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Luke 7:36-50

Immoral Woman Kisses Jesus: Luke 7:16-50

This happened when Jesus was having dinner with some religious leaders. They couldn’t believe their eyes. What they saw made them seriously doubt Jesus’ teaching and claims about himself. After all any prophet from God would have known what kind of woman she was, so why was Jesus allowing her to kiss him? (see the Gospel of Luke 7:36-50).

Go in peace

The woman who came to Jesus showed incredible courage and humility. She endured the condemning stares and murmurs of the dinner guests while she washed Christ’s feet with her tears, dried them with her hair and then continued to kiss them in gratitude. She believed Jesus was both human and divine, sent to earth to rescue her from the mess she had made of her relationship with God and her life. There was no way she could pretend or cover up what she had done and who she had become. She came as she was with all her shame and guilt. However, when she left she was forgiven, made whole, made clean, and set free. She left a new person with a new life, a new hope and a renewed faith in God.

As a Pastor I meet a lot of people who don’t realise who God is really like. A lot of people think of him as being like the religious leaders who looked down on the woman, who condemned her in their minds. But God isn’t like that, he sent Jesus to do exactly what we see him doing for the immoral woman, setting her free of judgement, of guilt and of shame. the Rev

This article was published in the Western Echo and is on our Church Website.            

Romans: Go in Peace

Bible Reading: Luke 7:36-50

Exercises

• Discuss why this woman is amazing v36-39.

• Discuss why the Pharisee is ‘un-amazing’ v39-46.

•  Explore what it means for you to have your sins forgiven v47-50

• Share how this story encourages you.

• Share something of the peace Christ has brought to your story.

Prayer: Dear God, thank you for the example of this amazing woman who worshipped Jesus with all of her heart, unafraid of what people thought of her because she knew the love of Christ had touched her and forgiven her. Forgive me my pride that makes me afraid of what people think of me. Help me to love Jesus with the same devotion as this woman.  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it