Calling Sinners; Rejecting the Self-Righteous

Calling Sinners; Rejecting the Self-righteous Lesson 16

Matthew 9:9-17; Mark 2:13-17; Luke 5:27-39

“Lord, save me from that wicked man, myself” Augustine

“In youth, in middle age, and now after many battles, I find nothing in me but corruption.” John Knox

“I am fallen short of the glory of God, my whole heart is altogether corrupt and abominable, and consequently my whole life being an evil tree cannot bring forth good fruit.” John Wesley

“Vile and full of sin I am” Charles Wesley

“Oh, that such a wretch as I should ever be tempted to think highly of himself. I am myself nothing but sin and weakness, in whose flesh naturally dwells no good thing.” Augustus Toplady

Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners — of whom I am the worst. Paul the Apostle

“God, have mercy on me, a sinner.” Repentant Tax Collector

Introduction - What Matthew is doing

I. The Right Reaction

Matt 9:9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's booth. "Follow me," he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him

A. Who he was

B. What he was

C. What he did

D. What it meant

E. What it cost

D. How it demonstrated

Matt 9:10 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew's house, many tax collectors and "sinners" came and ate with him and his disciples.

1 II. The Wrong Reaction

Matt 9:11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?"

A. Who they were

B. What they asked

C. What they believed

D. How it’s still contemporary

Matt 11:18-19 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.' 19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and "sinners." ' But wisdom is proved right by her actions."

III. The Irrefutable Reasoning

A. Reasoning from logic

Matt 9:12 On hearing this, Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

B. Reasoning from scripture

Matt 9:13a But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.'

C. Reasoning from purpose

Matt 9:13b For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.

IV. The Illuminating Representations

Matt 9:14 Then John's disciples came and asked him, "How is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"

A. From weddings

Matt 9:15 Jesus answered, "How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.

B. From wine

Matt 9:16-17 16 "No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse. 17 Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved." 2 TNBS Study Questions 16 preparation for week 17

Read John 5:1-30

1. The man at the pool was healed, was he saved? Explain your answer. ______

2. If your answer above was no, then why did Jesus heal him? ______

From John 5:16-30, give at least twelve reasons why you would argue in favor of Jesus’ divinity.

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