Only Sinners Need Apply

Luke 5:27-32

After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, “Follow me.” And leaving everything, he rose and followed him.

And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them. And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”

While using the HEAR method (see below) consider the following questions:
  • How much access do you have to those who don’t know Christ? How much influence do you have with them? 
  • Do you tend to spend more time with your Christian friends or with pre-believers? Where do you think the balance lies? 

Highlight – what words or phrases jump out at you
Explain – what does the passage mean?
Apply – how does the passage intersect with your life today?
Respond – how is God leading you to respond?

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Today's reading - Luke 5:27-32. Do you tend to spend more time with your Christian friends or with pre-believers? Where do you think the balance lies? 

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