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 2:17)Sometimes, we feel too unworthy to return back to God. The burden of sins pull us down like a heavy chain around our neck. We can't bear to lift our heads up. We are too ashamed to look at Jesus in the eye.
We look at the people around us. Surely he is more deserving of God's love than me! Surely God is more pleased to receive her than me!
We feel that we might as well give up. There is no way God will forgive me now.
Yet, God's mercy is .... amazingly abundant.
In Matthew 9:13, it was added that Jesus quoted this from the Old Testament, "I desire mercy and not sacrifice."
Jesus has come to call us sinners back to Him. It's just awesome.
He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor punished us according to our iniquities.
For as the heavens are high above the earth,
So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;
As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
As a father pities his children,
So the LORD pities those who fear Him.
For He knows our frame;
He remembers that we are dust.
(Psalm 103:10-14)
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