Why We Forgive Pt.2 (2)

From Faults to Faith

Simon's Feast - Matt - Matt. 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9; Luke 7:36-50; John 12:1-9

Setting: Simons House in Bethany

Characters: Simon the Pharisee, The Disciples, Mary Magdalene, Judas Escarriot, Jesus

Scene: Simon and Judas sitting side by side to Jesus, both condemning Mary, but Simon was the one who led her into sin. Jesus knows this but doesn't publickly expose him, and due to Mary’s example, Simon was converted.

Lesson: This story of forgiveness teaches us to Treat people as is they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.

Statistics of Sexual Abuse

The U.S. rate of such disciplinary actions was approximately 9.5 per 10,000 physicians per 10 years. Importantly, the NPDB Public Use Data do not report any details about the nature of the sexual misconduct. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6614523/

Hatred hurts the hater as much as the hated

Mary was delivered of seven demons, not all at once, righteous man falls seven times, The last demon was the demon of bitterness. We all need deliverance from the demons of

Hurt

Pain

Bitterness

un-forgiveness

Grudges

She used the money from prostitution to bring Jesus the gift. Jesus accepted it. Your pain and past can be priceless

When Jesus bring people to the point of conviction, he does not declarative statements about the persons condition. He ask the question to get the person to realize something about themselves “Which one owes more”

Sex workers today make about 500,000 Dollars a year

She spends three hundred pence

In the parable of the servants, the workers got paid a penny a day

She spent a years wages

In todays day this ointment would cost 40 to 50 thousand dollars

This was something that only royalty could afford

She was acknowledging that he was a king and she was saying by her act that no gift is too costly to give to Jesus

We should probably tell this story on an evangelistic series for Jesus said that wherever the gospel shall be preached then this act will be known.