Sometimes the things that happened to Jesus are quite surprising. In Luke 7:36-50, Luke tells us of hos he was reclining at a dinner party when a surprise guest entered and washed his feet with her tears and dried them with her hair and anointed them with her gift of perfume. The host of the dinner party was rightly shocked, but Jesus, ever one to ‘practise what he preached’, drew a lesson from it, that was no surprise – except to those who continue to trust in their own self-righteousness.
Message
Outline
• The sixteenth in this series
• Back into the narrative
• What is this Kingdom of His like?
• See how this interaction tells us of …
- The intruder who shocked the party (v.36-38)
- The guest who shocked the host (v.39-46)
- The promise that shocked the guests (v.47-50)
Everyone reclining – no-one standing
The horizontal and the vertical
Gratitude. Thankful hearts.
