Saturday, July 21, 2012

Sinners Like Me


Matthew 9
Jesus Calls Matthew
Or better yet, “calling all sinners.” Jesus had His pick of many to select for His service, and He chose a well known “sinner,” a treacherous character, with a day job that made it legal for him to steal.

But when he heard it, he said, 'Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”
 
God is pleading, that we'd truly grasp repentance over pretending.

How we should post this on the door of our churches! What a truth we fail to grasp!

There is always room in the kingdom for a soul seeking reconciliation, no matter how grievous its offenses or how long its taken to realize their wrongdoing. 
 
May we never consider ourselves too holy to associate with those who appear worse than us, for the reality is: we are all in need of God's mercy.

We are all sinners, that's the ash and beauty of our faith: we our totally depraved, unable to breath without sinning...but we get to be the recipients of God's sweet grace.

The grace of God tells us we always have a home, and are always welcome at the table of Christ.

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