Read Matthew 9:1--12 Do I Accept People? What do people see in Jesus? Think on the following narrative. 10 And so it was, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples (Mat. 9:10). There is something about Jesus and His twelve disciples that the tax collectors and sinners (both despised by others), know that He accepts them. What is it? Think on these questions today: 1. Why has Jesus accepted you? 2. Do the people around me know that I accept them in the same way Jesus accepts them? 3. If they do not, why is that? 4. What can I change about myself that tax collectors, sinners and others may know that I will treat them the same way that Jesus and His disciples treated people? Don Ruhl Church of Christ 220 NE Savage Street Grants Pass, Oregon 97526-1310 541-476-3100 http://www.plymouth-church.com/dons_corner2.html http://associate.com/groups/emaildevotionals/