Lucas 7
Warren Wiersbe · Citado em PreceptAustin
Lucas 7
Wiersbe - The leaders rejected God's Word through John (Lk 20:1-8), and the people were childish (ED: MACARTHUR CALLS THEM BRATS) instead of childlike. (ED: LATTER ARE THOSE WHO RECEIVE THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN Lk 18:17) Nothing pleased them, neither the austerity of John nor the sociability of Jesus. (Borrow Wiersbe's Expository Outlines on the New Testament) And they say, 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep - We are urged to have child-like faith, but not child-like immaturity and selfishness like these "brats." So here we see two "games," the first joyful as for example might be at a wedding, the second sorrowful as might be at a funeral. We played the flute pictures one group of children inviting others to join the game, but they would not join in and dance. When the joyful occasion (possibly a make believe wedding) did not attract the other children, they tried inviting them to a solemn setting (possibly a funeral). Again they refused to weep. This is why MacArthur likens them to brats.
Lucas 7
Wiersbe - NT Words for Today You gave Me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss My feet since the time I came in.LUKE 7:45 An insincere invitation. Simon the Pharisee asked Jesus to dine at his house, and Jesus accepted the invitation. It’s interesting how much ministry Jesus was able to have with people as he ate with them at the table, even those who opposed him. He knew that Simon’s purpose was insincere, for the Pharisees were constantly looking for opportunities to criticize Jesus and get him into trouble with the religious leaders. Simon proved his insincerity by the way he treated Jesus. He did not welcome Jesus with a kiss, he did not anoint his head with perfumed oil, and he did not provide water for washing his feet. Four times in Matthew 23, Jesus called the Pharisees blind (vv. 16–17, 24, 26), and the word certainly applied to Simon. He was blind to his own sins, he was blind to the remarkable transformation of the woman, and he was blind to the person of Jesus Christ. Yet he invited Jesus to his table! Jesus accepted, not for his own good but for the good of Simon. Sometimes we have to go to dinners only for the good of others. A surprising interruption. When the woman came into the banquet hall, Simon must have been terribly embarrassed. Simon was a self-righteous man whose heart had never broken over his sins nor had he ever experienced the kind of repentance and love demonstrated by this woman. He was religious, but it was only playacting, keeping up appearances. The woman had been guilty of sins of the flesh, but Simon was guilty of sins of the spirit (2 Cor. 7:1). She had been a prodigal daughter, but Simon was an elder brother who knew how to criticize others but not how to forgive them (Luke 15:25–32). The woman did not come hoping to get some food; she came to pour out her love to Jesus. If you check a harmony of the Gospels, you will find that many Bible students think she had trusted Christ when he spoke that gracious invitation recorded in Matthew 11:28–30, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heaven laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Everything the woman did to Jesus, Simon had neglected to do. There are sins of omission as well as sins of commission. She washed his feet with her tears, wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and poured expensive ointment on them. This was her way of saying that Jesus was her Savior and Lord, that she had heard and believed his invitation and had found rest. An embarrassing revelation. Jesus knew what Simon was thinking, so he told him a parable and rebuked him for his unkind thoughts. The Good Shepherd always defends his sheep (Rom. 8:31–34). He openly told Simon and his guests how the host had treated him, and Simon could not deny it. Would we want our sins announced at the next church banquet? Probably not, but God already knows them. A gracious benediction. Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven. Your faith has saved you. Go in peace” (Luke 7:48, 50). It was not her expensive gift or her tears that saved her, but her faith in the Savior. Everything she had done to Jesus only revealed that she had repented of all her sins and trusted Christ, and now she loved him and wanted to thank him. Faith brings salvation and salvation brings peace. Faith, peace, love, and tears. Has this been your experience? Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ . . . because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts. Romans 5:1, 5 Luke 7:46 "You did not anoint My head with oil, but she anointed My feet with perfume. KJV My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. Ru 3:3; 2 Sa 14:2; Ps 23:5; 104:15; Eccl 9:8; Da 10:3; Amos 6:6; Micah 6:15; Mt 6:17 Luke 7 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Luke 7:36-50 How to Love Jesus Fervently - Steven Cole Luke 7:36-50 The Transformed Sinner - John MacArthur You did not anoint My head with oil, but she anointed My feet with perfume - Spurgeon on anoint My head with oil - “Thou, the host, whose duty it was to anoint guest, didst not do it,” —Another usual Eastern custom with guests whom the host intended to honour. (The "sinner") Anointed them, not with ordinary olive oil, but with precious costly ointment. The best unguent she possessed or could procure. Oil is elaion (from elaia = olive) which is common olive oil, a striking contrast with the expense perfume (muron) the woman had used.