On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." Mk 2:17
Since Jesus came for the sinners, why is it that we have made the 11th commandment, "Thou shalt not hang out with sinners"? Why is it that we want sinners to come to church but we want them to clean up their act first? Why is it that when we walk into a room full of sinners we want to hide or run rather than celebrate the opportunity God just gave us to rub shoulders with the very ones he came to save?
I don't think Jesus would make a very good "Christian" in most of our churches. He was always hanging out with sinners and making excuses for it with statements like the one found in Mark 2:17. Then again, maybe that is exactly what Christians are supposed to do.
Since Jesus came for the sinners, why is it that we have made the 11th commandment, "Thou shalt not hang out with sinners"? Why is it that we want sinners to come to church but we want them to clean up their act first? Why is it that when we walk into a room full of sinners we want to hide or run rather than celebrate the opportunity God just gave us to rub shoulders with the very ones he came to save?
I don't think Jesus would make a very good "Christian" in most of our churches. He was always hanging out with sinners and making excuses for it with statements like the one found in Mark 2:17. Then again, maybe that is exactly what Christians are supposed to do.
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