Luke 7-9 (belated)

Sorry about the tardiness, but here it is. A few verses with a few reflections.

"Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?"

The honesty of this question is startling to me and also reveals a lot about the anticipation for a Messiah.

"For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.' The Son of Man came eating and drinking and you say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and 'sinners.'"

These verses so clearly illustrate God rarely comes in the form we want or expect him to come in.

"Do 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. You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, form the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven--for she loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little."

Two things:
1. This is another example of Jesus being so misunderstood...not only by the Pharisees and religious rulers, but also by his closest followers. Then a woman of sin (important: a. she is a woman b. she is a sinner) actually SEES Jesus and gets him and her worship is a reflection of that.

2. It is absolutely true that our understanding of our own forgiveness directly correlates with the way that we are able to love other people.

Story of the dead girl and sick woman (8:40--53)
It astounds me how countercultural Jesus is in these stories. He redefines who is lovable and who is worthy of time.


That's all I have. Short, but that's what stood out to me.

Enjoy.