FORGIVEN MUCH?

There is a famous woman in the Word who came to Yeshua.   She wept as she  washed His feet with the hair of her head and poured an expensive perfume on His feet.  She is known as the "sinner woman".  Yeshua accepts her offering and tells her that her sins are forgiven.  She broke many Levitical laws by touching this man Yeshua.  It is interesting how Yeshua never tells her she  has broken a law.  Why?  Yeshua came to bring something much greater.  Grace is much greater than the law.  Sin cannot stop GRACE, no matter how hard it tries, GRACE will always win.  The law showed us where we had failed, but GRACE forgives, delivers and sets free.   GRACE is GREATER!  See, this woman was only conscious of Yeshua, and that she needed Him.  She was not conscious of the law that said, "a woman should not touch a man in public that was not her husband."  Again, this woman was ONLY conscious of Yeshua.  Yeshua not only accepted her offering of tears and perfume but He offered forgiveness which she accepted readily.  She knew that Yeshua would not DISQUALIFY her.
Today some of us have disqualified ourselves by going back and comparing our lives to the law.  Yeshua has never disqualified anyone.  Yeshua says, "the person who has been forgiven much, loves much."  This means that when we truly grasp hold of the Hand of Grace that has been offered to us, we will LOVE Yeshua much.  It will cause intimacy to be born within us, with our King.


Here is the story.
Luke 7
³⁶One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to dine with him, and He went into the Pharisee's house and reclined at table.
    ³⁷And behold, a woman of the town who was ^[o]an especially wicked sinner, when she learned that He was reclining at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment (perfume).
    ³⁸And standing behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with [her] tears; and she wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed His feet [affectionately] and anointed them with the ointment (perfume).
    ³⁹Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw it, he said to himself, If this Man were a prophet, He would surely know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching Him--for she is a notorious sinner (a social outcast, devoted to sin).
    ⁴⁰And Jesus, replying, said to him, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he answered, Teacher, say it.
    ⁴¹A certain lender of money [at interest] had two debtors: one owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
    ⁴²When they had no means of paying, he freely forgave them both. Now which of them will love him more?
    ⁴³Simon answered, The one, I take it, for whom he forgave and cancelled more. And Jesus said to him, You have decided correctly.
    ⁴⁴Then turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, Do you see this woman? When I came into your house, you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.
    ⁴⁵You gave Me no kiss, but she from the moment I came in has not ceased [^[p]intermittently] to kiss My feet tenderly and caressingly.
    ⁴⁶You did not anoint My head with ^[q][cheap, ordinary] oil, but she has anointed My feet with ^[r][costly, rare] perfume.
    ⁴⁷Therefore I tell you, her sins, many [as they are], are forgiven her--because she has loved much. But he who is forgiven little loves little.
    ⁴⁸And He said to her, Your sins are forgiven!
    ⁴⁹Then those who were at table with Him began to say among themselves, Who is this Who even forgives sins?
    ⁵⁰But Jesus said to the woman, Your faith has saved you; go (enter) ^[s]into peace [^[t]in freedom from all the distresses that are experienced as the result of sin]. (Amplified)

Yes, this Yeshua does forgive sins.  There is no LIMIT to His GRACE and it is for ALL people.
"There is nothing wrong with God, 
There is nothing wrong with His Word,
Now through His blood there is nothing wrong with you."
(Joseph Prince)
Do not make Messiah of no effect in your life.  His blood is a free gift.  He died for you before you were born.  Receive Him today!

SOLOMON`S PRAYER

We must go back to the great prayers of the Word of God and use them in our own lives. This is a time to ask for God`s mercy in our lives.  Our country is on the verge of great judgment.  It is not different than any other nation in history that abandoned the Creator of the universe to serve their own purposes.  If we forget His name, He will make sure that we know it when all hell breaks loose in the world or in our own lives.  God does discipline those that He loves.  Just like a parent will discipline the child that is loved.


Here is Solomon`s prayer from 1 Kings 8
    ²²Then Solomon stood [in the court] before the Lord's burnt offering altar in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven
    ²³And he said, O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and showing mercy and loving-kindness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart.
    ²⁴You have kept what You promised Your servant David my father. You also spoke with Your mouth and have fulfilled it with Your hand, as it is this day.
    ²⁵Therefore now, O Lord, the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David my father what You promised him when You said, There shall not fail you a man before Me to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, that they walk before Me as you have done.
    ²⁶Now, O God of Israel, let Your word which You spoke to Your servant David my father be confirmed [by experience].
    ²⁷But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, the heavens and heaven of heavens [in its most extended compass] cannot contain You; how much less this house that I have built?
    ²⁸Yet graciously consider the prayer and supplication of Your servant, O Lord my God, to hearken to the [loud] cry and prayer which he prays before You today,
    ²⁹That Your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, toward the place of which You have said, My Name [and the token of My presence] shall be there, that You may hearken to the prayer which Your servant shall make in [or facing toward] this place.
    ³⁰Hearken to the prayer of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray in or toward this place. Hear in heaven, Your dwelling place, and when You hear, forgive.
    ³¹Whenever a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath and comes and swears the oath before Your altar in this house,
    ³²Then hear in heaven and do and judge Your servants, condemning the wicked by bringing his guilt upon his own head and justifying the [uncompromisingly] righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness (his uprightness, right standing with God).
    ³³When Your people Israel are struck down before the enemy because they have sinned against You, and they turn again to You, confess Your ^[b]name (Your revelation of Yourself), and pray, beseeching You in this house,
    ³⁴Then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel and return them to the land You gave to their fathers.
    ³⁵When heaven is shut up and no rain falls because they have sinned against You, if they pray in [or toward] this place and confess Your name (Your revelation of Yourself) and turn from their sin when You afflict them,
    ³⁶Then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, when You teach them the good way in which they should walk. And give rain upon Your land which You have given to Your people as an inheritance.
    ³⁷If there is famine in the land or pestilence, blight, mildew, locust, or caterpillar, if their enemy besieges them in the land of their cities, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is,
    ³⁸Whatever prayer or supplication is made by any or all of Your people Israel--each man knowing the affliction of his own heart, and spreading forth his hands toward this house [and its pledge of Your presence]--
    ³⁹Then hear in heaven, Your dwelling place, and forgive and act and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart You know, for You and You only know the hearts of all the children of men,
    ⁴⁰That they may fear and revere You all the days that they live in the land which You gave to our fathers.
    ⁴¹Moreover, concerning a stranger who is not of Your people Israel but comes from a far country for the sake of Your name [and Your active Presence]--
    ⁴²For they will hear of Your great name (Your revelation of Yourself), Your strong hand, and outstretched arm--when he shall pray in [or toward] this house,
    ⁴³Hear in heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger asks of You, so that all peoples of the earth may know Your name [and ^[c]Your revelation of Your presence] and fear and revere You, as do Your people Israel, and may know and comprehend that this house which I have built is called by Your Name [and contains the token of Your presence].
    ⁴⁴If Your people go out to battle against their enemy, wherever You shall send them, and shall pray to the Lord toward the city which You have chosen and the house that I have built for Your Name [and Your revelation of Yourself],
    ⁴⁵Then hear in heaven their prayer and supplication, and defend their cause and maintain their right.
    ⁴⁶If they sin against You--for there is no man who does not sin--and You are angry with them and deliver them to the enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the enemy's land, far or near;
    ⁴⁷Yet if they think and consider in the land where they were carried captive, and repent and make supplication to You there, saying, We have sinned and have done perversely and wickedly;
    ⁴⁸If they repent and turn to You with all their mind and with all their heart in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to You toward their land which You gave to their fathers, the city which You have chosen, and the house which I have built for Your Name;
    ⁴⁹Then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven, Your dwelling place, and defend their cause and maintain their right.
    ⁵⁰And forgive Your people, who have sinned against You, and all their transgressions against You, and grant them compassion before those who took them captive, that they may have pity and be merciful to them;
    ⁵¹For they are Your people and Your heritage, which You brought out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace.
    ⁵²Let Your eyes be open to the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel, to hearken to them in all for which they call to You.
    ⁵³For You separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be Your heritage, as You declared through Moses Your servant when You brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.
    ⁵⁴When Solomon finished offering all this prayer and supplication to the Lord, he arose from before the Lord's altar, where he had knelt with hands stretched toward heaven.
    ⁵⁵And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice,

DANIEL`s PRAYER

 DANIEL 9
17Now therefore, O our God, listen to and heed the prayer of Your servant [a][Daniel] and his supplications, and for Your own sake cause Your face to shine upon Your sanctuary which is desolate.
    18O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and look at our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You for our own righteousness and justice, but for Your great mercy and loving-kindness.
    19O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, give heed and act! Do not delay, for Your own sake, O my God, because Your city and Your people are called by Your name.





Oh Lord, revive your people.  We humble ourselves and pray and seek your face, and turn from our sinful ways.  We repent and ask you to heal our nation, heal our land.  Oh Lord, have mercy upon us.
We need your mercy Abba. We ask for your mercy to triumph over judgment.

LIFE BY THE SPIRIT

What was the first thing you did when you were born into this world?  What was the thing you HAD to do?
You took a breath, you inspired, RIGHT? Yes, we all received something or we would not be in this world today.
If we had to receive something to enter the physical life, then we must also receive something spiritually to enter the spiritual life.  

Yeshua spoke to a man named Nicodemus.  I will call him Nic.  Nic came to Yeshua by night to ask how one enters the path of eternal life.  Yeshua told Nic that he must be "born again."  Nic says, How can I enter my Mother`s womb again and we born a second time?  Now what Yeshua meant was a spiritual birth.  A birth of the Spirit.  Now all of us as babies were born of water and of much blood, physically, from our Mother`s womb.  In the same way when Yeshua died on the tree, much blood and water poured out of Him literally.  According to history, Yeshua`s death happened early because of Congestive Heart Failure.  Thus, when His side was pierced, blood and water poured out.  This is the reason that Yeshua said to Nic, "you must be born again."  Life by the Spirit gives us eternal life.
Today we must receive LIFE by the Spirit,  before we can offer this LIFE it to others.  Even then, each person must individually receive that breath of LIFE from the Spirit; just as each person must receive a breath of physical life when entering the physical world.
Many focus on the scripture that speaks on, "it is more blessed to give than to receive."  Yes, this is true, BUT ONE CANNOT GIVE SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE NOT FIRST POSSESSED.  Think about anything in life, compassion, love, caring, love, joy, peace, long suffering,  gentleness, meekness, temperance; one must receive before one can give to others.  
Today, think of every aspect of your life.  Am I frustrated in my walk because I am trying to give from a place that I have not been filled in?  
This is the reason it is so important to walk FILLED every day.  Filled with what you may ask?  Filled with the Spirit.  This means that the Spirit is IN CONTROL of your life.  Not you in control of the Spirit.  Too many of us try to control the Spirit and this gives rise to great frustration and confusion in our lives, because we have reverted back to walking according to the flesh.
James speaks of the Spirit envies intensely over our flesh to be in control, and the flesh over the Spirit.
This battle inside of us is a struggle for all.
The question, will I yield to my  flesh or surrender to SPIRIT?