1. Moving through Matthew 9 2. From Levi to Matthew (Matt 9v9-13)
Change of name, change of nature v9, Mk 2v14
Christian is a gift of God to His Son, to others, to the world
Bring Christ back into everything you do & think
Jesus makes Himself a reality in Matthew’s life
Leave ‘Levi’ behind & become a ‘Matthew’
Tax collectors were a hated people v10-11, Lk 5v30
Traitors, cheats, thieves to their own people Lk 3v13, 19v8
Jesus notices the despised, hated, outcast
He noticed Levi v9

2. Moving through Matthew 9 2. From Levi to Matthew (Matt 9v9-13)
Matt now puts Jesus above everyone v10, Lk 5v29
1st Christ comes into your heart then into your house
Matt now wants all his friends to meet Jesus v10, Lk 5v29
Matt reaches out to fellow followers Mk 2v15
A desire to be with other followers is a mark of a follower Jn 13v34-35, 1 Jn 3v14
Matt reaches out to ‘sinners’ v10
Jesus draws near to the social scrap heap Lk 14v16-23
Pharisees keep away from the social scrap heap v11, Lk 5v30
Thought God loved them & they were better than them v12-13
Jesus comes 4 those who know they’re sinners & need a Saviour
‘There but for the grace of God go I’ 2 Pet 1v9
Go & learn what this means ‘I desire mercy not sacrifice’ v13