Jesus Is Interested In You
Have you ever felt like nobody really cares how you are? That everyone sees your smile... but no one sees what you carry inside. Today I want to tell you something fundamental: Jesus does care about you. Not because of what you appear to be... but because of what you are living in your soul.
Introduction: The purpose of His coming
People have knowledge of biblical things, the world knows of Christ's sacrifice. Some mock and make fun of it, others seek approval for their sin by saying that the Lord had so much love that he backed the sin of those around him, but few understand the true purpose of the Lord.
Yes, Jesus sought sinners with the purpose of saving them and leading them to repentance, not to approve their sin. The gospel shows that “he came to seek and to save the lost” (Luke 19:10) and that “he did not come to call the righteous, but sinners”.
Each documented case in the writings of the gospels shows that the Lord searches even under the rocks to find someone who will accept his help.
1. He approached everyone
"And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples... But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick... For I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." (Matthew 9:10-13)
In the days of Christ, society was more sectorized than ever: Pharisees, tax collectors, poor, rich. According to this, they were seen from the religious perspective as useless, and from the public as hindrances.
- Pharisees: Considered themselves "holy" or pious, strict observers of the Law. They criticized Jesus for mixing with the "impure."
- Tax collectors: Tax gatherers, seen as traitors and corrupt.
- Sinners: Social outcasts, unworthy of table or synagogue.
Society can place strata on us, and even we identify with them. But the result of a man without God is always the same: he feels ignored and undervalued.
2. Jesus avoided no one
The Scripture says that "he came unto his own, and his own received him not" (John 1:11). However, He sought the most marginalized, those who went unnoticed.
He healed the paralytic at Bethesda who had been waiting 38 years (John 5:3-6). The Pharisees criticized him, but Jesus did not avoid the sinner. He was with them, ate with them, sat at the table with the "worst" viewed by society. He did not do it to approve their sins or to be indifferent to morality, but to open a door of opportunity and conversion.
Jesus did not come to approve your sin... he came to rescue your life.
He went where no one else went. Religion has never been able to help someone in need in the sadness of the soul. You think you are hidden from God, but He knows exactly where you are.
Zacchaeus was rich, but he had a deep need in his soul, because money does not heal the internal (Luke 19:2-6). Jesus saw him and offered him salvation.
3. He is interested in you
God has always been interested in man. The Scripture shows how he has worked, seeking him, going where no one else goes, to say: “Look, I exist and I care about your soul”.
At the moment of salvation, He did not come to condemn you, as long as you recognize your need. He did not condemn the Samaritan woman, but told her "go, and sin no more".
Today many want to be accepted, but continue sinning. That is not how God's justice operates. Jesus died for us to free us from the power of sin.
Conclusion
There are people waiting for a hero to come rescue them. There are people sunk in deep sadness thinking they are worthless. But Christ would go anywhere for you to rescue you. If you had a rock on top of you, Christ would remove it. If you do not see that he gave his life for you, you do not understand how God loves you.
In this moment He does not judge you if you accept salvation; He forgets your past and erases everything to change you into a new nature.
"He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned." (Mark 16:16)