CELEBRATION NOTES

“BALCONY PEOPLE”

Part One: Barnabas

Part Two: Esther

Part Three: The Sinful Woman

Luke 7:36 One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so Jesus went to his home and sat down to eat] 37 When a certain immoral woman (sinner) from that city heard he was eating there, she brought a beautiful alabaster jar filled with expensive perfume.

 Right here … in my darkness … I am loved by God.

38 Then she knelt behind him at his feet, weeping. Her tears fell on his feet, and she wiped them off with her hair. Then she kept kissing his feet and putting perfume on them.”

 Long Before American Idol, Simon Judges!

39 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know what kind of woman is touching him. She’s a sinner!” 40 Then Jesus answered his thoughts. “Simon,” he said to the Pharisee, “I have something to say to you.”

 The Story…

47 “I tell you, her sins—and they are many—have been forgiven, so she has shown me much love. But a person who is forgiven little shows only little love.” 48 Then Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.”49 The men at the table said among themselves, “Who is this man, that he goes around forgiving sins?” 50 And Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

Who is really the big debtor?

The Prostitute?

Simon?