Homes Jesus Visited

Lesson 7

 

                                         THE HOME OF SIMON THE PHARISEE

                                                                   Luke 7:36-50

 

1.                  This happened when the ministry of Jesus was progressing and people were having to decide what they thought of him.

 

2.                  Jesus goes now as a guest to a home which is very much unlike those we have studied thus far, but where the issue is very much the same: the nature of ________________.

 

3.                  Two people, two approaches:

a.                   Simon, the Pharisee who is the host.

i.                    Satisfied with ______________, looking at others, thinking within himself

ii.                  Making critical ________________ about them

iii.                Offering no real ______________ or kindness

b.                  The unnamed woman, a sinner in that city.

i.                    Obviously deeply ______________ and moved

ii.                  Completely focused on the Lord, _______________ conscious

iii.                Offering costly personal _______________

 

4.                  The difference:

a.                   Jesus illustrated the difference with a story.

i.                    Two ____________, one owing five hundred, the other fifty

ii.                  Both freely __________________

iii.                The question: Which will ____________ most?

b.                  The difference was that the woman had been forgiven much, and she knew it.

i.                    Verse 48, NASB: “Your sins ________ _________ forgiven”

ii.                  The harmonies suggest this occurred right after Matthew 11:28.

iii.                She was forgiven by the __________, through ____________.

 

5.                  When something is missing: what Simon’s lack of loving faith did not do:

a.                   Keep Jesus from ________________ the woman.

b.                  Keep the woman from _______________ the Lord.

 

6.                  Much love: look at the woman washing, kissing, anointing.

a.                   What does her example tell us about the nature of loving faith?

b.                  Consider 1 Corinthians 15:8-10.  How were her actions repeated in this case?

c.                   Think about 1 Thessalonians 1:3.  How was the spirit of this woman being duplicated in this church?

 

7.                  What should we learn about Jesus from his visit to the house of Simon?  About ourselves?