MONDAY, 8TH SEPTEMBER, 2025 - JESUS, FRIEND OF SINNERS (I)

𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋

MONDAY, 8TH SEPTEMBER, 2025

𝕋𝕆ℙ𝕀ℂ:
JESUS, FRIEND OF SINNERS (I)

𝔹𝕀𝔹𝕃𝔼 𝕀ℕ 𝕆ℕ𝔼 𝕐𝔼𝔸ℝ:
Isaiah 1:1-2:22, 2 Corinthians 10:1-18, Psalm 52:1-9, Proverbs 22:26-27.

𝔽𝕀ℝ𝔼 𝕊ℂℝ𝕀ℙ𝕋𝕌ℝ𝔼:

Luke 7:36-50

[36] Then one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And He went to the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to eat.

[37] And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil,

[38] and stood at His feet behind Him weeping; and she began to wash His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head; and she kissed His feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil.

[39] Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke to himself, saying, “This Man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what manner of woman this is who is touching Him, for she is a sinner.”

[40] And Jesus answered and said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” So he said, “Teacher, say it.”

[41] “There was a certain creditor who had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

[42] And when they had nothing with which to repay, he freely forgave them both. Tell Me, therefore, which of them will love him more?”

[43] Simon answered and said, “I suppose the one whom he forgave more.” And He said to him, “You have rightly judged.”

[44] Then He turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has washed My feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head.

[45] You gave Me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss My feet since the time I came in.

[46] You did not anoint My head with oil, but this woman has anointed My feet with fragrant oil.

[47] Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.”

[48] Then He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”

[49] And those who sat at the table with Him began to say to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”

[50] Then He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”

𝕄𝔼𝕄𝕆ℝ𝕐 𝕍𝔼ℝ𝕊𝔼:

Romans 5:8

But commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

𝕄𝕆𝕋𝕀𝕍𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝔸𝕃 ℚ𝕌𝕆𝕋𝔼𝕊:
A sweet friendship refreshes the soul.

ℙℝ𝕆ℙℍ𝔼𝕋𝕀ℂ 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝔻 𝔽𝕆ℝ 𝕋𝕆𝔻𝔸𝕐:
Henceforth, you will experience the perfect love and peace of God, in the name of Jesus.

ℙℝ𝔸𝕀𝕊𝔼 & 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝕊ℍ𝕀ℙ
Take praise and worship songs as led by the Holy Spirit.

MFM Daily Devotional Message Monday, 8th September, 2025.

Jesus was sinners’ friend. Are you? Many of us relate with sinners the wrong way. We do not understand the ministry of reconciliation neither do we engage in this all-important ministry that Jesus committed to our hands when he was departing this world. Jesus loved sinners and befriended them. He did not love their sins nor befriend their sins. His unconditional love for sinners was to enable him save their souls and win them for the Father. Let us examine Jesus’ ministry with sinners and take a cue from our Royal Master.

Jesus was an epitome of unconditional love. He loved the loveless and gave His all to save sinners. Apostle Paul, appreciating the finished work of Jesus and the salvation of his own soul said, “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief” (1 Timothy 1:15). Beloved, if Jesus did not befriend and save Apostle Paul, a chief sinner, Christendom would have lost a great apostle, the third of the New Testament and millions of souls. Who ever thought that Mary Magdalene and the demonic or Gadara or even Zacchaeus would ever repent and add value to God’s Kingdom? Jesus, the Son of God, does not deal with us on the basis of our present condition, but on the basis of the purpose of God for our lives. He knows the end from the beginning.

A sinner today may be a saint tomorrow if you preach to him or her and intercede for him or her. A hell bound individual, family or nation may become heaven-bound tomorrow if the power of the gospel and the saving power of Jesus are taken to them. Jonah never believed that the people of Nineveh would heed the word of God and repent. I encourage you to show Christ love to sinners, preach to them and pray for them. Trust the Holy Spirit to convict and change them. You love them but the Holy Spirit does even more. Therefore, if you are the type that avoids sinners like a plague? You should have a rethink. Jesus related with them in love and succeeded in winning their souls for the Father.

Can He count on you for those perishing souls?

MFM Daily Prayer Points 8th September 2025

𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆

1. Father, help me to love sinners, not their sin, in the name of Jesus.

2. I will not fail in fulfilling the ministry of reconciliation, in the name of Jesus.

3. O Lord, us me greatly to win perishing souls for You, in the name of Jesus.

𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆

4. O Lord, make me an apostle of love in the name of Jesus.

5. Father, let Your grace that brings salvation to all men, appear to all the unsaved in my nation, in the name of Jesus.

6. Lord, use me to seek, find and win lost souls for You, in the name of Jesus.

7. Holy Spirit, teach me how to win souls and prosper my efforts in soul winning, in the name of Jesus.

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