As Jesus Went On

As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He said to him. And he got up and followed Him. As Jesus was having a meal in Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Jesus and His disciples. When the Pharisees saw this they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” When Jesus heard this He said, “Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do. Go and learn what this saying means: ‘ I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”  Matthew 9:9-13 NET

The Good News starts with us, but it can’t stop with us. 

Because Jesus has been Good News for us, we are called to be Good News for others. We are called to bury hell and bring Heaven. 

When Jesus called His disciples to follow Him, He wasn’t building a fan club. He was starting a movement—a movement meant to be Salvation, reconciliation to our Heavenly Father, redemption for the broken world because Jesus is all. 

And all of us are broken. And by His magnificent grace Jesus doesn’t offer to fix what’s broken; He invites us to be made new!

The Gospel is teaching us our story does not end with death and decay! our story is resurrection life. This is why we need the Gospel.  That’s why we need to read it, hear it, speak it and believe it.