Blessed
are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.(KJV)--Matthew 5:3
There is a
story about a man who went for an interview for the post of a receptionist. And
you know that if someone is going for an interview, the person must dress properly
(Officially). But this man I am taking about does not know how to dress, so he
went there just the way he can dress (Non Official dressing). He dressed
anyhow, despite the fact that he is applying for the pot of a receptionist lol.
When he got to the company, the Manager saw is dressing and said “Oh no, we can’t
employ you the way you are.”
If we all
look at that man’s story, we can see that he went to the company just the way
he his. That is the same way God ask us to come to Him “Just the way we are”
admitting that we are sinners who deserve nothing but judgment. This humbling,
but it is the only way we can receive the forgiveness Christ paid for on the
cross and be accepted and use by God.
The Scribes
and Pharisees thought God was pleased with them because they were all scrupulous
law keepers and also they were “Cleaned up.” So when they saw Jesus eating with
people who had bad reputations, they complained. But Jesus said to them “I have
not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repent” (Luke 5:32). This was a
rebuke of their self-righteous attitude. They needed to admit their sins in the
present of the Lord. Then Jesus could receive them too.
If we need
to be saved or to be restored to fellowship, we should repent and come to Jesus
just the way we are! He will forgive our sin and make us righteous