<html><head></head><body><div><div><div><div><br></div>Mark 2;<span>13-15</span><div><span><br></span></div><div><span><b>13. &nbsp;He went out again beside the sea; and all the crowd gathered about him, and he taught them.</b></span></div><div><span><b>14. &nbsp;And as he passed on, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, “Follow me.” &nbsp;And he rose and followed him.</b></span></div><div><span><b>15. &nbsp;And he sat at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were sitting with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many who followed him.</b></span></div><div><span><b><br></b></span></div><div><span>So many people think of ‘religion’ as being adherence to a set of rules. &nbsp;Nothing could be further from the truth. &nbsp;True religion is intense&nbsp;personal attraction to the One who knows our souls and spirits fully,&nbsp;loves us, but does not condemn us,&nbsp;and who we perceive offers us a new and different life.&nbsp;</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>This is the true Jesus. &nbsp;He draws sinners like a magnet attracts iron fillings. &nbsp;</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>The sinners who were attracted to Jesus were certainly confused and amazed, wondering why a truly holy and righteous man would ever sit at table with them. &nbsp;Sitting at table is a public, open,&nbsp;spiritual, social, statement of equality. &nbsp;At the same time, Jesus, (who was known by all to be a&nbsp;holy and powerful teacher from God), was&nbsp;willing to be numbered with known sinners, therefore identifying&nbsp;himself to be a sinner!&nbsp;AND, those who sat at table with him were being accorded from Jesus equality with Jesus’ own holiness.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>This is the true God, the One who loves us and takes upon himself our wickedness so that we may receive his holiness.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Prayer: &nbsp;O most merciful gracious Heavenly Father, bless us to make clear to this world, that we love you because you first loved us. &nbsp;We seek to honor and obey your will, not to win Your favor, but because you have favored us undeserving sinners. &nbsp;In Jesus we pray, Amen.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Love,</span></div><div><span>Dad/Baba/Eric</span></div><div><span>Grandpa PicklePastor</span></div><div><span>“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word. &nbsp;God’s Word is out habitation, and we are His.”<br></span><div><br><br><div><a href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&amp;c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&amp;af_sub1=Acquisition&amp;af_sub2=Global_YMktg&amp;af_sub3=&amp;af_sub4=100000604&amp;af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>


Mark 2;13-15
13.  He went out again beside the sea; and all the crowd gathered about him, and he taught them.14.  And as he passed on, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, “Follow me.”  And he rose and followed him.15.  And he sat at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were sitting with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many who followed him.
So many people think of ‘religion’ as being adherence to a set of rules.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  True religion is intense personal attraction to the One who knows our souls and spirits fully, loves us, but does not condemn us, and who we perceive offers us a new and different life. 
This is the true Jesus.  He draws sinners like a magnet attracts iron fillings.  
The sinners who were attracted to Jesus were certainly confused and amazed, wondering why a truly holy and righteous man would ever sit at table with them.  Sitting at table is a public, open, spiritual, social, statement of equality.  At the same time, Jesus, (who was known by all to be a holy and powerful teacher from God), was willing to be numbered with known sinners, therefore identifying himself to be a sinner! AND, those who sat at table with him were being accorded from Jesus equality with Jesus’ own holiness.
This is the true God, the One who loves us and takes upon himself our wickedness so that we may receive his holiness.
Prayer:  O most merciful gracious Heavenly Father, bless us to make clear to this world, that we love you because you first loved us.  We seek to honor and obey your will, not to win Your favor, but because you have favored us undeserving sinners.  In Jesus we pray, Amen.
Love,Dad/Baba/EricGrandpa PicklePastor“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word.  God’s Word is out habitation, and we are His.”


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