WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.600 Our text is Matthew chapter 9 verses 1 through 13. 00:00:08.060 --> 00:00:13.960 ! A couple stories, miracles, one miracle, one call of a disciple. 00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:21.600 ! And with the direction of Christ's family church, where we're going with community groups, 00:00:21.600 --> 00:00:29.980 and being on a schedule and wanting to serve and reach out to our community, and where my family is headed to a city, an urban setting, 00:00:29.980 --> 00:00:40.320 in Memphis, where we have to live a specific way, not like the city, but intentional and serving and loving people that we're not connected with. 00:00:41.100 --> 00:00:51.100 I thought, plus based on what God was teaching me, that this would be very practical for all of us this morning, this set of verses, this text. 00:00:51.460 --> 00:00:55.780 So let me read it, and then I'll pray and we'll get started. 00:00:57.299 --> 00:00:59.380 Starting in verse 1 of Matthew chapter 9. 00:00:59.979 --> 00:01:03.419 And getting into a boat, he crossed over and came to his own city. 00:01:04.479 --> 00:01:07.920 And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. 00:01:08.620 --> 00:01:11.500 And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, 00:01:11.620 --> 00:01:14.599 Take heart, my son, your sins are forgiven. 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:18.039 And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, 00:01:18.199 --> 00:01:20.099 This man is blaspheming. 00:01:20.659 --> 00:01:23.019 But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, 00:01:23.019 --> 00:01:26.039 Why do you think evil in your hearts? 00:01:26.459 --> 00:01:27.959 For which is easier to say, 00:01:27.959 --> 00:01:30.799 Your sins are forgiven, or to say, Rise and walk? 00:01:31.500 --> 00:01:35.979 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins. 00:01:36.459 --> 00:01:37.759 He then said to the paralytic, 00:01:37.899 --> 00:01:40.879 Rise, pick up your bed, and go home. 00:01:41.340 --> 00:01:42.819 And he rose and went home. 00:01:42.819 --> 00:01:46.939 When the crowd saw it, they were afraid, 00:01:47.319 --> 00:01:50.179 And they glorified God, who had given such authority to men. 00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:52.799 As Jesus passed on from there, 00:01:52.939 --> 00:01:56.000 He saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, 00:01:56.059 --> 00:01:56.679 And he said to him, 00:01:56.939 --> 00:01:57.559 Follow me. 00:01:57.780 --> 00:01:59.439 And he rose and followed him. 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:02.439 And as Jesus reclined at table in the house, 00:02:02.539 --> 00:02:05.539 Behold, many tax collectors and sinners came 00:02:05.539 --> 00:02:08.459 And were reclining with Jesus and his disciples. 00:02:08.460 --> 00:02:10.900 And when the Pharisees saw this, 00:02:10.980 --> 00:02:11.980 They said to his disciples, 00:02:12.320 --> 00:02:16.159 Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners? 00:02:17.140 --> 00:02:18.420 But when he heard it, he said, 00:02:18.819 --> 00:02:20.900 Those who are well have no need of a physician, 00:02:21.319 --> 00:02:22.680 But those who are sick. 00:02:23.340 --> 00:02:25.200 Go and learn what this means. 00:02:25.500 --> 00:02:27.980 I desire mercy and not sacrifice. 00:02:28.480 --> 00:02:30.400 For I came not to call the righteous, 00:02:31.020 --> 00:02:31.960 But sinners. 00:02:32.240 --> 00:02:33.060 Let's pray together. 00:02:34.319 --> 00:02:36.719 Father, I ask that your will would be done this morning. 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:39.359 That you would teach us through your word. 00:02:40.159 --> 00:02:41.280 And that you would use me. 00:02:42.020 --> 00:02:42.520 That you would, 00:02:42.960 --> 00:02:46.099 I ask, 00:02:46.479 --> 00:02:48.439 That your word would come alive to us this morning. 00:02:48.520 --> 00:02:52.740 That we would see this miracle and this calling in a different light. 00:02:53.419 --> 00:02:55.659 Because you have shown it to us. 00:02:55.939 --> 00:02:59.199 Not because of a different perspective. 00:03:00.500 --> 00:03:04.099 God, we ask that you would be gracious to us this morning. 00:03:04.099 --> 00:03:07.000 That you would speak to us and we would be, 00:03:07.299 --> 00:03:09.400 We would hear and be moved to action. 00:03:10.099 --> 00:03:11.699 That you would bless the hearing of your word. 00:03:12.419 --> 00:03:15.379 That we would leave this place and walk out of these doors. 00:03:16.500 --> 00:03:18.319 Looking for people to, 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:21.479 To share life with. 00:03:21.539 --> 00:03:24.280 Looking for people that we can invite into our lives. 00:03:24.539 --> 00:03:29.079 And looking for God sized opportunities for you to work. 00:03:29.080 --> 00:03:31.920 We ask this all in your son, 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:33.719 Jesus' name. 00:03:34.360 --> 00:03:34.600 Amen. 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:36.520 So, 00:03:37.240 --> 00:03:39.240 This story, 00:03:39.360 --> 00:03:43.340 These two stories are also found in Mark chapter 2 and Luke chapter 5. 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:45.300 If you know anything about the gospels, 00:03:45.420 --> 00:03:46.560 Luke is very detailed. 00:03:46.680 --> 00:03:48.560 So he gives you a lot more details. 00:03:48.720 --> 00:03:52.280 Mark is almost just like Matthew on the telling of this story. 00:03:52.280 --> 00:03:58.240 So what I want to do this morning is just kind of walk through some observations that I see in this text. 00:03:58.340 --> 00:03:59.340 These 13 verses. 00:03:59.520 --> 00:04:00.500 Kind of walk through it. 00:04:01.319 --> 00:04:05.599 And hopefully allow God to speak to all of us this morning. 00:04:05.780 --> 00:04:06.580 And speak through me. 00:04:06.740 --> 00:04:06.920 So, 00:04:07.460 --> 00:04:09.139 As we walk through, 00:04:10.020 --> 00:04:13.639 The first thing I want to point out is that Jesus saw their faith. 00:04:16.319 --> 00:04:17.100 Verse 2. 00:04:18.319 --> 00:04:19.439 I'll just start reading verse 1. 00:04:19.519 --> 00:04:19.959 Let's go ahead. 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:21.759 And getting into a boat, 00:04:21.859 --> 00:04:23.419 He crossed over and came to His own city, 00:04:23.500 --> 00:04:24.419 Which is Capernaum. 00:04:24.620 --> 00:04:25.259 And behold, 00:04:25.379 --> 00:04:28.019 Some people brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. 00:04:28.399 --> 00:04:29.779 And when Jesus saw their faith, 00:04:29.859 --> 00:04:30.799 He said to the paralytic, 00:04:30.919 --> 00:04:31.439 Take heart, 00:04:31.719 --> 00:04:32.180 My son, 00:04:32.259 --> 00:04:33.579 Your sins are forgiven. 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:34.419 Now, 00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:36.060 Jesus is not talking here. 00:04:37.019 --> 00:04:41.459 Matthew is not describing Jesus seeing the paralytic's faith. 00:04:41.599 --> 00:04:43.539 It's the guys who are carrying His bed. 00:04:43.620 --> 00:04:44.579 It's His buddies. 00:04:44.799 --> 00:04:48.799 It's His friends who have gone out of their way 00:04:48.800 --> 00:04:50.040 To carry this man. 00:04:50.259 --> 00:04:50.540 Now, 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:51.020 In Luke, 00:04:51.100 --> 00:04:52.079 We have more details. 00:04:52.520 --> 00:04:53.740 And if you know the story, 00:04:53.840 --> 00:04:55.879 You know that they raised this man, 00:04:55.980 --> 00:04:56.740 Tied to a bed, 00:04:56.819 --> 00:04:57.720 Up onto the roof. 00:04:58.100 --> 00:04:59.560 They broke the roof apart, 00:04:59.660 --> 00:05:03.360 And they lowered him in to the building or the house where Jesus was. 00:05:03.960 --> 00:05:05.319 A lot of work. 00:05:06.100 --> 00:05:07.960 And Jesus sees their faith, 00:05:08.100 --> 00:05:12.180 Sees their willingness to carry their body. 00:05:12.180 --> 00:05:16.000 And Matthew makes note that He sees their faith. 00:05:16.120 --> 00:05:16.259 Now, 00:05:17.220 --> 00:05:19.400 The fact that they had strong faith, 00:05:19.540 --> 00:05:20.959 The fact that they had this bold faith, 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:22.699 That they were willing to go crazy, 00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:25.400 And open up a roof and lower a guy in, 00:05:25.560 --> 00:05:26.379 Didn't save, 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:28.620 Didn't heal this man. 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:31.519 What healed this man was Jesus saying, 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:33.980 Your sins are forgiven. 00:05:34.720 --> 00:05:35.560 Get up and walk. 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:37.620 But Jesus saw their faith, 00:05:37.699 --> 00:05:39.620 And their faith was in Him, 00:05:39.860 --> 00:05:40.819 Was in Jesus. 00:05:41.480 --> 00:05:42.420 They believed, 00:05:43.180 --> 00:05:44.360 That if we did this, 00:05:44.560 --> 00:05:46.420 If we got this man close to Jesus, 00:05:46.540 --> 00:05:47.459 That He would heal them. 00:05:48.379 --> 00:05:48.740 And so, 00:05:49.219 --> 00:05:50.860 They had this strong faith, 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:52.079 This focused faith, 00:05:52.139 --> 00:05:53.100 This faith was, 00:05:53.480 --> 00:05:55.540 Lasered in on Jesus. 00:05:56.319 --> 00:05:57.279 It wasn't on, 00:05:57.680 --> 00:05:59.300 If we can do this, 00:05:59.379 --> 00:05:59.980 Then maybe, 00:06:00.139 --> 00:06:01.620 Possibly this might happen. 00:06:01.740 --> 00:06:01.920 No, 00:06:01.980 --> 00:06:02.779 They were saying, 00:06:03.159 --> 00:06:03.839 If we can do this, 00:06:03.939 --> 00:06:05.839 Jesus will heal this man. 00:06:06.740 --> 00:06:07.180 So, 00:06:07.319 --> 00:06:08.759 I want to point that out to you. 00:06:08.759 --> 00:06:09.939 I also want to point out, 00:06:10.039 --> 00:06:10.699 That this man was, 00:06:10.819 --> 00:06:11.620 Paralyzed, 00:06:11.920 --> 00:06:13.079 And he could not help himself. 00:06:14.139 --> 00:06:14.759 This man, 00:06:14.939 --> 00:06:16.360 Could not help, 00:06:16.719 --> 00:06:17.759 Himself one bit. 00:06:17.819 --> 00:06:18.639 He couldn't get out of bed. 00:06:18.719 --> 00:06:19.759 He needed somebody else, 00:06:19.819 --> 00:06:20.620 To help him. 00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:21.360 He needed guys, 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:22.519 To carry him to Jesus. 00:06:22.579 --> 00:06:23.339 Now this is important. 00:06:23.899 --> 00:06:24.339 Number one, 00:06:24.399 --> 00:06:24.839 Because, 00:06:25.100 --> 00:06:27.039 As Christians, 00:06:27.279 --> 00:06:28.180 And as sinners, 00:06:28.779 --> 00:06:29.659 Before Christ, 00:06:29.740 --> 00:06:30.579 And after Christ, 00:06:30.680 --> 00:06:32.060 We could not help ourselves. 00:06:32.279 --> 00:06:32.500 Right? 00:06:33.159 --> 00:06:33.860 There's nothing, 00:06:33.860 --> 00:06:34.980 There was nothing in us, 00:06:35.019 --> 00:06:35.819 That could save us. 00:06:35.819 --> 00:06:36.860 There was nothing in us, 00:06:36.860 --> 00:06:38.079 That could be, 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:40.279 Good enough, 00:06:40.360 --> 00:06:40.920 To earn, 00:06:41.079 --> 00:06:42.079 God's love. 00:06:43.159 --> 00:06:43.540 God, 00:06:43.759 --> 00:06:45.060 Reached down, 00:06:45.159 --> 00:06:45.860 God blessed, 00:06:45.980 --> 00:06:46.939 God forgave, 00:06:47.060 --> 00:06:48.040 God saved us, 00:06:48.040 --> 00:06:49.060 On his own, 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:49.639 Work, 00:06:49.699 --> 00:06:50.800 And out of his own grace, 00:06:50.920 --> 00:06:51.699 Not anything, 00:06:52.199 --> 00:06:52.800 In us. 00:06:53.219 --> 00:06:53.539 So, 00:06:53.639 --> 00:06:53.939 Like, 00:06:53.939 --> 00:06:55.079 The paralyzed man, 00:06:56.300 --> 00:06:56.779 We too, 00:06:56.839 --> 00:06:57.319 Are paralyzed. 00:06:58.500 --> 00:07:00.019 We cannot help, 00:07:00.379 --> 00:07:01.199 Ourselves. 00:07:01.740 --> 00:07:02.300 But also, 00:07:02.420 --> 00:07:02.920 It's important, 00:07:03.040 --> 00:07:04.319 The fact that he couldn't help himself, 00:07:04.439 --> 00:07:06.060 Was the fact that his buddies, 00:07:06.160 --> 00:07:07.000 Had to carry him, 00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:07.540 Like, 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:10.180 The burden that we sometimes, 00:07:10.339 --> 00:07:10.680 Are half, 00:07:10.819 --> 00:07:10.920 Or, 00:07:11.379 --> 00:07:12.199 Commended to, 00:07:12.279 --> 00:07:13.459 There's no sometimes about it, 00:07:13.480 --> 00:07:14.240 We are commanded, 00:07:14.379 --> 00:07:15.319 To carry the gospel. 00:07:15.500 --> 00:07:16.120 We are commanded, 00:07:16.120 --> 00:07:17.100 To share the gospel. 00:07:17.100 --> 00:07:17.759 We are commanded, 00:07:17.980 --> 00:07:19.720 To reach out to those, 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:21.620 Who don't know Jesus, 00:07:21.899 --> 00:07:23.399 And share the truth, 00:07:23.399 --> 00:07:24.259 Of the gospel. 00:07:24.899 --> 00:07:25.519 These men, 00:07:26.120 --> 00:07:26.679 Carried, 00:07:26.939 --> 00:07:27.719 This paralyzed, 00:07:28.019 --> 00:07:29.099 Buddy of theirs, 00:07:29.539 --> 00:07:30.099 To Jesus, 00:07:30.179 --> 00:07:31.000 So that he can be healed, 00:07:31.099 --> 00:07:31.679 So that he can be, 00:07:32.419 --> 00:07:33.579 His sins, 00:07:33.819 --> 00:07:34.479 Can be forgiven. 00:07:34.839 --> 00:07:35.019 Now, 00:07:35.079 --> 00:07:35.339 Of course, 00:07:35.419 --> 00:07:36.099 The men didn't know, 00:07:36.199 --> 00:07:36.959 That was going to happen. 00:07:37.479 --> 00:07:38.000 Nobody knew, 00:07:38.099 --> 00:07:38.759 That was going to happen. 00:07:40.019 --> 00:07:40.459 So, 00:07:40.620 --> 00:07:41.159 It's important, 00:07:41.219 --> 00:07:41.879 That we understand, 00:07:41.879 --> 00:07:43.500 That the paralyzed man, 00:07:43.500 --> 00:07:44.299 Could not, 00:07:44.299 --> 00:07:45.620 Help himself. 00:07:47.479 --> 00:07:48.259 And as, 00:07:48.459 --> 00:07:49.479 As these men, 00:07:49.560 --> 00:07:50.039 Carried, 00:07:50.959 --> 00:07:52.319 The paralyzed man, 00:07:52.560 --> 00:07:53.219 I wish I could just, 00:07:53.220 --> 00:07:53.560 Name him, 00:07:53.580 --> 00:07:54.120 Let's just name him, 00:07:54.180 --> 00:07:54.440 Sam. 00:07:54.680 --> 00:07:55.920 As he carries Sam, 00:07:56.320 --> 00:07:57.540 Instead of saying paralyzed man, 00:07:57.580 --> 00:07:58.100 Or paralytic, 00:07:58.640 --> 00:08:01.220 They carried him, 00:08:01.600 --> 00:08:03.160 As we share the gospel, 00:08:03.260 --> 00:08:04.540 And we will carry the gospel, 00:08:04.960 --> 00:08:05.760 To those around us, 00:08:05.780 --> 00:08:06.360 What happens? 00:08:06.920 --> 00:08:07.420 Sins, 00:08:07.740 --> 00:08:08.280 Are forgiven. 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:09.780 And this man's sins, 00:08:09.780 --> 00:08:10.760 Were forgiven. 00:08:11.600 --> 00:08:11.760 So, 00:08:13.760 --> 00:08:15.100 The paralytic man, 00:08:15.200 --> 00:08:15.740 Oh Sam, 00:08:15.860 --> 00:08:16.140 Was, 00:08:17.080 --> 00:08:17.800 At the mercy, 00:08:18.100 --> 00:08:19.020 Of who would carry him. 00:08:19.240 --> 00:08:19.940 At the mercy, 00:08:20.080 --> 00:08:20.920 Of who would love him. 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:21.460 At the mercy, 00:08:21.460 --> 00:08:22.199 Of who would, 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:23.620 Heal him. 00:08:25.360 --> 00:08:25.800 Now, 00:08:25.879 --> 00:08:26.379 Here we come, 00:08:26.460 --> 00:08:27.400 To verse 4, 00:08:27.520 --> 00:08:27.960 5, 00:08:28.240 --> 00:08:29.819 And we get the Pharisees, 00:08:29.920 --> 00:08:30.960 And the scribes, 00:08:31.020 --> 00:08:32.139 Being Pharisees, 00:08:32.200 --> 00:08:32.879 And scribes, 00:08:33.680 --> 00:08:34.200 Just being, 00:08:34.200 --> 00:08:35.580 Snot nose, 00:08:36.100 --> 00:08:37.019 Snobs, 00:08:38.019 --> 00:08:38.980 They say, 00:08:39.379 --> 00:08:41.440 They say, 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:42.720 This man, 00:08:42.800 --> 00:08:43.759 Is blaspheming, 00:08:43.820 --> 00:08:44.860 How could he say, 00:08:45.060 --> 00:08:46.300 That he has forgiven sins, 00:08:46.299 --> 00:08:47.659 He is just a man, 00:08:47.859 --> 00:08:48.799 Talking about Jesus, 00:08:49.799 --> 00:08:50.599 And of course, 00:08:50.699 --> 00:08:51.219 They have, 00:08:51.439 --> 00:08:53.620 All the religious badges, 00:08:53.979 --> 00:08:54.579 And all the, 00:08:54.579 --> 00:08:56.439 Patches, 00:08:56.539 --> 00:08:57.099 And everything, 00:08:57.299 --> 00:08:57.979 They have their book, 00:08:58.199 --> 00:08:58.679 The Bible, 00:08:58.879 --> 00:09:00.740 Their holy scribes, 00:09:00.799 --> 00:09:02.659 All marked up, 00:09:02.799 --> 00:09:02.899 And, 00:09:03.799 --> 00:09:04.019 I mean, 00:09:04.039 --> 00:09:05.139 They are super religious, 00:09:05.959 --> 00:09:06.339 And they, 00:09:06.399 --> 00:09:07.879 They can make this stance, 00:09:07.899 --> 00:09:08.539 And they can say, 00:09:08.659 --> 00:09:08.959 How, 00:09:09.699 --> 00:09:10.939 This man is blaspheming, 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:11.919 And they think, 00:09:11.979 --> 00:09:13.059 They have something to stand on, 00:09:13.099 --> 00:09:13.439 And Jesus, 00:09:13.620 --> 00:09:14.439 Knowing their thoughts, 00:09:14.440 --> 00:09:15.060 He says, 00:09:15.320 --> 00:09:16.880 Why do you think evil, 00:09:17.040 --> 00:09:17.660 In your hearts? 00:09:18.280 --> 00:09:19.700 For which is easier to say, 00:09:20.020 --> 00:09:21.080 Your sins are forgiven, 00:09:21.220 --> 00:09:21.660 Or to say, 00:09:21.780 --> 00:09:22.900 Rise and walk? 00:09:23.440 --> 00:09:24.320 But that you may know, 00:09:24.380 --> 00:09:25.120 That the Son of Man, 00:09:25.160 --> 00:09:26.260 Has authority on earth, 00:09:26.300 --> 00:09:27.240 To forgive sins, 00:09:27.920 --> 00:09:29.180 And then what does he do? 00:09:29.440 --> 00:09:30.760 He heals the man, 00:09:30.820 --> 00:09:31.880 And tells him to rise, 00:09:32.420 --> 00:09:33.040 And walk. 00:09:36.020 --> 00:09:36.420 Now, 00:09:37.140 --> 00:09:39.640 Which is easier to say, 00:09:39.720 --> 00:09:40.320 Jesus says, 00:09:40.400 --> 00:09:41.320 Which is easier to say? 00:09:42.440 --> 00:09:43.560 And if we get caught up, 00:09:43.640 --> 00:09:44.360 On this question, 00:09:45.040 --> 00:09:46.040 In this verse, 00:09:47.100 --> 00:09:48.060 We'll lose the point. 00:09:48.940 --> 00:09:49.800 Jesus isn't making, 00:09:50.040 --> 00:09:51.420 A bold statement here, 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:52.520 He isn't making something, 00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:53.560 Saying something, 00:09:53.720 --> 00:09:55.180 That is hidden up underneath, 00:09:55.260 --> 00:09:56.360 And we just kind of dig for it, 00:09:56.400 --> 00:09:56.900 He's saying, 00:09:56.960 --> 00:09:57.560 Which is easier? 00:09:57.820 --> 00:09:58.020 Well, 00:09:58.080 --> 00:09:59.120 They're both easy to say. 00:10:00.220 --> 00:10:01.060 What I'm saying, 00:10:01.140 --> 00:10:01.580 Isn't, 00:10:03.100 --> 00:10:04.480 Important to you right now, 00:10:04.700 --> 00:10:05.720 What I've done, 00:10:05.880 --> 00:10:06.460 Is important. 00:10:07.160 --> 00:10:07.440 And, 00:10:07.640 --> 00:10:08.600 He's making a point, 00:10:08.720 --> 00:10:09.000 Saying, 00:10:09.380 --> 00:10:10.780 I have healed this man, 00:10:10.780 --> 00:10:12.180 Or I'm going to heal this man, 00:10:12.260 --> 00:10:13.400 And I have forgiven his sins, 00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:14.860 And he's showing the world, 00:10:14.959 --> 00:10:16.019 And he's showing the scribes, 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:17.059 And he's showing the Pharisees, 00:10:17.159 --> 00:10:17.779 Who he is. 00:10:18.399 --> 00:10:19.299 That he is, 00:10:19.639 --> 00:10:20.220 God. 00:10:21.100 --> 00:10:21.539 Now, 00:10:21.699 --> 00:10:22.679 This week, 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:24.299 I will not name any names, 00:10:24.439 --> 00:10:25.539 But my son, 00:10:25.919 --> 00:10:26.699 So that's down to two, 00:10:28.620 --> 00:10:29.059 Has, 00:10:29.279 --> 00:10:30.100 Lied, 00:10:30.779 --> 00:10:31.079 To, 00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:33.300 His mom. 00:10:35.700 --> 00:10:36.780 And I made him, 00:10:37.220 --> 00:10:38.300 Of course he has punishment, 00:10:38.540 --> 00:10:39.700 And you want to ask him about punishment, 00:10:39.840 --> 00:10:40.620 You can ask him, 00:10:40.840 --> 00:10:42.660 He's not happy about it, 00:10:42.700 --> 00:10:43.460 So that's a good punishment. 00:10:45.040 --> 00:10:46.460 But I made him go, 00:10:46.600 --> 00:10:47.980 And apologize to, 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:48.820 Jamie. 00:10:49.580 --> 00:10:51.460 Because he lied against Jamie, 00:10:51.520 --> 00:10:52.160 He sinned, 00:10:52.520 --> 00:10:53.060 Against, 00:10:53.540 --> 00:10:53.800 Jamie. 00:10:54.920 --> 00:10:56.400 We can't forgive, 00:10:56.860 --> 00:10:57.460 Unless it's, 00:10:57.460 --> 00:10:58.820 It's something done to us, 00:10:58.820 --> 00:10:59.300 Right? 00:10:59.580 --> 00:10:59.820 Like, 00:11:00.540 --> 00:11:02.140 I can't forgive Jed, 00:11:02.640 --> 00:11:03.000 Oh, 00:11:03.060 --> 00:11:03.600 I named him. 00:11:04.220 --> 00:11:05.920 I can't forgive Jed, 00:11:05.960 --> 00:11:07.140 For lying to Jamie. 00:11:08.200 --> 00:11:08.680 I can say, 00:11:08.740 --> 00:11:08.879 Man, 00:11:08.920 --> 00:11:09.700 That was horrible. 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:10.200 Like, 00:11:10.220 --> 00:11:11.080 I can punish him, 00:11:11.220 --> 00:11:11.540 I can, 00:11:11.900 --> 00:11:13.260 I can let him have it, 00:11:13.300 --> 00:11:14.240 I can talk to him about it, 00:11:14.240 --> 00:11:14.500 But I, 00:11:14.620 --> 00:11:15.520 I can't forgive him, 00:11:15.560 --> 00:11:16.800 Because it wasn't towards, 00:11:16.920 --> 00:11:17.700 And against me. 00:11:19.000 --> 00:11:19.420 Jesus, 00:11:20.379 --> 00:11:21.700 Can forgive sins, 00:11:21.780 --> 00:11:23.020 Because he is God, 00:11:23.060 --> 00:11:23.720 And because, 00:11:24.180 --> 00:11:24.900 It is sin, 00:11:25.240 --> 00:11:26.100 Against God. 00:11:26.100 --> 00:11:27.060 Psalm 51, 00:11:28.560 --> 00:11:29.960 It's a psalm that David writes, 00:11:30.060 --> 00:11:30.800 Right after, 00:11:31.259 --> 00:11:32.820 Nathan talks to him about David, 00:11:33.019 --> 00:11:34.340 About him and Bathsheba. 00:11:35.300 --> 00:11:36.120 And what does he say? 00:11:36.220 --> 00:11:36.899 Against you, 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:37.340 Oh Lord, 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:38.159 Have I sinned. 00:11:38.920 --> 00:11:39.440 Only, 00:11:39.960 --> 00:11:40.680 Against you. 00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:42.940 Big deal. 00:11:43.680 --> 00:11:44.100 And so, 00:11:44.480 --> 00:11:44.820 Jesus, 00:11:45.220 --> 00:11:46.279 Forgiving sins, 00:11:47.480 --> 00:11:48.659 The Pharisees, 00:11:48.740 --> 00:11:49.560 And the scribes, 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:51.240 Have something to stand on. 00:11:51.300 --> 00:11:51.500 Like, 00:11:51.820 --> 00:11:52.920 This guy is just a man. 00:11:53.420 --> 00:11:53.700 No, 00:11:54.160 --> 00:11:55.060 Jesus is God. 00:11:55.059 --> 00:11:58.219 And this is important for us to understand as Christians, 00:11:58.419 --> 00:11:59.519 That Jesus is God. 00:12:00.179 --> 00:12:01.359 He can forgive sins. 00:12:01.679 --> 00:12:04.119 He can heal the paralyzed man. 00:12:04.479 --> 00:12:07.019 He can make the blind see. 00:12:07.199 --> 00:12:08.859 He can make the dead alive. 00:12:09.479 --> 00:12:10.359 This is Jesus. 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:15.299 So the truth that, 00:12:15.619 --> 00:12:16.699 Here in this story, 00:12:17.139 --> 00:12:18.459 That Jesus forgives sin, 00:12:19.119 --> 00:12:22.139 And that Jesus heals the paralyzed man, 00:12:22.139 --> 00:12:23.759 Both prove, 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:25.080 To me, 00:12:25.279 --> 00:12:26.340 And to all of us in here, 00:12:26.559 --> 00:12:27.399 That he is God. 00:12:27.720 --> 00:12:28.960 And we all shake our heads, 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:29.259 Yes, 00:12:29.340 --> 00:12:29.620 Yes, 00:12:30.100 --> 00:12:30.919 Jesus is God. 00:12:33.840 --> 00:12:35.159 Jesus forgives sin. 00:12:36.220 --> 00:12:36.480 Jesus 00:12:36.480 --> 00:12:38.460 Is 00:12:38.460 --> 00:12:39.059 God. 00:12:39.259 --> 00:12:39.860 Psalm 103, 00:12:40.039 --> 00:12:40.960 12 tells us, 00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:41.860 And reminds us that, 00:12:42.259 --> 00:12:43.220 As far as the east is, 00:12:43.220 --> 00:12:45.920 As far as the east is to the west, 00:12:46.460 --> 00:12:48.660 So our transgressions are removed. 00:12:50.980 --> 00:12:53.000 God removes our transgressions, 00:12:53.080 --> 00:12:53.620 Not us. 00:12:54.180 --> 00:12:56.920 God forgives us of our sins. 00:12:57.000 --> 00:12:59.019 And so Jesus is God. 00:13:00.759 --> 00:13:02.460 Jesus is the Messiah. 00:13:02.920 --> 00:13:04.139 And that's the point of Matthew. 00:13:04.220 --> 00:13:06.100 That's why Matthew writes this gospel, 00:13:06.220 --> 00:13:07.480 And the way that he writes it, 00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:09.060 He wants to show his audience, 00:13:09.540 --> 00:13:10.279 The Jewish people, 00:13:10.279 --> 00:13:12.600 That Jesus is the promised Messiah. 00:13:12.939 --> 00:13:14.480 So when they read this story, 00:13:14.679 --> 00:13:16.039 And they see these miracles, 00:13:16.459 --> 00:13:17.459 And they see, 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:20.120 Jesus forgiving sin, 00:13:22.419 --> 00:13:23.000 They say, 00:13:23.379 --> 00:13:24.399 They should, 00:13:24.600 --> 00:13:25.879 One plus one equals two, 00:13:25.980 --> 00:13:27.399 They should end up with the, 00:13:28.059 --> 00:13:28.919 Well Jesus is God, 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:29.759 And he is the Messiah. 00:13:29.919 --> 00:13:31.199 He is the promised Savior. 00:13:33.079 --> 00:13:34.120 That's the point, 00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:35.679 That Matthew tries to make, 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:37.240 In writing this book. 00:13:38.240 --> 00:13:39.079 Verse 8, 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:42.000 He heals the man, 00:13:43.020 --> 00:13:44.660 The man gets up and goes home, 00:13:44.800 --> 00:13:45.800 And in verse 7 and 8, 00:13:45.879 --> 00:13:46.280 He says, 00:13:46.740 --> 00:13:47.980 And he rose and went home. 00:13:48.800 --> 00:13:50.120 When the crowd saw it, 00:13:50.300 --> 00:13:51.100 They were afraid, 00:13:51.660 --> 00:13:52.879 And they glorified God, 00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:54.460 Who had given such authority, 00:13:55.060 --> 00:13:55.440 To men. 00:13:56.220 --> 00:13:57.700 And here's what I want to point out here. 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:00.080 We as Christians, 00:14:00.360 --> 00:14:01.920 And I am guilty of this, 00:14:02.020 --> 00:14:03.259 I will pray a prayer, 00:14:03.259 --> 00:14:05.540 God help us to glorify you. 00:14:06.300 --> 00:14:08.080 God, I want to glorify you, 00:14:08.080 --> 00:14:09.060 With my life. 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:11.520 God is most satisfied in us, 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:13.660 When God is most glorified in us, 00:14:13.700 --> 00:14:15.200 When we are most satisfied in Him. 00:14:15.800 --> 00:14:16.600 John Piper, 00:14:17.740 --> 00:14:22.580 The Westminster's Confession, 00:14:22.780 --> 00:14:23.620 Chief end of man, 00:14:24.160 --> 00:14:25.040 To glorify God, 00:14:25.100 --> 00:14:25.860 And enjoy Him forever. 00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:26.780 Well we repeat this, 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:27.780 My kids repeat this, 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:28.720 I repeat this. 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:32.800 We have to have a right understanding, 00:14:32.940 --> 00:14:34.820 A proper view of who God is, 00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:36.320 If we're going to glorify Him, 00:14:36.540 --> 00:14:38.060 If we're going to magnify Him, 00:14:38.060 --> 00:14:39.160 If we're going to worship Him. 00:14:40.019 --> 00:14:40.680 And so here, 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:41.920 Verse 8, 00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:42.580 Says, 00:14:42.779 --> 00:14:43.740 The crowd, 00:14:44.100 --> 00:14:44.920 They were afraid, 00:14:45.420 --> 00:14:46.540 And they glorified God. 00:14:46.940 --> 00:14:49.080 Now this is not a magical equation, 00:14:49.500 --> 00:14:51.180 I just think this is just a reminder. 00:14:51.940 --> 00:14:52.560 This is just, 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:54.759 We have to understand who God is, 00:14:54.819 --> 00:14:55.899 That He is Creator, 00:14:56.279 --> 00:14:58.299 That He heals the blind, 00:14:58.399 --> 00:14:59.819 That He heals the paralyzed man, 00:14:59.859 --> 00:15:00.979 That He forgives sin, 00:15:01.839 --> 00:15:04.039 That He makes the dead alive. 00:15:04.859 --> 00:15:06.859 This being, 00:15:07.119 --> 00:15:07.879 This God, 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:10.019 This is who He is. 00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:12.399 And when we think of these things, 00:15:12.479 --> 00:15:13.500 And when we grasp it, 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:14.679 And we have a right perspective, 00:15:15.119 --> 00:15:18.159 Then we are automatically moved to fear. 00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:21.819 And not the Scooby-Doo shaking in our booth sphere, 00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:23.659 But just awe, 00:15:24.299 --> 00:15:25.579 And amazement, 00:15:26.059 --> 00:15:27.799 And right order, 00:15:28.199 --> 00:15:30.539 That we are created under the Creator, 00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:33.219 Created by the Creator. 00:15:34.699 --> 00:15:36.980 And so when we have that right perspective, 00:15:37.179 --> 00:15:38.480 We then are moved to worship, 00:15:38.779 --> 00:15:40.959 We are moved to glorifying Him, 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:42.720 And getting it, 00:15:43.019 --> 00:15:43.899 And living it. 00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:46.459 So we have to understand, 00:15:46.460 --> 00:15:48.259 And have a proper perspective, 00:15:48.259 --> 00:15:50.360 Of who God is. 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:51.680 So we fear the Lord, 00:15:51.759 --> 00:15:53.060 We acknowledge His greatness, 00:15:53.259 --> 00:15:55.120 And then we glorify Him. 00:15:56.680 --> 00:15:57.960 So that's the first, 00:15:58.280 --> 00:15:59.379 And we'll come back to that, 00:15:59.460 --> 00:16:00.540 In just a few minutes. 00:16:00.940 --> 00:16:01.780 But now we have, 00:16:01.860 --> 00:16:03.460 Where Jesus calls Matthew, 00:16:03.560 --> 00:16:04.660 And moves right into it. 00:16:05.580 --> 00:16:06.900 So starting in verse 9, 00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:08.379 As Jesus passed on from there, 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:09.820 He saw a man called Matthew, 00:16:10.259 --> 00:16:11.420 Sitting at a tax booth, 00:16:11.500 --> 00:16:12.180 And he said to him, 00:16:12.259 --> 00:16:12.759 Follow me. 00:16:13.160 --> 00:16:14.720 And he rose and followed him. 00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:17.340 And as Jesus reclined at table in the house, 00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:17.720 Behold, 00:16:17.800 --> 00:16:19.519 Many tax collectors and sinners came, 00:16:19.820 --> 00:16:21.940 And were reclining with Jesus and His disciples. 00:16:22.660 --> 00:16:24.220 And when the Pharisees saw this, 00:16:24.300 --> 00:16:25.320 They said to His disciples, 00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:28.860 Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners? 00:16:29.100 --> 00:16:29.800 But when he heard it, 00:16:29.820 --> 00:16:30.180 He said, 00:16:30.680 --> 00:16:32.680 Those who are well have no need of a physician, 00:16:33.040 --> 00:16:34.240 But those who are sick, 00:16:34.620 --> 00:16:35.920 Go and learn what this means. 00:16:36.060 --> 00:16:37.960 I desire mercy and not sacrifice, 00:16:38.259 --> 00:16:40.980 For I came not to call the righteous, 00:16:41.180 --> 00:16:42.259 But sinners. 00:16:42.259 --> 00:16:48.299 So observations through this story. 00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:49.740 First of all, 00:16:51.299 --> 00:16:54.080 Jesus doesn't give Matthew any details, 00:16:54.179 --> 00:16:54.519 Does He? 00:16:55.139 --> 00:16:56.240 He doesn't say, 00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:58.980 I need you to pack this, 00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:00.580 And I need you to pack up this, 00:17:00.679 --> 00:17:01.840 And roll your sleeping bag up, 00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:02.759 Because you're going to need it, 00:17:02.939 --> 00:17:04.299 And get some deodorant, 00:17:04.359 --> 00:17:05.839 Because we're going to be on the road for quite a while, 00:17:06.019 --> 00:17:07.700 And doesn't say anything, 00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:08.220 He just says, 00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:08.759 Follow me. 00:17:09.059 --> 00:17:10.440 Doesn't tell them where they're going, 00:17:10.579 --> 00:17:11.720 Doesn't tell them any details, 00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:12.140 Just says, 00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:12.759 Follow me. 00:17:12.860 --> 00:17:17.059 And Matthew gets up and follows him. 00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:21.460 What if we had that same obedience as Matthew? 00:17:23.200 --> 00:17:24.700 What if instead of saying, 00:17:24.799 --> 00:17:27.259 God, I need some details. 00:17:28.460 --> 00:17:29.220 God, I, 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:31.299 How am I going to get there? 00:17:32.579 --> 00:17:34.880 God, it's going to cost $3,000. 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:36.980 How? 00:17:38.300 --> 00:17:39.020 Instead of, 00:17:39.140 --> 00:17:39.040 Instead of, 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:41.560 Talking ourselves out of things, 00:17:41.700 --> 00:17:42.740 What if we just obeyed? 00:17:43.300 --> 00:17:44.780 What if God said to you, 00:17:45.740 --> 00:17:48.080 Go to India. 00:17:49.980 --> 00:17:51.060 What if we did that? 00:17:51.780 --> 00:17:52.280 Okay, that's, 00:17:52.280 --> 00:17:52.620 That's, 00:17:52.660 --> 00:17:53.720 That's happening in this, 00:17:53.780 --> 00:17:55.040 In this room in three weeks, 00:17:55.060 --> 00:17:55.800 Or four weeks. 00:17:55.799 --> 00:17:59.319 What if God said, 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:02.240 I want you to go speak to that guy about, 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:02.779 About, 00:18:02.899 --> 00:18:03.779 About me. 00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:05.259 Ask him, 00:18:05.599 --> 00:18:06.119 About Jesus. 00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:06.919 Ask him, 00:18:07.019 --> 00:18:08.000 And share the gospel with him. 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:09.599 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, God. 00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:10.559 No. 00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:12.259 And this sounds very elementary, 00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:13.599 And this sounds very just, 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:15.220 Surface level Christian, 00:18:15.359 --> 00:18:17.319 But why do we all struggle with it then? 00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:23.200 What if we had that same obedience as Matthew, 00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:24.579 And Jesus says, 00:18:24.700 --> 00:18:24.980 Go, 00:18:25.700 --> 00:18:26.480 And we say, 00:18:26.579 --> 00:18:26.740 Okay. 00:18:28.259 --> 00:18:29.299 What if we had the, 00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:31.659 What if we said to God, 00:18:32.159 --> 00:18:32.779 Let's flip it. 00:18:32.919 --> 00:18:33.720 What if we said to God, 00:18:33.819 --> 00:18:34.720 I'm available, 00:18:34.899 --> 00:18:35.839 I will go anywhere. 00:18:36.319 --> 00:18:37.299 I will follow. 00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:38.179 It doesn't matter. 00:18:41.639 --> 00:18:42.919 To follow Jesus, 00:18:43.659 --> 00:18:44.659 Requires, 00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:45.879 Sacrifice. 00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:47.160 It requires, 00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:47.280 It requires, 00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:49.140 Dying to our plans, 00:18:49.300 --> 00:18:50.220 And dying to our, 00:18:51.180 --> 00:18:51.820 Air quote, 00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:52.400 Dreams. 00:18:54.460 --> 00:18:56.120 It's a total sacrifice. 00:18:56.520 --> 00:18:56.620 And, 00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:57.520 Matthew, 00:18:57.720 --> 00:18:58.920 Not knowing anything, 00:18:59.140 --> 00:19:00.960 Not knowing what his life would be like, 00:19:01.720 --> 00:19:02.920 Follows him. 00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:05.240 Now, 00:19:05.760 --> 00:19:08.300 It's important to point out who Matthew is. 00:19:08.840 --> 00:19:09.240 Yes, 00:19:09.340 --> 00:19:12.180 We got the book of Matthew opened up right in front of us. 00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:14.760 And he's the author of this book. 00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:16.440 Yes, 00:19:16.760 --> 00:19:17.420 We have, 00:19:17.760 --> 00:19:19.560 Matthew the disciple. 00:19:20.700 --> 00:19:21.680 One of the twelve. 00:19:23.220 --> 00:19:24.400 One of the eleven, 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:26.240 Who obeyed and followed. 00:19:28.280 --> 00:19:28.820 But, 00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:31.220 Matthew is also a tax collector. 00:19:31.880 --> 00:19:34.100 Matthew is put in the category here, 00:19:34.160 --> 00:19:35.340 As the Pharisees said, 00:19:36.020 --> 00:19:39.180 Eating with tax collectors and sinners. 00:19:39.180 --> 00:19:42.960 Matthew is a thief. 00:19:43.860 --> 00:19:46.960 Matthew is an enemy to his people. 00:19:47.320 --> 00:19:48.620 His people do not like him. 00:19:49.620 --> 00:19:50.420 This is Matthew. 00:19:50.980 --> 00:19:51.259 And so, 00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:52.240 On one hand, 00:19:52.360 --> 00:19:54.620 At the beginning of Matthew's story, 00:19:55.060 --> 00:19:56.340 Matthew is a thief, 00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:57.799 A tax collector, 00:19:58.200 --> 00:19:58.799 An enemy, 00:19:59.180 --> 00:20:00.140 A hated man. 00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:03.160 And he follows Jesus. 00:20:03.380 --> 00:20:04.080 And what is he now? 00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:05.019 A disciple, 00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:06.560 A follower of Jesus. 00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:10.980 A lover of God things. 00:20:11.399 --> 00:20:13.059 Not a lover of man things. 00:20:16.440 --> 00:20:21.700 It's important to see that God, 00:20:22.919 --> 00:20:24.960 Jesus calls a sinner. 00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:27.700 Jesus calls a tax collector and an enemy. 00:20:27.700 --> 00:20:28.220 So, 00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:31.340 When we're moved, 00:20:31.660 --> 00:20:33.059 To talk with somebody. 00:20:33.180 --> 00:20:34.620 When we're moved, 00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:35.500 To go somewhere, 00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:36.440 And we say, 00:20:37.220 --> 00:20:38.519 I can't do that. 00:20:38.600 --> 00:20:39.039 That's, 00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:40.080 Impossible. 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:42.340 There's no way, 00:20:42.420 --> 00:20:43.660 He's going to be used. 00:20:43.779 --> 00:20:45.319 I know there's people in this room, 00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:45.799 Who thought, 00:20:45.900 --> 00:20:46.660 There's no way, 00:20:47.180 --> 00:20:48.660 God would ever save me. 00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:52.080 That's not our place. 00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:54.319 It's not our place to say. 00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:57.220 It's not our place to make that decision. 00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:58.440 Our place is to obey. 00:20:59.059 --> 00:21:00.920 And Jesus calls. 00:21:01.360 --> 00:21:02.279 And when he calls, 00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:03.480 And when he leads, 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:04.640 And when he commands, 00:21:04.900 --> 00:21:05.460 We go. 00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:07.019 So, 00:21:07.120 --> 00:21:07.460 Matthew, 00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:09.259 Is now a disciple, 00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:10.720 Instead of a thief, 00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:11.960 And a tax collector. 00:21:13.839 --> 00:21:14.360 So, 00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:15.579 Now we have, 00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:16.519 Verse 10, 00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:20.140 And Jesus reclined at table in the house. 00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:21.120 Behold, 00:21:21.200 --> 00:21:23.079 Many tax collectors and sinners came, 00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:24.279 And were reclining with Jesus, 00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:25.819 And his disciples. 00:21:25.819 --> 00:21:26.859 In Luke, 00:21:27.299 --> 00:21:27.740 Basically, 00:21:27.939 --> 00:21:30.240 We get the details of Matthew throws a party. 00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:33.559 And Matthew invites as many people as he can, 00:21:33.939 --> 00:21:35.559 Happens to be all sinners, 00:21:36.059 --> 00:21:36.919 And they come, 00:21:38.059 --> 00:21:40.200 And the Pharisees throw their hands up and say, 00:21:40.419 --> 00:21:44.559 What is this guy doing? 00:21:45.419 --> 00:21:46.399 What is he doing? 00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:48.899 He is eating with sinners. 00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:51.579 I would never do that. 00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:53.359 I can't do that. 00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:55.659 Because I live right. 00:21:58.859 --> 00:21:59.539 Jesus, 00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:02.559 As Matthew is trying to prove, 00:22:02.639 --> 00:22:03.299 The Messiah, 00:22:04.399 --> 00:22:05.199 Is eating, 00:22:05.599 --> 00:22:06.119 And dining, 00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:07.059 And partying, 00:22:07.619 --> 00:22:08.799 With sinners. 00:22:09.179 --> 00:22:09.619 How 00:22:09.619 --> 00:22:11.539 Could he do this? 00:22:12.359 --> 00:22:13.819 So the question for us, 00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:18.139 Is do you surround yourself with tax collectors and sinners? 00:22:18.140 --> 00:22:21.980 Do you surround yourself with tax collectors and sinners? 00:22:22.060 --> 00:22:22.700 Now students, 00:22:24.040 --> 00:22:26.460 Being in a classroom with people doesn't count. 00:22:28.040 --> 00:22:28.620 Adults, 00:22:28.780 --> 00:22:33.120 Being at a company or a job with other people doesn't count. 00:22:33.540 --> 00:22:34.820 Do you surround yourself, 00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:36.420 Are people close to you, 00:22:37.420 --> 00:22:38.660 Tax collectors and sinners? 00:22:38.660 --> 00:22:38.860 Sinners? 00:22:43.120 --> 00:22:44.240 It's a tough question. 00:22:45.100 --> 00:22:46.200 Do you throw parties? 00:22:47.580 --> 00:22:49.040 Now this one's going to get me in trouble, 00:22:49.140 --> 00:22:49.460 I know. 00:22:51.040 --> 00:22:54.160 We should throw the best parties. 00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:56.120 As Christians. 00:22:56.600 --> 00:22:57.960 We should throw the best parties. 00:22:58.120 --> 00:23:00.860 We have far more to celebrate. 00:23:00.859 --> 00:23:01.059 Celebrate. 00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:04.240 And we should invite, 00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:06.079 Tax collectors and sinners, 00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:08.719 Lost people into our lives, 00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:09.699 And party, 00:23:10.179 --> 00:23:10.859 And celebrate. 00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:13.000 Celebrate life. 00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:16.859 Celebrate just events of life. 00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:18.319 Celebrate what God is doing, 00:23:18.439 --> 00:23:19.619 And put them together. 00:23:20.959 --> 00:23:22.019 For example, 00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:25.919 You have a child that is born. 00:23:27.479 --> 00:23:28.619 You celebrate. 00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:31.379 You have a party for the new birth of your child. 00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:32.639 Wait a couple months, 00:23:32.699 --> 00:23:33.799 Or your wife will kill you. 00:23:34.219 --> 00:23:34.339 But, 00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:37.239 That's just a little commercial break for you. 00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:40.500 You have a party, 00:23:40.619 --> 00:23:42.199 And you celebrate the birth of a child. 00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:43.519 And you invite your neighbors, 00:23:43.639 --> 00:23:44.779 And you invite lost people. 00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:45.839 And they say, 00:23:45.899 --> 00:23:46.919 Man, you got a child. 00:23:46.979 --> 00:23:47.919 You got another child. 00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.159 What? 00:23:48.619 --> 00:23:49.359 And you say, 00:23:49.919 --> 00:23:50.159 Yeah, 00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:51.439 I don't know how I'm going to do it. 00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:53.179 God is going to have to work, 00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:54.539 And He's going to work through me. 00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:56.019 And He's going to make this possible, 00:23:56.179 --> 00:23:57.219 Because I don't know how I'm going to do it. 00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:58.519 You've merged. 00:23:58.619 --> 00:23:59.439 Life event, 00:23:59.579 --> 00:24:00.139 And you've merged. 00:24:00.239 --> 00:24:02.479 God working together at a party. 00:24:03.219 --> 00:24:04.839 We've got a lot to celebrate. 00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:07.699 And we should throw the best parties. 00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:10.939 Everybody in here has a brain. 00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:13.559 Everybody has a conscience. 00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:15.559 Let's put that conscience umbrella up, 00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:17.299 And let's not go crazy on that statement. 00:24:18.979 --> 00:24:20.459 You know what I'm talking about. 00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:25.819 If you have a home, 00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:27.380 If you have an apartment, 00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:28.720 If you're going to have a home, 00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:30.840 Are tax collectors, 00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:31.860 Are sinners, 00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.840 Are lost people, 00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:34.579 Welcome in your home? 00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:36.799 Are they? 00:24:37.860 --> 00:24:38.420 You say, 00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:38.700 Yeah, 00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:40.240 The Jehovah's Witness come once a year. 00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:41.500 Well, 00:24:41.620 --> 00:24:42.579 That doesn't work. 00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:44.180 That doesn't work. 00:24:44.600 --> 00:24:46.120 Are you inviting people? 00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:47.220 Are you being hospitable? 00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:50.080 One of the qualifications of an elder is hospitality. 00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:54.120 And that doesn't mean that we invite church people to come over and have lunch with us. 00:24:54.840 --> 00:24:57.620 That means we're surrounding ourselves with lost people. 00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:59.099 And we're inviting them into our home. 00:24:59.299 --> 00:25:00.459 And we're giving them a bed. 00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:00.799 And we're, 00:25:01.379 --> 00:25:02.619 Whatever the case. 00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:03.699 Whatever the need. 00:25:05.479 --> 00:25:05.919 So, 00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:06.559 Young people, 00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:07.739 When you guys have a home, 00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.399 Be hospitable. 00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:13.359 Invite lost people into your home. 00:25:13.479 --> 00:25:14.639 Tax collectors and sinners. 00:25:15.659 --> 00:25:16.819 Like Matthew. 00:25:17.179 --> 00:25:17.339 Now, 00:25:17.399 --> 00:25:18.579 Who knows how long? 00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:21.000 These events were really quick. 00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:21.239 So, 00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:22.459 Matthew might have just been, 00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:25.519 Maybe a few hours of being a disciple of Jesus. 00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:25.960 Nonetheless, 00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:33.359 He invited sinners and tax collectors into His home to party. 00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:35.819 And Jesus came and showed up. 00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:36.980 And was there. 00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:38.079 And ate with, 00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:39.460 Ate with them. 00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:42.000 Excuse me. 00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:45.619 So then, 00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:48.059 We have Pharisees again. 00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:50.039 And as I said, 00:25:50.139 --> 00:25:50.259 You know, 00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:51.759 They threw up their hands and said, 00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:52.819 What is this guy doing? 00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:54.819 He's eating with sinners. 00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:59.799 How could he do this? 00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:01.559 Now, 00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:03.180 One of the reasons they were upset, 00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:04.660 The Pharisees were upset, 00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:09.000 Is they thought that they had earned His visit. 00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:11.420 They thought they had earned His attendance. 00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:14.859 They thought that they had been good enough, 00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:16.099 That this teacher, 00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:17.960 Who teaches truth, 00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:19.440 Who teaches scripture, 00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:21.079 Could come and share with them. 00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:26.279 And Jesus kind of throws that idea on its head. 00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:27.720 It says, 00:26:28.699 --> 00:26:30.799 Those who are well have no need of a physician, 00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:32.099 But those who are sick, 00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:33.919 I always got to add, 00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.220 Do. 00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:36.879 Helps me with the grammar. 00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:42.500 Those who are well have no need for a physician. 00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:46.420 That's a no brainer statement. 00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.000 Right? 00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:47.480 I mean, 00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:49.359 Unless you got a broken arm, 00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:50.539 You don't need to go to the ER. 00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:53.799 Unless you got a big cut, 00:26:53.859 --> 00:26:54.539 You don't need to go. 00:26:55.660 --> 00:26:56.640 Unless you're sick, 00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:57.920 Really sick, 00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.940 In my case, 00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.799 On my deathbed, 00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:01.200 I don't need to go to the doctor. 00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:07.559 Well people don't need the physician. 00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:08.839 Sick people do. 00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:13.000 And, 00:27:13.199 --> 00:27:15.740 They're saying how, 00:27:15.919 --> 00:27:16.379 You know, 00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:18.159 Jesus should have come to them, 00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.359 Or, 00:27:18.639 --> 00:27:19.759 How dare he be over there, 00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.759 When we're over here, 00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:22.419 And we're good people. 00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:25.019 Isn't that like us, 00:27:25.159 --> 00:27:26.559 Isn't that how we think, 00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:27.299 Sometimes? 00:27:28.379 --> 00:27:29.119 For example, 00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:31.279 I feel God's love, 00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:32.740 When I do good things. 00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.199 Right? 00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:35.539 I feel God's love, 00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:36.439 I feel him close, 00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.740 When I'm doing things, 00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:39.059 That are godly. 00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:40.960 Or, 00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:42.559 I feel God is close, 00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.039 When? 00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.480 Fill in the blank. 00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.420 Or, 00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:51.140 I don't know God, 00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:52.000 Or feel God, 00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:53.019 But I'm working on it. 00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:54.519 I'm working towards that. 00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:55.380 I'm trying to do, 00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.660 And achieve good things, 00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.660 So that God would, 00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:00.200 Attend, 00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:02.079 Visit with me. 00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:06.779 Being good. 00:28:07.399 --> 00:28:08.579 Doing religious things. 00:28:10.159 --> 00:28:11.439 It's one of our fears, 00:28:11.679 --> 00:28:12.899 At Christ Family Church, 00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.359 When we, 00:28:13.439 --> 00:28:14.980 When we do the Lord's Supper, 00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:15.839 Every Sunday. 00:28:16.899 --> 00:28:18.259 Is we don't want it, 00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:19.679 To be a religious activity. 00:28:20.159 --> 00:28:21.359 We don't want it to be, 00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:22.699 Dogmatic, 00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:23.659 And just a ritual, 00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:24.419 That we do, 00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:25.579 Because that's what we do, 00:28:25.679 --> 00:28:26.819 Here at Christ Family Church. 00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:29.099 We want everyone in this room, 00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:30.579 And all of us, 00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.899 To be moved to worship, 00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.819 When we reflect, 00:28:32.939 --> 00:28:34.259 And we look, 00:28:34.439 --> 00:28:35.119 And see, 00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:37.099 What Jesus has done. 00:28:38.939 --> 00:28:39.919 But it becomes, 00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:40.759 And it can become, 00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:42.539 Just this religious activity. 00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:43.659 And so, 00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.299 You know, 00:28:44.399 --> 00:28:47.000 If we're trying to be like a Pharisee, 00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:47.799 We mark it up, 00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.159 And say, 00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:50.059 I did the Lord's Supper on Sunday. 00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:51.939 I prayed. 00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:55.460 I listened very attentively, 00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.900 To the sermon. 00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:58.840 However good or bad it was. 00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:01.519 I did those things. 00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:03.660 And we think, 00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:07.019 That we know Jesus. 00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:09.340 We think that He should be with us, 00:29:09.360 --> 00:29:09.880 And in us. 00:29:09.900 --> 00:29:11.019 But that's not the case. 00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:12.600 What does the Bible say? 00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:13.640 Repent and believe. 00:29:14.820 --> 00:29:16.519 It takes Jesus, 00:29:17.100 --> 00:29:18.559 Working in us, 00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:20.000 For salvation. 00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:22.220 And then we, 00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.200 Repent. 00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:24.460 We acknowledge who God is. 00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:25.539 We believe, 00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:27.220 And we live it out. 00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:29.700 Just like the paralytic. 00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:31.240 Just like Matthew. 00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:33.519 Jesus called him, 00:29:34.339 --> 00:29:35.319 And he followed. 00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:37.299 Jesus healed him, 00:29:37.380 --> 00:29:38.039 And he was healed. 00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:41.720 So don't get caught up, 00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:43.079 On these religious activities, 00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:43.940 And things. 00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.460 Because they're good, 00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:47.720 But, 00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:49.720 If you're not a Christian, 00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:50.900 They're damning. 00:29:55.160 --> 00:29:55.900 Verse 12. 00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:02.200 I was just at verse 12. 00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:03.019 Verse 13. 00:30:07.100 --> 00:30:08.460 We'll do 12 too. 00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:09.600 Those who are well, 00:30:09.680 --> 00:30:10.579 Have no need of a physician, 00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.720 But those who are sick, 00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.240 Do. 00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:14.039 Go and learn what this means. 00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:15.279 I desire mercy, 00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:16.339 And not sacrifice, 00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.460 For I am not, 00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:19.059 I came not to call, 00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.620 The righteous, 00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:21.259 But sinners. 00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:23.740 Jesus' mission is, 00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:25.100 To heal the sick. 00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:27.720 That's what he came here, 00:30:27.840 --> 00:30:28.720 On earth to do. 00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:30.400 And I'm not talking, 00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:32.340 Physical sick, 00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:33.759 I'm talking spiritual sick. 00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:34.660 Dead. 00:30:35.840 --> 00:30:36.620 Ephesians 2. 00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.039 Dead. 00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:37.960 Colossians. 00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:38.440 Dead. 00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:40.079 This idea, 00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:41.900 That we cannot help ourselves. 00:30:41.900 --> 00:30:43.360 This idea, 00:30:43.360 --> 00:30:44.080 That the picture, 00:30:44.280 --> 00:30:45.900 Of the paralyzed man, 00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.640 Gives us. 00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:48.019 He could not help himself. 00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:50.600 Jesus came, 00:30:50.820 --> 00:30:52.000 To heal the sick. 00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:53.120 And he, 00:30:53.320 --> 00:30:54.580 Is the physician. 00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:57.360 And here's the great news. 00:30:57.860 --> 00:30:59.000 That he can diagnose, 00:30:59.580 --> 00:31:00.000 He can, 00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:01.120 He can treat, 00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:02.000 And he can heal, 00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:03.519 All at the same time, 00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:05.320 All by his word. 00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:08.019 So he says to Matthew, 00:31:08.179 --> 00:31:08.700 Follow me. 00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.259 Diagnosed, 00:31:10.939 --> 00:31:11.379 Treated, 00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:12.139 And healed. 00:31:18.139 --> 00:31:18.859 The sick, 00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:20.399 Are in need of a physician. 00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:21.679 We, 00:31:22.159 --> 00:31:23.759 Were in need of a physician. 00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.240 Or, 00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:25.279 In this room, 00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:26.960 Are in need of a physician, 00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.539 Right now. 00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:28.799 Spiritually. 00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.700 See, 00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:31.159 We have, 00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:33.339 Humans, 00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:34.700 Mankind, 00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:36.240 Us in this room, 00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:37.680 Have tried everything. 00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:39.680 We've tried, 00:31:39.840 --> 00:31:40.299 It all. 00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:42.600 Just look through our history. 00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:45.660 In this room, 00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.420 We've tried, 00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:48.519 Thinking positively. 00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.519 Being good. 00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:51.519 Just, 00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:52.880 Being good, 00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:54.279 And doing good things. 00:31:54.600 --> 00:31:55.480 We've tried, 00:31:56.080 --> 00:31:57.240 Being religious. 00:31:58.360 --> 00:31:59.259 We've tried, 00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:00.180 Even talking, 00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:01.220 Religious. 00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:04.059 The sanctifying work, 00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.640 Of Jesus. 00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:05.720 Is amazing. 00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:05.940 And, 00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:08.279 Glory be to God, 00:32:08.360 --> 00:32:08.660 For, 00:32:09.660 --> 00:32:13.840 We know a lot of doctrine. 00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:16.240 We know a lot of truths. 00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:18.480 In this room, 00:32:18.580 --> 00:32:18.799 We've, 00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:20.259 We've learned that stuff, 00:32:20.340 --> 00:32:20.720 But let's, 00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:22.580 I'm tall, 00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:23.900 I'm big, 00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:25.299 If I put my arms up like this, 00:32:25.340 --> 00:32:27.360 And if I wave like the wind is blowing me, 00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:28.120 Like a tree, 00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:29.660 Does that make me a tree? 00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:32.500 If I place some leaves on my arms, 00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:33.340 And stand up here, 00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:34.259 Am I still a tree? 00:32:35.060 --> 00:32:35.460 No. 00:32:36.120 --> 00:32:37.920 If I dress up in complete brown, 00:32:38.040 --> 00:32:38.900 And have a green head, 00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:39.720 With a big huge, 00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:40.900 Am I a tree? 00:32:42.300 --> 00:32:42.700 No. 00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:43.840 I'm not a tree. 00:32:44.179 --> 00:32:44.959 I can try, 00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:46.019 And I can work at it, 00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:47.220 And I can do everything I can, 00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:48.339 But I'm still not a tree. 00:32:48.619 --> 00:32:49.359 I'm a man. 00:32:51.159 --> 00:32:51.519 Likewise, 00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:53.000 We try, 00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:54.879 To do religious things. 00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.539 We try, 00:32:55.939 --> 00:32:57.539 To fix and heal ourselves, 00:32:57.679 --> 00:32:58.399 But we can't. 00:32:59.339 --> 00:33:00.240 We can't do it. 00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:02.279 We need a physician. 00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.659 We need a healer. 00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:05.079 We need Jesus. 00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:06.619 And so, 00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:07.379 If you're in this room, 00:33:07.419 --> 00:33:08.359 And you don't know Jesus, 00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:10.859 He wants to heal you. 00:33:11.679 --> 00:33:13.139 He wants to save you. 00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:14.480 He wants to tell you, 00:33:15.679 --> 00:33:17.419 I love you. 00:33:18.379 --> 00:33:19.500 Your sins are forgiven. 00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.139 Follow me. 00:33:25.379 --> 00:33:27.019 I can't help myself, 00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:28.500 And you can't help yourself. 00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:30.519 And just like, 00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:31.939 The tax collectors, 00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:32.819 And the sinners, 00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:34.819 Jesus partied with, 00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:36.700 They can't help themselves. 00:33:38.419 --> 00:33:39.240 Just like, 00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:40.159 The lost people, 00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:41.700 Around us. 00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:43.200 Those who are not Christians. 00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:44.500 Those who don't know Jesus. 00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:46.099 Just like those, 00:33:46.179 --> 00:33:46.819 In this room, 00:33:46.919 --> 00:33:47.799 Who don't know Jesus. 00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:51.359 Can't help yourself. 00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:52.659 You can't. 00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:55.039 And it's dangerous, 00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:56.939 Dangerous, 00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.460 Dangerous, 00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:57.939 To think, 00:33:58.159 --> 00:33:58.740 That you can. 00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:03.240 So how about, 00:34:03.399 --> 00:34:03.720 Those people, 00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:04.480 That you're inviting, 00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:05.220 Into your life, 00:34:05.319 --> 00:34:05.980 That you're inviting, 00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:06.660 Into your home, 00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:07.339 That you're inviting, 00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:08.099 To your dorm room, 00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:08.639 Your apartment, 00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:10.139 And you're sharing life, 00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:11.280 And you're sharing the gospel. 00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:13.079 They can't help themselves, 00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:13.760 Either. 00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:15.820 And so we are commanded, 00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:16.960 To share. 00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:17.960 We are commanded, 00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:18.559 To live, 00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:19.860 In such a way, 00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.300 Where we, 00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:21.579 Invite them, 00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:23.079 Into our lives, 00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:25.199 To share the gospel. 00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:25.199 00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:28.000 To our community group, 00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:28.000 00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:28.000 00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:29.699 To our community group, 00:34:29.699 --> 00:34:32.179 To our community group, 00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:32.179 00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:32.179 00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:32.179 00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:32.179 00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:32.179 00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:32.179 00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:32.179 00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:32.179 00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:32.179 00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:32.179 00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:35.239 are as important as our Sunday gathering. 00:34:36.879 --> 00:34:38.819 Invite people into the community groups. 00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:41.059 Join us and don't just invite Christians. 00:34:42.699 --> 00:34:43.859 Invite lost people. 00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:45.859 Invite people who need to hear the Gospel, 00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:48.179 who cannot help themselves. 00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:55.159 In verse 13, Jesus says, 00:34:55.779 --> 00:34:57.619 Go and learn what this means. 00:34:59.000 --> 00:35:01.639 Now Jesus is speaking to the scribes and the Pharisees. 00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:03.119 The educated guys. 00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:05.779 Those who should know what this means. 00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:08.019 Those who know the Scriptures. 00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:12.239 Go and learn what this means. 00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:14.879 I desire mercy and not sacrifice. 00:35:15.799 --> 00:35:17.480 And he's quoting from Hosea 6. 00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:21.519 And the Hebrew word for mercy, 00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:24.559 you can write a paper on it, 00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:26.039 you can write a dissertation on it, 00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:28.900 but the bottom line is mercy means steadfast love. 00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:31.960 That's it. 00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:33.960 God, steadfast love. 00:35:34.720 --> 00:35:35.039 Mercy. 00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:36.380 That's the definition. 00:35:39.220 --> 00:35:41.559 So Jesus says, quoting from Hosea, 00:35:41.660 --> 00:35:42.680 I desire mercy. 00:35:42.820 --> 00:35:45.480 I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice. 00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:47.840 He's saying this to the Pharisees, 00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:51.780 saying that I don't want your religious activities. 00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:55.100 I don't want your worship. 00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:57.680 I don't want your baptisms. 00:35:57.800 --> 00:35:59.160 I don't want those things. 00:35:59.560 --> 00:36:04.460 I want your heart and I want your love 00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:06.860 and your desire to follow me. 00:36:06.860 --> 00:36:11.720 Jesus, God, is about the heart. 00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:14.120 We read this in Isaiah. 00:36:14.720 --> 00:36:17.760 We read this every time Jesus talks to the Pharisees. 00:36:18.700 --> 00:36:20.480 Jesus is about the heart. 00:36:21.700 --> 00:36:24.840 And so here, he wants steadfast love, 00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:27.740 not sacrifice. 00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:30.340 Don't bring your sacrifices to me 00:36:30.340 --> 00:36:32.039 when your heart is not right. 00:36:32.620 --> 00:36:34.120 When you don't even love me. 00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:37.839 Finally, in verse 13, 00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:40.119 I came not to call the righteous, 00:36:41.139 --> 00:36:41.900 but sinners. 00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:46.859 Now there must come a point in your life 00:36:46.859 --> 00:36:48.099 and in my life where 00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:52.079 we admit our sinfulness. 00:36:52.739 --> 00:36:53.579 We have to. 00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:54.759 That's part of the Gospel. 00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:58.219 We admit our need for a physician, 00:36:58.380 --> 00:37:00.059 our need for a Savior. 00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:06.079 Now, Jesus kind of confuses us a little bit here 00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:06.619 when he says, 00:37:06.719 --> 00:37:08.119 I came not to call the righteous, 00:37:08.659 --> 00:37:09.400 but sinners. 00:37:10.279 --> 00:37:12.259 Now this righteous is different 00:37:12.259 --> 00:37:13.920 than the righteous you're thinking of 00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:16.019 that Jesus makes us before God. 00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:23.199 This righteous is made right in man's power. 00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:26.259 So we're striving to be good. 00:37:26.799 --> 00:37:28.359 We're striving to be religious. 00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:33.599 We're striving to earn God's love 00:37:33.599 --> 00:37:34.259 and His favor. 00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:37.519 And so, Jesus is saying, 00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:40.179 I didn't come for those who think they're right. 00:37:41.259 --> 00:37:42.099 I didn't come, 00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:43.599 but I came for sinners. 00:37:43.899 --> 00:37:47.419 Those that would admit they're sinners. 00:37:47.799 --> 00:37:50.339 Those that would admit their need for a physician. 00:37:50.340 --> 00:37:55.079 So we have to and must admit 00:37:55.079 --> 00:37:58.320 our need for our Savior. 00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:03.620 To be righteous in your own eyes 00:38:03.620 --> 00:38:05.700 means that you think that nothing's wrong. 00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:07.720 That there's nothing wrong with me. 00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:08.519 I'm okay. 00:38:10.100 --> 00:38:11.660 And that, as I said a second ago, 00:38:11.720 --> 00:38:15.079 that is a dangerous line to walk. 00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:21.619 So, in your ministry, 00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:22.980 in your life, 00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:26.639 do you have the type of faith? 00:38:27.219 --> 00:38:29.860 Do you have the type of faith 00:38:29.860 --> 00:38:33.340 that the buddies of the paralytic man 00:38:33.340 --> 00:38:35.960 carried up on a roof, 00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:37.880 up a ladder, a bed? 00:38:38.139 --> 00:38:38.980 Now some sort of, 00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:39.819 the guy's laying down, 00:38:39.880 --> 00:38:40.299 he's paralyzed. 00:38:40.659 --> 00:38:42.500 They carried him up onto the roof 00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:44.719 and then they lowered him down into, 00:38:45.079 --> 00:38:46.139 removed the roof 00:38:46.139 --> 00:38:48.320 and then lowered him down in. 00:38:48.659 --> 00:38:49.780 Do you have that kind of faith 00:38:49.780 --> 00:38:52.820 believing that Jesus was going to heal that man? 00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:55.260 Does your ministry have that kind of faith? 00:38:55.539 --> 00:38:56.900 Does your community group believe 00:38:56.900 --> 00:38:59.199 that God is going to do big things? 00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:05.500 Do you believe God can use you? 00:39:06.760 --> 00:39:09.079 Do you believe that you could be one of those guys? 00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:12.679 Do you think God could use you? 00:39:12.759 --> 00:39:13.880 Do you believe you could be Matthew? 00:39:16.940 --> 00:39:21.259 Or are you paralyzed with fear of the unknown? 00:39:21.759 --> 00:39:22.639 Fear of failure? 00:39:22.799 --> 00:39:23.759 Fear of persecution? 00:39:27.299 --> 00:39:28.699 Repent of that fear. 00:39:29.980 --> 00:39:32.199 Repent and ask some buddies to carry you. 00:39:33.380 --> 00:39:34.960 Ask some guys to help you. 00:39:35.340 --> 00:39:35.900 Tell them. 00:39:35.900 --> 00:39:35.900 00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:42.039 Are you intentional with who you spend your time with? 00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:48.079 Are you intentional with the group of people 00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:49.460 you spend time with? 00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:52.259 Are you inviting tax collectors and sinners 00:39:52.259 --> 00:39:52.940 into your home? 00:39:54.219 --> 00:39:55.139 These are some of these questions 00:39:55.139 --> 00:39:56.079 we've already touched on. 00:39:57.460 --> 00:39:58.860 Are you making disciples? 00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:01.980 Lost people converted? 00:40:01.980 --> 00:40:07.320 Are you willing 00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:10.820 to repent of not sharing 00:40:10.820 --> 00:40:12.579 and not inviting people into your life? 00:40:15.659 --> 00:40:17.639 The end of verse 13 tells us, 00:40:17.699 --> 00:40:19.380 For I came not to call the righteous, 00:40:19.900 --> 00:40:20.619 but sinners. 00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:28.280 Let's stand on that verse. 00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:37.120 Let's treasure that verse. 00:40:37.620 --> 00:40:39.280 Jesus came not to call the righteous, 00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:39.840 but sinners. 00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:41.860 If you're a Christian, 00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:43.680 you're a sinner. 00:40:44.320 --> 00:40:45.300 If you're not a Christian, 00:40:45.400 --> 00:40:45.820 you're a sinner. 00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:50.140 And Jesus came to call you this morning. 00:40:51.100 --> 00:40:51.940 Let's pray together. 00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:52.380 00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:52.380 00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:52.380 00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:52.380 00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:52.380 00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:52.380 00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:52.380 00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:52.380 00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:52.380 00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:52.380 00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:52.380 00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:52.380 00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:52.380 00:40:52.380 --> 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