2021 June 14

Luke 7:47c (Jesus is speaking) “to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.”

The story focuses on the woman who crashed a Pharisee’s dinner party, anointing Jesus’ feet with costly ointment and abundant tears, then wiping them dry with her own hair. She likely embarrassed everyone present—except Jesus, who put aside all surface sense of decorum, saw through to her heart, and, as was His way, taught all who were present. She’d been labeled a sinner by those who knew her. She was regarded as forgiven by Jesus, not because she acted right, but because her heart was right. Upshot: True worship does not emerge from anything of ours: good behavior, social standing, propriety, or even our eagerness or devotion. Those things are incidental compared to the real root of real worship: forgiveness. All have sinned…

Pastor Lisa Bosworth