BIBLE WAY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
Dr. W.G. (Will) Jackson, II, Senior Pastor
August 25, 2024 MORNING SERVICE 11:00 AM
“What They Need Is The Prescription Not The Placebo!
The Real Doctor Not The Actor!”
RESPONSIVE READING: Matthew 9:9-13 NKJV
SERMON TEXT: Mark 2:14-17 NKJV & Amplified
Mark 2:14-17 NKJV
14 As He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” So he arose and followed Him.
15 Now it happened, as He was dining in Levi’s house, that many tax collectors and sinners also sat together with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many, and they followed Him.
16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, they said to His disciples, “How is it that He eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?”
17 When Jesus heard it, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
Mark 2:14-17 AMP
14 As He was passing by, He saw Levi (Matthew) the son of Alphaeus sitting in the tax collector’s booth, and He said to him, “Follow Me [as My disciple, accepting Me as your Master and Teacher and walking the same path of life that I walk].” And he got up and followed Him [becoming His disciple, believing and trusting in Him and following His example].
15 And it happened that Jesus was reclining at the table in Levi’s house, and many tax collectors and sinners [including non-observant Jews] were eating with Him and His disciples; for there were many of them and they were following Him.
16 When the scribes [belonging to the sect] of the Pharisees saw that Jesus was eating with the sinners [including non-observant Jews] and tax collectors, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
17 When Jesus heard this, He said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need of a physician, but [only] those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners [who recognize their sin and humbly seek forgiveness].”
I. A Placebo Is A Substance Or Treatment Which Is Designed To Have No Therapeutic Or Healing Or Saving Value!
II. Pastor and Author A.W. Tozer said, “God Is Looking For People Through Whom He Can Do The Impossible. What A Pity We Plan Only Things We Can Do By Ourselves.”
III. Spurgeon declared, “Do Not Sit Down To Sigh and Lament; While the Beloved Physician Lives There Is Hope, Nay There Is A Certainty Of Recovery For The Worst Cases.”