Thursday, June 30, 2016

Friday, July 1, 2016


Matthew 9: 9-13

As Jesus passed by,
he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post.
He said to him, “Follow me.”
And he got up and followed him.
While he was at table in his house,
many tax collectors and sinners came
and sat with Jesus and his disciples.
The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples,
“Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
He heard this and said,
“Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do.
Go and learn the meaning of the words,
I desire mercy, not sacrifice.

I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.”

I desire mercy, not sacrifice. What need does the righteous man have for a savior? What good is a doctor to someone who isn’t sick? There have been only four people born immaculate. The first two gave up their cleanness and the last was divine. Every other person who will ever walk this earth has been born with a stain. Any man who believes himself righteous and not in need of a savior has a cancer no doctor can cure.

Pharisees defined righteousness by having done more good deeds than bad. The better you kept to the word of the Law the better a person you were. The goal of the Pharisee was to be like Saul; “as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless.” Such a man was perfect in God’s eyes, as seen through their own.

Jesus didn’t come here for these mighty people. He came to save the sinner. He came to raise up the lowly. He came to be the savior to those who knew they weren’t worthy of God’s love. Mercy is the pinnacle of God’s love for us. If we were given justice who could stand before the Lord a righteous man?
Have mercy on me Lord, a sinner.





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