Alignment with our Assignment
Hurt People Hurt People – Week #1
Alignment with our Assignment
Luke 7:36-50
- Do I want to be in alignment with the assignment God has for my life?
To be aligned we need about 5 things:
1. We must be connected to Jesus and His church
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 from that city heard he was eating there, she brought a beautiful alabaster jar filled with expensive perfume. 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. Luke 7:36-38
- We cannot stay in the presence of Jesus and stay the same
Levels of Church involvement:
Level 1- The Casual Attender
Level 2- The Regular Attender
Level 3- The Server
Level 4- The Giver
2. We need to look in the mirror instead of out the window
- It’s incredibly difficult to judge somebody when you got your eyes on Jesus
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!” Luke 7:39
But no, all have turned away; all have become corrupt. No one does good, not a single one! Psalm 14:3
3. We need to receive what Jesus is speaking to us
- Sometimes we get more obsessed with what God wants to say to somebody else rather than what God wants to say to us
Then Jesus answered his thoughts. “Simon,” he said to the Pharisee, “I have something to say to you.” “Go ahead, Teacher,” Simon replied. Luke 7:40
4. We need to remember we all need forgiveness
Then Jesus told him this story: “A man loaned money to two people—500 pieces of silver[i] to one and 50 pieces to the other. 42 But neither of them could repay him, so he kindly forgave them both, canceling their debts. Who do you suppose loved him more after that?” 43 Simon answered, “I suppose the one for whom he canceled the larger debt.” “That’s right,” Jesus said. 44 Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Look at this woman kneeling here. When I entered your home, you didn’t offer me water to wash the dust from my feet, but she has washed them with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 You didn’t greet me with a kiss, but from the time I first came in, she has not stopped kissing my feet. 46 You neglected the courtesy of olive oil to anoint my head, but she has anointed my feet with rare perfume. 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.” Luke 7:41-47
- You can know the Scriptures and not know Jesus
5. We must understand that Jesus uses His church to speak peace, not to punish
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.” Luke 7:48-50