DWELL MESSAGE

LUKE 7 The Sinful Woman

INTRODUCTION

We like to have exclusive clubs; we like exclusivity; we like to be a part of clubs that not everybody can be a part of

iPhone vs Android Debate

Android users - know why they love android

the specs, the data, the research

iPhone users - just like having an iPhone because it’s not an Android

We get the blue texts, not the ugly green ones

I want that job, that house in that neighborhood

Who doesn’t want to fly first class?

How we view ourselves determines the way we view others

Overview of Bible Story

Jesus is in the home of a Pharisee to eat a meal

A Sinful woman heard this and had to get to Jesus

She knelt, weeped at his feet and anointed his feet with oil, wiping it with her hair

Breaking all sorts of cultural customs

She breaks into this house

Interrupts the meal

Anointing - Hair undone was promiscuous

Simon, the Pharisee, said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know what kind of woman is touching him. She’s a sinner!”

He judges not only the woman and her failures

He judges Jesus - “if this man were a prophet”

Jesus responds to this thought with a parable in verses 40-42

If Jesus says, “I have something to say to you” - you know you messed up!

Differently indebted, equally insolvent

50 days work vs 500 days work

2 months salary vs 1.5 years salary

Different amounts, but NEITHER could pay their debts

Forgiveness doesn’t mean much when we don’t think we’re guilty

Ideas:

“it’s not about what you’ve done, it’s about who you are going to”

People look at what you’ve done, but God sees what you are doing

Simon the Pharisee’s said, “IF this man WERE a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner”

He knew religion, liturgy, temple worship and the law

He knew about the things of God, not God the Father

Simon’s problem was that he thought he was better than he was and he misunderstood the nature of God

Luke 7:47 “Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.””

“SHE LOVED MUCH” - real love comes from a deep awareness of our sin and His love for us

Simon essentially invited Jesus into his house without welcoming him into his life