TonyLee
September 24th, 2003, 10:22 PM
Hey,
There has been an evangelist preaching the last several days where I attend church, and he has really been telling some truth. Tonight he talked about the pharisee who invited Jesus to his house, and the woman with the box of ointment. Here is the passage:
Luke 7:36-50
36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.
37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.
40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on.
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?
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, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.
46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
49 And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?
50 And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.
I took some notes of what the evangelist said, and will give them here plus some stuff that I can remember that he said.
The pharisees thought that they knew God, and they looked down on others. This particular pharisee had invited Christ to his house, and was obviously looking down on the woman who later came there to see Christ.
Verse 37 says that this woman WAS a sinner, but the pharisee in verse 39 says that she IS a sinner. The pharisee sees only the outside of this woman, but Christ knew what had happened to her, and she WAS a sinner in His sight, but no longer.
The part about the creditor also refers to Christ. The woman is the one owing 500 pence, and loves Christ more. Both of these people were responsible for loving Christ.
There are two kinds of people in church. Some sit and watch while others serve and work.
The pharisee was sitting and watching this woman while obviously looking down on her and condemning her in his mind. The woman was doing something to show her love for Christ.
There was a change in the woman's life as will be in anyone's life who really gets saved. There is a lesson that forgiven people will make an effort instead of making excuses. The preacher said that women were already a lower status, and she had a bad reputation too, so she could have reasoned that the ones at the pharisee's house would talk about her, and that there was no use in her trying to be near Christ. However, she would not miss the opportunity to express her love for Christ.
Another lesson involves the box of ointment. The preacher said that it was used to let men know that she was there for them, and that the box represented provision, security, and stability for her. (The smell from the box near her home would let men know about her.) However she no longer needs it since she has Christ. The saved person will give up things like that, and will not even consider it a sacrifice since it is done in gladness.
Another lesson here is that she is behind Christ. The saved person will prefer the shadows instead of the spotlight. Christ is in the spotlight. Instead of saying things like I cut the church grass and want it recognized in the bulletin, or I painted the church x amount of years ago, and want it to be recognized the Sunday after every anniversary of the painting, I will not seek recognition for it.
Also mentioned was that people are extravagant on self, and cheap on Jesus.
edit: I previewed this thing several times to catch anything I wanted to change, and of course right after posting, I found something wrong.
There has been an evangelist preaching the last several days where I attend church, and he has really been telling some truth. Tonight he talked about the pharisee who invited Jesus to his house, and the woman with the box of ointment. Here is the passage:
Luke 7:36-50
36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.
37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.
40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on.
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?
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, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.
46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
49 And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?
50 And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.
I took some notes of what the evangelist said, and will give them here plus some stuff that I can remember that he said.
The pharisees thought that they knew God, and they looked down on others. This particular pharisee had invited Christ to his house, and was obviously looking down on the woman who later came there to see Christ.
Verse 37 says that this woman WAS a sinner, but the pharisee in verse 39 says that she IS a sinner. The pharisee sees only the outside of this woman, but Christ knew what had happened to her, and she WAS a sinner in His sight, but no longer.
The part about the creditor also refers to Christ. The woman is the one owing 500 pence, and loves Christ more. Both of these people were responsible for loving Christ.
There are two kinds of people in church. Some sit and watch while others serve and work.
The pharisee was sitting and watching this woman while obviously looking down on her and condemning her in his mind. The woman was doing something to show her love for Christ.
There was a change in the woman's life as will be in anyone's life who really gets saved. There is a lesson that forgiven people will make an effort instead of making excuses. The preacher said that women were already a lower status, and she had a bad reputation too, so she could have reasoned that the ones at the pharisee's house would talk about her, and that there was no use in her trying to be near Christ. However, she would not miss the opportunity to express her love for Christ.
Another lesson involves the box of ointment. The preacher said that it was used to let men know that she was there for them, and that the box represented provision, security, and stability for her. (The smell from the box near her home would let men know about her.) However she no longer needs it since she has Christ. The saved person will give up things like that, and will not even consider it a sacrifice since it is done in gladness.
Another lesson here is that she is behind Christ. The saved person will prefer the shadows instead of the spotlight. Christ is in the spotlight. Instead of saying things like I cut the church grass and want it recognized in the bulletin, or I painted the church x amount of years ago, and want it to be recognized the Sunday after every anniversary of the painting, I will not seek recognition for it.
Also mentioned was that people are extravagant on self, and cheap on Jesus.
edit: I previewed this thing several times to catch anything I wanted to change, and of course right after posting, I found something wrong.