Later, Levi held a banquet in his home with Jesus as the guest of honor. Many of Levi’s fellow tax collectors and other guests also ate with them. 30 But the Pharisees and their teachers of religious law complained bitterly to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with such scum?”
31 Jesus answered them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. 32 I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to repent.” (Luke 5:29-32 NLT)
Imagine a court setting. The opposition objects to what Jesus is doing. But the objection if overruled by God's love for all people, by His desire to bring all people including the social outcast in His Kingdom.
Jesus did not just say this needed to happen, He made it happen. He ate with tax collectors and sinners. He traveled through Samaria. We need to follow His example and reach out to those others would overlook, passby or exclude. They are God's Children too, given life by God. Jesus came to seek and save the lost. No one is beyond God's love. No one should be beyond our reach, either. Who is God sending you or me to today?
31 Jesus answered them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. 32 I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to repent.” (Luke 5:29-32 NLT)
Imagine a court setting. The opposition objects to what Jesus is doing. But the objection if overruled by God's love for all people, by His desire to bring all people including the social outcast in His Kingdom.
Jesus did not just say this needed to happen, He made it happen. He ate with tax collectors and sinners. He traveled through Samaria. We need to follow His example and reach out to those others would overlook, passby or exclude. They are God's Children too, given life by God. Jesus came to seek and save the lost. No one is beyond God's love. No one should be beyond our reach, either. Who is God sending you or me to today?
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