Discipleship and Mission
Call to Discipleship
Calling the LostLuke 3:12-13; 5:27-32 The Message
12 Taxmen also came to be baptized and said, “Teacher, what should we do?”
13 He told them, “No more extortion—collect only what is required by law.”
27-28 After this he went out and saw a man named Levi at his work collecting taxes. Jesus said, “Come along with me.” And he did—walked away from everything and went with him.
29-30 Levi gave a large dinner at his home for Jesus. Everybody was there, tax men and other disreputable characters as guests at the dinner. The Pharisees and their religion scholars came to his disciples greatly offended. “What is he doing eating and drinking with crooks and ‘sinners’?”
31-32 Jesus heard about it and spoke up, “Who needs a doctor: the healthy or the sick? I’m here inviting outsiders, not insiders—an invitation to a changed life, changed inside and out.”
For Reflection
Taxmen did not sin because they were tax collectors. Their sin was the selfishness, greed, and lack of love for each other that separated them from God and resulted in injustices. In a real sense, the idolatry of worshiping wealth was their sin.
Pray
Pray so that you will be able to see each person as a child of God. Pray so that your first interest is the welfare of others.
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