Jesus is calling all of us to be with Him, there is no sin too great that He will not forgive…..All we need to do is to respond to His call…Why do we still fear?
He is telling us to come as we are, in our brokenness, our sinfulness, He will embrace us as we are, in and with His love and transform us…What are we waiting for?
Do we look upon others, smokers? drug addicts? ruffians? uncouth teens? anyone else who does not fit into our view of righteous living or holiness….do we look upon them with contempt? Do we shy away from them? Do we keep our distance? Why are we not trying to reach out to them in love? The same love Jesus offers us?
GOSPEL
Mark 2:13–17
13 He went out again beside the sea; and all the crowd gathered about him, and he taught them. 14 And as he passed on, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.
15 And as he sat at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were sitting with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many who followed him. 16 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?” 17 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.”
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