SCRIPTURE

Studied: Luke5

OBSERVATION

Luke 5:27-32 ~ And after this, Jesus went out and looked [attentively] at a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office; and He said to him, join Me as a disciple and side with My party and accompany Me. And he forsook everything and got up and followed Him [becoming His disciple and siding with His party]. And Levi (Matthew) made a great banquet for Him in his own house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others who were reclining [at the table] with them. Now the Pharisees and their scribes were grumbling against Jesus’ disciples, saying, why are you eating and drinking with tax collectors and [preeminently] sinful people? And Jesus replied to them, it is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to arouse and invite and call the righteous, but the erring ones (those not free from sin) to repentance [to change their minds for the better and heartily to amend their ways, with abhorrence of their past sins].

APPLICATION

During my study this morning God spoke to me through the above verses. To better understand them I looked at several translations and was most impressed with the way that the Amplified Bible presented the passage (above). I believe that Jesus specifically chose His disciples, and it is evident in the first part of this passage that He basically studied the life and work of Matthew (Levi). This reminds me of a song ‘