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13. Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A
large crowd came to him, and he began to teach
them. 14. As he walked along he saw Levi, son of
Alphaeus sitting at the tax collectors booth.
“Follow me” Jesus told him, and Levi got up and
followed him.
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• 15. While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s
house, many tax collectors and sinners were
eating with him and his disciples for there
were many who followed him. 16. When the
teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw
him eating with sinners and tax collectors,
they asked the disciples:
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• “Why does he eat with tax collectors and
sinners?” 17. On hearing this Jesus said to them,
“It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but
the sick. I have not come to call the righteous,
but sinners.”
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Don’t let the fear of striking out keep you from
playing the game!
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• Read/Read
• Tell & Check/Tell & Check
• Ask the questions
• Pray & be accountable
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Three questions we want to ask……
1. What is God wanting us to know?
2. What if this happened in my life?
3. What do I need to do?
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Question 1
• There was the call of Matthew to follow Jesus
• There was Jesus proclamation about who he
had come to rescue
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Question 2
• I would be following when Jesus asks me to
“follow him”
• I would recognise who “the sick” were in my
spheres of influence and go to where the need is
• I would be asking who I needed to say “follow me”
to
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Question Three
• I need to listen to God and go where he tells
me
• I need to find the “Matthews”, those persons
of peace
• I need to seek and rescue his people
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Matthew the Tax Collector