sick people need a doctor

Jesus heard that. So he said to them, “Those who are healthy don’t need a doctor. Sick people do. I have not come to get those who think they are right with God to follow me. I have come to get sinners to follow me.”

- Mark 2:17 (NIRV)

 

Have you ever gone to the doctor for no reason at all?

You didn’t need a check-up or a follow-up, you weren’t sick or injured, just decided to pop in on the doctor.

Of course not.
Most people avoid going to the doctor when they are healthy because only sick people need doctors.
There were some folks that decided to watch Jesus’ every move, hoping to catch Him doing wrong.
When He was sharing a meal with people that these folks considered bad, they called him out.
They wanted to know why a man like Jesus would hang around with the likes of sinners.
Jesus told them that He was there to bring everyone to God, and that included those people that other folks looked down on.
We all need Jesus – hey, isn’t that a song reference? 
Boy howdy it is! 
The artist Terrian released “Honestly, We Just Need Jesus” in 2024, I love this song, here are some of the lyrics:
I got a front row seat to the madness

I pick up my phone every morning out of habit

I've been fiendin' for the drama, yeah, I said it

I'm addicted to the rush, need a medic

When I take a step back, I can see it

All the pain, all the fear we've been feeling

Losing sight of the thing that we're needing

That we're needing

Honestly, I think we just need Jesus

Honestly, I think we just need Jesus

Have we all gone mad? Have we lost our minds?

What used to be wrong, we say that it's right

Honestly, I think we just need Jesus

Take a good long look in the mirror

Search my heart and soul, make it clearer

Help me take Your love, trade the bitter

Leave it in the dust, help me leave it in the dust, Lord

We've been preaching, we've been drinking in the vanity (vanity)

Now it's got us questioning our sanity

And we wonder how we get all this anxiety

It's clear to me

Honestly, I think we just need Jesus (Jesus)

Honestly, I think we just need Jesus (Jesus)

Have we all gone mad? Have we lost our minds?

What used to be wrong, we say that it's right

Honestly, I think we just need Jesus . . .
Whoa nellie! 
There is not even one of us on earth that are perfect enough to get to Heaven without Him.
We may not need a doctor when we aren’t sick, but we all need Jesus. 

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