… of lives
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As we prepare for this weekend, I encourage you to watch the video, read the scripture and then spend some time answering the questions below.
Mark 2:13 Then Jesus went out to the lakeshore again and taught the crowds that were coming to him. 14 As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Levi got up and followed him.
Mark 2:15 Later, Levi invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. (There were many people of this kind among Jesus’ followers.) 16 But when the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees saw him eating with tax collectors and other sinners, they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat with such scum?b”
Mark 2:17 When Jesus heard this, he told them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”
Reflection Questions:
1. Why do you think the Pharisees objected to Jesus' dinner companions?
2. What does Jesus' response say about what his ministry is all about?
3. What do you think are some implications of Jesus' response for us within the church today?
I love how Jesus aligned Himself with the people who knew their need, not with those who thought they had it all together. In Matthew 5, Jesus taught that those who are aware of their spiritual poverty are the ones who fully live into God's Kingdom realm. May we all come to Jesus as easily as Matthew did, throwing caution to the wind!
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