My dear brothers and sisters, of FaithLine: “As Jesus walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” Levi got up and followed him. While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him…FOR THERE WERE MANY WHO FOLLOWED HIM. When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw Jesus, 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 2:14-17) Levi was one who needed a doctor. He was a tax collector for the enemy Roman government. Like other tax collectors, he may also have been corrupt, growing rich by charging excessive taxes and pocketing the extra change. He was the kind of person that hardworking, respectable people didn’t like. Most would have thought he had no chance with God. Yet, HE WAS SOMEONE WHOM JESUS WENT AFTER IN HIS GRACE. Levi was just the kind of person Jesus came to save.
I attend prayer meetings at the Caring Place Ministry. There are 100’s of poor and needy who come for help each month. I’ve often thought this is where Jesus would be if He were here today…
MINISTER TO SOMEONE IN NEED TODAY…
FaithLine, the bible says: “I HAVE NOT COME TO CALL THE RIGHTEOUS, BUT SINNERS.”
-Bill Stockham