THE TAX MAN

 

The Tax Man Cometh – Nov 25 – Mark 2:13-17

 

Matthew is Called: (Matt 9:9-13, Mark 2:13-17, Luke 5:27-32

             As Jesus walking down by the Sea of Galilee, He saw a man named Matthew or Levi sitting in his office or tax booth.  He saw Matthew and asked Him to follow Him.  Matthew did right away and that night he had a meal prepared for Jesus and His disciples.

Some Pharisees saw this and they criticized Jesus for eating with publicans and sinners.  Jesus replied that He had come to heal the sick and not the healthy.

 

1. Jesus was willing to call the lowest of people.  In Matthew’s case He saw not what Matthew was but what he would become.  God does the same with us.
2. God looks at the heart when He does His calling.  He is not concerned about the exterior but the interior.
3. Jesus is the helper of the ordinary man.  He comes to heal the broken hearted and those that need His touch.  It is the sick that need a doctor not the healthy.
4. Man will always find something to complain and criticize about.
5. Jesus brought out here that mercy is more important than sacrifice.  This is the greatest factor that let God to send His Son Jesus Christ to death on the cross.
6. Jesus came to die for the sins of the world.  He came to deal with the sinner and not the religious people of the world.