Let the healing streams abound,
making me pure within. Thou wilt light the fountain
of I never get tired of telling the story about that hymn. I know most of you heard it,
but if there's one person who's not. Written by Charles Wesley
and he said what caused him to write that hymn was one day,
one evening, stormy evening, he was in his study or bedroom
and back then they had no screens on their windows and would have
to open the windows to get a breeze. And it started storming outside,
thunder and lightning. And he got up from his desk.
He had a robe on, a loose house robe, and it was unfastened. And he walked up to the window
to close those casement-type windows, and a bird flew right
into his robe. And he covered him up. and went and wrote that hymn.
Jesus, lover of my soul, let me to thy bosom fly, while the
nearer waters roll, while the tempest still is high. Cover
my defenseless head under the shadow of thy wing. That's a
good story. And that, this, that, oh my,
the woman we're going to look at this morning could very well
have sung that. from the depths of her heart.
She sure could have. Turn with me to Luke chapter
7. Now, the gospel is for sinners. The gospel is about full, free
forgiveness of sins. That's what the gospel is all
about. It's about forgiveness of sin. Putting away of guilt. And so it's only for the guilty.
It's only good news. That's what gospel means. Good
news. So it's only for the guilty. Because the gospel is all about
putting away guilt. Forgiveness of sins. This is
a faithful state. and worthy of all expectation.
That is, all should hear it and receive it with joyful and thankful
hearts, because all are sinners. This is a faithful saint and
worthy of all expectation that Jesus Christ came into this world
to save sinners. So if you're a sinner, This will
be good news. This is this story we want to
look at is about our Lord doing just that. Saving a sinner. A real sinner. So let's look
at how the story builds. There's always a story within
a story. If we when we read God's word, we need to think that a
lot of time takes place. In these verses, a lot of things
go on. much is said and done is not
written in the word. There's a story within the story.
Let's look at verse eleven. It says it came to pass the day
after. He killed the centurions. Servant, he came, he went into
a city called name. Many of his disciples went with
him. This is the only mention of this city and God's word must
be a insignificant little place that like Rocky Man. But God went there. May only
mention God went there. How many cities could he have
gone into? He went to this town of May and
many of his disciples went with him and much people. There was
a funeral going out. As he was approaching the town,
there was a funeral coming out of town. And when he came nigh
to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried
out. He was the only son of his mother, and she was a widow.
She was all, he was all she had in this world. And much of the people of the
city was with her. Evidently, the young man was
well loved, or she was, or both. This funeral was going out, a
widowed woman's only son. When the Lord saw her, he had
compassion. on her. And he said unto her, weep not. How could he say that to her?
This is the most, this is the worst thing that could happen
to her. Weep not. Because it's going to be good.
Just wait. And he came and touched the beer,
touched the coffin, and David Bear, the young man, stood still. Those that, pallbearers were,
they stopped. And he said, and this must have
been an open bed, open casket stand, no lid on it. He said, young man, I say unto
thee, arise. And he that was dead sat up and
began to speak. Can you, can't imagine this,
can't imagine. And he delivered, the Lord delivered
him to his mother. I barely believe the Lord's going
to do the same thing again. I do, I know He will. To much to
our joy and rejoice. And there came a fear on all. And they glorified God, saying
that a great prophet is risen up among us. A prophet? Yeah,
that prophet, the one Moses spoke of. And that God, they said,
God has visited his people. Yes, he has. Here he is, Emmanuel. They didn't know what they were
saying, really. And over in the shadows, over in the shadows, not wanting
to be seen by the crowd, a woman of that town, she's watching
this. She's listening. She's amazed
like everyone else at this power of this Galilean. And she thought, could this be? Could this be the one that I've
heard about? Could this be him? He, God with
us. God who is rich in mercy. God
who has slowed anger, slowed a rat. God who is plenteous in
redemption and mercy and grace and forgiveness. God with whom
is forgiveness. God who said, I will heal all
their diseases. I will forgive all their iniquities.
Could this be him? And then two men came. from John
the Baptist. John was in prison. Verses 20
through 23, the men came from John the Baptist. He has sent
us. They came to Christ and they
said, John asked us to ask thee, art thou he that should come
or look we for nothing? Are you the Christ? Everyone knew John the Baptist
and John sent these two messengers. And in that same hour, The Lord
did not answer them immediately, but went on doing what he was
doing. It says, in that same hour, he
cured many of their infirmities and plagues. Read on in verse
21. And evil spirits and many that
were blind he gave sight. And then Jesus turned to those
two men and said unto them, go your way. And you tell John what
things you've seen and heard, how the blind see, the lame walk,
the lepers are cleansed, the dead hear, the dead are raised,
the poor have the gospel preached. And blessed, blessed is he. Whosoever shall not be offended
in me, blessed is he who believes me, who trusts me. Blessed is
he who comes to me. Blessed is he, no matter what
infirmity, what disease they have, how wretched, miserable,
poor, blind, naked, however they are, they come to me, they will
be blessed. You go tell John that. Go tell John that. And this same
woman, over in the shadows still. She hears all this and sees all
this. She's watching. She's wondering. She's thinking. He's done all
this for all these people. You reckon He would do something
for me? You reckon He would cure me of
the plague in my heart? You reckon he would get rid of
this horrible demon that I am possessed with? You reckon he'd do something
for me, the worst sinner on earth? You reckon? I don't know. Maybe he'd expose me if I came
to him. I need him. I see right now I
need him. But maybe he'd cast me out, maybe
he wouldn't have me. I don't deserve it, but maybe.
And then the Lord began to speak to the crowd in general, verses
twenty-four through twenty-nine. When the messengers of John left,
he began to speak unto the people concerning John. The Lord bears
witness of his true preacher. He said, what went ye out into
the wilderness to see? A reed shaking with the wind,
a weak thing, a weak man? bows and scrapes to men that
bends with every influence. What went ye out for
to see? A man clothed in soft raiment,
flowing robe, silken apparel. Behold, they which are gorgeously
appareled and live delicately are in kings' courts. What went
ye out for to see? A prophet? Is that what you went
to see? Yes. And you saw a prophet? Oh,
more than that. More than a prophet. This is
he of whom it is written, Behold, in Malachi, I send my messenger
before thy face. This is the one preparing the
way of the Lord himself, which shall prepare thy way before
thee. I say unto you, among those that are born of women, there
is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist. And you heard
him. What a privilege. Everyone did. He that is least in the kingdom
of God is greater than he, all equal in God's kingdom. And all
the people who heard him, and the publicans, justified God. Look at this.
They justified God, verse 29, because they were baptized with
the baptism of John. Meaning, John came preaching,
repent. This is what John preached, repent,
repent. Repentance toward God. Repentance
means I am wrong. I'm a sinner before God. I deserve
His wrath, His judgment. God be merciful to me, the sinner.
That's repentance toward God. God, let the blood be shed for
my guilty soul. Repentance toward God and faith
in the Christ, the substitute, the Lamb, the only way to come
to God. Repentance toward God. That's what John preached. Repent,
repent. And those that heard, they justified
God, meaning they agreed with God. They declared God to be
right. They declared God to be right
in everything he said about himself, everything he said about them.
The publicans, like Ozaki, is, God, you're right about me. I'm
a no-good, worthless worm. I deserve wrath and judgment.
You're right what you say about me. And you're, you're God, and
you don't have to do anything for me. But I sure would like
to have mercy. They justified God. And so they
were baptized. John said, what they said to
John, what shall we do? And he said, be baptized, repent,
and be baptized. Confess your sins before God.
So they did. They justified God. But the Pharisees, verse thirty,
Pharisees, who were Pharisees, you heard about them, Winston,
these moral, self-righteous, religious people who didn't need
forgiveness of sins, and lawyers, they rejected, look at this,
the counsel of God against themselves. They weren't baptized. That'd
be beneath them. They'd have to go down in the
water and get before everybody and be humiliated before everybody.
Well, everybody might think they weren't saved. Better that than
not being saved. But they didn't need a savior. They didn't have sin. They rejected
the counsel of God against themselves. That's it. They rejected it. Ah, and this woman over in the
shadows. She's still there. And she said, oh, now the Lord
so much. He said so much more than is
recorded. Right. The Lord was always teaching
and preaching. Always. You know, he was speaking
at times. She's listening to the Lord speak. And all these publicans, sinners
are agreeing and coming and being baptized. And she thought, oh,
I agree. I do too. I believe what God's
Word says, and I'm so ashamed. I'm so ashamed. She thought I really am the worst
person in town. I'm so ashamed. I believe God. I
believe God. I really do. Verse 31 and 2, the Lord said,
What shall I liken the men of this generation to? What are
they like? They are like children sitting
in a marketplace, calling one to another, saying, We piped
unto you, and ye have not danced. We've mourned unto you, and ye
have not wept. You know, man, his life hangs
on a breath, really, one breath away from meeting God. And yet he doesn't give God a
thought. He doesn't give his creator a
thought to do the worship, to do the honor, the glory, the
thanks that he's due to one breath away from meeting his judge. And man hears of the judgments
of God, sees clearly the judgments of God from heaven, But he won't
mourn over his own sin, and he hears the message of God's holiness
and justice and wrath and anger and repent, and he hears that,
and he won't mourn over his sin, he won't be sorry for it, he
won't ask God for forgiveness. And if man hears about the mercy
of God, the infinite undeserved mercy and grace and love of God
for sinners, A glorious message of God's love for sinners is
such an undeserved thing, and yet man is not interested in
it, he doesn't rejoice in it, he doesn't find any joy in the
thought of God loving a sinner, especially him or her. And our
Lord says that's what this generation is like. They're not moved by
anything. Dead. Dead. And God sends His
prophet. God sends a true prophet. He's
not left himself without a witness. Every generation, even this one,
people, God has sent faithful men. And not reeds shaken in
the wind, but faithful men. And what do people say? They
say about John, they said, he's a devil. He came either eating
bread or drinking wine, a totally devoted man. They say, well,
he's a devil. Son of man, the Lord himself came, eating and
drinking, and you say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a wine-bipper."
These self-righteous, moral, religious people say that he
can't be holy. He's just a wine-bipper. He's
a friend of publicans and sinners. Well, half of that is true, what
they said about him. Half of that is true, thank God.
He's not a glutton, no wine-bipper. But he is the friend of sinners. And there's one. Over in the shadows, I heard
somebody say that. He's a friend of sinners. And
they said it in derision of him. They said it in a derogatory
way of him. He's a friend of sinners. And
this woman's ears perked up. You can't hear her again. Could
that be so? Our Lord said, Wisdom is justified
of her children. Wisdom, saving wisdom. is justified
of our children. All God says, his children justify. All God does, his children justify.
God's way of saving sinners, they agree with completely. Now, verse 36, verse 36, and
one of the Pharisees, one of the Pharisees in the crowd there
desired him that he would eat with him. One of these Pharisees,
he didn't believe This was a Christ. He didn't have any real interest
in the Lord. He wasn't a sinner at all. But
he invited this young teacher, this young Jewish teacher, into
his home. Perhaps he wanted to teach him
a few things. So he invited him, out of curiosity
or something, into his home for dinner. And it says the Lord
went in to dinner, went into the Pharisee's house and sat
down to meet. And all the people see him go
into this house. A crowd of people around him
everywhere he went. It's hard to get to him because
of the crowd. And this Pharisee walked up to
him, Master, would you come and eat dinner with me today? agreed
to it. And he went in to follow this
man, went into his home, and a crowd followed him, and finally
he went into his home, and the crowd left. But not this woman. Now, she's
not in the middle of that crowd, because she's ashamed to be,
but she's over on the side, and she sees him go into that house. Everybody else leaves. This is
what happened. She sees him go into the house.
She says, now is my chance. Nobody's around. And he's in that house. She thought, oh, I've got to
go home. I've got to get something. And she went home to get something. Now, the custom back then in
this hot, arid Middle Eastern country, as it is now, the custom
in a time and a place where people wore sandals on their feet in
a dusty, hot, arid country, your feet would get very filthy, very
dirty with dust and dirt and hot. Your feet would be hot. would be hot. They didn't wear
hats as we did to shield them from the sun. They might wear
a hood over their head and that would make their heads that much
hotter. The custom back then was whenever
someone came into your home, the first thing you would do
was give them a kiss of greeting. You would greet them at the door.
Welcome into my home. A kiss of welcome. Then you would
provide them or have the servant provide them with a bowl of water.
to put their hot, dusty, dirty feet in that bowl of cool water
to wash their dirty feet, and a towel with which to dry their
feet. And then you might, if you were
really thoughtful, give them some fragrant oil that you had
to anoint their brow, their hot, dirty, dusty brow with this fragrant
oil. They're sweaty and, you know,
stinking, and after a hot And you give them something with
which to refresh themselves. This Pharisee didn't do any of
that for the Lord. He didn't do any of that. Scripture says, be careful to
entertain angels or strangers. Some have entertained angels
unaware. This man, Abraham, didn't he? Three men came to him. He didn't
know who they were. But just he had a feeling God
sent them. They said, wait, go kill a fatted calf. Would you
grace my house? You stay right here under the
cool shade tree. Let me get you something to drink,
cold to drink. You're not going to leave, are
you? Kill a fatted calf, honey. We've been graced with God's...
It was the Lord himself. And so it was here. That Pharisee,
See, the Lord appears to those that need him. He's found of them that seek
him. But the Pharisee gave the Lord none of these things. It says in verse thirty-seven,
Behold a woman in the city, which was a sinner. What she knew, this is that woman. She knew. She saw the Lord Jesus,
of whom she had heard so much and saw so much. For she saw
Him go in to sit at meat in the Pharisee's house. She bought an alabaster box of
ointment. She went home to get this. She bought this alabaster box
of ointment. Same woman who had been standing
outside, knowing the Lord, was in this house, her only hope. It could be the Christ, Savior
of sinners, the deliverer from devils, the healer of infirmities, that He was inside this place. Now, she's outside. He's inside. She needs him. She wants him. She's desperate. But she's not invited. Nobody
invited her. It doesn't matter. It doesn't
matter to her. She's got to have him. Nobody
has to invite her. She's being called whether she
knows it or not. And that's the way it is, people, whenever the
Lord is dealing with someone about their sin. That's the issue
between us and God. That's the person that will come
to Christ. That's why we come to Christ.
What for? Forgiveness of sin. We come to Christ, the person,
we hear that where the gospel is, and nothing and no one will
keep us away. I don't deserve to be there.
Nobody invited me, and I'm not a part of it. It doesn't matter.
I've got to hear this gospel. I've got to be where Christ is.
But nobody invited this woman. It doesn't matter. No man had to tell her. Now,
if you come in here and you'll repeat after me. Oh, she's got to get to it. This
is the work of the Lord. This is what the Lord does to
his people. Well, she came in. She came in. Just came right on in. Freely. Boldly, even. Though umbly and
broken, yet she came boldly to him. Uninvited, but she came. Now, can you imagine
the state? You know what she was. She's
a woman of the street. She's a harlot. Everybody in
this little town knew her. She never showed her face in
Dublin. Sold her life. Sold her body like an animal. And boy, when she heard about
this deliverer, and this one friend of sinners, and this one
who healed all manner of infirmities, and got rid of every devil, anybody
that come to him, no matter what kind of demon they were possessed
with, he got rid of them. She heard about this. Oh, I'm
just full of demons. You reckon? He's a friend of sinners? You
reckon? He'd befriend me? I don't have a friend in this
place. And she thought, well, I'll bring
something. What can I bring him? She went home and got this box,
alabaster box, beautiful box, costly box. This woman, as you
can imagine, wasted her substance and didn't have much, but this
is all she had. This is the best she had. And
perhaps it was an heirloom handed down to her, something very valuable
that she was keeping for a tough time. the sale or whatever, you
know, it's all she had to lean on. And it's full of precious
ointments. Back then, as you know, these
spices and things like that were things they bartered in. And
this was a precious ointment, a costly perfume in a very costly
box. It was a very costly thing to
her. It's all she had. It's what she was dependent on.
It was her all. She thought, what can I bring
him? to procure, you know, to get an audience with him and
that he'll see me. And if he... That's all I've
got. I bring him my all. pictures in those countries,
how they all would recline on the floor on mats or rugs around
a low table with a central dish and all. You've seen them. And
most of them would recline on their elbow and have their legs
behind them like that, their feet behind them, reclining,
and they'd be on one elbow eating like that. You've seen This is the way they were. Crowded
around this table, men, Pharisees, doctors, lawyers, you know, notable
people of the city. This was a well-known Pharisee.
Simon was his name. And they're all eating, and the Lord's eating. He's waiting. He's waiting on somebody. Somebody
to be called. It's coming, you see, because
everybody he calls comes. Every appointment, he appoints
all things, and every appointment he makes, they make it right
on time. He's sitting there eating, and
in comes this woman, notorious woman, woman of the city. Everybody
knows. You can hear it. Can't you hear
the sound? I can't believe you. The Lord's smiling. She's here. I've been waiting on her. The Lord, he's thanking you. He had to watch you, Sid. 1153 and 36, the door should be opening
right now. She's here. Why I'm here. This is why I'm here. And now
she's here. I came here to meet her. Oh, what's she doing here? What's she doing here? Who does
she think she is? And she stood behind him at his feet. Verse
38, it says, this woman, this notorious woman, she's embarrassed
and ashamed to be there, but she just has to see the Lord.
And she comes behind him, that is, where his feet are behind
him, stood behind him, Weeping. I don't mean a tear rolling down
her face. Weeping. Have you ever wept? Surely you have. I mean wept. Rivers of water, David said,
run down my eyes. She's weeping. A river of water. Over what? Her sin. Her guilt. Herself. All of her problems are her fault. Nobody else. But right here is her only hope. Somebody said that he is a friend
of sin. Somebody said that he actually,
one time said he forgives sin. That's what I need, she said.
She came in to wash his feet with tears. By this time, she
stooped down with all these tears flowing now over his feet. And
she stooped down and began to wipe his feet with the hair of
her head. Now, women, your hair is your
glory. You spend a lot of time on it.
It's your vanity is what it is. You say to me, well, that's easy
for you to say. But it is. And I know it is. It's your vanity. It's the reason
you spend so much time on it. You have to look well. You have
to look good. Women are very proud of their hair and very
vain because of it. It's their glory. She doesn't
have any glory. She doesn't have any of that
anymore. And she just takes her vanity and her pride and just
puts it in his face. Think about this. That's how a person comes to
Jesus Christ. Like old Nahum and the leper. I gotta get down
in that muddy creek before all these people? Yes, you do. Well, I'm a leper. And I've died. Let me in that creek, buddy. In vanity of pride, She begins
to wipe his feet with the hair of her head and kiss his feet.
My dog. We got one of those, you know,
and I won't say real bad things about Charlie anymore, but he's
a dog and some say he's a noble dog. He's just a dog. Anyway,
but he doesn't know he's a noble dog. He doesn't know he's an overdog.
And he licks our feet. All the time. Would you do that?
No. We're less than a dog by nature. This woman gets down and kisses
his feet. Fucking dog. That's the lowest,
that's the greatest show of humility in the... to kiss somebody's
feet. I'm lower than the low. You're
from above. I'm beneath you. I'm beneath
recognition. I'm a dog. I'm kissing your feet. Do you remember another woman
saying that? The Lord marveled at her great faith. She kisses
his feet. Oh, those feet. How beautiful
are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings. There's never been
a more beautiful pair of feet to walk this planet. Though they
were probably the dirtiest, as they walked the farthest,
they did the most work, didn't they? Though probably the dirtiest,
though probably the most callous, though probably the most torn,
they were beautiful. Beautiful. You ever look at your
old dad or granddad's old gnarled hands, you know? All those years
serving his family, they may be ugly to most people and not
to you. Those feet, she kissed them.
She kissed them and anointed them with that salmon. She broke
open this outer, everything she owned was right in that box.
Doesn't matter. He's worthy. Broke it open, took the lid off,
took all that on. She's not worthy to go up to
his head. This is where you anointed the head, but she's not worthy.
I'll stay right here at his feet. If I stay here at his feet, maybe
he'll keep me like a dog. And verse 39, when the Pharisee,
which admitted him, Simon was his name, saw this. He saw all
this. Can you imagine nobody saying anything? Nobody's saying anything. They're
all embarrassed. They're all uneasy. It's all, the sinner
has walked in here. Wouldn't you love to see that?
Wouldn't you love to see that? I mean, a sinner come running. What are they doing? Well, that's
what this is all about. Not a place where good people
meet. Where sinners come. You mean somebody's heard of
mercy and actually come and hollering for it? Well, praise the Lord,
but not where the Bible has come. Can you imagine how quiet it
was in there? As I say, I just know the Lord's, while He's doing
this, He's smiling. Yeah, He's rejoicing, as He did
before. He rejoiced that the Lord, that
God had hid these things from the wise and revealed it unto
Baal, His sinner. God's sovereign providence, bringing
that one given to Him of the Father to Him, confessing her
sin to be saved by Him. He's rejoicing. And Heaven is
rejoicing. The angels of heaven are rejoicing.
The Pharisees. And he said, this Simon the Pharisee
said within himself, he didn't say this out loud, he's thinking
this within himself. This man, verse 39, if he, if
he were a prophet, see he doesn't believe the Lord, but he said,
if he were a prophet, he would have known who a man or woman
this is that touches him. She's a sinner. If he knew, if
he only knew. Oh, Simon. He knows her better than she
knows her. He knows every thought of
her heart. He knows everything she's ever
done all her life. He's seen her down-sitting, her
up-rising. There's not a thought in her
heart that he doesn't know it all together. There's not a word
in her mouth Everywhere she's been from the cradle to this
point, he has been watching over her. And Simon, he knows you,
but he knows you are far off. He knows everything. He knows
what you're thinking right now, Simon. You don't need him to
even come for you. He came for this woman. Does
he know her? He foreknew her. Before the world
began, he set his sovereign love on this forlorn woman. Not you,
Simon, her. And before the world began, before
the stars were put in place, he had this woman on his mind
and in his heart, and he came to this earth to do everything
to save her eternal soul. Know her? Yeah, he knows her. He sure does. He foreknew her, he bought her,
and she's touching him right now. She came in here and she's
touching him because he has already touched her. Now, people, she never says a
word through this whole thing. She never utters one. Salvation is not in word, it's
in the heart. She never says a word. The Lord
looketh on the heart. On the heart. MacPherson may
have been orthodox, he may have quoted the law and all that,
but his heart was not right. She's outwardly immoral, she's
outwardly a sinner, but God's given her a new heart. She's
a sinner, and he's a savior, and she came to him, because
this is a faithful saint, that Christ came to save sinners. And look at verse 40, and Jesus
answers. He says, Simon, I have something
to say unto thee. And Simon said, Teacher, say
all. He said, There was a certain
creditor which had two debtors, and one owed five hundred pence,
and the other fifty. And when they, both of them,
neither one of them had anything to pay, he frankly forgave them
both, frankly, freely, immediately, completely, forever, no questions
asked, no conditions applied, frankly forgave them both, every
bit of that debt, frankly forgave them. Now you tell me, which of them,
will love him the most. Simon answers, I suppose, I suppose that he to whom he
forgave most. And the Lord said unto him, thou
hast rightly judged. And he turned to the woman, that
is he. Now, I believe perhaps the Lord
was pointing at Simon at this time. pointing at it. My pastor always taught us young
preachers don't point at people. It's not a good thing to do.
If you ever notice, you'll notice this next time he preaches. He'll
catch himself. He'll go, have you ever seen him do that Rick? Forgot. But here's the Lord who with
a finger of His accusatory finger of the law, He can point at men
when He can't. We can't point because we're
guilty. Somebody said you pointed at somebody, you got a finger
pointing back at you. And the Lord can point at that.
And level charge of the charge. I believe He's pointing at it.
But when He turns to this woman, I believe He gestures with her. And this is what my pastor taught
us. Do it with an open hand. And he, in open hands, said,
see this woman. See this woman, he said, he turned
to this woman, and he said, he said, understand, see this thou,
this woman? I entered into thine house. You gave me no water for
my feet. She hath washed my feet with
tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head. You gave me
no kiss. But this woman, since the time
that I came in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet. My head with
oil, thou dost this not anoint?" He didn't anoint the head. Ah, but
this woman hath anointed my feet with oil. Wherefore, I say unto
thee, her sins, which are many, are forgiven." He frankly forgave her everything. Her whole life was forgotten. This didn't mean anything to
anybody in that room with that bump. Her sins are forgiven. She heard that. She heard that. Nobody else heard
it. She heard it. I bet the tears dried up. They're forgiven. She loved much. But to whom little is forgiven,
the same loveth little. Gospel doesn't mean anything.
Mercy, grace doesn't mean anything. Blood doesn't mean anything.
Substitute doesn't mean anything. And he said to her, now he's
through talking to this fellow. And he turns around. So this
woman. Turns around. And lifts up her
head. And looks right into her eyes.
Lifts up her head. She's hanging, bowing her head.
And moves the hair out from her eye. And says, honey. Thy sins. Thy sins are gone. She's looking in the face, the
light, the knowledge of the glory of God in faith, the face of
mercy and forgiveness, salvation itself, the Lord himself, Emmanuel,
forgiveness of sin. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. She was saying that in her heart.
Hallelujah. She frankly forgave him. Oh. And they decided to meet
with him began to say within themselves, Well, who is this
and forgive the sins also? He said to the woman, he's through
with them. He's he's through with them, he's talking to her,
and I threw with, see, I didn't come to call the righteous, but
I came to call sinners to repentance. And here's one, he's through
with them, through with the righteous, and he says to her, he speaks
peace to her heart, the sinner. Thy faith has saved me. What's
faith? She never said a word. She never said a word. Jimmy,
she never said what she believed. She never said, I believe, this
is what I believe about, What's faith? Coming to Christ. As a guilty sinner. In need of
mercy. That's faith. In itself. Go in peace. Don't let anybody bother you
anymore. Don't let anybody bother you. Woman, where are thine accusers? Does no man accuse thee? Oh man, neither do I. Who shall lay anything to the
charge of God's love? Go in peace. If somebody lays
anything to your charge, you tell them, Christ paid for that. God justified that. Who is he
that condemned them? Christ died. Go in peace. Pick up peace with God now. That's
all you need, peace with God. God has spoken peace to your
heart. That's all you need. Go home. Go in peace. All right. May the Lord get glory out of
that. Let's sing a closing hymn. What
number, Brother Gabe? 299? 474. 474. Only a sinner. That's good. Let's sing first and last verses, okay?
474. Stand. Not have I gotten, not what I've
received. Grace hath besought it since
I have believed. Mostly excluded, pride I have
faced. I'm only a sinner, saved by grace. I'm only a sinner saved by grace
Only a sinner saved by grace This is my story to God be the
glory I'm only a sinner saved by grace Suffer a sinner whose
heart overflows, Loving his Savior who tells what he knows, Wants
more to tell him. Would I embrace? I'm only a sinner saved by grace
Only a sinner saved by grace Only a sinner Saved by grace
This is my story To God be the glory I'm only a sinner Saved
by grace And that's it. Thank you for
watching.