Anyone Can Come to Jesus - Mark 1-2

Mark 2:17

And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Tag:  Anyone Can Come to Jesus

In the above passage Jesus intersects with fishermen.  He calls them to be with Him and to believe in Him and to serve with and for Him.  They respond.  Throughout the book of Mark, we see Jesus interest and engage with all sorts of human beings.  He has no limits in his reach.  But, notice they are not the prized and the famous and the whole and the best.  Notice the type of people Jesus ministers to and calls into His Kingdom. Not just fishermen:

1. Man with a withered had (Mark 1:23)

2. A mother-in-law with a fever (Mark 1:30)

3. All who were sick and oppressed by demons (March 1:32)

4. A leper (Mark 1:40)

5. A paralytic (Mark 2:3)

6. A group of tax collectors (Mark 3:14-15)

7. A man with a withered hand (Mark 3:1)

8.  All who were diseased (Mark 3:10)

9.  A demon possess man (Mark 5:2)

10.  A ruler of a synagogue and his daughter (Mark 5:22)

11. A woman who had a blood issue (Mark 5:27)

12.  Hungry people (Mark 6:34)

13.  A group of fearful and failing disciples (Mark 6:50)

14.  Sick people on beds (Mark 6:55)

15. A Syrophoeenician woman (an immigrant) (Mark 7:26)

16. A deaf man (Mark 7:32)

17.  More hungry people (Mark 8:2)

18.  A blind and begging man (Mark 8:22)

19.  A dead boy and his family (Mark 9:20)

20.  A group of proud and arrogant disciples (Mark 9:34)

21.  A judgmental disciple (Mark 9:32)

22. False teachers and leaders (Mark 10:2; 11:27; 12:13; 12:18; 12:28; 14:53)

23.  Little, innocent children (Mark 10:13)

24. A rich young man (Mark 10:17)

25. Ambitious, but selfish, disciples (Mark 10:35)

26.  Blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46)

27.  Capitalist (Mark 11:15)

28.  A faithful widow (Mark 12:42)

29.  Disciples - theological students (Mark 13:3)

30.  Simon the leper (Mark 14:3)

31. A prostitute (Mark 14:3)

32. A betraying disciple (Mark 14:10)

33. A Man carrying a jar of water (Mark 14:13)

34.  A denying disciple (Mark 14:30)

35.  Sleepy disciples (Mark 14:37)

36.  A naked, denying disciple (Mark 14:51)

37. A political power broker (Mark 15:1)

38.  A mob (Mark 15:11)

39.  Roman soldiers (Mark 15:16)

40. A stranger, the man who bore His cross (Mark 15:21)

41.  Women who ministered with and to him (Mark 15:40)

42.  A rich man who had a empty tomb (Mark 15:42)

43:  The followers after his death (Mark 16:9, 12)

Jesus ministered and loved many people. Seldom was it the rich and the famous and the best.  It was always the sick and the weak and the failing.  Those are who come to Christ and receive grace.