HITTING THE MARK WITH JESUS –  Week 15

 

 

HITTING THE MARK WITH JESUS –  Week 15

July 13, 2025

BAD BOY WHATCHA GONNA DO WHEN JESUS COME TO YOU Pt. 1

Mark 2:13-17

 

 

Mark 2

INTRODUCTION:

Jesus’ arms of welcome are . 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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’re you go to .

 

 

 

 

 

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.”

 

Background:

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 .

 

 

 

 

The crowd always to Jesus.

 

 

 

Mark 2:5 (NIV) ”Son, your sins are forgiven.”

 

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 always a .

 

·        When you follow Jesus, there is always a .

 

 

 

 

 

Matthew 9:9 (NIV)As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew  sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.

 

 

 

 

Matthew =”.” 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

 

 

 

 

Jesus’ arms of welcome are . 

 

 

 

 

 

PRAYER:

 

ALTAR:

 

WORSHIP: