Devotion
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The Promises of God: Part CXLIX
Author
Timothy Laughlin
Published
Jan 22, 2025
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After these things He went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, "Follow Me." So he left all, rose up, and followed Him. Luke 5:27,28
After these things He went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, "Follow Me." So he left all, rose up, and followed Him. Luke 5:27,28
Then Levi gave Him a feast and there were a number of tax collectors and sinners who sat down with them. The scribes and Pharisees complained saying, "Why do you eat and drink with sinners?" Jesus answered them and said,"Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick."
We experienced the same thing in the ministry to those who were drug addicts, prostitutes, and alcoholics, just little sheep who were sick and in need of a Physician! Many in the churches looked down on us and it got so bad we had to pastor our own people. I can't complain though because we took our ladies to many churches to sing, and people didn't understand because they never experienced adversity in their lives until it found them!
Jesus came to preach the gospel to the poor and downtrodden, those in need of a Savior. That is the key, "They had a need!" Normally people don't come to Jesus when all is well, it's when the bottom falls out of their lives that they finally look up and cry out for healing or deliverance.
"I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance." Luke 5:32
Your servant in Christ, Timothy Laughlin
Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
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