Jesus Christ, the Doctor of Sinners!

… Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” - Matthew 9:12-13 NIV

First of all, all of us have to know that we have been sinning against God, our heavenly Father because of the world (Romans 5:12). Because of this, from very long time ago, God had allowed priests to make atonements of sin of their people (Leviticus 4) and do other kinds of the offerings, such as burnt offerings, grain offerings, fellowship offerings, and guilt offerings by sacrificing animals (Leviticus 1-7). Otherwise, sins had not forgiven by God, as  the word of God states, “In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.” (Hebrews 9:22) However, Israelites continued to sin, even though God had forgiven their previous sins. In addition, all of these had stopped the coming of Jesus Christ, the ultimate sacrifice for our sins (John 1:29). Thus, for this reason, the word of God declares,

The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.  Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins. But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins. It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said:

“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me; with burnt offerings and sin offerings you were not pleased. Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll— I have come to do your will, my God.’”

First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”—though they were offered in accordance with the law. Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second. And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool. For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says:

“This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.” Then he adds:

“Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”

And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary. (Hebrews 10:1-18)

Hence, we ought to know that Jesus Christ did not come into the world for righteous, but sinners (Matthew 9:12-13) , which means He came into the world to save from our sins (Colossians 2:13-15; Hebrews 2:14-15). The main reason for this is that we have been still part of God’s creation (Genesis 1-2) and God longs for us to be together with Him from the end of the age (John 3:16-17). Moreover, we are now able to always be together with Him in the presence of the Lord, even though we are still in this world (Matthew 11:28-30). We can do this by abiding into the Spirit of God (John 14:15-27) and reading and listening to His Word (2 Timothy 3:16-17). In addition to this, we can just have conversations with our heavenly Father whenever we want to by praying before the Lord (Philippians 4:6-7). “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9)

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. (Matthew 5:17-18)