Exodus 19 & 20, Mark 1: 29-45, Mark 2: 1-17, Psalm 30: 8-12
Mark 2: 16-17 (ESV)
“And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was
eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does he eat
with tax collectors and sinners?” And when Jesus heard it, he said to them,
“Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came
not to call the righteous, but sinners.”
In verses 16 and 17 from Mark 2, Jesus tells the scribes the
Pharisees that he eats with tax collectors and sinners because he came to be
with the sinners who are sick and not with those who have no need of a physician.
I love this line from Jesus. I always think of Jesus as so amazing and when I
read the stories of his disciples and other people of faith, I think of them as
amazing people as well. These verses remind me that Jesus didn’t come for the
amazing people. He came for the sinners. He came to redeem people from their
sins, and he is the greatest doctor to heal us from our sins. But the words of Jesus
also remind that he loves me exactly for who I am sins and warts and all. That
I don’t have to be an amazing person but maybe with God’s help and if it’s part
of his plan for my life, I will become an amazing person and follower of Jesus
Christ.
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