The Annointing of Christ's Feet (Rabel)
Part of Lecture 12 given on February 6, 1976
The Annointing of Christ's Feet by a Sinful Woman in the House of Simon a Pharisee
Luke 7:36-39 pp. 77-79 of transcript.
"And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he entered into the Pharesee's house, and sat down to meat. And behold a woman which was in the city, a sinner;..." In Unity, we shy away from that word, and yet this is what the Bible teaches, she was a sinner. "...and when she knew that he was sitting at meat in the Parisee's house, she brought an alabaster cruse of ointment, and standing behind at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and wipe them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who or what manner of woman this is which toucheth him, that she is a sinner. And Jesus answering said unto him,..." Now, what are we told right there, that this man had not said a word, but Jesus heard every word, of course, this business of telepathy and mind transference was kindergarden for Jesus and many other things too that we now consider great big supernatural things were really normal for Jesus and He had never called great attention to them.
"And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on. A certain lender had two debtors.... (continue reading until verses 47 incl.)
I am going to digress just for a second; I haven't finished but this has just come to me. Notice that she did not have to go into her subconscious and find out what her sins were and then, one by one, get rid of them and substitute some kind of metaphysical Truth for each sin or error she had in subconscious. Some are still teaching that is what needs to be done. "You have to find out what the error is and get in there and clean out that error and replace it with the Truth," Oh, boy, what a dreary business and this isn't what Jesus taught, this isn't what Jesus demonstrated, this woman simply did one thing right to wipe out all the wrongs, she loved.
"But she still has to go into the subconscious otherwise karma will get her." Karma got her right here, folks; it got her by a love bug and cleansed her. You don't have to go to the subconscious and clean one by one the errors. You don't have, to do that, you learn the Truth and you apply the divine ideas of Truth and they purify consciousness or forgive sins. "Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven: for she loved much." He didn't say she'd never sinned. He said, she did plenty of them but she is loving, and in a state of loving, sins are forgiven. "But to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that even forgiveth sins? And he said unto the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace." So she had not only love but she had faith also, and that combination is invincible: there is not a sin in the world that can stand the purifying action of love and faith, and any time we disagree with this we are taking the place in this parable of those who mutter against the good that is happening. You will be surprised, folks, how even in our Unity movement the best intention of ours, if we observe ourselves, often we find ourselves muttering against some good that someone didn't deserve, we think. We don't need this, we don't need to mutter against someone's good.
There are many points Jesus is illustrating here, but one of the main points is we all have moments (and these are healthy moments) when we wonder to ourselves, what is my worth within the grand purpose at this time, not what do I look like, or how do I feel or any of these, but just as I am now, What am I worth, what am I really worth? From a parable like this, I get this answer, I am worth exactly what I am loving at this moment: the degree and the amount of my loving attitude is my exact worth at this moment. Love I a little less? I am worth a little less; love I a little more? I am worth a little more. It is not, am I doing the right thing so much or am I accomplishing my goal so much? It is, am I loving? or am I not?
This lesson was transcribed by Nita Strauss on 9-25-2013.
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Preceding Entry: 1976 Rabel Lectures 21: Woes Upon the Cities (Rabel)
Following Entry: 1976 Rabel Lectures 23: Accusation of League with Beelzebub (Rabel)
