Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Luke 3:12-13; 5:27-32
by: Gabrielle Watt.
Jesus went around teaching the word of the Lord, baptizing people, and spending time with those who were sinful, unclean, liars, cheaters, and thieves. In these passages we read about Jesus eating with tax collectors, who were looked down upon because they commonly cheated people. When the Pharisees asked why Jesus would associate with those people, Jesus gave a resonant answer. He was going about God’s work—spreading the word to those who needed to hear it and calling sinners who needed to repent of their sins. Do you let the way the world sees others stop you from sharing God’s love with them?