Hitting the Mark with Jesus wk. 16

HITTING THE MARK WITH JESUS Wk. 16

July 13, 2025

BAD BOY WHATCHA GONNA DO WHEN JESUS COME TO YOU Pt. 2

Mark 2:13-17

 

 

Mark 2

INTRODUCTION:

 

 

 

Luke 19:10 (NIV) The Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.

 

 

Luke 15

 

 

 

 

Luke 19:10 (NIV)For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.

 

 

 

Mark 10:45 (NIV) The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

 

 

 

 

 

Romans 3:23 (NIV)All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. 

 

 

 

Romans 3:10 (NIV)There is no one righteous, not even one…

 

 

Isaiah 64:6 (NIV)All of us have become like one who is unclean,and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;we all shrivel up like a leaf,and like the wind our sins sweep us away.

 

 

 

 

James 2:10 (NIV)For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

 

 

 

 

The world teaches us that if you go .

 

 

 

 

 

Romans 3:10 (NIV)“There is no one righteous, not even one.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TEXT:

Mark 2:13-17 (NIV) ¹³ Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them.¹⁴ As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.

¹⁵ While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.¹⁶ When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

¹⁷ On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

 

àHighlight:

Mark 2:14 (NIV)“Follow me.”

 

Mark 2:16 (NIV) “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 

 

Mark 2:17 (NIV)“I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners”

 

Romans 3:23 (NIV)For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God…

 

 

 

 

 

THREE LESSON TO LEARN FROM LEVI: 

 

1.  THE

 

Jesus calls the .

 

 

 

 

Mark 2:14 (NIV)As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth.

 

 

 

Mark 2:14b (NIV) “Follow me,” Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.

 

 

Luke 5:28 (NIV) Levi got up, left everything and followed him.

 

 

 

 

There are two things that are important to get from this:

 

·        When you follow Jesus, there is .

 

 

 

·        When you follow Jesus, there is .

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.  THE

 

 

Jesus with the .

 

 

Mark 2:15 (NIV) While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

 

 

 

The crowd to Jesus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark 2:15b (NIV)…for there were many who followed Him.

 

 

 

 

 

Luke 15

 

 

 

 

 

 

John 17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J.C. Rowl: ”No true Christian goes to heaven alone.”

 

 

 

 

 

3. THE

 

 

Jesus .

 

Mark 2:16 (NIV) When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Being doesn’t equal being .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jesus is not a friend of , but He is a friend of .

 

 

 

 

 

CONCLUSION:

 

 

 

Jesus loves you too much .

 

 

 

Mark 10:45 (NIV) “The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

 

 

PRAYER:

 

What is your prayer today?

 

 

 

 

 

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