Then It Happened

Then it happened that as Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were dining with Jesus and His disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, “Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?” But when Jesus heard this, He said, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire compassion, and not sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”  Matthew 9:10-13 NASB

The Old Covenant leads up to the beautiful moment when Jesus came to earth and ushered in this new way of life. We have to realize it was something totally new! Under the New Covenant, Jesus showed up with a simple invitation—a new and wonderful way to relate to God the Heavenly Father. He invites you and me to turn from our self-directed way to follow Him. His life is exchanged for yours for mine for ours…all through Grace. 

Psalms 95:1-8 NASB O come, let us sing for joy to the Lord, Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. For the Lord is a great God And a great King above all gods, In whose hand are the depths of the earth, The peaks of the mountains are His also. The sea is His, for it was He who made it, And His hands formed the dry land. Come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. Today, if you would hear His voice.