He Came for Sinners (Mark 2:16–17)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

Christian, Bible, Baptist, Devotional, Spirituality, John Piper, Prayer, Bible Study, Religion & Spirituality, Louie Giglio, Christianity, David Platt, Pray, Radical

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🗓️ 30 January 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In this episode of Pray the Word on Mark 2:16–17, David Platt challenges us to show grace and mercy that would lead many people to Jesus.

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0:00.0	Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.
0:30.0	I love about this passage and so much we could talk about in it, but what I want to point out
0:36.9	in particular and lead us to pray according to is the dynamic at work here as tax collectors
0:46.1	and sinners are drawn to Jesus. These people who, especially the religious leaders would have
0:55.4	scoffed at there are scoffing at them. They're drawn to Jesus, people who are in need of salvation,
1:06.4	sinners, people who see that they are sick spiritually. They were drawn to Jesus and I just think
1:15.9	about my life. I think about my family. I think about the church. I'm a part of I want to live and
1:23.3	I want to be a part of a church where sinners feel welcome where people who are far from God
1:32.5	feel loved and cared for and are drawn to not because we are like the world. That's obviously not
1:42.4	the case here in Jesus' life. He was totally different from the world in such a way that people
1:50.8	were drawn to the grace and the mercy that was found in him. Oh, I want my life to look that
1:57.2	like that. I want my life to overflow with grace and mercy and love in such a way that people
2:04.2	who are far from God through my life would be drawn to Jesus. I want to be a part of a church
2:11.6	where people who are far from God are strangely drawn to love and the grace and the mercy.
2:19.9	They find in the body of Christ. So can we just pray that for our lives and for
2:28.7	our churches that we are a part of? God, we pray that you would help us to live and assemble
2:38.1	as your people and operate as your people in the churches we're a part of in such a way that
2:44.5	to use language from Mark to tax collectors and sinners find a welcome place there in our lives
2:53.4	in our homes and in our houses of worship as the body of Christ. God, we pray. You would help us
3:02.7	to love so well, care so well, show such grace, such mercy in our lives and in our churches
3:12.8	that people are strangely drawn to you through us. God, please may that be so.
3:20.1	We look around in our cities and our communities so many people in need of your grace and your love
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