Apr 19
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This Man Receives Sinners
And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth
sinners, and eateth with them. Luke 15:2
Our English word “receives” fails to convey the full meaning of the
Greek word in the original text (dechomai), which indicates “a welcoming
or an appropriating reception”. It is the same Greek word used to
describe the attitude with which ancient saints “looked for redemption”
(Luke 2:38) and were “waiting for the kingdom of God” (Luke 23:51), and
the attitude with which present-day saints are “looking for the blessed
hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ”
(Titus 2:13) and “looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto
eternal life” (Jude v.21). Daniel Parks