Encouragement For You Today: Matthew 9:9-12

Matthew 9:9-12:

9 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Matthew got up and followed him.

10 Later, Matthew invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners.11 But when the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with such scum?[c]”

12 When Jesus heard this, he said, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do.”

Jesus Hung  Out With Sinners:

Jesus hung out with people that were looked down upon by Jewish society. Tax collectors were disliked because they stole money and they worked for the Roman government, but Jesus wanted Matthew to follow Him and He was willing to eat at his house.

Jesus Came for Sick People:

Jesus came to save sinners, people who are sick and in need of the Great Physician.  Jesus came to save people who need Him, not the healthy people who are righteous.

Jesus wants the people who are lost and need Him to save them.  He came for people who are not necessarily liked in society. He came for sinners everywhere,

People Came When Matthew Told Them Jesus Was At His House:

Matthew invited his friends when Jesus was at his house and they came because they wanted to see Him.  Jesus wants us to bring people to Him and that's what we're supposed to do as Christians.

I hope that this will encourage you as Christians to go and do what Jesus said we should do and carry out the Great Commission.