The Incarnation Of The Forgiving God
THE INCARNATION OF THE FORGIVING GOD
The Christian life begins with the forgive ness of sins through our faith in the Savior. Luke 7:36-50 gives us a vivid description and an affec tionate account of a sinful woman experiencing the forgiveness of sins.
A PHARISEE AND A SINFUL WOMAN
Luke 7:36 says, "Now a certain one of the Pharisees asked Him that He would eat with him. And entering into the Pharisee's house, He reclined at the table." In this verse Luke does not say that the Pharisee prepared a feast and in vited the Lord Jesus to eat with him. Instead, Luke tells us that the Pharisee asked the Savior to eat with him. This may indicate the Pharisee asked the Lord in a rather cold manner; that is, he did not give Him a warm invitation full of affection. Nevertheless, the Man-Savior went into the Pharisee's house to eat with him.
For whose sake did the Man-Savior go to the Pharisee's house? Did He do this for the sake of