Call to Worship

Psalm 99:1–3 NKJV

1 The Lord reigns; Let the peoples tremble! He dwells between the cherubim; Let the earth be moved! 2 The Lord is great in Zion, And He is high above all the peoples. 3 Let them praise Your great and awesome name— He is holy.

Giving

Proverbs 22:9 NKJV

9 He who has a generous eye will be blessed, For he gives of his bread to the poor.

Sinners, Saved for Service

Matthew 9:9–13 NKJV

9 As Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” So he arose and followed Him. 10 Now it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 12 When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

1. When Jesus calls you will rise to fallow Him!

Matthew 9:9 NKJV

9 As Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” So he arose and followed Him.

We are nine chapter and nine verses in before Matthew tells his story. talk about Humility. why did he wait so long, because the gospel is about Jesus not Matthew! Even when I give a testimony it should be about Jesus mostly, to a degree you cant help but talk about yourself some but don’t forget Jesus!

Matthew being a tax collector was considered betrayal because Romans saw Cesar as God. So, in part it was blasphemous because Cesar is not God, there is the God we serve and that is it.

Secondly, you are turning on your own people for the benefit of an occupying force.

in the time Matthew would have been considered the worst of the worst.

we are all sinners.

Romans 3:23 NKJV

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

there are certain people that get upset when I say that but its the truth. I couldn’t be saved if I was not a sinner. My sin brought be to Jesus.

Sin separates us from God.

Jesus is the cure for sin!

since we are all sinners we all love jesus. Christians aren’t perfect however we are not perfect.

Sometimes Christians get super spiritual.

we are unchristian like when we act better then other people that makes us (in our own minds) better than others!

2. Matthew fallowed Jesus as he was, he didn’t get it right and then fallow Jesus.

Matthew 9:9 NKJV

9 As Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” So he arose and followed Him.

notice the “b” clause if the verse. So he rose and fallowed Him.

in my way of thinking Mathew’s repentance was in the obedience of rising up and fallowing Jesus.

repentance is an action more than emotion.

3. Jesus sat with the sinners.

Matthew 9:10 NKJV

10 Now it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples.

Matthews obedience to Jesus brought Jesus to others who where separated from God.

Jesus didn’t hang out in the bar. He went to someones house and sat with others. I can talk to non-Christians.

This is why we open the Church on thanksgiving and Christmas to open the house of God for all the children of God.

4. Who did Jesus come for?

Matthew 9:11–13 NKJV

11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 12 When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners.

to give room for the message.

Jesus came for the Lost.