11 Jan 2023
Love the patients
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As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew (Levi) sitting in the tax collector’s booth; and He said to him, “Follow Me [as My disciple, accepting Me as your Master and Teacher and walking the same path of life that I walk].” And Matthew got up and followed Him.
Then as Jesus was reclining at the table in Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners [including non-observant Jews] came and ate with Him and His disciples.
When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Master eat with tax collectors and sinners?” But when Jesus heard this, He said, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but [only] those who are sick."
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(Matthew 9.9-12 AMP)
Jesus loves sinners. Not just you and me types of sinners, but all types of sinners.
Many Christians admit they are sinners and many think we are of "better" type of sinners than the "bad" sinners. But when we look down at those "bad" sinners, we are no different than the Pharisees looking down at the "tax collectors and sinners" in the passage above.
Let us avoid the Pharisees' attitude. Let us treat the diseases and love the patients.