Lesson 3369

 (Lesson 3369)(03-25-21) Luke 5:27-32

    “And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. And he left all, rose up, and followed him. And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them. But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need no a physician; but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

    Today’s quote relates that Jesus chose Levi, a publican (Tax Collector) as another of His apostles and dined with Levi in his house. Associating with publicans was a giant no no to the Jews.

    The fact that Jesus mingled with “publicans and sinners”  caused even more dissension among the leadership of the Jews. In response to the Jews complaint, Jesus said, in essence, that only the sick need a doctor. 

    Jesus came to save sinners, not those such as those Jews who were/are convinced that they were/are above sin. 

    We should thank God every day that Jesus came to save sinners such as I am.~