“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)
Murmuring is not one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit but there are those who feel it is their responsibility and privilege to murmur. Similarly, the scribes and Pharisees murmured against the disciples of Jesus for eating and drinking with the publicans and sinners at the feast in Levi’s house.
“Well people do not need a physician,” Jesus told them, “just sick people.” In like manner he informed them that He did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
The problem with the scribes and Pharisees was that they did not see the need to visit the Great Physician. They were sin-sick and did not know it. Until a physically ill person realizes he is sick he will not make an appointment with a physician. And, until a person sees the need of the Savior, the Great Physician, he will not come to Him in repentance and faith. Levi and the other publicans saw their need for a visit with Jesus. Have you seen that need yet? Have you allowed Him to apply the cure for your sin-sickness?
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