Simon and the sinful woman
Gary Purdy spoke to us in chapel on Wednesday from Luke 7:36-50, the passage where the sinful woman comes to annount Jesus’ feet at Simon’s home. He challenged us in two ways. One, we can be like the sinful woman, so overwhelmed by our own sin and dirtiness that we hesitate to believe that Christ will welcome us. Yet, as we saw in this story, Christ allowed this woman to come to him, to touch his feet, to worship him, and he forgave her sins. There is nothing in our past, present, or future that can keep us from the love of Christ.
On the other side of this event, we can be like Simon, so sure of our own righteousness, always comparing our own actions to others, looking down on those whose sins are more outwardly manifested. If we are like Simon, Jesus has words that are simple, yet devastating “He who has been forgiven little, loves little.” In our self-righteousness, we limit our love and never really get the extent of Christ’s forgiveness and his sacrifice, and our great need for it.
Today, in chapel, we’re hearing from Jennifer Marshall, who’s speaking on “Now and Not Yet: Making Sense of Singleness in the Twenty-First Century.”
Published on 7 Nov 2008 by Christiana Fitzpatrick at 9:36 am.
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