Jesus Annointed by A Sinful Women
Like 7:36-50 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. 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. 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. 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.And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on.There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him more. Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
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.Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.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. And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.
Here we have a woman who was looked down by her society because of the things she is known by; a sinful woman. She carries that title with her wherever she goes. We get to see through her story many different aspects that might even feel a lot like our own life. As we try to move forward with forgiveness and turn out own life around in christ. In her story we get to see how the Pharisee versus the known fact that she has been a sinful woman in her deeds. We also get to see hospitality and the overflowing love of a woman that will give all that she has to Jesus. We also get to see how our self worth by being righteous and also increase another person self worth by repentance and forgiveness. Best of all we also have Jesus who says to the crowd " Do you see this women? " How much of an impact can that be on her soul for him to say " Do you see her? All that she has done for me since she has been here? "
The facts we know about her is Simon thought" if he be a prophet how can he also this? " So now we are learning what others think of her as she is placing the ointment among the saviors feet. She is very looked down upon by society. Her sins have carried on throughout the days in the city. No one paying attention to her and everyone knowing her reputation among the street. How much do we look down at those woman in our own society for their reputation that doesn't go along with our own belief? Many times we add for the wounds that they all ready carry. We don't know what their driving force is or what desires their heart has. We don't even know a lot of their history that they keep inside and still try to stand strong and even some try to move forward. Especially women in a domestic abuse situation. They are tattered and worn to the very edges that even they like this sinful woman are an object of continual criticism. Feeling the shame of society and even have a drive above all things to move forward in life. I know very will that drive being abused. This woman has a heart inward and outward was broken and shattered. Feeling of her spirit being broken and so wounded by others. Then we see her in her story knowing where Jesus was at taking ointment with her to do the will she felt was needed to be seen by him.
Back in the time of Jesus people were taken into the guests house feet washed and oil placed on their head as a sign of hospitality. As we read in the story Jesus tells Simon of How this lady washed her feet, dried them with her hair, puts oil on them, and never stops kissing them since she had been there. He then asks him where was the water for my feet and the oil for my head. You invited me to come but yet have not done any of the things like this woman has done for me. This mad me think how many times in our life do we invite the Savior into our life but not follow through on what would make him comfortable and feel as though he is a guest in our house? Is there things that we need to turn around to make him feel as though he is welcomed. What things do the scriptures teach us about biblical hospitality to others? As this woman has shown in her hospitality we meet them and welcome them along the way at where a person is at. We adore them and give welcome to make another comfortable as though they are the best of everything we know as though it was Jesus himself that was in front of us. Because as scripture teaches us what we do to another we do into him.
which is the self worth of righteousness and forgiveness. Many of us hold onto the rod of righteousness never steering from the path. With the goal of making it back to him. But are we really holding it right when we look past another who has felt that they have failed miserably in their life because they took another path? As time passes they still feel deep down the humiliation the pain of their son or the deep pain from someone else son that has been acted upon them. We don't know the fragile weakness that might have taken them to where they are or where they have been. We also don't realize how much they fight and know Christ in their heart seeking his redemption in their life. We also don't know if we are the seed that is being planted to get to know Jesus and all that he can do for them to be seen in the eyes of another that they have worth and that God sees that same worth inside them. As the woman kisses the saviors feet she marks the deep reverence and a repetitive action to be redeemed by him. Her heart sorrowful looking for what is better. When he turns to her and says your forgiven.
We also know that Jesus says to Simon " Do you see her? " Do you see her he asks. What did we all miss that even Jesus looks and we are reminded in the story of " Do you see her? " Do we see all that she has done to come and find Christ because she heard that he was there. Do we see all her actions to be redeemed from her past to make her whole again and to go about doing all she can for him? Do we see how her heart is humbled to serve the Lord where she is at and to show a great love towards him and all that he will do for her? Do we see her great faith to step out in society and take a risk in faith for her salvation? With those questions in mind when we meet another person how do we react the way Simon did when this women came in and entered the house giving all for Christ, or do we act like the Savior did and know that there is more to them than our ordinary eye can see? As we move through life we don't always want to stay tattered and torn we want to be seen and know that our faith brings us redemption from the pains we hold. The forgiveness that we give like the savior would shows how much forgiveness can lead to love and be saved by faith through christ. We can be so humbly grateful he sees our hearts true intentions and doesn't hold us for our past. That because of all he has done for us we can learn to move forward and take a risk for him in testifying the truthfulness of the atonement in our life.
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.Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.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. And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.
Here we have a woman who was looked down by her society because of the things she is known by; a sinful woman. She carries that title with her wherever she goes. We get to see through her story many different aspects that might even feel a lot like our own life. As we try to move forward with forgiveness and turn out own life around in christ. In her story we get to see how the Pharisee versus the known fact that she has been a sinful woman in her deeds. We also get to see hospitality and the overflowing love of a woman that will give all that she has to Jesus. We also get to see how our self worth by being righteous and also increase another person self worth by repentance and forgiveness. Best of all we also have Jesus who says to the crowd " Do you see this women? " How much of an impact can that be on her soul for him to say " Do you see her? All that she has done for me since she has been here? "
The facts we know about her is Simon thought" if he be a prophet how can he also this? " So now we are learning what others think of her as she is placing the ointment among the saviors feet. She is very looked down upon by society. Her sins have carried on throughout the days in the city. No one paying attention to her and everyone knowing her reputation among the street. How much do we look down at those woman in our own society for their reputation that doesn't go along with our own belief? Many times we add for the wounds that they all ready carry. We don't know what their driving force is or what desires their heart has. We don't even know a lot of their history that they keep inside and still try to stand strong and even some try to move forward. Especially women in a domestic abuse situation. They are tattered and worn to the very edges that even they like this sinful woman are an object of continual criticism. Feeling the shame of society and even have a drive above all things to move forward in life. I know very will that drive being abused. This woman has a heart inward and outward was broken and shattered. Feeling of her spirit being broken and so wounded by others. Then we see her in her story knowing where Jesus was at taking ointment with her to do the will she felt was needed to be seen by him.
Back in the time of Jesus people were taken into the guests house feet washed and oil placed on their head as a sign of hospitality. As we read in the story Jesus tells Simon of How this lady washed her feet, dried them with her hair, puts oil on them, and never stops kissing them since she had been there. He then asks him where was the water for my feet and the oil for my head. You invited me to come but yet have not done any of the things like this woman has done for me. This mad me think how many times in our life do we invite the Savior into our life but not follow through on what would make him comfortable and feel as though he is a guest in our house? Is there things that we need to turn around to make him feel as though he is welcomed. What things do the scriptures teach us about biblical hospitality to others? As this woman has shown in her hospitality we meet them and welcome them along the way at where a person is at. We adore them and give welcome to make another comfortable as though they are the best of everything we know as though it was Jesus himself that was in front of us. Because as scripture teaches us what we do to another we do into him.
which is the self worth of righteousness and forgiveness. Many of us hold onto the rod of righteousness never steering from the path. With the goal of making it back to him. But are we really holding it right when we look past another who has felt that they have failed miserably in their life because they took another path? As time passes they still feel deep down the humiliation the pain of their son or the deep pain from someone else son that has been acted upon them. We don't know the fragile weakness that might have taken them to where they are or where they have been. We also don't realize how much they fight and know Christ in their heart seeking his redemption in their life. We also don't know if we are the seed that is being planted to get to know Jesus and all that he can do for them to be seen in the eyes of another that they have worth and that God sees that same worth inside them. As the woman kisses the saviors feet she marks the deep reverence and a repetitive action to be redeemed by him. Her heart sorrowful looking for what is better. When he turns to her and says your forgiven.
We also know that Jesus says to Simon " Do you see her? " Do you see her he asks. What did we all miss that even Jesus looks and we are reminded in the story of " Do you see her? " Do we see all that she has done to come and find Christ because she heard that he was there. Do we see all her actions to be redeemed from her past to make her whole again and to go about doing all she can for him? Do we see how her heart is humbled to serve the Lord where she is at and to show a great love towards him and all that he will do for her? Do we see her great faith to step out in society and take a risk in faith for her salvation? With those questions in mind when we meet another person how do we react the way Simon did when this women came in and entered the house giving all for Christ, or do we act like the Savior did and know that there is more to them than our ordinary eye can see? As we move through life we don't always want to stay tattered and torn we want to be seen and know that our faith brings us redemption from the pains we hold. The forgiveness that we give like the savior would shows how much forgiveness can lead to love and be saved by faith through christ. We can be so humbly grateful he sees our hearts true intentions and doesn't hold us for our past. That because of all he has done for us we can learn to move forward and take a risk for him in testifying the truthfulness of the atonement in our life.
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