Bangkok Fellowship Church

 

Jesus Christ Welcome the Sinners

August 23,2015

by Sor Bor

 

(Luke 15:2)”This man receives sinners  and eats with them.”

These are complains, scolding, blaming and insulting the Pharisee talk behind Jesus’s back. People in general like to gossip or criticize about other people how bad they are.  They blame people who did not behave themselves higher than the sinners. Behaviors are considered wrong. They should not get in touch with tax collectors, prostitutes, or people with bad habits. I (author) do not know their reasons but I guess that 1. all sinners are treated that they are bad people. 2. To get in touch with this people will make them blemish or guilty 3. Their welcoming might encourage these people to do more sins 4.They look down upon them or they treat these people as low class citizen 5. People in society may look at us the same as them.6. God might punish them. I (author) do not know exactly.

Jesus Christ do totally different from those people. We should start thinking about Jesus.  Who is he? He is the son of God. He is in heaven. He is Lord our God who is righteous, glory, holy and eternity. He never do wrong. No one can be compared with him physically and spiritually. He is God who created the world and created man by his words. (John 1:14) Jesus still keep on associating with the same group of people. He dined in Levi houses. There are also tax collectors and other sinners. They also ate in Levi’s house. (Mark 2:15) Who is right? Jesus or Pharisee?

Who is clever or intellectual as God?  Helping people need love. However, he love the sinners but he hates sin. When our children are sick, we must heal them. Pharisee never love anyone. They love themselves. Actually they are worse than the tax collector but they think they are righteous.

Jesus Christ love the sinners; however, he does not do any sin. He love them and is ready to help them. He does not do any sins. He came to the earth to help people. How can we help the sinners if we keep away from their community. They will be lonely. Deep in their hearts, they need to be good. Those who are well do not need a doctor. (Mark 2: 16-17)

Jesus never look down upon them.

The world blame and look down on them as very sinful. Their father and mother are poor as slaves who have been scolded. Because they were born in slums. They were lower class people. They are drunk. Their ancestors were slaves. Their mothers like to play cards. They move from remote area. They are so nasty and disgusting. They got the assignment as the tax collectors. They seem to like it so much. They are not shameful. People think that they betray the country and people. They are so angry. Ten out of a hundred of the tax some part went to Rome but they secretly put some in their pockets. That is the way they live and survive. But Jesus Christ is intimate friend with them so that he can help and encourage them or suggest them when they have problems. The intimacy will assist Jesus to lead their soul or spirit by being close friends first.

 








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