Jesus Atttracted Sinners!

By Richard

Luke 15 is one of those amazing chapters in the Gospels.

Jesus the pure, spotless, Lamb of God attracted “sinners” to hear Him and yet the so called “religious types” seem dreadfully repelled. What was it about Jesus that so attracted them to Him? My attempts at being pure and “Godly” have so often repelled others. Perhaps some of the answer lies in the 3 parables that Jesus used to show us God’s heart of love for lost people. (This is the only time that Jesus tells 3 parables back to back about the same theme – repetition equals importance!)

We find God on a search and rescue mission for the missing. He’s on a sweep and find mission for the lost. He’s continually looking down the dusty roads of life for any that might get the smallest inkling to return to Him and runs many miles to meet those who start the journey home. When sinners repent He welcomes them back as children, treats them royally, and all of heaven roars in celebration.

That’s God!

But then there are the some of us, people so full of pride, about how we’ve “kept the rules” and “slaved so hard for God” that we fail to hear the sounds of the great party echoing from above. We fail to enter in the celebrations because we have not tasted of God’s heart of love.

I think that what attracted sinners was His heart of love. May we taste deeply of His love so that we too can truly love! May our heart beat become one with that of God! May God’s passionate love to seek and save the lost be also ticking away inside of us, consciously and unconsciously! May we get to hear and join the celebrations, for “sinners” who have come home, many, many times!