Sunday, December 09, 2012

For Whom is the Gospel?

The blogger at Glory to God for All Things teaches a class on the "spirituality of recovery" at a local alcohol and drug treatment center.

For many, the version of the gospel they have heard only condemns. Most of the men I meet want to get well, to get sober. Not all of them believe that God is actually on their side. Do we dare believe that God will be (is) so kind?

The blogger then quotes Scripture:
As He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” So he arose and followed Him. Now it happened, as He was dining in Levi’s house, that many tax collectors and sinners also sat together with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many, and they followed Him. And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, they said to His disciples, “How is it that He eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?” When Jesus heard it, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” (Mark 2:14-17)
Read more here: http://glory2godforallthings.com/2012/12/03/harlots-and-drunkards-at-the-last-banquet/

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