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Introduction
And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.
And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me.
And he arose and followed him.
And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.
And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
13 And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.
14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me.
And he arose and followed him.
15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.
16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
17 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
This morning we spoke about how that Jesus Came to Sinners.
He came to them, sat with them, and ate with them.
He sought to build a relationship that would be the bridge to brining them onto the path that God had for them.
We also learned that he combatted the critics.
There were those that were not happy that Christ sat and ate with sinners.
They felt that, as a man that was a religious teacher, he should avoid such characters.
Jesus pushed back against the idea noting that it was sinners that indeed needed to be helped and not those that thought they were better than other people.
Lastly, we found that Jesus called sinners to repentance so that they could have a new life in him.
This evening we will dig deeper and look at how we can learn to Fulfill Christ’s mission in our community.
Let us be reminded of that mission from the very words of Christ, “…I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
In our passage the Pharisees were critical of Jesus’ decision to sit and dine with sinners.
From this morning’s message we learned that the word sinners more specifically applied to those in society that had been rejected for their particular occupation or lifestyle, not necessarily that they were simply sinners.
We are all sinners.
The Pharisees were sinners.
Their meaning then was that Christ was dining with those they did not approve.
We also noted that he was not at all implying that the Pharisees were righteous, but that they believed themselves to be righteous for their works of righteousness in keeping of the law.
He was not saying that the Pharisees did not need salvation, but that his intent was to reach out to those who knew their condition needed something more than themselves to live the life God wanted them to live.
So, Christ had a mission to call sinners to repentance.
How did he fulfill this mission?
Building Relationships
Building Relationships
A. Christ Relationship with Levi
When Jesus passed by the reciept of customs and called Levi from his life as a tax collector to his journey as a disciple he immediately got up and went with Christ.
Who would leave their job, their livlihood, to follow someone that they did not know?
I would not think anyone would do something like that.
One could argue that Jesus was divine in his knowledge and knew that Levi would simply do what he asked of him, but in light of what Scripture shows, it appears that Christ would have already built a relationship with Levi.
Levi did what Christ had said because Jesus had spend time building and cultivating his relationship with this man.
This man came to Jesus through a relationship that Christ had built with him over a period of time and Christ know that the relationship was strong enough that Levi would follow him.
B. Christ’s Relationships with “Sinners”
This is not the only time that Jesus would be criticized for dining with sinners.
Christ would make this a habit throughout his ministry.
Let us look at two other occasions where Christ was dining with sinners...
- Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
- And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.
And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.
And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.
And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.
And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.
And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
As we can see Jesus had a relationship with sinners.
Was Christ a sinner?
No. Was Christ sinning by building relationships with sinners?
No. What was Christ’s intention in dining with sinners?
To build a relationship that would allow his influence to call them to repentance.
This is exactly what he was doing when the Pharisees began to speak up.
How are you fulfilling Christ’s mission?
How are you building relatioships with lost people?
If you have not built these types of relationships here may be a few reasons why.
We have been taught to avoid “the world”.
While it is true that we should not participate in the unholy things that the world does this does not mean we should not have relationships with them.
What a shame it is that for many years churches have been teaching us to avoid the lost world rather than building relationships with them like Jesus did so that we can through Him call them to repentance.
We must be careful that the relationships we build are truly for the cause of bringing the lost to Christ.
We must watch carefully how we allow the influence of the lost to build in our lives.
We must continue to adhere to the righteous teachings of Jesus while building these relationships.
However, if we forsake building relationships on the premise of retaining a righteouse image then how do we fulfill the Great Commission.
You can preach to people all you want, but the Gospel will seldom reach someone with whom we refuse to show kindness, love, and relationship.
The lost should not be our best friends.
They should not reside in our circle of influence, but to avoid them for the sake of being righteous is to forsake the ability to fulfill Christ’s mission on this earth.
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We have chosen to act like a Pharisee.
We are saved.
We are sanctified.
We are seperated.
We cannot do anything with sinnders without sinning.
This is the line we have learned, this is the line we have believed, and this is the line we have chosen to repeat time and again when the Holy Spirit speaks to us and tells us to develop a relationship with someone.
It does not go unnoted that we have been taught this as per the previous point.
At some point, however, we are to grow in Christ enough to know better.
This is not how Christ acted and this is not how we should act.
To avoid building relationships because we developed the attitude that we are saved and seperated is to avoid fulfilling the mission of Christ upon this earth.
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We have developed an attitude of appathy.
We just do not care.
Our neighbors are going to hell and we do not care.
Our co-workers do not know Christ and we do not care.
Our community does not know the Savior and we just do not care.
We do not avoid the lost because we were taught to avoid the world.
We do not avoid the lost because we have chosen to act like a Pharisee.
We are avoiding the lost because we have developed an attitude of appathy.
I do not care.
Many of us would readily deny this.
We love Jesus.
We want to see people saved.
We want the lost to come to repentance.
So, when is the last time you gave the Gospel to someone?
When is the last time you sought out a relationship with someone so that you could influence them for Christ?
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