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Introduction
Visit to Pastor’s home in Kerala.
Went to the very southern tip of India, drove past beaches, palm trees, ponds, and arrived at a Small church.
Pastor lived on the backside of the church.
His home was just sheets of old rusty tin hanging off the back of the buildijng.
His son had never tasted Coca Cola.
But he bought one for me and insisted that I drink it.
Fixed a gourment Indian meal, and then they all sat and watched me eat it.
When it was time for Church, they put a ley, a necklace of flowers, around my neck.
Not sure I have ever had a more gracious welcome.
In the New Testament, there were similar customs for greeting a guest.
As we read the passage today, I want you to look for hints of what their customs were for greeting guests.
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Pride will never properly honor Jesus
Introduction
Visit to Pastor’s home in Kerala.
Went to the very southern tip of India, drove past beaches, palm trees, ponds, and arrived at a Small church.
Pastor lived on the backside of the church.
His home was just sheets of old rusty tin hanging off the back of the buildijng.
His son had never tasted Coca Cola.
But he bought one for me and insisted that I drink it.
Fixed a gourment Indian meal, and then they all sat and watched me eat it.
Intro
When it was time for Church, they put a ley, a necklace of flowers, around my neck.
Not sure I have ever had a more gracious welcome.
In the New Testament, there were similar customs for greeting a guest.
As we read the passage today, I want you to look for hints of what their customs were for greeting guests.
Pride will never properly honor Jesus
Simon did not see his own needs.
Her perceived himself to be a pretty good person.
He went to Church regularly.
Memorized the Bible.
Gave his tithe.
Hung out with good people.
He even went to see Jesus, the amazing new evangelist.
More than that… he did a really cool good deed.
He invited Jesus into his home.
But the problem begins when Jesus gets to his house.
How many of you understand- it is easy to look good in public, to act right at Church, to impress people from a distance.
But things change when people get to our house.
They see our messes.
They hear our arguments.
They watch our mistakes.
You can only fake it for so long.
If people get close enough, they are eventually going to see the real us.
Simon’s problem was that he could not see the real Simon.
Pride has a way of skewing our vision.
Pride does not see itself correctly.
Pride does not see itself correctly.
Pride does not see others correctly.
Prides does not see Jesus correctly.
Pride blinds us to our own faults while highlighting the faults of others.
Simon’s pride skewed how Simon saw everything.
Simon saw Jesus as just another man.
Simon saw the sinful woman as unforgiveable.
Simon saw himself as pretty good, alright, on the right track.
There were certain customs in that day that you would perform for all special guests...
Give them water to wash the dust off their face
Wash their feet
Kiss them
Give them oil to moisturize their face
Apply oil to their feet to sooth and refresh them
Present them with perfume to cover the smell of the road
When Jesus enters Simon’s home, Simon is polite but he does none of these things for Jesus.
Of course, no polite guest would fuss about not getting this special treatment.
But this clearly communicates how Simon feels about Jesus in his heart.
Perhaps he feels he is better than Jesus, or at least as good.
Perhaps he feels he has done enough- inviting Jesus to his home and preparing a meal for Him.
Perhaps Simon feels like Jesus should be grateful to even get to come to his home, grateful to be getting a meal with such great religious leader like himself.
How many of us approach God in that way.
We act like we are doing God a favor by coming to Church, giving an offering, reading the Bible.
But the truth is- God needs none of this.
He needs nothing from us.
If we do any of these things sincerely, we benefit ourselves.
If we do not do them sincerely, then we just waste our time.
Religion is the source of so much pride.
Religion is man’s attempt to make himself right with God.
Our best attempts always fail.
The truth is this- man can never make himself right with God.
Man can never cleanse his own sins.
Man can never save himself.
But that does not stop us from trying, from relying on ourselves.
Illustration: washing your hands with mud.
You will never get clean.
Helping others.
We don’t make others better.
We only spread the filth.
Simon’s pride blinds him to seeing who Jesus truly is.
Simon’s pride blinds him to seeing his own sin.
Simon’s pride blinds him to seeing God’s love for this broken woman.
Humility Opens Our Eyes To See Things Clearly
When SImon sees this woman, he recognizes her as a woman who has been sexually immoral.
We don’t know.
She may have been a prostitute.
She may have been an adulteress.
She may have had multiple husbands.
The Bible does not tell us exactly.
But what the Bible tells us is this: Simon knew this woman was a sinner, a woman of doubtful character, a woman Simon apparently would never let touch him.
That is what religion does.
It highlights the sins of others.
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