Message Notes

GLIMPSES OF THE CALLING OF SOME OF THE DISCIPLES-APOSTLES (IV)

THE DISCIPLE MATTHEW

Mark 2:13-17; Matthew 9:9-13; Luke 5:27-32

1. Name(s)

   a) Levi the son of Alpheus Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27

   b) Matthew             Matthew 9:9

2. Profession:

   a) Tax collector

   b) Sitting at the tax office Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27

3. Calling of Matthew
   Follow Me                                                                   Mark 2:14

4. Matthew followed Jesus immediately Mark 2:14

5. Dining in the home of Matthew Mark 2:15

   a) Farewell dinner

   b) Many other tax collectors present Mark 2:15

   c) And sinners Mark 2:15

6. Criticism of Jesus dining with the tax collectors and sinners

   a) The scribes

   b) The Pharisees Mark 2:16

7. Jesus defended Himself

   a) He spoke of Himself as a Physician ministering to the sick Mark 2:17

   b) He spoke of His Mission: to call sinners to repentance Mark 2:17

   c) He had come to show mercy to sinners Matthew 9:13

8. Matthew went on to prove himself well

   a) He was a sinner who was saved from sinful living

   b) He had been made well

   c) He had received much mercy from the Lord

   d) Matthew went on to prove himself by writing a Gospel of the life of the Lord Jesus