(from an earlier SOAP)
SCRIPTURE: Luke (NIV) 15:1 Now the tax collectors and “sinners” were all gathering round to hear him. 2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”
OBSERVATION: When something clean and pure comes in contact with something dirty and contaminated, it is expected that the dirty will contaminate the clean. But in this verse, we see the pure sinless Jesus purposefully intermingling with sinners. Jesus even reached out and touched the lepers. He did not get leprosy, but they were made clean! (Luke 5 & 17) Jesus did not become contaminated, but sinners left forgiven, and lepers left clean!
APPLICATION: When I confessed my sins to Jesus and invited him into my life, He did not become contaminated, but I became forgiven by his love and justified by his sacrifice. He made me just as if I had never sinned! Amazing!!! Now his life in me helps me walk in the world without becoming contaminated also! And when I do, He forgives. (1John 1:9)
PRAYER: Lord, I am so glad you are willing to intermingle with sinners. Although you hate sin, you are not afraid of it. Your righteousness is greater than sin! Your death pays for my sins; your love forgives me; and your life lifts me to live as your child! Amen.
Pastor Leon
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