A True Prophet

Based on Luke 7:36-50

A man thought he knew her well, in fact he was bold enough to even speak up. As he opened up his mouth to expose her, he really exposed his heart of judgement. He was so busy looking at the depth of her sin, that he wasn't able to see his own. In his blindness, he wasn't able to see the depth of her love.

Jesus, the true prophet, looked at the heart. After all that is what he really cared about. Yes he knew her, knew her sin, yet he chose to focus more on her heart. He could tell from her present action that she was one who was humbly willing to pour out her offering of gratitude as she received forgiveness. As she exchanged her sins for forgiveness at the feet of Jesus, the fragrance rose and the knowledge of her sin vanished.

The Pharisee didn't get it. Even though it was happening right before his very eyes, he couldn't see it. He thought he could see, but he was blind. The plank of judgement kept him from seeing the way a true prophet does. Jesus gave him a question to ponder and when he answered it, he finally judged right.

The plank of judgement will keep you from being a true prophet. Judgement will always cause you to look at things through the natural eye. It will cause you to keep record of wrong.

A true prophet has insight into the heart because it sees through the eyes of the Father. It sees through eyes that look beyond the flesh, beyond the sin. It looks into the motive of the heart.

I heard a lyric from a song, it said, "if I could see through Jesus eyes for ten minutes, what would I see?" Why not close your eyes for ten minutes and ask God to reveal to you what he sees. With his eye sight, we will certainly see things differently!