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The Power of Jesus
Matthew 9:9-13
Confession Of Faith: I am not moved by what I see or by what I feel.I am moved by what I believe.
I believe the WORD of God The victory is mine! - I have it Now!I can see it through the eyes of my faith
In Matthew Chapter 9
We meet several groups and individuals
1.
The committed friends who bring their paralyzed friend to Jesus to be healed
2. The religious folks or the scribes
3. Tax Collectors
4. Sinners
5. Disciples
6. Synagogue ruler or leader in the church who just had a family member die
7. A Very Sick Woman with an issue of blood
8.
Some Blind Men – seeking mercy
9.
A man who could not talk (mute man) – possessed by a demon
Matthew
This is Matthew's personal testimony.
In verse Chapter 9:1-8 Matthew wrote about the experiences of others.
Now he comes to his own personal experience.
I need to tell you about Matthew and them kind of folks
The people who lived in the region did even consider Matthew as a man.
But they referred to him as a tax collector for the Romans.
They hated him and every other tax collectors.
There are three reasons why tax collectors were so bitterly hated.
1.
They served the Roman conquerors.
Most tax collectors were Jews, but in the people's eyes they had denied their Jewish heritage and betrayed their country.
They were detested, completely cut off from Jewish society and excommunicated from Jewish religion and privileges.
2. They cheated, were dishonest and unfair men.
Most tax collectors were extremely wealthy.
Because, The Roman government compensated tax collectors by allowing them to collect more than the required amount for taxes.
Tax collectors abused their right, adding whatever percent they wished and felt could be collected.
They took bribes from the wealthy who wished to avoid taxes, tricked the average citizen, and swindled the government when they could.
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In the eyes of the Jews, God and the ruling High Priest were considered to be the head of Jewish government.
Therefore, taxes were to be paid only to God and His government.
To pay taxes to earthly rulers was an abuse and a denial of God's rights.
Therefore, tax collectors were excommunicated from Jewish religion and privileges.
Tax collectors were viewed as cursed, and an abomination.
Matthew was bitterly talked about, people gossiped about him.
He was hated, not by just a few, but by everyone.
He was so detested that he was classified with the worst of sinners
In verse Chapter 9:1-8 Matthew wrote about the experiences of others.
Now he comes to his own personal experience.
I need to tell you about Matthew and them kind
He was collecting taxes as a Jew for the nation that had rule over the Jewish Community.
He had become wealthy by extortion, so wealthy that he was able to own a house large enough to handle a huge crowd and a large feast.
He was immoral, unjust, money-hungry, and worldly-minded.
He cared more for possessions and wealth than for people.
Through the years he had become unloving, hard, difficult, bitter—and worst of all, without love, purpose, meaning, and significance in life.
The people who lived in the region did even consider Matthew as a man.
But they referred to him as a tax collector for the Romans.
They hated him and every other tax collectors.
There are three reasons why tax collectors were so bitterly hated.
What is so interesting when you read this chapter is that he shares his own personal conversion in one simple verse, and then he moves on to share how Jesus came to save sinners just like him.
1.
They served the Roman conquerors.
Most tax collectors were Jews, but in the people's eyes they had denied their Jewish heritage and betrayed their country.
They were detested, completely cut off from Jewish society and excommunicated from Jewish religion and privileges.
2. They cheated, were dishonest and unfair men.
Most tax collectors were extremely wealthy.
Because, The Roman government compensated tax collectors by allowing them to collect more than the required amount for taxes.
Tax collectors abused their right, adding whatever percent they wished and felt could be collected.
They took bribes from the wealthy who wished to avoid taxes, tricked the average citizen, and swindled the government when they could.
What is so interesting when you read this chapter is that he shares his own personal conversion in one simple verse, and then he moves on to share how Jesus came to save sinners just like him.
Jesus "saw a man" named Matthew.
Jesus saw where he was sitting and what he was doing.
Jesus aw everything about Matthew.
He saw his heart, his mind, his thoughts, his hurt, his pain, his loneliness, his lack of purpose and meaning in life.
Jesus saw a useless life, a life being wasted.
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They were assuming rights that belonged only to God.
In the eyes of the Jews, God and the ruling High Priest were considered to be the head of Jewish government.
Therefore, taxes were to be paid only to God and His government.
To pay taxes to earthly rulers was an abuse and a denial of God's rights.
Therefore, tax collectors were excommunicated from Jewish religion and privileges.
Tax collectors were viewed as cursed, and an abomination.
But Jesus "saw a man," a man who needed a Savior, a Savior who could meet every need of his existence.
Jesus called the man.
He said “Follow me."
It was forceful and to the point.
There were no questions asked, no hesitations, no buts, no allowances, no half-heartedness, no delayed decision.
It was to the point.
The man had to follow immediately without hesitating.
This Follow me required Matthew’s immediate and total commitment or nothing
isaiah
isaiah 51:
Matthew’s one act He got up and followed Jesus.
He got up and left everything to follow Jesus.
He left all and committed himself totally to Christ.
Luke
Matthew was a working man, a very hard-working man.
He was not a lazy person.
But he was not satisfied.
You can have money and cars and homes and clothes and still be dissatisfied!
It is hard for rich men or people who are comfortable to enter heaven because they are so attached to the material world or become so comfortable that they don’t care.
Matthew was one of the few who had been willing to give up all in order to follow Jesus.
Therefore, the Kingdom of Heaven became his
What are you holding on to?
Matthew committed himself totally to Jesus.
Once he began to follow Jesus, he never turned back.
Matthew's conversion shows that Jesus saves anyone who will truly follow Him:
⇒ the hated
⇒ the bitter
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