Sermons on Luke 7:47:

Freedom & Forgiveness Are Never Free!

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Dec 20, 2000

"Freedom is never free." It sounds like a paradox when you say it, but it is true. "Freedom is never free." In the same way, forgiveness is never free.

MELVIN NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED: 2016) TEXT: Luke 7:36-50 As you know, Friday was Veteran's Day. Throughout this nation & around the world, wherever our nation's flag flies, some people, at least, paused to remember the price that has ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Love Story

Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 1, 2001

A demonstration of divine and human love intermingling.

Love Story Luke 7:36-50 I LIKE LOVE STORIES. I guess I’m just a hopeless romantic. In Luke, chapter 7, we find a love story of the highest sort. It is not a romance; it’s far above that. It’s the story of one woman’s devotion to her God. The scene is the courtyard of the house of Simon ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Wesleyan

How Much Is God Worth To You?

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Feb 12, 2001

This sermon deals with the value we place on what the Lord has done for us.

How Much Is God Worth 4/13/97 Proverbs 3:1-15 1 Timothy 6:6-21 Text Luke 7:36 Some things hold their value no matter where you go or when you go. If you took a time travel machine and had some diamonds, you could be sure you had something of great value because of its ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-21, Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Jesus & The Party Crasher Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 13, 2001

What did Simon intend to do by snubbing Jesus as he did, and what exactly was the woman doing there at the party?

Alan Calhoun, Bristol, Connecticut told of a tag sale (garage sale) he and wife had a year or so ago. They had decided to put out a mirror they’d received as a wedding gift. The reason they were selling it was that it had a gaudy aqua-colored metal frame and they just couldn’t find a room in ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

How Jesus Approached The Proud And The Humble

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

It is pride which has been the chief cause of misery in every nation and every family since the world began. - C. S. Lewis God pickles the proud and preserves the foolish.

How Jesus Approached the Proud and the Humble (Luke 7:36-50) The Lord Jesus was the Master of approaching people at the point of their need and their level of receptivity. He knew how to move from a person’s felt need to their perceived need to their human need as a gateway to their spiritual ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Come See What's Free

Contributed by Robert Rust on Oct 18, 2000

This morning's Scripture lesson describes a common reoccurring Biblical theme of sin and forgiveness.

This morning's Scripture lesson describes a common reoccurring Biblical theme of sin and forgiveness. Sound kind of familiar? We sin, God forgives. But the characters of this story provide us with a special opportunity to see what real forgiveness is all about. Our story takes us to the home of a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50

An Invitation To Get To Know Jesus

Contributed by Steven Chapman on May 2, 2001

Step into the shoes of those around the table at Simon’s house.

Luke 7:36-50 It was an invitation that I couldn’t refuse. Oh, I had received lots of invitations in my lifetime; invitations to weddings, invitations to parties, invitations to fund raising gatherings for religious organizations and political parties. But never an invitation quite like this one. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Do You See This Woman?

Contributed by Kreigh Hurst on May 5, 2001

The customs of the day allowed this woman to show her total devotion to Jesus and is in contrast to Simon’s refusal of Him. Hers is an example of how we should approach the master.

Introduction: Mother Teresa is a woman whose name has become synonymous with greatness. This correlation may have resulted from her philosophy of greatness. She simply believes, "We can do no great things; only small things with great love." Such words are reminiscent of our Lord’s immortal words ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Holiness

God Honors A Contrite Spirit

Contributed by Val Black on Jul 14, 2006

The Lord honors a contrite (broken) spirit more than a "religious" one. Often times traditons & doctrines of men appeal to the flesh but God is searching for a broken spirit to love, honor by His Presence and to renew.

God Honors A Contrite Spirit Luke 7:36-49 Wed. Evening – July 12, 2006 I. Luke 7:36 (KJV) And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat (or food). The word “desired” isn’t used in other translations. Most of them say ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-49

Denomination: Charismatic

Battling To Be Forgiven

Contributed by Jeffrey Poms on Sep 13, 2002

you’ll just have to read it

Battling to be Forgiven Read Luke 7:36-48 Look at someone and tell em I have ears to hear, what the Spirit has to say to me, and Im gonna get my blessing You don’t come to Jesus by accident! All of you here are here for a reason 3 Struggles to battle to get your forgiveness- it is already yours ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-48

Denomination: Pentecostal

When A Sinner Meets Jesus

Contributed by Howard Parnell on Oct 7, 2002

An in-depth look at the emotional and spiritual workings that take place in the heart of a woman who comes in contact with the Son of God.

WHEN A SINNER MEETS JESUS Luke 7:36-50 INTRO. Note the order of events briefly. (vs. 1-10) Jesus at Capernaum - heals the centurion’s servant. (vs. 11-17) Jesus in Nain (20 miles from Capernaum) - The widow’s son raised from the dead. (vs. 18-23) John the Baptist sends disciples to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Baptist

Can Good People Love God? Series

Contributed by Dave Weidlich on Oct 8, 2002

It’s a well-known fact that Jesus came to seek and to save those who are lost – the down-and-out. But what about the up-and-in? We are, and we live with, people who are not drug addicts, s and ex-cons. The folks we live with are highly educated, sophistic

Can Good People Love God? Rev. Dave Weidlich ~ Cooper Mountain Presbyterian Fellowship ~ Oct. 6, 2002 Read Zechariah 4:6 So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty. In our Luke passage, we find two people ...read more

Scripture: Zechariah 4:6, Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Do You See This Woman

Contributed by Richard White on Oct 9, 2002

Many religious people see others as "High Maintenance" and not see their potential.

Do you see this woman? Luke 7:36-50 Illustration: Grace Llewelyn Smith tombstone, no date of death or a date of birth just the names of her two husbands and this epitaph. “Sleeps but rests not, Loved but was not loved, tried to please but pleased not, died as she lived—alone.” Long nights, empty ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Battling To Be Forgiven

Contributed by Jeff Poms on Jan 18, 2007

This is a great message on the faith it takes to overcome guilt.

Battling to be Forgiven Read Luke 7:36-48 Look at someone and tell em I have ears to hear, what the Spirit has to say to me, and Im gonna get my blessing You don’t come to Jesus by accident! All of you here are here for a reason 3 Struggles to battle to get your forgiveness- it is already yours ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-48

Denomination: Vineyard

Find Salvation At Jesus' Feet

Contributed by Michael Otterstatter on Jun 30, 2001

Like the woman who had lived a sinful life may we find salvation at Jesus’ feet.

"At Jesus’ feet..." That is a phrase we hear a number of times in the gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) Can you think of some of the times that people fell down at Jesus’ feet? Can you recall why various people placed themselves at the feet of Jesus and what they did there? There were ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Lutheran