Dignifed

“That night Matthew invited Jesus and his disciples to be his dinner guests, along with his fellow tax collectors and many other notorious sinners. The Pharisees were indignant. ‘Why does your teacher eat with such scum?’ they asked his disciples.” Matthew 9:10–11

• The great American writer and diplomat Washington Irving said, “There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others, however humble.” That was the dignity of Jesus. He hung out with the lowliest sinners, and it made Him even greater. But how would you answer the religious leaders’ question? Why did Jesus do it? Actually, He had clearly stated His reasons numerous times: “I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” It’s a great paradox that sets the Christian faith apart from all other religions. The religions tell us to work at being good enough to reach Heaven, or Nirvana, or the Void; the requirements are many. But in Christianity, there is only one requirement to be saved: You have to be a sinner. Nothing you do can make God love you any less or any more than He already does.

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