HOW JESUS LOVED, Part 5
WORD OF THE DAY: "NO CONDEMNATION"
Scripture reference: Matthew 9:10-14; Matthew 12:7:
"And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his
But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them,
But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will
Matthew 12:7
"But if ye had known [by experience] what this meaneth,
The Pharisees were very legalistic Judeans. They had a law against everything, which
Dedication to their own man made doctrines and commandments took terrific effort and
Jesus did not live like the Pharisees. He loved the sinners and publicans. They were the
We all fall short of the glory of God. We all needed a Savior from sin. We all need Christ
Critical, misplaced condemnation will turn people away from God.
It is easy to love the loving. It is easy to fellowship with like-minded believers who have
Where I must watch is no condemnation to those who do not know what Jesus came to offer.
I remember what I was like when I first came to understand more about the Bible. I was a
I still need just as much love and acceptance and patience and longsuffering as I ever did.
If you and I need these things, you can be sure, the unsaved need them much more.
Let us do our best to not condemn, or call uncommon or unclean, those whom God has called out
-Carol Kenreigh
house, behold, many publicans [tax collectors were
considered dishonest for stealing money and collecting
more tax than what was owed] and sinners came
and sat down with him and his disciples.
disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans
and sinners?
They that be whole need not a physician, but they
that are sick.
have mercy, [active compassion, tender mercy]
and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the
righteous, but sinners to repentance."
I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have
condemned [adjudged against, pronounced guilty] the guiltless.
attempted to make them look more righteous than others. They sacrificed much.
sacrifice, but it was all in vain. As they puffed themselves up, their inflated egos
pushed away the very people who needed help! They looked down their noses at all the
pathetic sinners and despised them. They were critical, overbearing, and loaded on men's
shoulders, burdens too heavy to bear.
people He was called out to save. The whole do not need a doctor, but the sick do. He was
called out to save the sinners.
He loved people right where they were. No, He did not love sin, but He did love the sinner.
He understood the nature of men.
everyday! We will never become so righteous, so good and so pure, that the ungodly will not
deserve our help. We must love them and do our best to win them to the Lord.
the Word on their lips, in their hearts and in their lives.
They will not be won by critical judgment against them. They can only be won by love,
patience and longsuffering with the Word.
mess emotionally, and spiritually. Had someone not witnessed to me in love, I never would
have gotten the deliverance I needed to come out from darkness into the Light.
I am not where I want to be yet in my walk of power and deliverance and faith. I still need
encouragement and comfort. So do you.
to save. May we love sinners like Jesus did. Amen.
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