“And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
Luke 5:31-32 KJV
As Luke recorded, “Jesus overheard their complaining and said, “Who goes to the doctor for a cure? Those who are well or those who are sick? I have not come to call the ‘righteous,’ but to call those who know they are sinners and bring them to repentance.” Sickness is a form of evil in God’s eyes. Jesus came to heal the “evil” or sicknesses of earth. He didn’t come to re-define the self-righteous but those who realise they couldn’t get it right by themselves. Jesus came to awaken ‘sinners’ to recognise their identity through Him with a complete change of mind. Sin is to live out of context with God’s image and likeness in mankind, to behave out of tune with God. It is only through the Lord Jesus Christ we can have an awakening of the mind and a realignment of one’s reasoning. That’s why the preaching of the Gospel is so vital, that people realise it’s not self-righteousness (trading our deeds to please God) that transforms people but just allowing God’s Word to cleanse and transform us. Amen!
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