573rd Post Jeus Said Concerning Parables Con't. - Parables on Forgiveness Con't. - Parable of Forgiven Much and Forgiven Little Con't. 4th Post - Luke 7: 41 - 47.

Luke 7: 41 - 47 Parable of Forgiven Much, Forgiven Little Continued 4th Post.
Why did Jesus tell this parable?  Jesus was at Simon's house and this woman had followed Jesus into Simon's house.  Simon was becoming upset at the attention this woman was giving Jesus in his house by an uninvited guest.  What this woman was doing would be considered a form of worship.  Worship was reserved for God only.  Jesus always accepted worship because He is God!  You will find when you read in the Bible when other people or even angels are given worship, they stop it right away.  We do not know the condition of Simon's heart in this text.  He believed Jesus to be a good teacher and a man of God, but maybe not God.  This might have been what was upsetting him.  You have to remember that Simon was a Pharisee, and as such he was a teacher of the Law, and considered an authority on the things of God.  For him to realize that Jesus, was a man of God also, shows that Simon had some understanding about who Jesus is, and it was this that caused him to follow Jesus.  It is interesting what Jesus says at the end of this passage in Luke chapter 7. "But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little."  Jesus was saying that our ability to love, is directly tied to how much we forgive.  When you come to realize that without Jesus Christ, you are on a one way road directly to hell, with no way to turn it around.  When you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, your road makes a 180 degree turn and you are now heading for Heaven. How precious is that Forgiveness?  Only you can answer that question.  Are you Forgiven??