This Month's Biblical Theme: Jesus Knows Us
The message that God knows us is reinforced over and over again in the Bible. Jesus told
a group of His followers not to worry because God knows what they need. Jesus knew
the heart of the woman who anointed His feet with oil and loved her deeply despite her
sin. Knowing Peter’s fear when they were walking on water together, Jesus rescued him.
Jesus wanted His disciples to know Him and see Him as their Rescuer just like God wants
us to know Him.
Jesus is Anointed
Luke 7:36–50
Brite Idea: Jesus knows what we’ve done and loves us.
Simon, a Pharisee, invited Jesus to eat in his home. A woman came in weeping and washed Jesus’ feet with her tears and her hair. She poured oil from an alabaster box on his feet. The Pharisee wondered why Jesus would allow the woman there since she was known as a sinner. Jesus told Simon a story of two men who owed different amounts of money and were both forgiven. Jesus said the man who was forgiven the larger amount would be the most grateful. The woman had been forgiven much, so she loved much. Jesus told the woman her sins were forgiven, confusing the others in the room.
Jesus knew the woman’s sins, but He loved her anyway. Ever since Adam and Eve disobeyed God in the garden, our world has been broken by sin. We all say, do and think things that disobey God. Because God is holy and perfect, He cannot be near sin. Sin separates us from God. But because God loves us so much, He doesn’t want to be apart from us. Romans 5:8 says: God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Jesus knows us and loves us!
