The Puzzle of the Sinful Woman: Why Did She Weep?

1. She knew she needed forgiveness to be  

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     again. (v. 36-39)
   

   • All sin causes  

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    , no matter how understandable or  
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     it is.
   

   • We cannot find  

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     without addressing the  
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     caused by sin.
   

2. She believed that Jesus had the  

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     to forgive. (v. 40-43)

   • The effects of sin are too  

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     for any human being to  
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    .
   

   • Only someone who  

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     for God can say that your sin is being  
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    . (v. 49)
   

3. She believed that the forgiveness of Jesus could bring her  

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    . (v. 44-50)

   • The forgiveness of Jesus was a  

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    —that God would forgive her in the  
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    .
   (Romans 5:9, 8:34, 13:11; 1 Corinthians 1:18, 3:15, 15:2; 2 Cor. 2:15; Ephesians 2:8; Titus 3:5)
   

   • By trusting in his forgiveness, she could live in the knowledge that the  effects  of her sin would be  

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    .
   

Finding Peace on Earth

• There is forgiveness in Christ for  

  and  

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  burden.

• Forgiveness brings the full restoration of the  

  into our  

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 .

• Those who receive God’s forgiveness must  

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(Matthew 6:13-15, 18:34-35; Mark 11:25; Luke 6:37; Ephesians 4:32; Colossians 3:13)