith 00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:25.579 has saved thee. 00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:27.819 Go in peace. 00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:30.399 Much like the woman 00:32:30.399 --> 00:32:30.799 that was caught 00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:31.179 in adultery, 00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:31.579 He didn't say, 00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:32.000 alright, 00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:32.379 you're good, 00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:33.259 go just live your life 00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:33.980 however you want now. 00:32:34.899 --> 00:32:35.039 No, 00:32:35.059 --> 00:32:35.940 it has this idea. 00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:38.359 Go live like you've been pardoned. 00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:41.220 Go live like you've been redeemed. 00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:43.460 Go live the life 00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:44.539 that you have been given. 00:32:44.899 --> 00:32:45.819 And that word peace, 00:32:45.899 --> 00:32:46.940 it means shalom. 00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.720 And shalom, 00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:48.399 it really means this, 00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.339 wholeness. 00:32:50.679 --> 00:32:50.919 Listen, 00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:52.619 she didn't just leave forgiven. 00:32:53.379 --> 00:32:54.480 She left healed 00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.440 and restored 00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:57.179 and completely whole. 00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:59.000 That's what Jesus offers. 00:32:59.320 --> 00:33:00.440 And sometimes we think, 00:33:00.620 --> 00:33:01.240 you know what, Lord, 00:33:01.320 --> 00:33:02.380 I just need a touch up. 00:33:02.580 --> 00:33:02.700 No, 00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.539 you didn't need a touch up. 00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:05.620 You needed a total transformation. 00:33:07.340 --> 00:33:07.560 Listen, 00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:08.580 Jesus doesn't slap 00:33:08.580 --> 00:33:09.440 new paint on us 00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:09.680 and say, 00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:09.920 well, 00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:10.400 it's good enough 00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:11.019 for government work. 00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.720 That's not how He operates. 00:33:13.600 --> 00:33:13.759 No, 00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:14.360 therefore, 00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:15.340 if any man be in Christ, 00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:17.980 he is a new creature. 00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:20.140 Old things are passed away 00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:21.039 and behold, 00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:22.519 all things 00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:23.400 are become new. 00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:25.200 You know why Simon 00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:26.500 was so cold 00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:27.259 and distant? 00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:28.420 Because he was just 00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:29.360 the same old Simon. 00:33:29.840 --> 00:33:30.680 He was dead 00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:31.460 and miserable 00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:33.080 and had no hope in life 00:33:33.080 --> 00:33:34.380 and yet this lady 00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:35.100 that's a great, 00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:35.640 great sinner, 00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:36.660 she was hopeful. 00:33:36.860 --> 00:33:37.019 Why? 00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:37.780 Because Jesus 00:33:37.780 --> 00:33:38.860 made her brand new 00:33:38.860 --> 00:33:41.460 and she was excited 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:42.060 about it 00:33:42.060 --> 00:33:43.460 and she was thankful 00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:44.080 for it 00:33:44.080 --> 00:33:45.480 and she wanted everybody 00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:46.360 there to know 00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:46.980 about it. 00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.980 This transformation 00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:52.279 that Jesus offers 00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:54.319 is an amazing thing. 00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:56.519 You know what she experienced? 00:33:57.339 --> 00:33:58.620 Forgiveness from the past. 00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:01.779 Peace in the present 00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:04.259 and hope in the future. 00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:07.799 That's

what Jesus offers for us. 00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:09.659 You know why we can come 00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:11.059 and worship this morning? 00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:12.280 Because our past 00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:12.920 has been forgiven. 00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.840 He's given us peace. 00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:16.400 It doesn't mean life's easy. 00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.159 No, 00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:18.199 we're having hard times. 00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:19.260 Life is difficult 00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:20.380 but we have peace 00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:21.520 of the promise of God 00:34:21.520 --> 00:34:22.900 because we have a hope 00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:23.780 in the future. 00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:26.580 This is not all there is to life. 00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:26.960 No, 00:34:27.020 --> 00:34:28.100 there is coming a day. 00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:30.020 There will be no more heartache 00:34:30.020 --> 00:34:30.660 and no more shame 00:34:30.660 --> 00:34:31.320 and no more pain 00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:32.260 and grief and sorrow 00:34:32.260 --> 00:34:33.060 and all the things. 00:34:33.160 --> 00:34:33.200 Why? 00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:34.200 Because Jesus promised 00:34:34.200 --> 00:34:36.240 I will make all things new 00:34:36.240 --> 00:34:37.260 and our salvation 00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:38.920 is just a small picture. 00:34:39.160 --> 00:34:39.300 Hey, 00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:40.300 this is coming. 00:34:41.660 --> 00:34:42.840 He's put it in our 00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:44.680 and he will perform it. 00:34:45.300 --> 00:34:46.200 I'm confident 00:34:46.200 --> 00:34:47.000 of this very thing 00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:48.180 that he which hath begun 00:34:48.180 --> 00:34:48.920 a good work in you 00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:50.320 will perform it 00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:51.420 into the day of Jesus Christ. 00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:52.760 That's the hope 00:34:52.760 --> 00:34:53.440 that we have. 00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:55.360 It's like checking 00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:56.019 into the ER 00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.800 and you think you need 00:34:56.800 --> 00:34:57.180 a band-aid 00:34:57.180 --> 00:34:57.599 and the doctor says 00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:58.920 you need open heart surgery 00:34:58.920 --> 00:35:00.280 but don't worry 00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:01.039 I'll do this surgery 00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:01.519 on myself. 00:35:02.680 --> 00:35:03.800 Jesus took our place. 00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:05.019 We can try to give 00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.940 as many analogies 00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:07.800 about the hopelessness 00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:08.059 of it 00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:09.360 but I hope that you understand. 00:35:11.240 --> 00:35:12.019 So the question 00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.700 as we close out 00:35:12.700 --> 00:35:13.099 this morning 00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:13.599 is this. 00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:15.400 Who are you 00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:15.880 at the table? 00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:18.860 Which one of these 00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:19.720 characters 00:35:19.720 --> 00:35:20.260 so to speak 00:35:20.260 --> 00:35:20.579 are you? 00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:23.920 Where's your life? 00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:25.559 Are you Simon? 00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:27.280 Religious 00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:28.720 but cold? 00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:30.720 Curious maybe 00:35:30.720 --> 00:35:31.800 but really unchanged? 00:35:33.160 --> 00:35:34.240 Or are you the woman 00:35:34.240 --> 00:35:35.900 broken 00:35:35.900 --> 00:35:37.559 but forgiven? 00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:39.119 Humbled 00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:40.500 but grateful? 00:35:42.180 --> 00:35:42.860 Or maybe you're 00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:43.340 in the crowd. 00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:44.960 Maybe you come in 00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.340 you've been here 00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:45.900 a long time 00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.300 maybe you've been here 00:35:46.300 --> 00:35:46.640 in this church 00:35:46.640 --> 00:35:47.000 a long time 00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.760 or visiting 00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:49.660 kind of watching 00:35:49.660 --> 00:35:50.400 it all unfold. 00:35:51.260 --> 00:35:51.880 Here's what Jesus 00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:53.120 wants everyone to do 00:35:53.120 --> 00:35:54.260 respond to him. 00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:56.180 Respond to him. 00:35:57.620 --> 00:35:58.500 See the cross 00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:59.480 of Calvary 00:35:59.480 --> 00:36:01.420 levels the playing field. 00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:03.160 You know this 00:36:03.160 --> 00:36:04.440 story teaches us 00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:05.740 there's no big sinners 00:36:05.740 --> 00:36:07.000 and small sinners. 00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:08.640 There's no people 00:36:08.640 --> 00:36:09.579 too far gone 00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:10.420 and people that are 00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:10.840 just needed 00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:11.720 a little bit of help. 00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:13.119 No there's only 00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:13.779 one kind of people 00:36:13.779 --> 00:36:14.759 one kind of person 00:36:14.759 --> 00:36:15.139 in this world 00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:15.859 sinner. 00:36:18.859 --> 00:36:19.779 And a savior 00:36:19.779 --> 00:36:21.039 who forgives. 00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:23.719 That's what this is about. 00:36:25.679 --> 00:36:27.139 It's pointing to that. 00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:30.519 So here's the response 00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:30.980 today. 00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:33.459 Fall at his feet. 00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:36.039 Bring your tears. 00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:38.119 Pour your heart out. 00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:41.179 Live in that relationship 00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:43.259 and let grace do for you 00:36:43.259 --> 00:36:44.480 what religion never could. 00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:46.619 Because here's what 00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:47.099 you're going to find. 00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:47.920 Jesus. 00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:50.779 That's what you're 00:36:50.779 --> 00:36:51.279 looking for. 00:36:52.500 --> 00:36:53.480 You know how I know that? 00:36:53.539 --> 00:36:54.539 Because he's seeking you. 00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:56.619 Maybe that still small 00:36:56.619 --> 00:36:57.420 voice in your heart 00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:57.779 and he's saying 00:36:57.779 --> 00:37:00.119 that's what you need. 00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:02.480 It's the greatest thing 00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:03.159 that will ever happen. 00:37:04.259 --> 00:37:04.859 And the only way 00:37:04.859 --> 00:37:05.539 we can love him 00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:06.079 is because 00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:08.059 he first loves you. 00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.920 That's why he came. 00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:12.559 That's his mission. 00:37:13.739 --> 00:37:14.800 Because when grace 00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:15.619 walks in 00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:17.639 shame has to leave. 00:37:18.779 --> 00:37:20.059 Jesus replaces it all. 00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:21.880 He makes all 00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:22.800 things 00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:23.599 new. 00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:26.340 Praise the Lord. 00:37:27.320 --> 00:37:28.400 Praise the Lord 00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:29.840 for his 00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:30.599 grace. 00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:32.019 Would you stand 00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:32.639 with your heads bowed 00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:33.480 and with your eyes closed? 00:37:33.480 --> 00:37:33.519 Close. 00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:33.579 Close. 00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:33.579 00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:33.579 00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:33.579 00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:33.579 00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:33.579 00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:34.579 Close. 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.579 00:37:34.579 --> 00:38:04.559 Thank you.