THE FRAGRANCE OF FORGIVENESS (4 OF 4)
by Keith Krell
Scripture: Luke 7:36-50
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Title: The Fragrance of Forgiveness (4 of 4)
Series: Forgiven to Forgive
Author: Keith Krell
Text: Luke 7:36-50
When you step into your favorite coffee shop and catch a whiff of freshly roasted coffee, what emotionshit you? What about when you walk into a favorite Indian restaurant and are greeted by the warm fragrance of seasoned curry sitting heavily in the air? How about the pungent aroma of pine needles on an early spring morning? Finally, when you smell the familiar fragrance your mother wore, what memories flood your mind?
Science has concluded that the strongest link to emotion and memory isn't our sight or hearing, but our sense of smell. Certain scents take us back to where we first smelled them. Today, we're going to look at the fragrance of forgiveness that forever changed a woman's life. We'll consider the question: What characteristics identify someone who's been forgiven? Jesus answers this question in Luke 7:36-50.
1. Jesus Receives Worship from a Woman (7:36-39). In 7:36, Luke sets the table with the setting: "Now one of the Pharisees was requesting Him [Jesus] to dine with him, and He entered the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table." The term "Pharisee" occurs four times before Luke identifies the Pharisee as "Simon" in 7:40. To understand Luke's emphasis, we need to briefly define this term. The Pharisees were a group of highly educated laymen who separated themselves from ordinary Jews and obeyed God's law and additional human traditions that went well beyond Scripture. They were known to be so self-righteousthat over 2,000 years later, it's still an insult in the Western world to be called a Pharisee. The Pharisees frequently opposed Jesus. So that makes us wonder: Why did Simon, a Pharisee, invite Jesus over for dinner? Maybe he was curious about Jesus' teaching and wanted to hear more. Perhaps Simon liked rubbing elbows with celebrities. Maybe he invited Jesus because of his ego. Or perhaps Simon hoped to expose Jesus as ...
Series: Forgiven to Forgive
Author: Keith Krell
Text: Luke 7:36-50
When you step into your favorite coffee shop and catch a whiff of freshly roasted coffee, what emotionshit you? What about when you walk into a favorite Indian restaurant and are greeted by the warm fragrance of seasoned curry sitting heavily in the air? How about the pungent aroma of pine needles on an early spring morning? Finally, when you smell the familiar fragrance your mother wore, what memories flood your mind?
Science has concluded that the strongest link to emotion and memory isn't our sight or hearing, but our sense of smell. Certain scents take us back to where we first smelled them. Today, we're going to look at the fragrance of forgiveness that forever changed a woman's life. We'll consider the question: What characteristics identify someone who's been forgiven? Jesus answers this question in Luke 7:36-50.
1. Jesus Receives Worship from a Woman (7:36-39). In 7:36, Luke sets the table with the setting: "Now one of the Pharisees was requesting Him [Jesus] to dine with him, and He entered the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table." The term "Pharisee" occurs four times before Luke identifies the Pharisee as "Simon" in 7:40. To understand Luke's emphasis, we need to briefly define this term. The Pharisees were a group of highly educated laymen who separated themselves from ordinary Jews and obeyed God's law and additional human traditions that went well beyond Scripture. They were known to be so self-righteousthat over 2,000 years later, it's still an insult in the Western world to be called a Pharisee. The Pharisees frequently opposed Jesus. So that makes us wonder: Why did Simon, a Pharisee, invite Jesus over for dinner? Maybe he was curious about Jesus' teaching and wanted to hear more. Perhaps Simon liked rubbing elbows with celebrities. Maybe he invited Jesus because of his ego. Or perhaps Simon hoped to expose Jesus as ...
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