5/15/22
5 Minutes of Focus
"Jesus Ate"
While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
Matthew 9:10-12 NIV
Jesus ate with sinners because they needed him to be down -to- earth and approachable.They needed him, the tax collectors needed him to be a real person....
That does not mean He treated them like his best friends or that He felt the need to tell them everything in order to fellowship with them.
Some of y'all, don't know how far to go with people. You always end up talking too much to the wrong people, giving them way too much access into your private life.
In order to truly be like Jesus, you must learn how to be in this world, but not of it. (John 17:16, Rom 12:2 NIV).
Jesus was with them, but he was never like them. He didn't sell out who he was, he didn't change up on God, trying to fit in with them.
He ate with them which implies that they got to see him be human, because we all have to eat....
But what was it that made them feel welcomed in Matthew’s home to begin with?
What was it that made them feel comfortable eating with Jesus of all people?
The answer: Love & kindness. The bible says; With lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
Jere 31:3 KJV
It was love & kindness that drew sinners and tax collectors to Jesus...Not him gossiping and trying to fit in and do what they do.
If you want to make a difference for real in people's lives and represent Christ well.
●You must be down-to-earth.
●You must be approachable. ●You must show love & kindness.
●You must let people see you NOT gossiping, NOT trying to fit in.
●Give them limited access, but make them feel like it's unlimited; like they have all the time in the world.
●In other words, BE PATIENT WITH PEOPLE.
Until Next Sunday,
LPS~ Love, Prophetess Stacy
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