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*Are you “in-Sync” with God?*
*Luke 5:27-31*
*Open to p. 1599*
v The Dirty Dozen
Ø Great movie with an all-star cast
§ Lee Marvin
§ Telli Savallis
§ Charles Bronson
§ Donald Sutherland
v Premise is that Lee Marvin has this group of 12 army criminals and train them for a secret mission behind enemy lines in Nazi Germany
Ø The whole movie builds up to the meticulously planned mission that Marvin has carefully put together
§ Down to the minute by minute execution
· Comes the time when they are about to parachute out and they all synchronize their watches
v This shows that they are all prepared to carry out the plan
Ø If they did not synchronize their watches, the mission would never be completed
§ Each would be doing their part randomly…
· The mission would fail
v In the same way that that mission had to be totally synchronized…
Ø So we have to be synchronized with our Lord Jesus Christ
§ He has a plan
§ He has a mission
· And to complete it his followers have to be “in-Sync” with Jesus
v The text before us today shows us how ‘out of sync’ the religious leaders were in the time of Jesus
Ø And reminds and challenges us to be “in-sync” with our Lord
*READ 5:27-32*
v *The Call (5:27-28)*
v Out text opens up with Jesus calling Levi to be one of his disciples
Ø This is another name for Matthew
§ The Gospel writer
v Now we do not know what led up to Levi responding to the call to “follow me”
Ø Maybe he had heard Jesus preach or teach
Ø Maybe he had been present when Jesus cast out the evil spirit in Capernaum
Ø Maybe he had been in the room when the paralytic was lowered from the roof and heard the exchange between Jesus and the Pharisees
Ø Perhaps Jesus just changed his heart instantaneously
§ We don’t know
v What we do know is that Jesus called a Tax Collector to be one of his disciples
Ø And eventually one of his apostles!
v And what we have to realize is how shocking this was
Ø It would be like asking a member of the mob to become a disciple!
§ John Gotti, Gambino, Castilano
§ *But that analogy does not work because for some reason Americans have a sort of admiration for the mob*
· Maybe more like a child molester!
¨ Reviled, loathed, detested, hated
v They were classed together with robbers, murderers
Ø They were ostracized and shunned
Ø So hated, they were barred from the synagogue worship
§ They were hated because of how they extorted money and took advantage of their fellow Jews!
v You see…
Ø Roman Gov’t farmed out their tax collection to the locals
Ø They would assess a region and then sold the rights to collect it to the highest local bidder
§ *Basically two types of tax*
· State Tax
¨ Set amount just for existing on Roman occupied territory
Ø Usually 10%
§ Here there was not much room for extortion
· Duty Tax
¨ This was not regulated
¨ Here was the opportunity for the tax collector
Ø Tax on anything
§ Imports & exports
§ Road use
§ Animals
§ Etc.
Ø Thus a tax collector could stop a person on the road and tax him on the spot for as much as he wanted
v Tax collectors were wealthy not because the Romans paid so well
Ø But because they extorted money from their fellow countrymen
§ And they were absolutely despised because of it
v Yet Jesus approaches him and says…
Ø “Follow me”…”come with me”…”be with me”…”I want you in my company”
§ He calls the lowest of the low to associate with
· To be in his inner circle
v And Levi gets up and follows Jesus
Ø And Levi truly throws himself headlong into his discipleship
§ By throwing a party
v *The Celebration*
Ø *RQ: Why would Levi (Matthew) throw a party?*
§ For the same several reasons that we should celebrate…
· For Himself
¨ Years ago…Debutante ball
Ø Used to have when a woman came of age
Ø Important milestone
Ø Coming out in society
¨ This is Levi’s “coming out” party
Ø He has parted from his old life and begun anew
§ And he wants to celebrate his new life in Christ!
· *Ps 51:12*
¨ Restore to me the joy of your salvation
§ There should be a celebratory aspect to our salvation
· *Illustration:*
¨ Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol”
¨ Ebenezer Scrooge’s joy at his salvation
Levi also threw this party …
· For Jesus
¨ To honor the one who saved him
Ø That is what we do every Sunday!
§ That is the heart of worship
¨ Explain worship
Ø God is who we are here to please, honor, worship
§ When we realize this, so many questions go by the wayside
· Q: Did you like the music?
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