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A Sinner Came To Dinner Series
Contributed by Ron Freeman, Evangelist on Nov 29, 2024 (message contributor)
Summary: To discuss a sinner who came to dinner while Jesus ate at a Pharisee’s house. Being reviled by all, full of remorse, she found forgiveness at Jesus’ feet while washing them with her tears and wiping them with her hair. She left restored and forgiven of her sins.
2) “And drink (if any man thirst), He that believeth on me, as the scriptures hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water,” John 7:37-39. Also, “And the Spirit, and the bride.” Say come,
3) "And let him that heareth say, Come. And whosoever will let him (come and) take the water of life freely," Revelation 22:17. This woman, now cometh unto Him that giveth the water of life. And let Him that is athirst say, Come…
d) “Behold, I stand at the door and knock, if any man will hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in and sup with him and he with me,” Revelation 3:20. As she weeps,
2. And washed Jesus’: “Feet with her tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed them” with love, tenderness, and kindness. Her tears tell it all to those with a compassionate, loving heart, like Jesus. The tears from her eyes were purifying her heart. See her tears, beloved of the Lord,
a. Tears of contrition (sorrow and sincere regret over her sins). The word “wash” here bears two meanings translated from two Interlinear.
1) The BLB translates the word "wash" in Gr., brecho, or brekh'-o, as to wash, to moisten (especially by a shower): —(send) rain, wash. The KJV of the bible, Luke 7:38.
2) The Englishman's Greek New Testament, Authorized Version of 1611, translated the word “brekh'-o” as “bedew.” It reads: “And (she) standing at his feet behind weeping, began to bedew His feet with tears,” page 173. KJV, Luke 7:38.
a) The word “brekh'-o" was translated as "bedew," which meant “to rain down.”
b) Her tears rained down upon Jesus’ feet from her eyes.
c) They were washing His feet, and she was wiping them with her hair.
NOTE: The New Revised Standard Version Interlinear so agrees. Consider,
3) The New Greek/English Interlinear New Testament reads: "With her tears, she began to wet the feet of Him and with the hair of the head of her she was wiping (them) off," Page 224.
a) This view more accurately depicts this woman's act of faith in Jesus.
b) Her tears “rained down upon Jesus' feet, sufficient to wash and rinse them.
c) She wiped them with her hair and applied a sweet perfume as she kissed them tenderly.
d) She ignored the scorn and endured the criticism to show her love for Him, who she believed could forgive her sins and grant her peace before God.
e) Peter wrote of this peace. He calls it: “The answer of a good conscience toward God,” 1 Peter 3:20-21. I will discuss this in our invitation. Amen, sister Ceilings and brother Doors! We observe,
b. A heart of repentance. No one will ever be forgiven of their sins until they become sorrowful enough to repent and forsake them. She came to Jesus broken, rejected, and scorned. What a heavy price she had paid for her sins. But Jesus loved her and knew the abounding depth of her love for Him. John the Baptist preached: "Bring forth, therefore, fruits worthy of repentance, and began not to say within yourselves: We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise children unto Abraham," Luke 3:8. What God requires, is a heart burden with repentance, and a steadfast resolve to confess and forsake our sins. We will revisit this later in the lesson. Observe,
