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Luke chapter 5 verses 29 through 32

and Levi made him a great feast in his house

there was a large company of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them.

And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?

And Jesus answered them,

those who are well have no need of a physician,

but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to

repentance. What a story so So Levi, the tax collector, has followed Jesus and then brought a whole host of other

tax collectors to a feast in his house and sinners is what the Pharisees and the

scribes describe this group tax collectors and sinners so you have this group of religious leaders who are complaining that Jesus

is spending time with tax collectors and sinners.

And Jesus says,

this is why I came.

I came to call sinners to repentance, to give them life.

He says, those who are well have no need of a physician but those who are sick and the irony is these

religious leaders are far sicker than they realize but they think they're righteous. They think they've done it all right. And Jesus

says, I came for people who realize they haven't done it all right. And so I just want to encourage us, particularly as we

gather together in churches for worship. To realize first and foremost what brings us together is not our

righteousness but our unrighteousness, not our health, but our sickness. We need a Savior.

And by God's grace, Jesus has come and he has made salvation possible for us. And we must never forget

that and we must never lose this emphasis in our lives.

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