February 6th Mark 2:13-17: Who Jesus Came For

Bad people are the ones who need Jesus. We might be like the people in this chapter who questioned why Jesus would have a meal with a tax collector. Tax collectors were Jewish individuals who were working for the Roman authorities. They would often skim quite a bit off of the top, essentially stealing from the people. You think people do not like IRS agents now well Jews absolutely hated tax collectors and though of them as evil. Yet Jesus called one of them to be his follower. Look at Jesus statement in verse 17, he says “Those who are well don’t need a doctor, but the sick do need one. I didn’t come to call the righteous, but the sinners.” The God of the universe came to earth as a human for the sinners. The catch is we have to admit that that is what we are to be saved by him.