I had some thoughts on the lady with the Alabaster box last week and wanted to journal them. There has been a lot of buzz on creeping worldliness lately, the internal and the external. Pharisee’s where all about the external this lady with the alabastar box was all about the internal. We need to find ourselves poured out at the feet of Jesus then time goes by and we can find ourselves in the Pharisee’s shoes. Our thoughts within get off center. We start focusing on certain things and forget about sacrificial love. Here are some thoughts I had on this part of Luke Chapter 7 –
Luk 7:36 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.
Luk 7:37 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, She brought all that she had and all that was in her and laid it at the feet of Jesus!!
Luk 7:38 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.
It is interesting that she is standing behind Jesus and not in front of Jesus. She took all the external dirt on Jesus’ feet and wiped it way with her tears and dried them. Her tears come from a internal feeling of brokenness and the manifestation on the outside are her tears. If we stay in this state “poured out” then someday we will be in front of Jesus casting our Crown at his feet!
Luk 7:39 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. The key here is “he spake within himself” his thoughts, his internal state was corrupt everything was right on the outside, tithes, etc… But on the inside he was corrupt.
Luk 7:40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on.
Luk 7:41 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.
Luk 7:42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
Luk 7:43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. This is huge! This man although black as sin on the inside can Judge a situation correctly? How many times do I judge a situation correctly but with the wrong spirit?
Luk 7:44 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. Luk 7:45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. Luk 7:46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. Luk 7:47 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.
Here we have a lady that yielded it all and we have a Pharisee who thought he knew it all about religion. We as followers of Christ find ourselves in both of these positions. I am the woman that pours it all out and some time goes by and I forget and become a Pharisee. Help us Lord find the poured out road and walk in humbleness, gratitude, and Love, MUCH LOVE -
Luk 7:48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
Luk 7:49 And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?
Luk 7:50 And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.
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