(Lesson 1632)(03-26-16) Mark 2:13-And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him. And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him. And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners? When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
Today's quote relates that Jesus dined with Levi, a publican (tax collector). The scribes and Pharisees frowned upon eating with publicans because they considered them to be "unclean" and Jews were to refrain from consorting with the unclean.
When the Pharisees challenged Jesus, He replied, "They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
If any man/woman could live without sin, he/she would have no need of the redeeming grace of Jesus Christ, however, we "all have sinned" and therefore we all stand in need of the great "physician" that is our Lord Jesus Christ. ~
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