Did the tax collectors stop collecting taxes? Did the drunkards stop drinking? No. So what does it say that in the presence of sin, the Son of God was loving instead of judgemental. What it means is; love is fearless and is the light in the presence of darkness. Where light is, darkness cannot remain, nor can it linger. So the love that Christ shared in his acts of non-judgemental fellowship, left an impression of the freedom from punishment, the Hebrew's old mediation used on even those of the same belief.
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1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
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Fearing God, and casting stones. This cycle of fear and punishment was provided under the strict and rigid path of perfect knowledge, which in any case, brought no one into the presence of the Father. But what it did do is solidify the need for obedience in the presence of the Lord God. This was a time when miracles occured and obedience to the power of God was then not faith based, but knowledge based. Things actually happend, and folks could choose to obey or rebel.
In our times, our mediation is complete. Ours is the etwrnal authority. We are of a faith based love, instead of knowledge based obedience out of fear. See?
Jesus did not look to convince or sell the idea of salvation, because he is salvation. The difference is he died for the sins of mankind so we would never again have to acknowledge the cost that the knowledge of good and evil laid upon mankind. We instead of fearing consequences, can be free to put ourselves aside and in faith know that the Holy Spirit will provide acts based on a love the Father recognizes as His own. Jesus did his Father's will.
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Mark 2:15-17
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While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.
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When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
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On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
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Amen.
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