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Today’s Text: Luke 5:27-32 (Please read if you’ve not done so.)

Today’s Text: Luke 5:27-32 (Please read if you’ve not done so.). 5:27 - 32. November 10, 2013. “I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” (Luke 5:32).

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Today’s Text: Luke 5:27-32 (Please read if you’ve not done so.)

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  1. Today’s Text: Luke 5:27-32 (Please read if you’ve not done so.)

  2. 5:27-32 November 10, 2013

  3. “I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” (Luke 5:32) “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free…” (Luke 4:18) 5:27 - 32 JHK

  4. “After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth.” (Luke 5:27a) “Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collectorand was wealthy.” (Luke 19:1-2) ἀρχιτελώνης(architelonos) – “chief tax collector” • Contractors responsible for taxes of a district or province. 5:27 - 32 JHK

  5. “After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth.” (Luke 5:27a) τελώνης(telones) – “tax collector” • also known as “publicans” from the Latin publicanus. • collector of taxes or tolls. The tax collectors were detested by the Jews, both on account of their employment and of the harshness, greed, and deception, with which they did their job. 5:27 - 32 JHK

  6. Roman Taxation equites – oversaw taxation for the Roman Senate architelonos – “chief tax collector” (Zaccheus) telones– “tax collector” (Levi) 1) Land tax. (1-3% on property) 2) Head tax. (3-4% on individual wealth) 3) Customs tax. (2-5% of goods transported) 5:27 - 32 JHK

  7. “After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth.” (Luke 5:27a) “If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you… But if they will not listen, take one or two others along…If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.” (Matthew 18:15-17) 5:27 - 32 JHK

  8. “After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth.” (Luke 5:27a) Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?” “Don’t collect any more than you are required to,” he told them.” (Luke 3:11-12) 5:27 - 32 JHK

  9. “After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth.” (Luke 5:27a) “As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth.” (Mark 2:14a) Λευίς(Leuis) – “Levi” • “joined” • third son of Jacob by Leah; father of priestly tribe. 5:27 - 32 JHK

  10. “‘Follow me,’ Jesus said to him…” (Luke 5:27b) ἀκολουθέωμοι(akoloutheomoi) – “follow me” • to come after or accompany one who precedes. • to join one as a disciple. “Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them. As he walked along, he saw Levi…” (Mark 2:13-14a) 5:27 - 32 JHK

  11. “…and Levi got up, left everything and followed him.” (Luke 5:28) ἀνίστημι (anistemi) – “got up” • to stand up from lying down. • to arise to depart on a journey. καταλείπω ἅπας (kataleipo hapas) – “left everything” • to forsake, abandon, leave behind. 5:27 - 32 JHK

  12. What is really required of those who follow Jesus?

  13. What is really required of those who follow Jesus?

  14. What is really required of those who follow Jesus? Can I be a Christian and still do a, b or c ? If I become a Christian do I have to give up d, e and f ? We cannot hold to anything which keeps us from doing this: “Hear, O Israel: ‘The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.’” (Deuteronomy 6:4-5)

  15. What is really required of those who follow Jesus? Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.” (Luke 9:23-25) 5:27 - 32 JHK

  16. What is really required of those who follow Jesus? Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self?” (Luke 9:23-25) 5:27 - 32 JHK

  17. “…and Levi got up, left everything and followed him.” (Luke 5:28) ἀνίστημι(anistemi) – “got up” • to stand up from lying down. • to arise to depart on a journey. And he said, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.” (Luke 9:22) “We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?” (Romans 6:2-3) 5:27 - 32 JHK

  18. “After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. ‘Follow me,’ Jesus said to him, and Levi got up, left everything and followed him.” (Luke 5:27-28) Called Responded Departed Followed …by Jesus to become His disciple. …by arising to follow. …everything about the old left. …until the very end. 5:27 - 32 JHK

  19. “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.” (Luke 9:25)

  20. “Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.” (Luke 5:29) δοχή(doche) – “banquet” • a feast. Note: this banquet was μέγας (megas) – “great” 5:27 - 32 JHK

  21. “Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.” (Luke 5:29) 5:27 - 32 JHK

  22. “Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.” (Luke 5:29) κατάκειμαι (katakeimai) – “eat with” or “sit with” • to recline at a table during a feast. 5:27 - 32 JHK

  23. lectussummus the master’s place. lectusmedius triclinium - couch set near the mensa (service table). lectusimusthe lowest place.

  24. “Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.” (Luke 5:29) “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.” (John 8:11b) 5:27 - 32 JHK

  25. Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” (Luke 5:29-30) “The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people - robbers, evildoers, adulterers - or even like this tax collector.” (Luke 18:11) 5:27 - 32 JHK

  26. Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” (Luke 5:31-32) “For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:20) 5:27 - 32 JHK

  27. Practical applications of this passage ► We need to see ourselves as missionaries. “For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken.” (John 12:49) “…and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 1:8b) 5:27 - 32 JHK

  28. Practical applications of this passage ► We need to see ourselves as missionaries. ► We need to actively seek the lost. “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” (Luke 19:10) ζητέω(zeteo) – “seek” • to seek in order to find; to crave something. 5:27 - 32 JHK

  29. Practical applications of this passage ► We need to see ourselves as missionaries. ► We need to actively seek the lost. ► We need to see ourselves as sick, not healthy. 5:27 - 32 JHK

  30. ► We need to see ourselves as sick, not healthy. “We know that the law is good if one uses it properly. We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers - and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine…” (I Timothy 1:8-10) 5:27 - 32 JHK

  31. ► We need to see ourselves as sick, not healthy. “I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service. Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.” (I Timothy 1:12-14) 5:27 - 32 JHK

  32. ► We need to see ourselves as sick, not healthy. “Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners - of whom I am the worst.” (I Timothy 1:15) 5:27 - 32 JHK

  33. “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” (Luke 5:31-32)

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