THE FORERUNNER of THE MESSIAH- JOHN THE BAPTIZER
Luke 7:29-30
V: 29-30
These verses are the key to the following rebuke
by JESUS.
THE EXAMPLE OF THE FAULT-FINDING
CHILDREN
Luke 7:31-35
V: 30
What are the leaders of Israel, the Pharisees and
lawyers in V: 30 like?
V: 32 (A) They are like spoiled, rotten, rebellious children.
(B)
We have piped
– played a wedding song and they have not danced.
(C)
We have mourned
– played a funeral durge and they have not
morned..
(D)
Who is the we? – Jesus and John the Baptist
V. 33 John the Baptist was too serious!
V: 34
Jesus was not serious enough!
V: 35
(A) JESUS’ point is they didn’t know what they wanted!
(B) But,
beneath the uncertainty was a very determined resistance to God.
They did not want Him!
(C) So,
the LORD is asking” What do you really want?
(D)
Revelation 3:15-16 – lukewarm – in Greek, khlee-ar-os: to warm – tepid -
neither hot nor cold.
SIMON’S BANQUET
Luke 7:36-39
V: 36
(A) It’s not just JESUS and Simon. Verse 49 makes
it clear it is a banquet of others with the very same
attitude as Simon.
(B) The banquet was because JESUS was being
proclaimed as the
Messiah and the Pharisees gave it at Simon’s
house to investigate Him.
(C) A banquet required that the door be left open for
uninvited guests
and along the wall were cushions for them.
(D) As host for the banquet, Simon would greet
the guests with the customary
kiss on the cheek.
(E)
Servants would wash their feet and anoint them with oil.
V: 37-38
(A) How could Simon forget the words of David?
Psalms 51:17, Isaiah 1:18, 57:14-16 & 66:2
(B) What concerned Simon is that the woman toucheth him.
Which he feared
would render him ceremonially unclean.
V: 40 Only a sinner needs a Savior – Simon could not love!
V: 41-42
(A) Which debtor we identify with, the sinful woman or Simon, will show
how
we would receive the LORD into our house
today.
(B) Can we think of those who have a greater need
of forgiveness than me?
V: 43 (A) Gratitude is the true motivation of love.
(B) Simon had offered sacrifice in the temple, as all Jews
were obligated to do.
(C) But Simon had no personal experience or feelings that it
(the sacrifice) was
for him personally.
(D) Simon was a hypocrite! Proverbs 26:18-28.
(E) Simon could not admit that he was not always true. Psalms
14:1-7.
(F) Simon had to maintain an image! Matthew 23:1-7.
V: 44-46
(A) How could Simon justify his lack of common courtesy?
V: 47 (A) In order to be one who loves, we must let GOD forgive
us!
(B) Growing in grace means an ever increasing
sensitivity to the areas of our
life that need forgiveness and restoration.
V: 48
The KJV says Thy sins are forgiven, but this is a past tense
verb in the Greek
and should be translated has or
Thy sins have been forgiven!
V: 49 (A) The parable went right over their heads.
(B) HE, who forgiveth sins also, is GOD in the flesh!
John 1:1& 14
V: 50 Peace – Hebrew shalom - JESUS, the Messiah, said
shalom only to the woman!