The Kingdom Way: Mercy Over Judgment

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And then this Saturday we have a wedding for Daniel and Rosie. Yay!

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We sent down RSVP if you don’t know what I’m talking about. That’s okay. Come talk to me. But we also kind of have a tradition in our house, and we like to just give a love offering to our couples. So we have a box in the back. If you would like to contribute some cash or something to help them out with their honeymoon, some of their first steps.

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So if you’d like to do that, there’s a white box. You can’t miss it. It’s definitely different than the black one. So, if you would like to do that, we’d love to bless our couple with that. It is my honor and privilege to introduce our speaker today. Please help me welcome Jared by Tesco.

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Morning. How are you, young man? Good. How are you? Younger man. Good. That’s good. Would you mind getting the podium for me? Yeah. Awesome. Good morning.

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Is it good? Holly? Great job today. Thank you. And worship team.

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As wonderful. Thank you Lord. Look at this young man. You want to preach real quick? No, no. You sure you got it right. Oh, thank you brother. Oh, if you all have your Bibles, can you open them to the book of Luke, chapter seven?

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Or your cell phones? Yeah. Electronic Bibles count. Amen.

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We’re going to read the word today. Does that sound? Thank you. Jesus.

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Chapter seven.

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We’re going to read 36 through 50.

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Are you ready to receive the Word of God? Amen. And let’s pray.

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Father, we thank you for your goodness today. We thank you for your faithfulness. We thank you, Lord, that you are the waymaker, the miracle worker. You keep your promises. What you say you don’t say, as a man would say with sleight of hand or deceptive, but, motives in his heart. But when you speak, Lord, you speak truth because you cannot lie.

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And so, Lord, we receive truth today. We ask that you would impart your word to us. God, build us up. Lord, teach us, oh God, Holy Spirit, we surrender. We yield ourselves to you now to teach us and instruct us, to lead us into truth. We thank you for your faithfulness to us, faithfulness to minister to the Body of Christ.

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Today, in the name of Jesus, we receive you, Jesus. We receive you, Jesus.

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In Jesus name we all said Amen.

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So we’re continuing with our Kingdom Way series. We’ve been preaching, over the last several weeks. I get to, cover a very cool parable. It seems like a very simple parable, but there’s a lot going on. We’re just going to wade into it a little bit today and kind of see where we end up. So everybody got Luke chapter seven, verse 36.

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I’m reading out of the NASB, it says here now one of the Pharisees was requesting him, Jesus, to dine with him. And so Jesus entered the Pharisees house and reclined at the table. And there was a woman in the city who was a sinner. And when she learned that he was reclining at the table in the Pharisees house, she brought an alabaster vial of perfume.

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And standing before him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet. With her tears, and kept wiping them with the hair of her head, and kissing his feet, and anointing them with the perfume. Now when the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, if this man were a prophet, he would know who and what sort of woman this is who’s touching him.

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She’s a sinner. Jesus answered him, Simon, I have something to tell you. Simon replied, say it, teacher. Jesus says a moneylender had two debtors. One owed 500 denarii, and the other 50, when they were unable to repay, he the moneylender graciously forgave them both. So which of them will love him more?

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Simon answered and said, well, I suppose the one whom he forgave more. Jesus said to him, you have judged correctly. Turning towards the woman, this is Jesus turning towards a woman. Now he’s saying to Simon, so he’s looking at the woman, but he’s still speaking to his host.

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Do you see this woman?

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I entered your house. You gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You gave me no kiss, but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.

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You did not anoint my head with oil, but she anointed my feet with perfume. For this reason I say to you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven, for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little. Then he said to her, your sins have been forgiven.

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Those who were reclining at the table with him began to say to themselves, who is this man who even forgive sins? And he said to the woman, your faith has saved you. Go in peace.

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Interesting account here. Let’s get some context. How many of us are familiar with this parable, this reading out of scripture? Yeah. How many are not familiar with this? It’s okay to raise your hand. How many aren’t going to raise your hand in church no matter what I say?

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I see you, Deborah. I see you. So today what? We’re really diving in here into is we’re diving into the Kingdom way. That is the way that the kingdom of God, the culture of the kingdom, the citizens of the kingdom are to behave, operate, be motivated by, etc. that is the way part of what we’re going to focus on today.

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Now this account, very interesting account. Let me give a couple quick cultural context so we can better understand what we’re reading. First of all, we’re learned learning that there’s a dinner invitation, right? There’s a Pharisee. I’ll talk about what a Pharisee is in just a second. But there’s a dinner dinner invitation that’s been extended. So it’s very common in those days.

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It was hospitality and, opportunities for relationship and communication. Those were very, very much part of the Jewish culture in those days. And so this particular dinner invitation, it was an inviting of guests. And when you invited a guest, you would share a meal, you would open your home, you would prepare a place for your guests, but then they would also create extra space for people who were maybe just passing by that wanted to stop by.

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Maybe they weren’t necessarily uninvited, but there was space, an extra little bit of space that was set apart for them to go ahead and also partake of. They could sit around at times and listen to the conversation right now, this was all done over a meal that was kind of the centerpiece, of the, of this invitation.

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We call that fellowship. The intention of that invitation was for fellowship. It wasn’t just for eating a meal. It actually was that as we break bread and begin to relate to each other, we’re going to have communion. We’re going to talk about things. And, oh, we have a special guest this week, this so-called guy named Jesus, right? This this prophet.

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I’m quoting, if you’re just listening.

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Okay. So that’s that’s the initial context here as the scriptures open up. But then it tells who the guest is or excuse me, the, the host is a Pharisee. A Pharisee in those days was a sect or a small section of the Jewish elders. They commonly separated themselves, and they were devoted to a very strict observance of rites and ceremonies according to the traditions of their forefathers and other elders.

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And so in the things that they sought to, keep in accordance with so much of this was good and it was sound, and their commitment was kind of on point. But their system here, this word system of religion was just a form and nothing more. Okay. So they were very strict about adhering to these set of laws, rules, regulations, ceremonial, underpinnings for forefathers past.

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But yet they didn’t actually live up to them. Okay. They were called a Pharisee.

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Pharisees also, as we learn, love to be in a place of status. So for them to have guests at their house was a symbol of status for them to put a table down in the middle of a courtyard and invite important people to eat at their table. That was it. That was status. Look how important I am. I’m honoring these people, but they’re really honoring me by showing up at my house.

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And then, yeah, we’ll create a little perimeter for people to sit at. You know, they’re not quite people I want at the table. Exactly. But there be a here on the periphery and they can join in and they can listen in to what we are discussing at the table. That’s kind of the attitude of a Pharisee. That’s our host.

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Now we have the guest, obviously, as Jesus.

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His, his reputation precedes. And then we have another, uninvited guest who showed up, a woman. And the Bible describes who was a sinner. Now, the theologians believe that the, the, the that’s a euphemism. Whenever you put female and you put it was sinner, it usually meant like what she did, what she was known for. And in this context, the referring to her as being a prostitute or harlot.

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So this figure of speech, it would define her then as one who has devoted themselves to the indulgence of lust, fornication, adultery, etc. this woman was known for her habitual and shameless commitment to sin. That’s how she was known. Okay, interesting. Here, as I’m looking at these two, we’ll get into the comparison a little bit more. One was devoted, another was devoted.

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One was devoted to religious, cultural laws, and one was devoted to other cultural practices.

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This term, sinner, as we understand who this woman was, it’s also a term in their culture, was a term of identity, like you are a sinner. It was labeling somebody. This makes sense. It was describing someone who’s devoted to sin. They’re not free from sin. They’re a slave to sin. You are a sinner.

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So with that, define culturally. Let’s walk through this together. I’m just going to take it again from verse 36, which which one of the Pharisees was requesting Jesus to dine with him? And he entered the Pharisees house and reclined at the table. Okay, so far so good. Jesus was commonly invited to places. Pharisees. This is funny. This is not the first time this has happened.

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This has happened several times. Different Pharisees have invited Jesus or prominent people invited Jesus over for dinner. Again, it’s this idea of come sit at my table, let’s all have a meal. Let’s relate to each other. You know, they’re kind of casually sitting there at the leaning into the table. Let’s relate to each other. I want to see what you have to say.

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I want to kind of get a feel for who you are. That’s kind of the the vibe I use a modern word, everybody good with vibe. That’s the vibe we get right when Jesus is reclining at this Pharisees table. This Pharisees, like, we get this from other Pharisees and other other accounts of the gospels. He’s probably skeptical of Jesus.

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He’s a little like, okay, I’m not sure about this guy. You know, if he says, what he is, I don’t know. Let’s just let’s just feel them out. Interestingly here, Jesus never turned down an invitation.

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Now, one could say that he really loved to eat, but my contention is that he was open to relating. Hear me? Relating to all people, regardless of who they were, where they were at, etc. So Jesus never turned down an invitation. As I was writing that down, this morning, the Lord said this to me. He says to you.

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I am always extending an invitation for the people of God to sit at my table. Are. You, regardless of where you come from, what your past looks like, what your current status looks like.

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God says that there is an invitation. Standing invitation for you at his table.

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Verse 37, there was a woman in the city who was a oh labeled sinner, a harlot. And when she learned that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisees house, she brought an alabaster vial of perfume. This was very costly. It cost a lot of money.

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Interestingly, if that in fact was her profession, she may have purchased this costly thing from her profession.

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She considered it valuable. Women who had these, there’s different accounts in the Bible of, there’s Mary, who also anointed the the Lord. And then there’s this gal who’s unnamed who anointed the Lord. But women in those times would carry this around their neck like a dainty little vial that’s made out of a precious alabaster stone who carry it around their neck.

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And in order to open it, you would have to break it. So it’s done. Once it’s broken, it’s going to get all get poured out.

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So she learns. He’s reclining at the table. She goes there uninvited. She brings something of precious value. And she’s standing behind him at his feet and she’s weeping. This word weeping isn’t just crying, it’s sobbing. It’s, modern day term, messy cry.

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The Bible says that she began to wet his feet with her tears. The passion translation says she she was raining down water from her eyes on his feet. Pouring out.

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And she kept wiping his feet with her hair, which is another, another offense. Women in those days have commonly had their hair put up. If they took their hair down, that was only for their husband.

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But if they did that in public, it was a shame. To them. It was a it was an offense. So she’s doing this uninvited, takes her hair down, pouring out water, tears from her being on the feet of Jesus and wiping them with the hair of her own head. Think of this. She’s wiping off the dust. Whatever he may has walked in on the way in.

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She’s now washing his feet and she’s kissing his feet.

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And anointing them with the perfume.

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A couple points here about this. This incredible act of worship.

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The woman heard about where Jesus was, and she took it upon herself to endure the societal pressure and rejection, to still bring herself to Jesus.

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She took what was costly, valuable, and she broke it open and laid it all out before the feet of Jesus on his feet. She lets down her hair, as I said, which was repulsive, a repulsive gesture for her to do publicly, and she continued to kiss the feet of Jesus. She is showing her new devotion.

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Versus before the Bible is calling her a sinner, the Pharisee is saying she’s a sinner. That is who she is. Again, it’s an identity term. It’s one who’s devoted. She’s subject to, she’s a slave to, and she’s saying by breaking and by pouring out and by prostrating herself down before the feet of Jesus, she’s saying, I’m no longer devoted to these things.

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I’m no longer going to be a slave to these things. I’m no longer going to allow my life to be identified and defined by these things. So I pour out my devotion upon your feet. Jesus.

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I allow much valuable to me to be broken for you.

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She worships him.

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Verse 39. Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, it’s important to note he did not say this out loud. He said this to himself. Inner monologue right. If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of person this woman is who is touching him. That she is a sinner.

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There’s another woman who touched Jesus, touched the hem of his garment.

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Prophesying this, there’s something very powerful about touching Jesus.

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I want to submit this to you today. Many times we come before the Lord for him to touch us, but are we seeking to touch him?

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If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what sort of person this woman is who is touching him. Vile. She’s a sinner. She’s unclean. You know the Old Testament. Anybody who was called unclean, if they touched a person, the person they touched became unclean as well.

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So the unclean woman is touching the Lamb of God and the Pharisees going, she’s making you unclean.

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How dare he let her touch! If he was a prophet, he would know. He would know she’s a sinner. He would know she’s unclean and he would not allow that. How can this man be a prophet?

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So the Pharisee is offended. Outwardly, though he’s still hosting a dinner party and he’s still holding status. Inwardly, though, he’s scoffing at Jesus, he’s judging him.

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Saying he’s not a prophet. How dare he let this harlot touch him? She’s unclean. It’s interesting. Verse 40, Jesus answered him.

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So now Jesus is speaking openly. This is not Christ inner monologue. So Simon, the Pharisees inner monologue gets answered by Jesus or Jesus’s outer monologue. Here, proving immediately he is a prophet. Like how he turned that one upside down, like. And this is where we get now. The Bible, depending on the translation you look at, it throws this into two different things.

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Some people call this the sinful woman, or some translations call this the sinful woman. Starts at 3630, verse 36. Some translations call this the parable of the two debtors, which is true because he’s about to teach, but using a parable. But you got to look at verse 36 to really understand why he launched into the parable. You guys with me?

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So verse 40, Jesus answered him, Simon, I have something to say to you now. Again Simon replied, he’s in his best hosting demeanor, outwardly. Sure, teacher, say it.

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Sure, teacher. Say it. Doesn’t he know if this guy was a prophet right now? An interesting if inner monologue outward.

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Appearance.

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The Pharisee appears to respond respectfully. He at least said teacher.

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Jesus proceeds to tell this parable. A moneylender had two debtors, 100 500 denarii, and the other 50. When they were unable to repay, he graciously forgave them both. So which one of them would love him more?

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Simon the Pharisee answered and said, I suppose the one whom he forgave more. And Jesus said to him, you have judged correctly. This is interesting. When I read that, I was like, So initially, Pharisee who’s looking on the outward appearance, judging from the outward appearance labeling, from the outward appearance. He misjudged her.

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Even though the outward appearance had a certain history. Are you with me? I know there are some that have a history. Some I should say. All of us. Right. We all have a history, correct? Yeah, yeah. You know, in our history, one could look on our history and go, Label.

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Center, center center center. Center. Centers and research center. Center.

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So we know the Scripture out of First Samuel, but the Lord looks upon the heart. Man looks upon the outward appearance. And so Jesus is teaching.

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A principle here you have judged correctly. We judge the parable correctly because it was a matter of choosing between right and wrong, which Pharisees were really good at? Well that’s right, that’s wrong, that’s right, that’s wrong, that’s right, that’s wrong. The problem is they kept doing that to people.

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It’s one thing to look at a law and understand in an example where the example is right and where the example is wrong. But then to look out at the people of God and go, you’re right, you’re wrong.

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So Jesus is starting to, gently reveal here he could have ripped into Simon, but I want you to see the heart of Jesus here. He’s actually revealing himself and revealing how he sees people, how he saw the sinful woman.

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If we see just according to the law, if we see just according to the written word, we will use it like a sword or a chainsaw and chop people to bits.

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Well, the Word of God says this and you’re not doing it.

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But if we will.

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Understand who the living word is and how he sees people, how he carefully, lovingly calls people to his table and welcomes them, works with them, is patient and kind to them. That’s what that represents. The Word of God is sharp and powerful. It pierces down into divides between soul and spirit. Thoughts, motives, intentions. It separates.

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You have judge correctly, which is really interesting. Simultaneously saying you judge correctly here, but you’re judging incorrectly over there right now. Jesus turning towards the woman, he says to Simon, do you see this woman?

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Interesting,

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He saw her. She was uninvited. She showed up. Everybody’s going, yo, that’s the neighborhood garden tool gal. Like, why is she here?

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I see her. Do you see her? Jesus.

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And Jesus says, now as he’s saying this, he’s saying, here’s how I see her. Do you see this woman? I entered your house. You gave me no water for my feet. But she is wet. My feet. She has poured out her tears and wiped them with her hair. You gave me no kiss. That was a common greeting. Is a common way of hospitality.

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Giving someone a basin to wash themselves, wash their feet because they walked around in sandals. So their feet obviously got dirty. They would try to keep that dirt from coming into a person’s house where they dwelled and slept and etc., and he didn’t provide that to Jesus. Isn’t that interesting? Pharisee. Hey, Jesus, come on over for dinner. That’s like me inviting you over for dinner and you going, oh, where should I put my coat?

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And I’m just like. Yeah, where’s your bathroom? You’ve ever gone to somebody’s house and said, hey, where’s your restroom? And they’re like, oh, it’s I don’t know. It’s like over there. And.

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That’s the level of.

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Disrespect and dishonor and disdain and contempt. The Pharisee actually had because he was being in hospitable to Jesus, accusing him in his mind, in his thoughts and his inward thoughts, outwardly kind of treating him kindly. I’ve got a host. I’ve got status to uphold.

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Verse 46, you did not anoint my head with oil, but she anointed my feet with perfume. For this reason I say to you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven, for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little loves little. Wow.

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Verse 48. Then he said to her, your sins have been forgiven. Those who were reclining at the table with him began to say to themselves, who is this man who even forgive sins? And he said to the woman, your faith has saved you. Go in peace.

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There’s there’s still a lot in here, all right? And we’re not going to be here all day.

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But now the Lord is starting to go. Okay, I’m going to tell you a parable. And there’s one person who owes $1 million. Roughly speaking, I’m. I’m parallelizing the parable. I didn’t figure out exactly how many, denari I converts to American. Okay, so there’s one guy or one lady in this example owes $1 million. There’s a guy over here that owes $1,000.

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He’s a little more together. She’s kind of all over the place. Both of them owe the same person. And the person whom they owe chooses to forgive both their debts. You no longer owe me a million. You no longer owe me a thousand. Then Jesus. This question is, who’s going to be more devoted when it says love more?

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Going back to this word devotion, who’s going to be more devoted to one who is forgiven a lot or forgiven a little? And what he’s saying in that is Pharisee, you self-righteous. Arrogant. Condescending, so-called religious leader.

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You’ve been forgiven. However, you’re not devoted to what you’ve been forgiven from. You’re not devoted to the one.

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Whereas this woman who’s been labeled outcasts of society, running around unclean, she is now fully devoted.

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And giving her life over paying incredible respect. Incredible honor. Like at a high high. I mean, this is a huge deal for her to go into this place walking. You know, she’s shamelessly in the streets now. She’s shamelessly in the in the person’s house. She walks in there under all the ridicule and speculation and accusation, and she goes down and she worships before Jesus breaks.

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What’s valuable. You understand this took a minute to acquire.

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And she acquired it at a pretty great cost to her own physical being in the profession that she was in that was meant to actually help sustain her life from that point on. So we got to look a little deeper into this. She took what was valuable, could sustain her, could provide for her, and she broke it and poured it on his feet.

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But yet the one who had status, money, notoriety, he wasn’t willing to bend over at all.

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Matthew chapter 910 through 13 says another account Jesus once again is kicking back, reclining at a table as Jesus reclined at the table in the house. Behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw this, here they go again. They said to his disciples, why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?

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Right? These are the outcasts of society. Why are you hanging with them?

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But when he heard it, Jesus said, those who are well have no need of a physician. Those who are sick. Oh, excuse me, but those who are sick, those who are well have no need of a physician. But those who are sick need a physician. Go and learn what this means.

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And this entire story. Here’s the here’s the takeaway for today.

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I this is Jesus speaking. I desire mercy and not sacrifice. For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.

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I’m going to cut to James two here, because this is really the heart of what Jesus was driving home. There’s a lot in that parable. There’s a lot. There’s a lot to say about the Pharisees in their their hearts. And you know, the warning here to us today is that self-righteousness. And I you know, I have to repent from self-righteousness.

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I grew up in a church. I didn’t witness as many things. I did do drugs, and I did some alcohol, and I did mess around and I did a lot of things before I got married. And I am not innocent.

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Like there was another account in the Bible where a Pharisee stood up and praying before God and said, Lord, I’m so thankful that I’m not like those guys, that sinner over there and that sinner. I’m not as bad as them. I’m not. I’m not doing what they did. I didn’t come out of what they came out of.

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And then there’s another man who steps up and prays before God. He beats his chest. He’s distraught. He says, God forgive me. I’m a sinner. Forgive me. I’m captive. I’m a slave to sin. Forgive me. Help me.

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What Jesus is opening up in our understanding here is that the Pharisee was just as much a sinner.

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He kept all these ritualistic things on the outside. You go into Matthew 23 and some other, some other parts of the gospel where Jesus says, you’re whitewashed tombs. You cleaned the outside of the cup, but the inside of it is filthy. And so the warning here, I’m just putting this very gently, because I understand the heart of of God here in Luke seven and Jesus himself the way he was teaching and opening up, understanding.

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Hopefully their eyes were opened. Hopefully our eyes are opened that no matter how righteous we think we are, how good what I’ve done, how great what I’ve been able to accomplish, I’m blessed.

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We still have to walk in a place of humility and worship before the Lord in thanksgiving, in gratitude for all he has delivered us from. That’s first, but second, which is the second command we were to love our neighbor. We have to consider our neighbor. And I’ll say this real blunt we cannot be people who use comparison in any way, because comparison, as soon as you start comparing, it’s called self righteousness.

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Because you’re either like pastor Bob says this, you’re either going to compare your best to someone’s worst, or you’re going to compare your worst to their best.

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Let’s take a look at it quickly from the sinners perspective. Oh, I’m sinner, I’m lowly, I have nothing, I haven’t attained anything. I’m unsuccessful. I’m an outcast of society. I’m always going to be like this. My parents were like this. I didn’t have a good upbringing. I came from this side of the street. You.

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Discounting myself because I’m comparing myself to someone else who looks higher up. Guess what? Jesus sat at the same level with both.

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So we have to see. Through the eyes of Jesus, both those who are in dire need.

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And those who got a little more going but also have a dire need. James two says, my brothers show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. First, a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in. And if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, you sit here in a good place while you say to the poor man, stand over there, that’s an inside table, and that outside perimeter.

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Or you say, here, sit at my feet. Kind of like the sinful woman. Have you not then made distinctions among yourself and become judges with evil thoughts?

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Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him? But you have dishonored the poor man. You are not the rich, the ones who oppress you and the ones who drag you into court. Are they not the ones who blaspheme the honorable name by which you were called?

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Again, we’re talking about the Pharisees, right? But not us. But.

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Definitely not me. Verse eight. If you really fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, listen to this. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. You are doing well. That’s what the law really. If you’re fulfilling the law, you’re loving your neighbor as yourself. But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

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For whosoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it. For he who said do not commit adultery also said, do not murder. If you do not commit adultery, but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. Think about this. The Pharisee accusing her she’s a sinner. She’s a prostitute.

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Da da da da da. And he’s like, okay, well, you’re critical, judgmental, self-righteous sinners. You’re both sinning. You’re both you’re both messing it up. You’re both transgressing. Verse 12. So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. Thank you, Lord. Amen. I there’s good news in here.

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Speak and act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment, so the kingdom way. So we’re talking about this and understanding the way we, we are to operate as citizens of the Kingdom. That is a mercy first kingdom.

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Amen. That is a mercy that triumphs over judgment instead of going into a first circle. Judging, judging, judging. We’re going into a Jesus view. Mercy. I just speak mercy to your life. Mercy to your life. Come underneath the mercy of Christ. Come to his feet. Come present yourself to his table. He has mercy for you. Yes, we see that in the way that he entreated so beautifully, so humbly, so mercifully.

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The woman.

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The kingdom way in Romans 14 says, 14 verse 17 says, For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace, and joy, and the Holy Spirit. For he who in this way serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men. So when those who then we pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another, do not tear down the work of God for the sake of food, the kingdom way.

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It’s righteousness, peace, and joy. You know the very end of that parable the Lord tells are your sins are forgiven. Go in peace.

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Wow. She could now go in peace. Why? Her sins, her identity, everything had been broken and poured out before the Lord. The Lord said, you’re forgiven.

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Now go without the condemnation on your life. Go without the stain, the label because he’s made you white as snow. Go now and be at peace. Live in society. Guess what society may still say. Listen to me. You’re a sinner. You’re a drunkard. We’ve seen you down there in Sonora bars before. We’ve seen you doing this out with people in the middle of the night.

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We heard you were in prison. We knew you were in jail. But go in peace. Why? Because you now sit at the feet of Jesus. You don’t take on the societal accusations because your identity has now been washed, cleansed by the blood of Christ. And as we sit in the room, those in Christ, if we ever find in our heart where we’re going, I don’t know, well, you can come in, but you can sit over there.

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I’m being real right now. You can. You’re welcome in. Come on in. But but we’ve got a you can, you know.

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That’s not fellowship.

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So I close with this. Hey, Jayden, can you can play. I want to extend that invitation from the Lord.

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This isn’t a big ordeal, but just simply, if you find yourself in one of these two places.

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Where your past history, identity is overwhelming, you. And you need relief from that.

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Or maybe you have no idea about what Jesus actually has to offer. I want to just submit to you the gospel.

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It’s the gospel of Jesus that is the power to salvation. It’s the power to save, and it’s the power to sanctify. It’s the power to make hold the power to glorify.

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And I confess that I would be such a gnarly, nasty, self conceited Pharisee if it weren’t for the work of Jesus in my life. I might have got a lot of things right. I might have lived good or think I’m a good person. But even if I think I’m a good person, I haven’t done anybody wrong. But it’s something I compare myself to, somebody I have fallen short the second I hurl out an accusation, a criticism, a judgment.

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I have fallen short. And so I need to bring myself, just like the woman did, to the feet of Jesus, to worship him and seek his forgiveness. And I might even need to take it a step further and seek the forgiveness of my brother or my sister, who I have been critical or judgmental against. That is what the Lord’s Table represents.

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When he welcomes us to his table, it’s not for us to just sit there and be fed, and to keep people down by our feet and push them out to the perimeter. It’s actually to be like Jesus and to welcome them into the depths and the richness and the goodness.

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That he has for them. But he wants to pour out through each of us.

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People of God. We cannot withhold God’s mercy from those who need it so desperately.

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When we don’t prepare a place for people, we withhold. See, we don’t think we’re withholding from God. Because I love you, God. I’m devoted to God. He says. You’re not devoted to me because you’re not devoted to my body.

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So I don’t know what boat you may find yourself in today. And as the spirit of the Lord moves upon you, I just invite you to come like the woman did, presented herself to the feet of Jesus, let her life break open, and be made bare before him. What’s valuable? We put it his feet and surrender to him so that he can work of forgiveness in our hearts.

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A changing in our perspective.

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If you want to make that devotion right there in your seat, that’s fine too. This is not meant to call anybody out. It’s just the Spirit of God moving today.

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Oh, God, we hear your invitation to come and.

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Father, if there be anything in us. Oh, God, this displeasing in your sight. Forgive us for. We won’t hold back from your body. God, we won’t withhold from your body God any more.

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I’m really happy to see men coming forward because the Lord wanted to speak to his men. We can’t hold back men.

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Father, forgive us for being critical, judgmental, self-righteous.

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Father, forgive us for habitual sins and being stuck in this place. We thankful that you are. You’re always faithful and just to forgive us when we come and we confess.

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Corruption.

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As Chakrabarty and Baratheon. And that you show us.

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She did it for the kingdom of God. She has.

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Brought another dish.

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Editorial order. Yet another card. The Jewish. Issue.

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If there’s anybody here today who doesn’t have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, this is your day. Jesus came to the earth.

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To redeem fallen mankind. Mankind fell because of sin. It was disobedience to God. And we fell away from our father. We were abandoned to him, blind to him. We had no idea who he was. And God, in his mercy. According