Jesus is the great physician, sent to heal sin-sick man. What is the character of this physician? He is always accessible; He is infallible; He is unchangeable; and He is the only physician that can cure the destructive nature of sin.

1. Jesus
the
Great
Physician

2. The Nature of Sin
• Sin is a moral disease
• Sin is a universal disease
• Sin is a mortal disease
• There is only one physician who can
cure this disease!

3. Mark 2:13-17
13 Then He went out again by the sea;
and all the multitude came to Him, and
He taught them. 14 As He passed by, He
saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at
the tax office. And He said to him,
“Follow Me.” So he arose and followed
Him.

4. Mark 2:13-17
15 Now it happened, as He was dining
in Levi’s house, that many tax
collectors and sinners also sat
together with Jesus and His disciples;
for there were many, and they
followed Him.

5. Mark 2:13-17
16 And when the scribes and
Pharisees saw Him eating with the
tax collectors and sinners, they said
to His disciples, “How is it that He
eats and drinks with tax collectors
and sinners?”

6. Mark 2:13-17
17 When Jesus heard it, He said to
them, “Those who are well have no
need of a physician, but those who
are sick. I did not come to call the
righteous, but sinners, to
repentance.”

7. Jesus
the
Great
Physician
The Character of Christ

8. The Character of Christ
• He is an accessible physician

9. John 6:35
35 And Jesus said to them, “I am the
bread of life. He who comes to Me shall
never hunger, and he who believes in
Me shall never thirst.

10. John 6:37
37 All that the Father gives Me will come
to Me, and the one who comes to Me I
will by no means cast out.

11. Matthew 11:28
Come to Me, all you who labor
and are heavy laden, and I will
give you rest.

12. Revelation 22:17
And the Spirit and the bride say,
“Come!” And let him who hears say,
“Come!” And let him who thirsts come.
Whoever desires, let him take the water
of life freely.

13. The Character of Christ
• He is an accessible physician
• He is an infallible physician

14. Matthew 17:14-16
14 And when they had come to the
multitude, a man came to Him,
kneeling down to Him and saying,

15. Matthew 17:14-16
15 “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he
is an epileptic and suffers severely; for
he often falls into the fire and often
into the water. 16 So I brought him to
Your disciples, but they could not cure
him.”

16. Matthew 17:17,18
17 Then Jesus answered and said, “O
faithless and perverse generation, how
long shall I be with you? How long shall I
bear with you? Bring him here to Me.”
18 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it
came out of him; and the child was cured
from that very hour.

17. Hebrews 7:25
Therefore He is also able to save to
the uttermost those who come to God
through Him, since He always lives to
make intercession for them.

18. The Character of Christ
• He is an accessible physician
• He is an infallible physician
• He is an unchangeable physician

19. Hebrews 1:8-12
8 But to the Son He says: “Your throne, O
God, is forever and ever; a scepter of
righteousness is the scepter of Your
kingdom.

20. Hebrews 1:8-12
9 You have loved righteousness and
hated lawlessness; therefore God, Your
God, has anointed You with the oil of
gladness more than Your companions.”
10 And: “You, LORD, in the beginning laid
the foundation of the earth, and the
heavens are the work of Your hands.

21. Hebrews 1:8-12
11 They will perish, but You remain; and
they will all grow old like a garment;
12 Like a cloak You will fold them up, and
they will be changed. But You are the
same, and Your years will not fail.”

22. Hebrews 13:18
Jesus Christ is the same
yesterday, today, and forever.

23. 2Corinthians 1:19
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who
was preached among you by us—by
me, Silvanus, and Timothy—was not
Yes and No, but in Him was Yes.

24. The Character of Christ
• He is an accessible physician
• He is an infallible physician
• He is an unchangeable physician
• He is the only appointed physician

25. Acts 4:11,12
11 This is the ‘stone which was rejected
by you builders, which has become the
chief cornerstone.’ 12 Nor is there
salvation in any other, for there is no
other name under heaven given among
men by which we must be saved.”

26. John 6:66-69
66 From that time many of His disciples
went back and walked with Him no
more. 67 Then Jesus said to the twelve,
“Do you also want to go away?”

27. John 6:66-69
68 But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord,
to whom shall we go? You have the
words of eternal life. 69 Also we have
come to believe and know that You are
the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

28. The Character of Christ
• He is an accessible physician
• He is an infallible physician
• He is an unchangeable physician
• He is the only appointed physician

29. Jesus
the
Great
Physician