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Ministering to the Multitudes

Text: Mark 2:13-17; Mathew 9:9-13; Luke 5:27-32
6 October 2013

MINISTERING TO THE MULTITUDES

1. By the sea          Mark 2:13

Sea of Galilee

2. Places where Jesus ministered

a) In the synagogue
b) In homes
c) By the sea

3. Reasons:

a) Availability
b) Circumstances
c) Ministering by the sea would mean He could reach multitudes

(not possible in a synagogue or home)

4. Means of Ministry

Teaching          Mark 2:13

5. Evaluation of Response

a) The multitudes came to Him          Mark 2:13
b) His teaching was effective

CALLING OF MORE DISCIPLES

1. Fishermen had been called          (Cf. John 1; Matthew 4:18-21; Mark 1:16-20)

2. More were called

3. The calling of Matthew was singled out for special mention

a) Name:
i) Levi, son of Alphaeus          Mark 2:14, 15
ii) Matthew          Matthew 9:9
b) Profession

Tax collector          Mark 2:14

c) Response

He rose up and immediately followed Jesus          Mark 2:14

i) He left his profession as a tax collector
ii) He became a full-time disciple of the Lord Jesus

SIGNIFICANCE

1. Matthew’s farewell function

a) Colleagues (tax-collectors)
b) Friends (sinners)          Mark 2:15

2. Criticism of Jesus by the scribes and Pharisees

For eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners          Mark 2:16

3. Answer of Jesus

a) The sick need the physician
b) Jesus was that physician
c) He had been sent to call the sinner to repentance

MATTHEW

1. He became a disciple

2. He was appointed an apostle

3. He wrote a Gospel on the life of Christ