An Indisputable Fact

An Indisputable Fact

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

Matthew 11:19

What was an accusation in the mouth of Christ’s enemies, was also an indisputable fact in the light of the evidence. Christ Himself said that He did not come to call the self-righteous. To whom was Christ a Friend? He was a Friend to the poor couple whose wedding was overshadowed by lack of wine. He was a Friend to the woman at the well, whose life was full of immorality. He was a Friend to the lame man at the pool of Bethesda. He was a Friend to the woman taken in adultery. He was a Friend to the man who was born blind. On every occasion, we see Christ demonstrating the characteristics and qualities of a True Friend. Whether He turned water into wine, turned a woman of the streets into a woman of faith; turned a lame man into a walking man; turned a condemned woman into a free woman; or turned a blind man into a seeing man; in every case, Christ was the ‘Friend in need,’ of all of these wretched people. What was, in the mouth of His enemies a bitter accusation, was, in the light of the evidence, an indisputable, glorious fact. Here is true friendship. Here is the epitome of what it means to, ‘condescend to men of low estate.’ Christ embraced these ‘publicans and sinners,’ at their point of need. This is a glorious, uplifting, encouraging fact. If He was their Friend, what joy it brings that He is our Friend as well.  This is the glorious, indisputable fact with which we may face this day and every day.

Our Loving Master and Our Friend,
we are so grateful for Your never-failing Loyalty.
We are overwhelmed that You are our Friend,
‘that sticks closer than a brother.’

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning