--SINNERS LIKE US / JESUS CAME TO REDEEM US!

--"This man welcomes
sinners and eats with
them."- (Luke 15:2)--

---I HAVE A FRIEND--her name is Edith--who told me about the day she decided to follow Jesus.

-Edith cared nothing for religion. But one Sunday morning she walked into a church near her apartment looking for something to satisfy her discontented soul. The text that day was Luke- Chapter 15 verses 1 and 2, which the Pastor read from the King James Version: "Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, 'This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them."

That's what it said, but this is what Edith heard: "This man receives sinners and Edith with them." She sat straight up in her pew! Eventually she realized her mistake, but the thought that Jesus welcomed sinners--and that included Edith--stayed with her. That afternoon she decided to put her faith in Him and follow Him.

The religious folks of Jesus's day were scandalized by the fact that He ate and drank with sinful, awful people. Their rules prohibited them from associating with such folk. Jesus paid no attention to their made-up rules. He welcomed the down-and-out and gathered them to Him, no matter how far gone they were.

It's still true, you know: Jesus receives sinners and ________(your name). "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." --(Romans Chapter 3 verse 23) ~~

'Heavenly Father, we can't thank You enough for the radical love of Your Son, who drew all of us outcasts and moral failures to Him, and made the way for us to come to You in joy and boldness. In the Blessed Name of Jesus we pray.'

--GOD PURSUES US IN OUR RESTLESSNESS, RECEIVES US IN OUR SINFULNESS, HOLDS US IN OUR BROKENNESS. --(Scotty Smith)

--ODB/DHR~~/-- 'KING OF MY HEART' -- By: Kutless ~-<https://youtu.be/wDsdsRuWrWk>
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