Do you love much?

[Wildfire]

Behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's 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 anionted them with ointment.

And Jesus turned to the woman and said to Simon, See thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed 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.

Wildfire

 

[ZiSunka]

I love that woman who did for Jesus what I would love to do for him! I can't wait to meet her.

 

[Kristen]

Me too Lambslove. Thank you Wildfire for your post!

 

[Wildfire]

This is a great example of forgiveness and love. The more that we love one another, the more will be forgiven to us- by the Father.
For Jesus commanded it:

A new commandment, I give unto you: that ye love one another, as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

Wildfire

 

[Auntie]

Originally posted by Wildfire

Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are MANY, are forgiven; for she loved MUCH:

Wildfire, I love the story of this woman. I was raised in a "salvation thru works" kind of church, and I thought I was forever lost because I knew in my heart I could never be "good enough". Then I learned(at a different church), that Jesus LOVED me, and my salvation was a GIFT from Him. That is when I fell in love with Jesus, and He forgave my MANY sins.

It is all about love.

 

[Blessed-one]

great post!

 

[ZiSunka]

Oh yes! Finding out that salvation is a free gift from a loving God, not a demanding, sanctimonious God, was the best thing that ever happened to me! We must have gone to the same church as children, Auntie!

 

[Auntie]

Originally posted by lambslove

Oh yes! Finding out that salvation is a free gift from a loving God, not a demanding, sanctimonious God, was the best thing that ever happened to me! We must have gone to the same church as children, Auntie!

Lambslove,

I attended two different churches as a child, "Church of Christ" and "First Christian Church Disciples of Christ".

The COC was a small independent church, and they taught me to fear God and that no one could ever know if they were saved or not. They even took it a step further: to say you are saved is blasphemy as only God can know that.

Thank God for the Baptist Church, where I learned about the Love of God.