While Jesus was having dinner at Levi's house, many tax collectors and "sinners" were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 16 When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the "sinners" and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: "Why does he eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?"
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." Mark 2:15-17
In many respects the church has done the same attitude as the Pharisees. Non-Christians hear from us – you are sick, we are healthy. When Non-Christians hear that from us, they turn a deaf ear, why? Because in many instances our “morality” is no better than the worlds! Look at the divorce rate. Look at the materialism and debt in the church. Look at how often we read God’s word at home compared to how often those in the church look at porn. Guess what church – We are sick too!
Bobby Hill does an excellent job illustrating this point:
Our culture will ignore us as long as we claim health and accuse them of sickness. We must recognize that salvation is a gift, given by Christ, instead of acting like we earned salvation through our faith.
It is only by the transformation of the Holy Spirit inside of us that we can change.
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