The Two Debtors (Lk 7:41-43)

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The Two Debtors (Lk 741-43)
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• Do you appreciate what Jesus has done for you?
• Does your service and devotion to Jesus
  demonstrate the true extent of your appreciation?
• If you are slack in your service, what does that
  indicate?
• What would help to motivate you toward better
  service?

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The Setting...

• Jesus accepts an invitation to eat at a
  Pharisees house - Lk 736
• A woman who was a sinner (perhaps a prostitute)
  comes in...
• The host wonders whether Jesus could truly be a
  prophet. Lk 739
• Jesus offers to say something..

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The Parable

• A creditor had two debtors - Lk 741
• The debtors could not repay, yet the creditor
  forgave them both - Lk 742a

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Jesus Question Application

• He Challenges Simon With a Question.
• Which of them (the debtors) will love him (the
  creditor) more?
• The contrast between Simon and the woman - Lk
  744-46
• Jesus drives the point home - Lk 747

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Applying The Parable

• This Parable Can Provide Great Comfort To
  Sinners.
  
  
• This Parable Reveals How We Can Increase Our Love
  And Devotion To Jesus.
• We Must Increase Our Understanding of Sin!

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Summary

• What is our devotion and service to Jesus like?
• Could it be that we are more like the Pharisee
  than we care to admit?

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Let Us Desire To Hear Jesus Say

• Your sins are forgiven. Your faith has saved
  you. Go in peace.