May 20, 2021

WHO NEEDS JESUS?

Luke 5:31-36

Jesus answered and said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

Then they said to Him, “Why do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?”

And He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast in those days.”

Then He spoke a parable to them: “No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old one; otherwise the new makes a tear, and also the piece that was taken out of the new does not match the old.”

Personal Challenge

We are in an age where everyone is so self-sufficient and self-focused. You may even hear it said, "Who needs God?" or "Who needs Jesus?" There is only one answer to all questions like these, which is, "We all need God and Jesus!" We are all sick from being a part of this fallen world. We are all broken as sinners. We all need Jesus to be our physician. We are all old wineskins that need our God to make us new so that the Holy Spirit can be poured into us. Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy!