Jesus Is In The Room | Til Kingdom Come | Pastor Steve Andres

What do you do when Jesus is in the room? This weekend Pastor Steve continued our TIL KINGDOM COME series with a message about Jesus at the house of Simon the Pharisee. Luke 7:38As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them.Simon and a sinful woman are in the same room with Jesus, but they have radically different reactions. Simon is unaffected, but the woman is transformed. What was the difference?1) There is no healing in hiding.The woman that comes to Jesus had a sinful past but made herself vulnerable and honest. You will only find healing in the relationships where you are honest.2) There is no transformation without surrender.Simon approached Jesus as if he was interviewing him for a job or negotiating a deal. But God is not the one that we control, he is the one to whom we surrender control. 3) There is no closeness without commitment.When the woman poured out her perfume, she was letting go of her past identity. In religion, I use Jesus to get to other things. In real Christianity, Jesus is who I want the most.As Jesus told his story about two debtors who were forgiven, the woman understood that for a debt to be forgiven, someone would have to pay. Joy and humility fill our hearts when we realize that Jesus went to the cross to pay for our debt and forgive our sins!