A heart that is open to Christ will be open to those He loves.

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.  Luke 5:32

The much-prayed-for film night at the church youth club had finally arrived. Posters had been displayed all around the village and pizzas were warming in the oven. Steve, the youth pastor, hoped that the film—about gang members in New York who were brought face-to-face with the claims of Jesus by a young pastor—would bring new recruits to the club.

But he hadn’t realized that a key football match was being shown on television that evening, so attendance was much smaller than he had hoped for. Sighing inwardly, he was about to dim the lights and begin the film when five leather-clad members of the local motorbike club came in. Steve went pale.

The leader of the group, who was known as TDog, nodded in Steve’s direction. “It’s free and for everyone, right?” he said. Steve opened his mouth to say, “Youth club members only” when TDog bent down and picked up a bracelet with the letters WWJD (What Would Jesus Do) stamped on it. “This yours, mate?” he asked. Steve nodded, hot with embarrassment, and waited while the new guests found a seat.

Have you ever been in Steve’s situation? You long to share the good news about Jesus, but you have a mental list of the “right” people who would be acceptable? Jesus was often criticized by the religious authorities for the company He kept. But He welcomed those everyone else avoided, because He knew they needed Him most (Luke 5:31–32).

Lord, please help me to see people through Your eyes of love and to welcome all those You bring into my life.

向基督敞开的心，会接纳祂所爱的人。

我来本不是召义人悔改，乃是召罪人悔改。-路加福音5章32节

经过长久祷告，教会青年团契盼望的电影之夜终于来了！海报贴满社区的每个角落，烤箱里热着披萨。青年团契的牧师史蒂芬也满心期待，这部关于纽约帮派分子藉着一位年轻牧师而与耶稣相遇的影片，可以吸引许多新朋友。

但史蒂芬没料到当晚电视台会转播一场重要的美式足球赛，所以电影之夜的出席率并不如预期。正当他暗自叹息，打算熄灯播放影片时，竟有五位当地重型机车俱乐部的成员，身穿皮夹克，大摇大摆地走了进来，让史蒂芬感到忐忑不安。

人称“踢狗”的带头老大向史蒂芬点头示意，说道：“所有人都可以免费进场，对吧？”史蒂芬正想说只开放给青年团契的成员时，这位老大刚好看到地上有一条印着WWJD（意思是耶稣会怎么做）的手链，就拾起来拿给史蒂芬说：“这是你的手链吧？”史蒂芬点点头，尴尬脸红，赶紧让新朋友入座。

你是否也经历过史蒂芬的处境？你渴望分享耶稣的福音，但心中却有既定的名单，只愿意向某些人传福音？耶稣常受到宗教领袖的抨击，说祂与罪人在一起，但耶稣欢迎那些大家都避而远之的人，因为祂知道这些人最需要祂（路加福音5章31-32节）。

主，求祢帮助我以祢爱的眼光来看待他人，
并欢迎祢带到我身边的每一个人。

Luke 5:27-32New International Version (NIV)

Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners

27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him, 28 and Levi got up, left everything and followed him.29 Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. 30 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sectcomplained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”31 Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

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