2016年3月31日
來跟從我 Follow Me
读经: 馬可福音2章13-17節
Reading: Mark 2:13-17
康健的人用不著醫生，有病的人才用得著。-馬可福音2章17節
It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.- Mark 2:17
全年读经: 士師記11-12章;路加福音6章1-26節
Bible in a Year: Judges 11–12; Luke 6:1-26
健身俱樂部會提供許多不同的健身計畫，以滿足人們想要瘦身和保持身體健康的需求。有一間健身中心，他們的會員都必須是想要減重至少二十公斤，追求健康生活的人。該中心一位會員表示，她不再參加先前的俱樂部因為她覺得被排斥，那些苗條健康的人喜歡盯著她看，而且對她走樣的身材指指點點。她現在每週來健身中心五次，在這個態度積極又親切的環境中，努力追求健康減重的目標。
兩千多年前，耶穌呼召那些被排斥的人來跟從祂，利未就是其中之一。耶穌看見他坐在稅關那裡，就對他說：「你跟從我來！」（馬可福音2章14節）利未被耶穌的話打動，於是他跟隨了耶穌。稅吏在收稅時通常都是貪婪和狡詐的，當時猶太人的律法也將他們列為不潔淨的人。因此一些宗教領袖看見耶穌在利未家中和其他稅吏共進晚餐時，便問說：「祂和稅吏並罪人一同吃喝嗎？」（16節）耶穌聽見就回答說：「我來本不是召義人，乃是召罪人。」（17節）
耶穌來是為了拯救罪人，拯救我們每一個人。祂愛我們，歡迎我們來到祂面前，並呼召我們跟從祂。我們與祂同行，靈命就會愈來愈健康。
閱讀使徒行傳9章10-19節，看看一位信徒如何順服上帝去服事那不受歡迎的人。你要如何幫助需要救主的人？
如何讓你的教會成為歡迎罪人來認識耶穌的地方呢？
耶穌永遠歡迎我們來到祂跟前。
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Health clubs offer many different programs for those who want to lose weight and stay healthy. One fitness center caters only to those who want to lose at least 50 pounds and develop a healthy lifestyle. One member says that she quit her previous fitness club because she felt the slim and fit people were staring at her and judging her out-of-shape body. She now works out 5 days a week and is achieving healthy weight loss in a positive and welcoming environment.
Two thousand years ago, Jesus came to call the spiritually unfit to follow Him. Levi was one such person. Jesus saw him sitting in his tax collector's booth and said, "Follow me" (Mark 2:14). His words captured Levi's heart, and he followed Jesus. Tax collectors were often greedy and dishonest in their dealings and were considered religiously unclean. When the religious leaders saw Jesus having dinner at Levi's house with other tax collectors, they asked, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?" (2:16). Jesus replied, "I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners" (2:17).
Jesus came to save sinners, which includes all of us.
Jesus came to save sinners, which includes all of us. He loves us, welcomes us into His presence, and calls us to follow Him. As we walk with Him, we grow more and more spiritually fit.
Read Acts 9:10-19 and see how one man obeyed God and welcomed someone who was considered spiritually unfit. What were the results? How can you reach out to those who need the Savior? How can you help your church become a more welcoming place for the spiritually unfit?
Jesus' arms of welcome are always open.