Jesus tells a parable about eating with sinners. He dines at the house of Levi, a tax collector, along with other tax collectors and sinners. The Pharisees complain about Jesus associating with such people. Jesus responds that he has come to call sinners to repentance, not the righteous, and that mercy is more important than religious sacrifices.

1. Eating with a Sinner
Luke 5:27-32
After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting
at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him, and Levi got up, left
everything and followed him. Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at
his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with
them. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their
sect complained (bitterly) to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with
tax collectors and sinners?” Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who
need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners
to repentance.”
"But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’"

2. In order to begin to understand the Bible you have to start at Jesus,
and to understand who Jesus is you have to start with God.
Proverbs 6:16-19
There are six things the Lord hates—no, seven things he detests: haughty
eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill the innocent, a heart that plots evil, feet
that race to do wrong, a false witness who pours out lies, a person who
sows discord in a family.
Supercilious: An arrogant gaze, such as raising the eyebrow and
looking down on somebody as if they were of a lower position.

3. Romans 1:21-25
Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give
him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like.
As a result, their minds became dark and confused. Claiming to be wise,
they instead became utter fools. And instead of worshiping the glorious,
ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and
birds and animals and reptiles. So God abandoned them to do whatever
shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and
degrading things with each other’s bodies. They traded the truth about God
for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of
the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen.

4. Mark 7:20-23
And then He added, “It is what comes from inside that defiles you. For
from within, out of a person’s heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality,
theft, murder, adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, envy,
slander, pride, and foolishness. All these vile things come from within; they
are what defile you.”

5. Kingdom of God = Monarchy not Democracy
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and
forever.

6. R12,
"Being transformed by the renewing of our minds"
Heroes' Journey
Most of our Faith Village knows little to
nothing about the community we're
planted in.

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