Luke 5:27 GIVES THE DETAILS

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Luke 527 GIVES THE DETAILS

• Levi was a tax collector
• Called right from his office

God ALWAYS calls busy people where they
are !
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PUBLICANS OFTEN SOLD

• His conscience
• His companionship
• His family
• His faith

Sin ALWAYS exacts too high a price
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Matthew 1626

• "For what will it profit a man if he gains the
  whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a
  man give in exchange for his soul?

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Luke 529

• And Levi gave a big reception for Him in his
  house and there was a great crowd of tax
  collectors and other people who were reclining at
  the table with them.

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MATTHEWS RESPONSE???

• Accepted his responsibility
• Gave a feast for his co-horts
• Had an orderly mind and gave it to the Lord

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MATTHEW KNEW THE BOTTOM LINE

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Matthew 624

• "No one can serve two masters for either he will
  hate the one and love the other, or he will be
  devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot
  serve God and wealth.

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MATTHEW KNEW THE BOTTOM LINE

• Cant serve God AND mammon Matthew 624
• Seek the kingdom FIRST Matthew 633

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Matthew 103

• Now the names of the twelve apostles are these
  The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew
  his brother and James the son of Zebedee, and
  John his brother
• 3. Philip and Bartholomew Thomas and Matthew
  the tax collector James the son of Alphaeus, and
  Thaddaeus
• 4. Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, the
  one who betrayed Him.

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MATTHEW NEVER FORGOT WHO HE WAS

• He identified himself as the tax collector
• He listed his conversion among his miracles

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Not much said about

• This outcast,
• This unlikely candidate,

• This one who could be you?