Saturday: 1^st-Week in Ordinary Time-Year-B:

I Reading: 1Samuel 9:1-4.17-19.10:1: The Lord told Samuel “That is the man of whom I told you; Saul shall rule my people.

Gospel: Mark 2:13-17: I did not come to call the virtuous, but sinners.

Jesus’ Impact upon Matthew & His Friends: Reaching the Outcast & Sinner

Jesus came to seek and to save the lost. No matter how lost, how outcast, or how bad a sinner a person is, Jesus came to save the person.

1.     Jesus went out to the lake (v.13)

a.     The crowds gathered

b.     Jesus taught them

2.     Jesus called the outcast and the sinner (v.14)

a.     Passed by –saw Levi

b.     Called to abandon all

c.      Impact: He accepted the call; he left all

3.     Jesus associated with the outcast and sinner (v.15)

a.     Levi invited his associates and friends

b.     Jesus associated with them

c.      The impact: Many followed Him

4.     Jesus answered society’s attitude toward the outcast and sinner (v.16-17)

a.     The religionists questioned Jesus’ associations

b.     Jesus’ reply:

i.                   An illustration

ii.                 His very purpose: To call sinners and to save all and the world

Thought: There is enormous hope for every person, no matter how weak, unprincipled or undisciplined. The hope is Jesus Christ. The person can be born again-truly born again. The person can be re-created in Christ Jesus, made into a new person, a new creation.