Luke 7:39

Luke 7:39

Christ in Simon's House; the Pharisee's Mistake.

I. As it regarded Christ. (1) He could not read Christ's nature, and undervalued it; (2) he mistook also Christ's way of rescuing from sin.

II. As it regarded the woman. (1) The Pharisee thought that as a sinner she was to be despised; (2) he did not see that into her heart a new life had entered.

III. As it regarded himself. (1) The Pharisee showed that he did not know his own heart; (2) he did not see that in condemning this woman he was rejecting the salvation of Christ. (a) Those who profess religion should be careful how they give a false view of it, by uncharitable judgments and by assumptions of superiority. (b) We must remind those who profess to be seeking religion, that they are bound to form their judgment of it from its Author.

J. Ker, Sermons,p. 16.

Reference: Luke 7:39. J. Armstrong, Parochial Sermons,p. 323.