Aaron

Erhardt

minister & author

Jesus went to many dinner parties in Scripture. On one occasion, in Luke 7, He was invited into the home of a Pharisee. As they were eating, a woman with a sinful reputation entered and began crying. She got down on her knees and wiped the Lord’s feet with her hair. The Pharisee was utterly offended by this behavior. He was absolutely appalled. In his mind, she was crossing many lines: she was a woman, she was a sinner, she was uninvited, she interrupted, and she let down her hair in public.

 

The Pharisee could hardly believe that the woman would act this way, or that Jesus would accept it. However, Jesus commended the woman and rebuked the Pharisee. That is because her tears were tears of affection for Him and tears of affliction for sin. My question is, where are our tears?