“SEEST THOU THIS WOMAN?”
J. Taylor
This woman entered into Simon’s house because Jesus was there. Enduring the freezing atmosphere of the Pharisee’s house, she stood behind Jesus, weeping. Like Peter (Luke 22: 61, 62), she realised she was a sinner; realising it and repenting. She is judging her sins, and is weeping over them. Such a woman has a spiritual history. She has an alabaster box of myrrh, and she anoints the feet of the Saviour. The Lord does not forbid her such a privilege.
If she had done it in hypocrisy, He would not have allowed her to do it, but He saw that she was repentant, and too she had ointment. She was weeping for Jesus, and her tears were tears of love. She had already wept over herself, but now the Lord is accepting her service, as in addition she wiped His feet with the hair of her head.
No doubt most here have learned that unless they have long hair, they cannot wipe the Saviour’s
feet. This woman had not shortened hair. She understood that her hair had been given for her glory, and she could never use it more gloriously than in wiping the feet of the Saviour.
Well, dear friends, that is the kind of woman to whom the Lord turns and attracts attention ...
“Seest thou this woman?” The Lord is not ashamed of her; she is one of the jewels in His crown, a trophy of grace. She will shine in the coming day as a trophy of the death of Christ!
What a triumph when the Lord can say, “Seest thou this woman?” She was a repentant sinner who, now that she had been forgiven much, loved much; she was loving Jesus. Are there some here who do not love Jesus? I fear that there are; may God not allow you to continue without love for Jesus. It says in Scripture, “If anyone love not the Lord Jesus Christ let him be Anathema Maranatha”, meaning let him be accursed at His coming. It is a terrible thing to be without love for Jesus, so I would warn all those who do not love Him. This woman loved Him; “she loved much”, it says of her. Why did she so love? Because He had forgiven her so much.
(Vol. 40, pp.138, 139)