Key Verse: Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance.” (Luke 31-32)
I. The Work of God I Experienced
This conference was a lot different from the other conferences I have been to. Because I wasn’t originally going to be sharing a testimony, and only participated in a few music programs, I had a lot more time to relax and enjoy the conference in a different way. I was very glad that I participated in the various programs that I did, but it was also an opportunity to listen and understand instead of worrying about the many things that needed to be done.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Luke 5:12-32
(Written during the Great Lakes Region Summer Bible Conference, July 17-19, 2009)
Key Verse: Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance.” (v. 31-32)
Throughout this passage, we are shown Jesus’s love and compassion for people. The people in each situation were approached in a way that was unique to them in their specific circumstances and the state of their heart. The leper honestly sought after Jesus with faith and was healed because of his earnest desire to seek Jesus. The paralytic man was greatly blessed to have such great friends of faith, friends who would even lower him through a roof to bring him to Jesus. Jesus respected their faith, calling them his friends and healing the paralytic as well. Then, as Jesus called Levi, who would later be called Matthew, Levi had the faith to leave all his belongings behind to follow Christ. He recognized the value of being a follower of Jesus and left all he had, and then celebrated his new life with Jesus with a feast.
At this celebratory banquet the Pharisees asked Jesus’s disciples, ““Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and ‘sinners’?” Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance”” (v. 30-32).
Again, Jesus shows his compassion for sinners. He truly had a shepherd heart for mankind and it is something we need to emulate, and to seek God’s direction in so that we also can look at individuals and see their humanity, but as sinners who have different needs, feelings, and situations… and a need God’s love.
Key Verse: Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance.” (v. 31-32)
Throughout this passage, we are shown Jesus’s love and compassion for people. The people in each situation were approached in a way that was unique to them in their specific circumstances and the state of their heart. The leper honestly sought after Jesus with faith and was healed because of his earnest desire to seek Jesus. The paralytic man was greatly blessed to have such great friends of faith, friends who would even lower him through a roof to bring him to Jesus. Jesus respected their faith, calling them his friends and healing the paralytic as well. Then, as Jesus called Levi, who would later be called Matthew, Levi had the faith to leave all his belongings behind to follow Christ. He recognized the value of being a follower of Jesus and left all he had, and then celebrated his new life with Jesus with a feast.
At this celebratory banquet the Pharisees asked Jesus’s disciples, ““Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and ‘sinners’?” Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance”” (v. 30-32).
Again, Jesus shows his compassion for sinners. He truly had a shepherd heart for mankind and it is something we need to emulate, and to seek God’s direction in so that we also can look at individuals and see their humanity, but as sinners who have different needs, feelings, and situations… and a need God’s love.
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