"And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, 'Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?'" (Matthew 9:11)
Answer: The same reason He "eats" with you and me! We are a pathetic lot without Jesus.
The immediate answer we find in the next verse, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick." The human race is a sin-sick specie. The only cure for our sickness is the Physician, Jesus.
In Jesus Christ and His Most Precious Blood is the healing Balm for you and me, indeed, as 1 John 2:2 declares, "And He Himself is the propitiation (atoning sacrifice) for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world."
Father, in Jesus' Name, thank You for being my Physician. Amen.
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CROW MISSION: July 31 to August 12
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
