Grace for your spirit
When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, "Why is your Teacher eating with tax collectors and sinners?" Matthew 9:11
The religious professionals caught Jesus red handed, eating with sinners. To Jesus, sinners with an open door was a great opportunity. To the self righteous Pharisees, sinners were an irritation to be avoided. Jesus asked them to consider how a doctor feels about sick people. To a dedicated doctor, illnesses are an opportunity not an irritation. Jesus was the Great Physician with the insight to diagnose our troubles and create a cure for our sin sickness. This dinner was the chance for Him to reach the sin sick with compassion. How about us? Are sinners an opportunity or an irritation to us? The lost world needs us to have the compassion that Jesus had.
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