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Three Surprising Things about Repentance
Levi made [Jesus] a great feast in his house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them.
Luke 5:29
What c…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Following Jesus Means Leaving Your Old Life for Something New
Leaving everything, [Levi] rose and followed him.
Luke 5:28
This was an irreversible decision. Peter, Andrew, James, and John had a trade to return to,…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
What It Means to Follow Jesus Today
[Jesus] said to him, “Follow me.”
Luke 5:27
Notice that this command of Jesus is completely open-ended. “Follow me.” What will this mean for Levi? Jesu…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Why Jesus Chose a Tax Collector to Be His Disciple
[Jesus] said to him, “Follow me.”
Luke 5:27
Why would Jesus choose a man like Matthew the tax collector to be a disciple? Wasn’t it obvious that a man …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Reason #3: Jesus Came into the World to Call Sinners
“I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”
Luke 5:32
Luke records the story of Levi, who became one of the twelve disciples of …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Have You Counted the Cost of Not Following Jesus?
Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And whoever does…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Reason #2: Jesus Came into the World to Bring a Sword
“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.”
Matthew 10:34
Jesus never endorsed or promote…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
One Day There Will Be Peace
They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall the…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Jesus Did Not Come into the World to Bring Peace
“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.”
Matthew 10:34
Jesus, the master teacher, agai…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
How Do You Read God’s Commands?
God... condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh b…
7 months, 3 weeks ago