SCRIPTURE
Now the tax collectors and "sinners" were all gathering around to hear him. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."
OBSERVATION
This scripture is awesome! The Pharisees were so "high and mighty" that they would not even allow themselves to associate with "sinners" and here, Jesus welcomes them!
APPLICATION
This is huge, not only personally, but on a corporate level. This is how we should be as a church! I don't want to be worrying about how many ex-cons, drug addicts, etc. are walking through the doors of the church! I want to be a person, who welcomes sinners just as Christ did! After all, no one is immune to sin!
PRAYER
Father, help me to be more open to accept people who might otherwise not be accepted! I want to learn from Christ's example!
Amen
Thursday, October 2, 2008
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