Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of images and lyrics from Jeremy Camp singing The Answer ... poignantly singing of why God sent Jesus to be THE ANSWER to all our sicknesses and sinfulness.
Reaching out to treat the homeless/addicted in San Francisco
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Highlight Verse[s]: Mark 2:16-17 [NKJV] ... 16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, they said to His disciples, “How is it that He eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?” … 17 When Jesus heard it, He said to them, “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.”
… Jesus declares openly that He came to treat sick/sinners.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Mark 2:13-17 [NKJV] ... USE THIS LINK ...
… Jesus declares that He came to tend to the sick, not those who are already well.
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Reference Passage : … Isaiah 53:6 [ NKJV] … 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, EVERY ONE, to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
… God shows us, thru Isaiah’s prophesy, that we’re all sinners in need of a Savior - His coming Messiah!!
Reference Passage : … Luke 4:16-21 [ NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus declares why He was sent by God, His Father, … to fulfill the prophesy of Isaiah 700+ years earlier [see Isaiah 61:1-2], … that He, The Messiah, had come to save the sick/sinful in the world - and that’s all of mankind.
Reference Passage : … John 10:10 [NKJV] … 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
… Jesus declares that He came to overcome the work of Satan, i.e., sickness and sinfulness, and to give us abundant wellness and life.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Kirsten Holmberg, uses modern day program in San Francisco to help the addicted homeless in San Francisco, … illustrating why Jesus came to help mankind find His answer to the sin and sickness of this world. … The ODB author wrote: City health workers in San Francisco are taking medical care to the streets to supply the homeless who are suffering from opioid addiction with medicine to treat their addiction. [see photo] The program began in response to the rising number of homeless who are injecting. Customarily, doctors wait for patients to come to a clinic. By taking medical care to the afflicted instead, patients don’t have to overcome the challenges of transportation or needing to remember the appointment.
The health workers’ willingness to go to those in need of care reminds me of the way Jesus has come to us in our need.
I pray all reading here realize why Jesus came as The Messiah to God’s people. Because, … as He certainly declared openly, [see Scriptures above], … He came to save us from the sickness of our own sin. … Yes, He came that we sick/sinners might be freed from our sinfulness and receive healing and wellness from our faith in His finished work on the cross.
And I also pray that we all are experiencing the abundance of life which His promise provides (see John 10:10). Because our Lord came to free us from the sinful sickness of our humanity.
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, ... for coming to save any who repent of our sinfulness, declaring openly and humbly our faith in Your finished/healing work on the cross.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me in a robust ”HALLELUJAH!!” for our saving Jehovah Raphe, the Great Physician, Who came to save us from the sickness of sin. … Amen
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