The mystical teachings of Jesus: I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance

in jesus •  4 years ago 

The Gospel of Luke tells us about the call of Matthew and the universality of the message of Jesus:
"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, and Levi got up, left everything and followed him.
Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, ´Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?´
Jesus answered them, ´It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.´", Luke 5:27-32
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The message of Jesus is a call to conversion, to repentance: two discernments (spirit or flesh), two paths (sin or rectitude), two retributions (blessing or curse). Like the apostle Matthew who was a tax collector, we are all called to follow Jesus, but this following implies a change: we cannot serve God and money at the same time.
To enter the Kingdom of God we must leave the path of error, the mystical teachings of Jesus gives us as an example to follow, the parable of the Good Samaritan, we sin or live righteously (Thomas Aquinas). The Good Samaritan acts according to the golden rule ("Do unto others as you would have them do unto you", Matthew 7:12); , instead, the priest and the Levite pass along, they practice sin. Following Jesus involves repenting of our mistakes and following the path of righteousness, as the good samaritan:
A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by the other side. So too, a levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by the other side. But a samarithan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandage him wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii and gave them into the innkeeper. "Look after him" he said, "and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have"
Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?", Luke 10:25-37.
We choose between the flesh and the spirit, the kingdom of God is the kingdom of righteousness.
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