10/26/2026
JESUS USED THE OUTCAST– SERMON IN A SONG
The song “Jesus Used the Outcast” carries a message close to the heart of the Gospel: Jesus sees people others reject, and He can give them a new beginning and a purpose.
When Jesus called Matthew, a tax collector, to follow Him, people questioned why He would eat with sinners. Jesus answered them plainly:
Mark 2:17 (NKJV): “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.”
Jesus did not turn away from broken people. He spoke with the Samaritan woman, touched the l***r, welcomed the thief who turned to Him on the cross, and called ordinary, imperfect people to follow Him. Their past did not prevent Him from showing mercy or giving them a place in His work.
That same hope is for people today who feel rejected, ashamed, bound by addiction, or marked by mistakes. Your past may explain some of your struggles, but it does not have to define the rest of your life. When you come to Jesus honestly, He offers forgiveness, healing, and a way forward. And as He restores us, He can use our testimony to encourage someone who feels as lost as we once did.
Jesus gave this promise:
John 6:37 (NKJV): “All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.”
The song reminds us that Jesus still reaches the overlooked and calls them by grace. No one is beyond His reach, and no redeemed life is useless in His hands. He used the outcast then—and He is still doing the same today.
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