588. Jesus scandalized the Pharisees by eating with tax collectors and sinners as familiarly as with themselves.364 Against those among them “who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others”, Jesus affirmed: “I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”365 He went further by proclaiming before the Pharisees that, since sin is universal, those who pretend not to need salvation are blind to themselves.366
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
204. What is the relationship between the Resurrection of Christ and our resurrection?
424. What other kinds of grace are there?
386. What is the virtue of faith?
104. What does the hidden life of Jesus in Nazareth teach us?
453. How does one keep Sunday holy?
394. How are sins distinguished according to their gravity?
497. When is it moral to regulate births?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
How does Lamentations address the issue of human suffering?
What does Daniel’s dream about the four wild beasts in Daniel 7 mean?
What was David’s attitude toward Mephibosheth, and what can we learn from this story?
How to deal with anger and anger, according to Proverbs 15:1-2?
How can Christ’s return be a comfort in the midst of pain, according to 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18?
What is the church’s role in promoting reconciliation according to Philemon 1:6?
