No More Shame - Go live Free

Luke 7:36-50

Writer: Luke a physician 

Purpose: Give a detailed account of the life of Jesus

Setting of today's text: Jesus is in the house of Simon a Pharisee (Religious Jesus leader- expert of the law) Religious people not known for living holy, prideful and judgemental people. Loved to question Jesus concerning the law they did not severance him as Messiah.

This was a time where Romans ruled, sickness was equated to sin. Broken people were looked down upon and separated for the "good people"

Life for those labeled “sinners” in first-century Palestine was marked by profound social exclusion and spiritual despair. The religious establishment classified certain people as “sinners”—a technical designation meaning God didn’t favor them—and attributed their marginalized, ostracized, and shamed circumstances to divine disfavor.1 In a religious culture where mercy was conspicuously absent, these individuals had no expectations, no future, and consequently no hope.1 They became convinced that somehow they deserved their fate.

Luke 7 outline

Luke Chapter 7

• Luke 7:1–10 — The Faith of the Centurion
• Luke 7:11–17 — Jesus Raises the Widow’s Son
• Luke 7:18-35 John the Baptist
• Luke 7:36–50 — The Sinful Woman Anoints Jesus

In this setting we encounter a woman well known for her sin as she encounters Jesus

Remember people walked dusty roads to get from place to place 

Custom when a guest of honor entered your house

1. Have a servant wash there feet 
2. Kiss on the face as a gesture of welcoming and respect
3. Anoint their head with oil as a sign of respect and to refresh them 

Table arraignment: Jesus most likely was reclining on his left side with his legs extended  

The woman:

• No name given just called a sinner (Pharisee's did not see a person they saw a sinner)
• She came in humbly even lower than a servant
• She understood who she was and how people viewed her but she knew the master was her only hope
• She never said anything she simply used what she had to anoint Jesus 
• Tears=brokenness
• Hair =beauty  (she was not vain)
• Alabaster box = her existence past, present future)

Alabaster box (flask) stone container made of alabaster that narrows near the top so that the costly oils and perfumes could be poured out carefully a little at a time.

In today's money the contents of this flask could be worth $15,000-$25,000 but its not the monetary value the was important its the fact that it was most likely all she had of value and she poured it out on Jesus 

Thoughts for today

1. Don't worry about who knows 
2. Fall the feet of Jesus in your brokeness
3. Pour it all out 
4. Walk away healed

 "Spiritual GPS: Following the Voice That Leads to Life"

Key Text: John 14:6

"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

Scriptures

Proverbs 14:12

"There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death."

James 2:10

"For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all."

Luke 24:49

"Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high."

John 16:13

"Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth..." 

Many years ago people followed their hearts

• Days of old before maps
• Many times you would get lost
• Relied on others experience to reach the desired destination

• Spiritually (doing what they thought was good
• Difficult period men did what they felt was right 
• Very easy to get off course
• Most people failed 
• Limited righteous people (Job,Noah,Abram)

Then we got maps

• They showed you the right way 
• Required an understanding of where you are going 
• One wrong term meant working to Gert back on course
• Knew where to go but required focus

• Spiritually this is the law period 
• Law pointed to what was right
• required focus 
• You had to do the works of the law to stay on course
• you still desired wrong even though you knew what was right 
• One wrong turn could lead to disaster 

Then we got GPS

• We now just follow the leader 
• Takes the guess work out
• Requires a connection for updated routes
• App must stay active for directions
• Put the destination in and it plots the route

• Spiritually this is the (Holy Spirit)
• Frees us from the works of the law
• Knows the way 
• Changes our heart
• Redirects us when we get off course
• The only way the believer will reach the desired destination 

FiChallenge

• Are you following God's route or your own?
• Are you listening to the Holy Spirit?
• Has your fruit revealed that you've gotten off course?
• If God is recalculating your route today, will you follow His directions?

Invitation

"Don't wait until you reach the end of the road to discover you were traveling in the wrong direction. Trust Jesus, follow the Holy Spirit, and let God guide you safely home."