God Kindly Forgave Us

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God frankly forgave us . NLT Luke 7:42 But neither of them could repay him, so he kindly forgave them both, canceling their debts. Who do you suppose loved him more after that?”

NCV Luke 7:42 They had no money to pay what they owed, but the banker told both of them they did not have to pay him. Which person will love the banker more?”

KJV Luke 7:42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?

Transliteration: charizomai

To begin with brothers and sisters, Christian friends, well wishers and saints of God, as we glint, gleam, and gaze at this look gratuitous text, we see forgiveness on display. The word forgave in the text in the Greek vernacular is the word charizomai .khar-id’-zom-ahee Root: It’s root word is the word Charis. Charis mean God gave us favor. Not just favor but kind favor.

I saw something new in the text that I never saw before. I saw God’s Grace and lovingkindness on display and the person in the text is gratuitous. This new word that I just learned Gratuitous means that we are grateful for things that God has done in our lives. Anybody in here grateful? And so Pastor teach me how you arrived at this conclusion of being gratuitous.

Tell us just how you arrived at the word Charizomai whose root word is charis which means God’s kind favor which brings us to Gratuitously appreciating God’s grace and lovingkindness (!while He Frankly Forgave all of us).

Tell your neighbor: He Frankly forgave me. God is Kind and we ought to be kind to on another. The style of sermon delivery here today is textual topical and that when you begin with the end in mind and then tell the story from the beginning?

In Luke 7:36 Jesus was invited to dinner by the Pharisee named Simon the Leper’s. For the record Jesus healed Simon the leper. Simon the leaper was a member of the sanhedrin council. and Simon the leper was Judas’s daddy. While at Simon’s house at the dinner party, a prostitute came in and began to pull out her tear bottle.She then began to cry and cry . And while she was crying she let her tears flow down to Jesus’ feet. and then she took the tear bottle and pour all of her tears all over Jesus feet and she washed his feet.She wiped Jesus’s feet with her long black pretty wavy hair. I infer that all of her problems was in that tear bottle all of her heartaches was in those tears she was shedding. You never know what some people had to go through to get to where they are now. They might look all dressed up now but there was a time when they were tore up from the floor up. And now she’s giving here best to Jesus. And brothers and sisters what makes life worth living is our giving and forgiving;Giving tiny bits of kindness that will leave a joy behind us, and forgiving bitter trifles that sometimes the right words often stifles, For the little things are bigger than we often stop to figure. And so what makes life worth living is our giving and our forgiving one another.

Tell your neighbor:I forgive you because God forgave me. Jesus said if you can’t forgive your brothers and sisters that you see everyday then your heavenly Father won’t forgive you. And the church said Amen. And so Jesus and His disciples are in the pharisee’s house having dinner. The prostitute girl is there and she’s anointing Jesus with Honor. Honor is important.The bible says give honor to whom honor is due. And the Pharisee Simon the Leper doesn’t like it. His so Judas doesn’t like it, In fact when you read carefully and prayerfully even His close disciples didn’t like it. But let me say to this church and any other church. Give me my flowers while I can smell them. Don’t wait until I die and talk about Rev Allen was this he was that.. I’ll be in heaven I’ll be with Jesus. I won’t want to came back. So give me my flowers now… And not no dollar store flowers either lol.

Simon said within himself Jesus doesn’t know what kind of girl this is. Simon said something even worst than that Simon said Jesus must not be the great prophet we think he is if he doesn’t know what kind of girl this is. That’s an insult to the deity of Jesus Christ. What you mean, If He was who He say he Profess to be. Listen to me It’s got people who want to downgrade you disdain you disrespect you and deny that you are a Child of God.

Tell your neighbor : I may not be all that I supposed to be but I’m a child of God. And so Jesus say in verse Simon I’ve got something to say to you And Simon said okay Master say what you got to say. Jesus said in Luke 7:41 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. 42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? Here’s the forgiveness in the text. Here’s the Charizmai in the text. Here’s the Charis in the text finally here’s where Kind God kindly forgave us. And the church said Amen.

Because the NLT version says in Luke 7:42 But neither of them could repay him, so he kindly forgave them both, canceling their debts. Who do you suppose loved him more after that?”

Then the NCV version says in Luke 7:42 They had no money to pay what they owed, but the banker told both of them they did not have to pay him. Which person will love the banker more?”

And then finally KJV version says in Luke 7:42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?

Okay we’ve established that God frankly forgave them both right? That God cancelled the debt of both of them right? and that God Kindly forgave them right?, You follow me? But the 64 million dollar question is, “after all that Jesus said which one will love me the most.” Listen to me people get tired of me saying that the Lord brought me from a mighty mighty mighty long ways and I should’ve been dead. I was on my way to a low bottom hell with no weapon in my hand and no God on my side.People might get tired of hearing me say that, but I’ve discovered that the only reason somebody get’s tired of hearing about how God delivered you from an awful situation is because they don’t believe that God can do it for them. Because if God did anything for you, You say tell Rev. Because you don’t know like I know what the Lord have done for me. And somebody say Me too Rev.

Jesus said Simon This girl since the time she got here has bestowed honor on me. She knows that she ain’t all that a bag of chips a pickle and a cold drink. She knows it and has displayed humility. and She ‘s down at the feet of Jesus. It’s a blessing at the feet of Jesus. I want to stay at His feet and get blessed Because one day I’m going where the wicked shall cease from troubling and the wearied shall be at rest When all the saints of the age are going to sit at His feet and be blessed.

Look at the text in Luke 7:43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. 44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon,

In verse 43 Simon is saying in essence He gratuitously from kindness of His heart, He pardoned and rescued and deliver them and, He finally frankly freely forgave the one that was tore up from the floor up. And here’s where you hold your head up at, when folk try to out you down. You tell them God has already forgiven me whether you’re on board with it or not.

And then Jesus turns to the woman and say to Simon. Don’t miss this.. Jesus is !looking at the woman but he talking to Simon 3x. He says in verse 44 Simon, “Do you see this woman? (3x with 3 different inflections) Jesus said Simon “When I came into your house, you gave me no water for my feet, but she has washed my feet with her tears and then dried My feet with her hair”. In verse 45 Jesus said “You gave me no kiss of greeting, but she has been kissing My feet since I came in.” In verse 46 Jesus said Simon “You did not put oil on my head, but she poured perfume all over my feet. 47 Jesus said Simon despite your inward insult that I don’t know what kind of woman she is Simon “I tell you and I know that she has many sins AND SIMON her many sins are forgiven, Thank you Jesus because she has shown great love. But the person who is forgiven only a little will love only a little.” And I wonder how some people can be at the break of death and the whole family praying for you to get better,They even got the preacher at the hospital praying for you and then when God gives a miraculous recovery They go back to drink and smoking and cutting up and carrying on just like God ain’t did nothing for them. And won’t set foot in the church unless it’s funeral.

Tell me when I’m lying. This is year 30 pastoring and what I’ve seen is the too many times the people you go out your way to help the most BE THE VERY ONES TURNING THEIR BACKS ON YOU WHEN THINGS GET ROUGH. I’m going to out it in your lap even closer. You help your children out of a crisis and you can’t even get them to give you a DRINK OF WATER WITHOUT MUMBLING.YES INDEED.

I’m sorry but I feel some kind of way about that kind of stuff. Because Mia Angelo said When people show you who they are don’t flip out because now you just where to put them and you have the right not to engage in foolishness with them from now on. Jesus says in essence Simon you could have done better by Me when I came to your house instead of worrying about this woman who has a wide range of negative issues. And with His eyes on Her Jesus verse 48 says unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.

That’s the place where you and I want to be. Because as long as you’re in denial that you even have a problem. Then God can’t solve your problem. My Grandmother use to say If I never had a problem I’d never know that God is able to solve it. And there are self righteous folk at that dinner. There are unbelieving folk at that dinner. There are carnal minded folk at that dinner. Prove it Rev. Look at verse 49 Let’s read it together “And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? Man I don’t need them negative nancies around me and them negative nathaniels around me because God’s been too good to me for me to doubt Him. I simply know too much about Him. For the record Jesus forgave me of my sins.How about you?Somebody Shout Amen. The song writer said what can wash away my sins nothing but the blood of Jesus. The blood of Jesus cleanses us from all unrighteousness. Because Living He … us dying He ....buried He carried all my sins away. Hallelujah.. Why are you shouting!!! Where the shout at in the text… It’s in the last verse of Luke chapter 7. verse 50 says 50 And Jesus said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace. Well it’s communion and I’ve held y’all long enough.

God Kindly Forgave you and when you’ve lost every vestige of hope and you think you are beaten and done,Remember that God kindly Forgave you. When you’ve come to the end of your rope, Tie a knot in the end and hang on because God Kindly Forgave you. Margret Nickerson Martin said Have the courage to stand even when you get knocked down. Because God has Kindly Forgiven you. You have been divinely pardoned,piously picked out of the hand of the devil, and gratuitously preserved for such a time as this. So rise up and a beacon light that Let’s the world know that we belong to the community of Christian and we are happy to report that God have Kindly Forgiven us and we are no longer bounded to sin.

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