Luke 5:31-32
And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”
Tag: God Sent His Son for the Sinners
There are some people who are just to righteous to want to come to Christ. They fail to recognize that they are drowning in a sea of sin. Instead they think they float on the top of the scum of sin because of their degrees, knowledge, possessions, power and/or positions, etc. In the above passage the words of Jesus to the religious Pharisees make it plain to them and us as to why God sent Jesus to die for us: We are sinners. We have to be careful to never think that we don’t have sin condemning us and, most of our lives, controlling us. The “wages of sin is death.” Since we all sin and the wages of that sin is death, we need a Savior. Some, however, often think they are so sinful, they CAN’T be saved. The above verses, for them, are even more refreshing. God did not send His Son to die for the “righteous” (or, those who think of themselves as righteous). God sent Jesus to die for the “sinner.” Those who sin should not be fearful of acceptance of Jesus. He died for the worst of us. We can rejoice in that truth and rest in the assurance that, even at our worst, God is at His best and provided a savior for us. Note what Paul said:
1 Timothy 1:15-18
The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life. To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
We can rest in the “fact” that Jesus knows every sin (even the ones we forgot about) and still loves us.
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