The Lord's feet

The gospel of Luke chapter 7, please. We have heard about the Lord's knees and we've considered his hand. The gospel of Luke, we would like to now consider the Lord's feet.

Luke chapter 7 and verse 36 and one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him and he went into the Pharisees house and sat down to meet. And behold, a woman in the city which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meet in the Pharisees house, brought an alabaster box of ointment and stood at his feet behind him weeping and began to wash his feet with tears and did wipe them with the hairs of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment. Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself saying, this man if he were a prophet would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him, for she is a sinner.

And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon I have somewhat to say unto thee, and he saith master say on, there was a certain creditor which had two debtors. The one had owed 500 pence and the other 50 and when they had nothing to pay he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore which of them will love me most, him most.

Simon answered and said, I suppose that he to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, thou was rightly judged. And he turned to the woman and said unto Simon, seest thou this woman I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet, but she wash my feet with tears and wiped them with the hairs of her head.

Thou gavest me no kiss, but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. My head with oil thou didst not anoint, but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. Wherefore I say unto thee, her sins which are many are forgiven, for she loved much.

But to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. And he said unto her, thy sins are forgiven. And they that sat at meet with him began to say within themselves, who is that forgiveth sins also? And he said to the woman, thy faith has saved thee, go in peace.

There's two distinct things that are glorifying to the Lord Jesus Christ, at least two. The first is that our Lord never changed his character when entering into the presence of anyone. He was the same in Simon the Pharisee's house as he had been in the outer temple or as he had been by the seaside teaching.

Here this powerful Pharisee had asked our Lord to come in and yet the Lord knowing his heart rebuked him. We think of the moral perfections of our Lord Jesus Christ and he was consistently pure and we appreciate that very much. But in view of the Lord's Supper, we would like to consider this woman.

This woman was saved already. This woman was a great sinner known in the community. I personally believe when the Lord was doing the public calling unto himself over Matthew 11 and 28, this woman was saved.

The scriptures are very clear here. It's the idea she was with certainty knowing that he was in Simon's house. And then she brought an alabaster box of ointment with an intention to bless the Savior.

Now today as we gather to remember our Lord Jesus Christ, our alabaster box will be opened and poured forth in worship and praise to the Son of God who loved us and gave himself for us. I'd like us to consider her position. She was behind the Savior.

I'd like you to consider how she lowered herself and she anointed his feet. I'd like you to note again how she continually and repeatedly kissed his feet while she was continually anointing his feet. The affections that we have for the Son of God cannot be expressed in an English word or more, but it's something that we love him with all of our heart.

The one who gave himself up in the darkness of Calvary to pay for our sins. And this woman who was a great sinner indeed understood the sacrifice he would be taking. And as she loved him and showed it and expressing it so by kissing his feet, we note the long hair of this woman, this sister, and how her own personal glory was used to bless the Savior with the wiping of his feet.

And as we would consider him in remembrance at the Lord's Supper, might we have an attitude of appreciation for the blessed person as we would remember him, the Lord Jesus Christ, in his name.