Sunday, April 6, 2008

Day 2 of new life

MARK 2:13-17
13Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them. 14As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector's booth. "Follow me," Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.
15While Jesus was having dinner at Levi's house, many tax collectors and "sinners" were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 16When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the "sinners" and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: "Why does he eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?"

17On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

what i like about this is the last verse. jesus said that he didnt come to save us because we were/are pure/righteous/perfect. because we arent! he came to save us because of our faults. if we didnt have faults, then there would be no point. thats what makes god to amazing.

like say that your in a hold up, and the guy next you is a murderer/rapist/pedophile, and the 'bad guy' pulls a gun and askes you to pick, you or him. who do you pick? this man is bad (i dont know if i can say evil), and most think he should die. but jesus, he would say pick me. because thats why he came. i know not every1 is all that, but we all have something that separates us from God, doesnt matter if its big or small, its there. and because its there, jesus went through with it, even though he had asked/begged God that if any1 else could do it, take the burden off him and pass it on. but he knew that there was no-one else. and even though he knew what would happen, he did it, because he came to call the sinners.
we dont deserve so much love.

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