PROCLAMATION
“When … the Pharisees saw Him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they
asked His disciples: ‘Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?’ On hearing this, Jesus said to them, ‘It is not
the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.’” Mark 2:16-17 (NIV)
EXPLANATION
These words are from the gospel, the good news regarding Jesus, The Christ, according to Mark, a companion Simon Peter. (1 Peter 5:13) After He was baptized Jesus called His disciples saying, “Come, follow Me.” (Mark 1:16-20) They went to Capernaum and Jesus began to teach. While He was teaching in the synagogue, Jesus healed a man who was possessed with an impure spirit. (Mark 1:21-28) They left the synagogue they went to the home of Simon and Andrew. When they got there, they found Simon’s mother-in-law in bed with a fever and Jesus healed her. The people brought many sick and demon-possessed individuals to Simon’s house and Jesus healed all of them. (Mark 1:29-34) Then He travelled throughout Galilee, preaching, healing the sick, and driving out demons. (Mark 1:39) A few days later Jesus returned to Capernaum and a large crowd gathered outside the home where He was staying. Four men brought a paralyzed man to Jesus, but they could not get to Him because of the crowd. So, they lowered the man down on a mat through a hole in the roof of the house and Jesus healed him. (Mark 2:1-12) Jesus went out of the house and walked beside the lake. As He walked, He saw Levi the tax collector and said to him, “Follow Me.” Levi left the tax collector’s booth and followed Him. They went to Levi’s house for dinner with many tax collectors. The Pharisees saw this and questioned His behavior. (Mark 2:13-17)
EXPLANATION
These words are from the gospel, the good news regarding Jesus, The Christ, according to Mark, a companion Simon Peter. (1 Peter 5:13) After He was baptized Jesus called His disciples saying, “Come, follow Me.” (Mark 1:16-20) They went to Capernaum and Jesus began to teach. While He was teaching in the synagogue, Jesus healed a man who was possessed with an impure spirit. (Mark 1:21-28) They left the synagogue they went to the home of Simon and Andrew. When they got there, they found Simon’s mother-in-law in bed with a fever and Jesus healed her. The people brought many sick and demon-possessed individuals to Simon’s house and Jesus healed all of them. (Mark 1:29-34) Then He travelled throughout Galilee, preaching, healing the sick, and driving out demons. (Mark 1:39) A few days later Jesus returned to Capernaum and a large crowd gathered outside the home where He was staying. Four men brought a paralyzed man to Jesus, but they could not get to Him because of the crowd. So, they lowered the man down on a mat through a hole in the roof of the house and Jesus healed him. (Mark 2:1-12) Jesus went out of the house and walked beside the lake. As He walked, He saw Levi the tax collector and said to him, “Follow Me.” Levi left the tax collector’s booth and followed Him. They went to Levi’s house for dinner with many tax collectors. The Pharisees saw this and questioned His behavior. (Mark 2:13-17)
APPLICATION
Jesus, The Christ, left heaven and came to earth to save us because we were all lost sinners. There are some today who, like the Pharisees, think that they are righteous but are also lost sinners. The Bible says that we all have sinned (Romans 3:23) and that none of us are righteous. (Romans 3:10) We all need Christ to save our sin sick soul. When believers witness to other believers that is fellowship as we encourage one another. However, our “job” is to witness to the lost, to point them to Christ, to save lost souls. We all know someone in our circle of family and friends who is lost needs to hear about Christ. It is not our place to make them believe, we are only to tell them, to plant the seed, and to act in such a way that they can see Christ in us. (Matthew 5:16) The Holy Spirit of God will add to the church as He sees fit to do so. (Acts 2:47)
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