Verses: Luke 5 : 27 - 32
My thoughts about the verses:
Historically tax collectors were seen as the low of low. They were to collect taxes for the Roman empire yet at the same time they padded their pockets. Not only did they collect what was due according to the law they collected more for themselves. People disliked them and felt that they were profiting because of the way they treated the individual citizen.
Jesus walks past a tax collecting booth. He tells the tax collector to follow him. Immediately the tax collector gets up and leaves everything behind.
Matthew realizes that the Messiah is calling on him. He doesn't care about the money he cares about his life. He understands that his eternal life is more important than his earthly life. He lives his worldly possessions and joins Jesus to start gaining his eternal reward.
Matthew has a dinner and many people come. Many which were his fellow tax collectors. You can imagine the Pharisees and other church leaders as they see Jesus eating with this group. How could Jesus eat with the people that took from the poor? How could Jesus ask a tax collector to be a member of his followers?
Jesus answers by saying I haven't come for those that are well I came for those that are sick and need a physician. Jesus didn't come for those that were without need he came for those with need. Jesus was making the point if you think that you do not need help to make into Heaven then you are not able to accept the healing that comes from the Great Physician.
See we all need the healing power of God. Yet, there are people that believe that they can get to Heaven on their own. No matter what they hear they continue believing that they do not need God in their lives to help them. They worship God yet they do not have the Holy Spirit in their life. They never come to the understanding that the only way to make it to Heaven in through the healing power off Jesus.
We all know people that judge others and assume that they are better than those around them. They feel that they are righteous because of what they do and do not do that they can pass judgment on others. Yet, they forget that the only true judge is God. The act of judging others is a sin in itself.
Those that act righteous and think that they can get to Heaven because of that alone are missing the main point that Jesus is getting to in this story. The fact that those that believe that they need help are more willing to give themselves over to God. Those that think that they can do it on their own spend more time obeying the law instead of turning themselves over to God to help them get into Heaven.
Prayer:
Dear God thank you for sending Jesus to cleanse us from our sins. Thank you for healing us when we turn to the Great Physician. Help us turn our lives over to you. Help us walk in the light of Jesus and not in our own righteousness. help us understand that we cannot truly be healed from our sins unless we turn ourselves over to you. In the name of the Great Physician we pray. Amen
Questions:
Have you given your life to God?
Have you realized that you cannot save yourself that you need Jesus in
your life? Are you judging others? What do you need to do to spread
the good news of God?d?My thoughts about the verses:
Historically tax collectors were seen as the low of low. They were to collect taxes for the Roman empire yet at the same time they padded their pockets. Not only did they collect what was due according to the law they collected more for themselves. People disliked them and felt that they were profiting because of the way they treated the individual citizen.
Jesus walks past a tax collecting booth. He tells the tax collector to follow him. Immediately the tax collector gets up and leaves everything behind.
Matthew realizes that the Messiah is calling on him. He doesn't care about the money he cares about his life. He understands that his eternal life is more important than his earthly life. He lives his worldly possessions and joins Jesus to start gaining his eternal reward.
Matthew has a dinner and many people come. Many which were his fellow tax collectors. You can imagine the Pharisees and other church leaders as they see Jesus eating with this group. How could Jesus eat with the people that took from the poor? How could Jesus ask a tax collector to be a member of his followers?
Jesus answers by saying I haven't come for those that are well I came for those that are sick and need a physician. Jesus didn't come for those that were without need he came for those with need. Jesus was making the point if you think that you do not need help to make into Heaven then you are not able to accept the healing that comes from the Great Physician.
See we all need the healing power of God. Yet, there are people that believe that they can get to Heaven on their own. No matter what they hear they continue believing that they do not need God in their lives to help them. They worship God yet they do not have the Holy Spirit in their life. They never come to the understanding that the only way to make it to Heaven in through the healing power off Jesus.
We all know people that judge others and assume that they are better than those around them. They feel that they are righteous because of what they do and do not do that they can pass judgment on others. Yet, they forget that the only true judge is God. The act of judging others is a sin in itself.
Those that act righteous and think that they can get to Heaven because of that alone are missing the main point that Jesus is getting to in this story. The fact that those that believe that they need help are more willing to give themselves over to God. Those that think that they can do it on their own spend more time obeying the law instead of turning themselves over to God to help them get into Heaven.
Prayer:
Dear God thank you for sending Jesus to cleanse us from our sins. Thank you for healing us when we turn to the Great Physician. Help us turn our lives over to you. Help us walk in the light of Jesus and not in our own righteousness. help us understand that we cannot truly be healed from our sins unless we turn ourselves over to you. In the name of the Great Physician we pray. Amen
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