Jesus Our All in All (#3)

More about Jesus from "Jesus Manifesto" by Frank Viola:

"Watch Him as he encounters a battered, abused, shamed, and forgotten woman. She's a Samaritan of ill repute - a five-time divorcee. Your Lord breaks all social conventions by talking to her in public. But that's not all. He shares with her one of the greatest truths that a human being can know. In addition, He breaks Jewish custom by using her utensils and eating with her friends in a Samaritan village (something Jews were forbidden to do). Here is a Lord who embraces a dejected woman and woos her and her friends to Himself.

What a Christ.

Watch Him as He allows a prostitute to love Him in the house of a Pharisee. She pours expensive perfume on His feet, unbinds her hair and uses it as a towel to anoint His feet. Such an act is scandalous (for a woman to unbind her hair in that day was akin to publicly removing her bra in our day). The Pharisees move into high-octane-judgment mode toward Jesus and the woman. And what does the Lord do? He accepts this woman's extravagant act of love and adoration and rebukes the finger-pointing Pharisee for his self-righteousness, saying, 'Her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.' To the woman He said, 'Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.'

What a Christ."

Lord Jesus, You are beautiful in every way! Would You help us see as You see by Your Spirit? Come to us and renew our minds related to what You value and to what Your heart counts as precious. Thank You for Your undying love and affection for weak humans!