Learning
the Ways of Christ
Lessons
for Living
Dr.
Coleman's Commentary - Learn More About Jesus
Christ
Bible
Study Lessons from
Mark
Articles
For The Whole
Family
What do you see when you look at a person who is
not like you? Jesus teaches in this Bible study
lesson that we should reach out to others in order
to bring them to Him.
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Jesus Eats with
Sinners
Bible Study Lessons from Mark
2:13-17
2:13
"Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large
crowd came to him, and he began to teach
them.
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As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus
sitting at the tax collector's
booth.
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- 'Follow me,' Jesus
told him, and Levi got up and followed
him.
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- 15
While Jesus was having dinner at Levi's house,
many tax collectors and 'sinners' were eating
with him and his disciples, for there were many
who followed him.
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- 16
When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees
saw him eating with the 'sinners' and tax
collectors, they asked his disciples: 'Why does
he eat with tax collectors and
'sinners'?
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17
On hearing this, Jesus said to them, 'It is not the
healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not
come to call the righteous, but sinners.'"
This
is the Word of the Lord ... It is meant to change
the way we think, and the way we live.
Commentary
by Bob Pardue
Jesus is eating with the
sinners at the home of Levi
- Who Follows
Christ?
Jesus shows in this message
that salvation is not only for those who are
"churched" but is available to anyone who seeks
him; even "sinners". We
have to be careful not to judge at first glimpse
and to reach out to those who desperately need
Jesus' love.
Prayer
And, above all, we need to
pray for those who do not know Christ. Pray that
God will place those people who need him in front
of us in our daily lives. We only need to use the
opportunity to witness to those God sends to
us.
According to Jesus, our job
as Christians is to ..
1. Love
God
2. Love Each
Other
and...
3. Make New
Disciples
How Do We Share Christ
Everyday?
As stated in the lesson, we
need to make an effort to show His love by what
we do and who we are when in the
presence of those who have not yet accepted
God.
I am as guilty of this
neglect as you may be but Jesus wants everyone to
have a chance to come to him, be forgiven
of sin, and live
eternally in heaven with him.
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Too many times we look at
outward appearance or what a person has done in
the past. I pray that you and I can take steps
in overcoming this bias so that more people will
know Christ. That is our job.
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Love in Christ
- Bob
If you have never made the
commitment to receive the love and life-changing
experience of Jesus Christ, please take a moment to
look at John
3:16 to get more
information.
Verses from Mark about Jesus eating with
sinners and tax collectors are from Life
Application Study Bible: New International
Version
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Too!
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1:14-20 - Fishermen Follow
Jesus
Mark
1:21-45 - Jesus Teaches and Heals with
Authority
Mark
2:1-12 -
Jesus
Heals a Paralyzed
Man
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