Mat 9:11 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, “Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?” 12 But when Jesus heard this, He said, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.13″But go and learn what this means: ‘I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT SACRIFICE,’ for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Luke 5: 30 The Pharisees and their scribes began grumbling at His disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?”31 And Jesus answered and said to them, “It is not those who are well who need a physician, but those who are sick. 32″I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”

When I first joined a charismatic evangelical Christian youth group of a church at university some years back, it had 50 members. Four years later, by the time I graduated, it had more than 300 members. We had passion for the Lost. preached the Gospel Good News, and many were saved. But more than that, they were good people of passion and zeal for God, and love for Jesus. Continue reading →