Jesus' Black Sheep

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Jesus' Black Sheep
"Butwhen Jesus heard that, He said to them, 'Those who are well have no need of aphysician, but those who are sick…For I did not come to call the righteous, butsinners, to repentance.'" (Matthew 9:12, 13b)
Jesusloves "bad people."  This isreally brought out in the Christmas story. To whom did God send His angels to first to invite them to come andworship the newborn Savior and Lord?  Theshepherds. 
Inthose days, shepherds were considered crooks and liars, and in many cases, theywere.  They couldn't even be witnesses incourt because of their notorious reputations. But God chose shepherds to be His first witnesses of the Savior, andthey were so thrilled when they saw Jesus that they glorified God and went outto tell everybody about the Messiah's birth.
Godloves the unrighteous, those who know through and through that they're notgood, because they're the ones who see their need for a Savior.  Jesus said, "It's not the healthy whoneed a doctor, but the sick." 
You'renot going to go to the doctor if you think you're perfectly healthy, and you'renot going to go to the Great Physician, Dr. Jesus, if you don't see that youare incomplete, and that you need God's forgiveness and presence in your life.
Thefact is, most of us think we're good. According to a George Barna poll, 83 percent of Americans believe theyare basically good—more than four out of five! The Bible says that God created us very good, and there's still apotential for good, but we fell into sin and rebellion from God.  Without Christ, we're all black sheep in ourattitude toward God.  We're not lilywhite sheep—not one of us—we're not even grey sheep. 
We'reblack sheep without Jesus, who is "The Lamb of God who takes away the sinof the world!" (John 1:29b).  God'sperfect sacrificial Lamb was crucified for our sins on the cross, and byreceiving the risen, living Lord Jesus Christ, we can be forgiven and restoredin love to God.Infront of a church in Germany there stands a stone lamb.  As the story goes, a roofer slipped and felloff the roof of the church to the ground. It was a long way down, so his fellow roofers knew he would be killed,but when they got to the ground, they found him unhurt.  A lamb had been grazing below and the man hadfallen squarely on top of it, crushing the lamb to death.  The man was so grateful that he made a stonememorial of the lamb.
Iam so thankful that God provided a lamb for me to fall on.  Our fall into sin has been a long way down,but praise God He has given us a lamb to break the fall. 
Haveyou fallen squarely on the lamb yet? Your sins have.  Why not put yourfull weight on Him and trust Him today?
"As itis written: 'Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense, andwhoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.'”   (Romans 9:33)
(Sentby permission from Pastor Wayne Taylor; info@calvaryfellowship.org)