I'm here inviting the sin-sick, not the spiritually-fit (Mark 2:17).
Prejudice prevents us from approaching the truth. Prejudice prevents us from accepting Jesus Christ. Pretending to be holy and to be righteous are the results of image distortions made by religious people.
Jesus Christ, the Son of God, has the power to forgive sins and the power to heal diseases. He came to save sinners. Walking with him is a feast. However, religious prejudice leads people to perceive all of these in the wrong way. It makes them reject Jesus' forgiveness of sins and makes them think that joining to Jesus' life is unlawful. The legalism of Jewish society condemned Jesus to be deserving of death with blasphemy.
"The Son of Man is the Lord of the Sabbath"
Jesus has come to fulfill the Commandment and the Kingdom of God. The Sabbath and the Commandment were but shadows. Religious prejudice locks people in a narrow frame of time and space. The Son of Man is the Lord of the Sabbath, and people must enjoy the freedom under God's reign. However, most of them have a hard time keeping the strict regulation of the Sabbath. They become swayed by habitual religious events.
All mankind are immersed in the very things of which Jesus caution to beware.
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