“When
the scribes of the Pharisees saw that he was eating
with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his
disciples, ‘Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?’
When Jesus heard this, he
said to them, ‘Those who are well have no need of a
physician, but those who are
sick; I
have come to call not the righteous but
sinners.’”
(Mark 2:16-17)
Jesus bothered little with social
expectation. The religious leaders
scolded him for associating with “sinners.”
Jesus told them, however, that “sinners” were his kind of people! Perhaps we would do well to raise our standards to those of
Jesus…after all, you and I are some of those sinners Jesus came to
save.
Prayer: Lord, your embrace is broad enough
to welcome all sinners. Help us to do
the same. Amen.
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