Scripture: Mark 2: 17
17 When Jesus heard this, he told them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”
Scripture Commentary: Who do you call when you’re sick?
When you are sick, you call the doctor. S/he will prescribe medicine to make you well. Who do you call when your spirit is sick? Do you call on Jesus Christ or do you self medicate?
We can’t fix our souls, only Jesus can do that. When everything is going well, we get to the point where we forget God. Then we become spiritually sick and enter Satan’s world.
The Pharisees were indignant that Jesus broke bread with sinners. However, Jesus is the soul healer and had to go where the sick were. Christ loved us before we even knew or accepted him.
His message was the same then as it is now. Love your neighbor and spread God’s Gospel to everyone you can. Are you that good neighbor speading God’s Word?
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