The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-02-12


that Christ Jesus came into the :a
to save sinners; Of whom am chTts..=..
=. PRIMARY TOPIC-Jesus and Those
Who Do Wrong ~
JUNIOR TOPIC-Jesus and Wrong
doors.
= INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
tIC-Jesus the Friend of Sinners
7 YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
iIC-Jesus Transforming Sinners.
I. A Penitent Woman's Act of Love
i(vv. 81, 3S).
l. The place ". 81. 1t was in the
home Of Simon, the Pharisee, while
Jesus was sitting at meat. When she
knew of Christ's visit in this home, she
came to layish>upon him her affections.
!, 2. The act ". 3S). She washed Jesus
feet with her tears and wiped them
with her hair Through some means
she had heard of the pardoning grace
IOf Jesus Christ and God had opened
her heart to receive Jesus as her per-
sonal Savior.
5. Who she was ". 81. Her name
is not given. There is no good ground
for assuming that she was Mary Mag
dalene. The implication is that she
was of VIGOROUSLY bad character.
Though known to the public as a bad
woman, something had happened which
transformed her. She was a saved sim
iner because she believed on Jesus
Christ.
II. The Pharisee's Displeasure
Nv. 39).
Simon felt scandalized by such a
happening at his table. He was a re-
spectacle man. For Jesus to tolerate
isuch familiarity on the part of a wom-
ian of such evil repute greatly per-
ipleXed him. Though he believed in
Jesus enough to invite him to dine
with him, he questioned within him
self as to whether, after all, he was
mot mistaken. He reasoned if Jesus
were a real prophet, he would have
known the character of this woman
and would have either withdrawn his
feet from her or thrust her back with
them; or if he knew her character. his
tolerance of such familiarity proved
that he was not good man.
III. Jesus Teaches the Pharisee
wv. 40-50).
He taught him by means Of the
parable of a creditor and two debtors.
It is to be noted that Jesus made it
very clear that he not only knew the
woman but knew Simon also.
/. The common debt ". 41). The
woman was a sinner-so was Simon,
though he was not the same kind Of a
sinner that she was. There were two
debtors, though the one owed ten times
AS much as the other. This is still
representative Of all sinners. The Bible
declares all to be sinners, yet recog-
nizes degrees Of guilt. Full credit
ought to be given to the man who is
honest, virtuous, generous, and kind,
yet such a life will not secure en-
trance into heaven. Much harm has
been done by even evangelical preach
ers through failure to recognize the
essential differences in human char
acter. On the other hand, the SaviOr's
words are severe rebuke to the re-
spectacle Pharisees who are sitting
in judgment against sinners of a
coarser type.
2. The common insolvency ". 42).
''And when they had nothing to pay"
Jesus freely granted the difference in
the degree of the woman'S sins and
those of the Pharisee, but drove home
to him the fact that they were both
debtors and had nothing with which
to pay Rom. 3 :23). AS sinners we
may quit our shining and hate our
faction for the sins of the past. What
we have done Is irrevocable-it has
passed from our reach. Every trans
lgression shall receive just recon-
,pense of reward (Heb. 2i:2). We must
come to our Redeemer, the Almighty
God, and acknowledge our insolvency
and accept the kindness of Jesus
Christ who bore our sins in his own
body on the tree Il Pet. 2:2D.
8. The relation Of forgiveness and
AoEe wv 1f-ooj' o4llioh ieluCldhl an
swer to Jesus question showed that he
got the point of Jesus teaching. In
order to make his teaching concrete,
Jesus turned to the woman, calling
Simon's attention to what she had
done in contrast to what he had done
Simon had neglected to extend to
Jesus the common courtesies of a re-
spectacle guest, but this woman had
Iavished upon him her affections and
gifts. The measure of ones love is de-
termined by the measure of the appre-
hension of sins forgiven. The one most
forgiven will love most. Frequently the
worst sinners make the best saints.