EXPERIENCING FORGIVENESS (4 OF 4)
Scripture: Luke 7:36-50
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Title: Experiencing FORGIVENESS (4 of 4)
Series: Experiencing Jesus
Author: David Ireland
Text: Luke 7:36-50
1.0 Today ends our 4-Pt series Experiencing Jesus.
1.1 One of the best ways to truly "get Jesus" is to experience Him.
A) By witnessing Jesus' grace, mercy, and His powerful forgiveness, you'll experience Him.
1. We're living in a broken world where terrible atrocities exist.
i. How do you forgive others when the pain they cause run deep?
ii. How do you forgive yourself when your own actions create internal pain?
2. Experienced FORGIVENESS starts with Jesus and ends with a transformed life.
B) As we examine the text, we are seeking to answer two important questions.
Q1. What does EXPERIENCING God's forgiveness mean?
Q2. Have you EXPERIENCED God's forgiveness?
Luke 7:36-50 (NIV)-"36 When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table. 37 A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee's house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. 38 As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them.
39 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is-that she is a sinner." 40 Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to tell you." "Tell me, teacher," he said. 41 "Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42 Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?" 43 Simon replied, "I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven." "You have judged correctly," Jesus said.
The Story's Setting:
(1) Jesus was invited to dinner at the home of a prom ...
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