Part 4: Exclusive?

MODGNIK – PART 4

“Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”

Matthew 6:10 (NIV)

1. PEOPLE MATTER TO GOD.

“As Jesus was walking along, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at his tax collector’s booth. ‘Follow Me and be My disciple,’ Jesus said to him…”

Matthew 9:9a (NLT)

“...So Matthew got up and followed Him.”

Matthew 9:9b (NLT)

“While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Him and His disciples.”

Matthew 9:10 (NIV)

“When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, ‘Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?’ On hearing this, Jesus said, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: “I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Matthew 9:11-13 (NIV)

2. ALL ARE INVITED AND ALL ARE WELCOME.

“Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, ‘This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.’”

Luke 15:1-2 (NIV)

• Luke 15 - Three teams: Searchers, Searchees, and Spectators.

“‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’”

Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)

• We need a bunch of Matthews.

• Be somebody’s - somebody.

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