Luke 7:50
“Your faith has
saved you; go in peace.”
The story of the woman
who washed the feet of Jesus with her tears and her hair is one of the most
moving accounts in the New Testament.
Without saying a word, she proceeded with kissing and washing the Lord’s
feet with ointment – a very expensive one.
She knows that all the people in the party
is condemning her. But she also believes
that Jesus will not. She went there to
ask for forgiveness of her sins, and Jesus did not fail her. She received forgiveness that the religion at
that time could not give to her. Jesus’
love and forgiveness, not religion, changed her heart and her life.
This woman’s worship of Jesus was at a
great cost to her. It cost her the expensive vial of perfume, and the humility
to kiss, wash, and dry the dirty feet of the Lord Jesus. But the forgiveness she received is worth
more than anything in this world. She was
forgiven by our Lord, while those who thought themselves righteous went away
unforgiven. Jesus’ love and forgiveness
can change your life. This is what it
means to become a Christian.
You don’t become a Christian by just subscribing
to the doctrines of the Bible and trying to following the ethics of the
Bible. You become a Christian by meeting the Jesus of the Bible – the
same Jesus that this woman met, and experiencing his love and
forgiveness.
It is this encounter with the living Jesus
and his undeserved love that changes your heart and gradually transforms your
life to thank him and love him and serve him by giving his love to others.
Let us pray +
Lord Jesus, I cast myself on your
mercy. I trust that you are willing and
able to pay my sin-debt for me, and I ask you to forgive me for all of my sins. Thank you for loving me and forgiving me as
you promised. I want to follow you
because of your love. Amen +
How great are the works of the Lord!
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