He receives sinners. The Pharisees accused the Lord Jesus of being a friend of sinners. In fact, He was. The Messiah talked to prostitutes and ate with the tax collectors, people whom the religious leaders rejected.

Though He fought against sin , the Savior made Himself accessible to sinners in order to give them an opportunity to repent and be save. He did this to fulfill the will of the Most High, Who had sent Him to save the lost.

In this way those who think they are righteous in the sight of God become enemies of Lord Jesus. On the other hand, broken and contrite sinners will find forgiveness in the Lord and enjoy His eternal friendship.

Tell your children! The Most High’s patience with the stubbornness of Pharaoh makes for a fascinating story. His actions mocked the Egyptian gods, and so He asked the Hebrews to faithfully retell the story to their children.

This way, their faith would be pass on. The secret to passing on our faith is to make disciples and to share with others the experiences we have with God. One personal testimony is worth more than a hundred religious theories.

Dropsy was an incurable disease, charactirzed by swelling in the body due to excessive fluid retention, in the house where the Lord Jesus was, other thatn the Pharisess, there was a man with dropsy.

The difference between them was that wile the man with dropsy was swollen physically, the Pharisees were spiritually inflated by pride(v.7). Seeing that everyone was sick in some way, the Lord Jesus decided to cure the body of the man with dropsy first.

He then taught others that through humility they could restore their own souls. Whenever a person delights in praises and hone, he accumulates pride and presumption within himself. Therefore, he loses what is vital for the salvation of his soul: a humble heart.