Is The Message of the Gospel for You?

Luke 5:29-32

(29) And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.

(30) But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

(31) And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.

(32) I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Why did the Lord Jesus call publicans and sinners, and eat with them?

It was true – that’s what he did. And the explanation is surely simple: he was a great physician. You don’t go around healing well people. He was healing the sickness of sin, and he came to minister to them.

The gospel is really for those who recognize their need. There are some people today that are too good to be saved…did you know that? That is, they think they are.

I want to speak very frankly: If you recognize that you have a need, then the gospel is for you; Christ can save you, and he will save you!

If you are self-sufficient, you recognize no need, may I say to you:

just go on your self-chosen pathway. It will lead to destruction. 

The message (of the gospel) is not for you. I’m very sorry; I wish I had a message for you, but I don’t have a message for folks like that.

Excerpt I made from the audio teaching of J. Vernon McGee, Thru the Bible Radio, teaching on Luke 5.