Matthew 9:9-13
Jesus Came for Sinners
9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.
10 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
12 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
In this world it seems that the powerful, the famous, or the celebrity are those who earn a lot of money, or those who have accumulated a lot of wealth...Other famous people are known for the movies or shows they have made, or for holding a high political offices, or for owning a lot of property...We are identified and recognized and have become known by many for what we have accomplished by these things from an earthly standpoint...
When we look at Jesus, He says He came to earth to help sinners, a significantly difference in the above items listed to become known and identified by...Jesus became who He is, partly, because He is the Savior of Sinners...