Lucas 5:27-32
Pagkatapos ng mga bagay na ito, si Jesus ay umalis. Nakita niya ang isang maniningil ng buwis na nagngangalang Levi. Siya ay nakaupo sa tanggapan ng buwis. Sinabi ni Jesus sa kaniya: Sumunod ka sa akin. Sa pagtindig ni Levi iniwanan niya ang lahat at sumunod sa kaniya.
Si Levi ay naghanda ng isang malaking piging sa kaniyang bahay para kay Jesus. Naroroon ang napakaraming mga maniningil ng buwis at mga iba pang kasalo nila. Nagbulong-bulungan ang mga guro ng kautusan at ang mga Fariseo laban sa kaniyang mga alagad. Sinabi nila: Bakit kayo kumakain at umiinom kasama ng mga maniningil ng buwis at ng mga makasalanan?
Sumagot si Jesus sa kanila: Sila na malulusog ay hindi nangangailangan ng manggagamot kundi ang mga maysakit. Hindi ako naparito upang tawagin ang mga matuwid. Ako ay naparito upang tawagin ang mga makasalanan sa pagsisisi.
I have come to call the Sinners.
He said to him, “Follow me.”
And leaving everything behind, he got up and followed him.Then Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were at table with them. The Pharisees and their scribes complained to his disciples, saying,
“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
Jesus said to them in reply,
“Those who are healthy do not need a physician, but the sick do.
I have not come to call the righteous to repentance but sinners.”
1 comment:
I have not come to call the righteous to repentance but sinners.”
Jesus is our "Redeemer and Savior" and He was sent to us by our Heavenly Father to pay for our sins.
A lot of "reformed sinners"(sinners who turned back to God) have shared their life experiences to others. They serve as living examples in order to preempt any possibility of committing the same mistake that they have experienced in their lives.
If you have someone in your mind right now whom you believe is living in sin, pray for that person and ask God to touch his heart and repent for all the sins that he has committed.
God bless us all forever!
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