In Matthew 9 v9-13,our Saviour called Matthew the tax collector to follow Him ,that must have got up the noses of the Pharisees ,you can imagine what they were thinkng,'imagine He called a tax collector'.If was not bad enough He went back to Matthews home for a meal,along with many tax collectors and sinners.So these so called religious people asked the disciples,'Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?',Jesus heard what they said ,and He said this,'It is not the healthy who need a doctor,but those who are ill'.this is true in a natural sense,if we are sick we do need a doctor.But Our Saviour wants them to learn a spiritual lesson which I believe we all need to learn.let me put it this way we are all sin sick souls. and that is why He came,and we who are his followers, must never forget that.It wasn't that the Pharisees didn't need Him,they thought they didn't need Him,everybody needs Him,but like the Pharisees they think they don't need Him. There was a Pharisees and He wrote the following,'Here was a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance; Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners,of who I am the worst',(1 Timothy 1 v 15)
'Are you a Pharisees?'
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