Simon Meets Jesus - Week Five | Elyria Campus
People Meeting Jesus
“Simon Meets Jesus”
Luke 7:36, 39-47
Your perspective is determined by what you see.
- What Simon saw: The perspective of pride.
- Simon focuses on ritual purity rather than loving people.
- Simon sees the woman for her reputation, and treats her like a danger to be avoided.
- Simon judges Jesus for allowing a sinful woman to wash His feet.
Application: Pride produces a self-focused perspective that limits your ability to love.
- What Jesus saw: The perspective of grace.
- Jesus saw the condition of Simon’s heart.
- Jesus saw two debtors: Both owed a debt they couldn’t pay, and both were in need of God’s unmerited forgiveness.
- Jesus saw an opportunity to love: Jesus absorbs the offense and confronts the sin.
Take Home Truth: Only when we see our need for grace will we be free to love like Jesus.
