Matthew 9:10-13

While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

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If you wrote the story, you'd expect the God of the universe to visit Caesar or dine with the religious elite.

Instead, Jesus planted himself among the people the world called sinners... and it was no accident.

The sick needed the physician. The rejected needed restoration.

Jesus still visits outcasts. He came to you through His word and the waters of baptism.

He doesn't show up in person anymore. Today, he shows up through you. So go bring them Jesus!

Who do you purposefully spend time around... and is anyone in your circle still needing to meet the physician, Jesus?

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