1. Copyright © Simon G. Harris 2011 Scripture quotations taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission

2. FOLLOWING JESUS to surprising people

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5. Numbers 6:22-27"The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace."' "So they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them." God blesses the wrong people get blessed

6. Numbers 6:22-27 "The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace."' "So they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them." God blesses Grace unlocks God’s blessing

7. Luke 7:2There a centurion's servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. THE CENTURION things we can’t control

8. Luke 7:3The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. things we can’t control

9. Luke 7:4-5When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, "This man deserves to have you do this, because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue." THE CENTURION “you owe him!”

10. Isaiah 6:5"Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty." “you owe him!”

11. Luke 7:6-8So Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: "Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. THE CENTURION “you owe him NOTHING!”

12. Luke 7:9When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, "I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel." “you owe him NOTHING!”

13. Luke 7:12As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out--the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. A widow hopeless & powerless

14. Luke 7:13When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, "Don't cry." hopeless & powerless

15. Luke 7:16They were all filled with awe and praised God. "A great prophet has appeared among us," they said. "God has come to help his people." A widow hopeless & powerless

16. Luke 7:29-30All the people, even the tax collectors, when they heard Jesus' words, acknowledged that God's way was right, because they had been baptized by John. But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God's purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John. trusting in their own righteousness

17. Luke 7:36-37.. so he went to the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table. When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume, A sinful woman no moral credit

18. Luke 7:39When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is--that she is a sinner." no moral credit

19. Luke 7:41-42"Two men owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he canceled the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?" A sinful woman no moral credit

20. Luke 7:43Simon replied, "I suppose the one who had the bigger debt canceled." "You have judged correctly," Jesus said. A sinful woman no moral credit

21. Luke 7:47Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven--for she loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little." A sinful woman no moral credit