Jesus said to a scholar: “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Mark 2:17

Is his primary concern physical health? No, but, as he says, to call out to people caught in guilt.

What He did on the cross is centered on restoring relationship and delivering from guilt.

Health for sick relationships

So when Jesus says that he came for the sick, his advice and commandments are also helpful for the sick to heal their hearts. And they also apply to those who consider themselves healthy. When he says, "You are my disciples if you keep my commandments," it applies to everyone.

Luke 6:46 But why do you call me, Lord, Lord, and do not what I say? 47 Anyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them - I will show you what he is like...)

A doctor works like this:

1. He prescribes a drug that is supposed to lead to healing

With Jesus, this is his wonderful Holy Spirit, which always achieves its goal when I “take” it

2. Then he gives advice on how to take and how to live to get healthy.

These are the teachings of Jesus. Jesus said very clearly: if you implement what I teach, then I am really your doctor and your teacher. Otherwise you're just pretending I'm your doctor.

3. Thirdly, he refers to any specialists who can provide support.

With Jesus this is his community, the other Christians who are with you on the way. Some have grown more and will help you, others you can help. But what they all need to have in common is this: they want to grow, they want to change and they want to give Jesus more space in their lives and actions.

Annoying Christians?

If it bothers you that Christians "want to change you," then you don't understand what the point is: They want to change themselves as well.

(However, there is the broken form of Christians. They are really only concerned with changing others and they completely close themselves off from God. You can recognize them by their fruits and sort them out of the category "Christian".-> see quote from Jesus above Lk.6:46)

So look at it this way: If you have behaviors that actually destroy others or yourself, it's worth changing. And that is really the task of every Christian: Jesus commandments to take seriously and focus on it.

And then comes the most important step, without which everything will just fail: His Holy Spirit to take seriously, who works the miracle in me that I can actually be changed.

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