Jesus Forgives a Sinful Woman

Mark Driscoll Audio

Mark Driscoll

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.6 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2015

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

A notoriously sinful woman does the unthinkable: she goes, uninvited, to Simon the Pharisee’s home, where Jesus is eating with “holy” religious men. There, broken and sobbing, she lavishly worships Jesus: falling at his feet, cleaning them, anointing them with her best perfume, and kissing them. Her actions are passionate, but not erotic. She publicly and humbly acknowledges her sin before the most judgmental, condemning, and self-righteous men. Religious people see others’ sins, not their own. Yet “holy” Simon did none of what this woman did (worship, serve, repent of sin, or give generously). She responds so passionately and generously because Jesus loved her much, and she loved Jesus much. When you know how much Jesus loves you, and you love him back, it’s the beginning of your passionate, worshipful, generous relationship, and everything changes. Jesus also deals with her sin. He doesn’t excuse her many sins; he forgives her. What Jesus did for that woman he did for other women who followed him, and he continues to do for even more women today.

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0:00.0	On behalf of Pastor Mark Driscoll, we want to thank you for allowing us to bring you
0:07.3	Jesus Center Bible teaching. Like Pastor Mark always says, it's all about Jesus. To get
0:15.1	all Pastor Mark's sermons, blogs, books, and other content, please visit us at markdriscoll.org.
0:23.5	There you can also sign up to receive additional free content from Pastor Mark and support this
0:29.1	ministry with a gift of any amount. Thank you. And that leads us to the text today. So I move from
0:38.0	business to Bible and what we see is Jesus being really, really gracious and two different
0:43.2	responses. Someone who's very passionate as some of you are and someone who's very indifferent
0:48.8	as some of you are. And so if you'll turn with me to Luke chapter 7 verses 36 through chapter 8,
0:56.0	verse 3, I'll pray and we'll see what God has for us. Father God, thank you that you've been
1:01.4	exceedingly generous to us individually and corporately. Thank you how you continue to just show up
1:08.3	in big ways. I thank you that with all this good news, there's even additional good news that
1:13.3	would be premature to tell. There's more good news. Not to mention the greatest news of all that
1:18.6	the tomb is empty, that Jesus is alive, that sin is forgiven, that the Holy Spirit has been poured
1:23.8	out and that the nations arrive for the harvest. Jesus, we ask that you would send the Holy Spirit
1:29.6	so that we might study the scriptures that you've inspired to be written and that he would
1:33.9	illuminate our understanding of them and ignite in us a passion for you and for your kingdom
1:39.9	so that we might share in your joy and we ask for this grace in Jesus' good name. Amen.
1:46.6	Set up the sermon today. I want you to use your imagination for a moment. Imagine a woman
1:53.8	who lives in the Middle East, in a small town, and a very religious, highly conservative,
2:01.1	cultural context. Imagine that she is notoriously known as a sinful woman. Maybe she's sleeping
2:10.8	with her boyfriend, living with her boyfriend. She's the gal who gets passed around the class at school.
2:17.7	She is committing adultery with a married man. Maybe she is married and sheeding on her
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