Friend of Sinners

Do you have people in your network of friends, relatives, co-workers or even in church, that somehow make you uncomfortable to be seen with?

I - CONTRASTS & PROGRESSION

a) Levi the son of Alpheous, sitting in the tax office

b) Tax collectors and sinners who were following Jesus.

c) Many tax gatherers and sinners, were sitting at the table dining with Jesus

d) The Scribes of the Pharisees questioned Jesus’ ethics!

Did you notice the question came from the Doctors of the Law?
This gave way to Jesus' answer in verse 17: “And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, "It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

II - THEOLOGY DEPICTED

a) Irresistible Calling:

b) The Universal Call of the Gospel:

c) Against Preparationism and the hyper-calvinist logic:

III - THE GOSPEL ILLUSTRATED

a) It is not the healthy who need a physician but the sick

b) The friend of sinners

QUESTION TO BELIEVERS: DO YOU HAVE REDEMPTIVE FRIENDSHIPS?