Text: 1 John 2: 12, Luke 7: 36-50
*What does this story teach us?
1 WE ALL
Luke 7:41-“There was a certain creditor who had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
Rom 3:10–12, 23, As it is written: “ There is none righteous, no, not one;11 There is none who understands;There is none who seeks after God.12 They have all turned aside;They have together become unprofitable;There is none who does good, no, not one23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
2 WE COULD NOT
Luke 7:42- And when they had nothing with which to repay, he freely forgave them both. Tell Me, therefore, which of them will love him more?”
Is 64:6, But we are all like an unclean thing,And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away.
3 WE ARE
Luke 7:42- And when they had nothing with which to repay, he freely forgave them both. Tell Me, therefore, which of them will love him more?”
James 2:10- For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.
Luke 7:39–40, Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke to himself, saying, “This Man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what manner of woman this is who is touching Him, for she is a sinner.” 40 And Jesus answered and said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” So he said, “Teacher, say it.”
Matt 22:37–40, Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
Heb 12:2- looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.