Levi's Example

Written by Randy Richardson
Saturday, 18 November 2006 18:00

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Levi (a.k.a. Matthew) gives a great example of entering into people's lives and inviting them into ours. Join us as we look at Luke 5:27-32 as we see what Levi did after Jesus called Levi to follow Him.

Luke 5:27-32

The Calling of Levi

 ²⁷After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. "Follow me," Jesus said to him, ²⁸and Levi got up, left everything and followed him.

 ²⁹Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. ³⁰But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and 'sinners'?"

 ³¹Jesus answered them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. ³²I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

In this passage Jesus calls Levi, (Matthew) to follow Him. Matthew is so changed that he wants his friends who don?t know Jesus to meet Him, so he throws a party and has the old gang over. It is not the healthy who need a doctor it is the sick.

Questions to think about this week:

1. How has your life changed since you met Jesus?
2. Do you feel your relationship with Jesus is static or dynamic?
3. Are you going into other people?s lives?
4. Are you inviting other people into your life?
5. Has Jesus put anyone on your heart that you know you need to enter his or her world?