{"id":2457,"date":"2007-08-01T00:10:30","date_gmt":"2007-08-01T00:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2007\/08\/missional-jesus-28.html"},"modified":"2007-08-01T00:10:30","modified_gmt":"2007-08-01T00:10:30","slug":"missional-jesus-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2007\/08\/missional-jesus-28.html","title":{"rendered":"Missional Jesus 28"},"content":{"rendered":"

Missional Jesus moves on. Wherever he goes, missional Jesus happens. Today we look at a long-ish text, Luke 7:36-50, and we will see missional Jesus at work.
\n1. Missional Jesus makes mission happen even in the home of those who gave him the most opposition — the Pharisees.
\n2. Missional Jesus permits behavior by those outside the box to happen in ways that offend those inside the box.
\nLuke 7:36 Now one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. 37 When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume, 38 and as she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them.
\n39 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, \u201cIf this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is\u2013that she is a sinner.\u201d<\/em>
\n3. Missional Jesus teaches not only by showing; he teaches by telling stories that draw folks into the story in order to discover something about themselves. Simon learns, rather innocently, that those who have been forgiven more are more expressive.
\n40 Jesus answered him, \u201cSimon, I have something to tell you.\u201d
\n\u201cTell me, teacher,\u201d he said.
\n41 \u201cTwo men owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42 Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he canceled the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?\u201d
\n43 Simon replied, \u201cI suppose the one who had the bigger debt canceled.\u201d
\n\u201cYou have judged correctly,\u201d Jesus said.<\/em>
\n4. Missional Jesus points out the fault of Simon because he had failed to respond to Jesus as he should have. Simon did not show the basics of hospitality; she did — and it wasn’t even her home.
\n44 Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, \u201cDo you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. 46 You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. <\/em>
\n5. Missional Jesus forgives sins and restores forgiven sinners to society — to peace.
\n 47 Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven\u2013for she loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.\u201d
\n48 Then Jesus said to her, \u201cYour sins are forgiven.\u201d
\n49 The other guests began to say among themselves, \u201cWho is this who even forgives sins?\u201d
\n50 Jesus said to the woman, \u201cYour faith has saved you; go in peace.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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