Saturday: 1st-Week in Ordinary Time-Year-C
I Reading: 1 Samuel 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.
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