Jesus went and saw Levi in His taxs office and said to him, "Follow me" and he left everything and followed Him.
Have you heard the call of Jesus to follow Him? Who are you following?
Do you search the scriptures to find out the way Jesus lived so that you may follow Him?
Following is not in the ministry but in life. Part of Jesus ministry was to die for the sins of the world, that we cannot follow but we can follow Him in the principles of His life. His priorities, His ambition, His way of thinking, His response to critics, His attitude to sinners and hypocrites, His attitude to money, His, His motives, the way He spoke...
Where in your life have you been following Jesus up until now?
Levi gave a big reception and invited many sinners who dined with Jesus.
He answered when asked why that He came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
He was asked why His disciples never fasted and said they will when they are taken away.
The disciples will fast when the bridegroom is taken; When was the last time that you fasted? Are you a true disciple? Have you heard the Lord calling you to fast?
No one tears a new cloth and put it on and old garment and no one puts on new wine in old wineskins. New wine must be put in new wineskins and no one who drinks old wine straight away desires new for he says the old is better.
The old way of our life cannot be patched up with this new life in Jesus. We must be born anew for the life of Christ to be in us and our lives not be torn. If you try to live the life of Jesus without being born again, you will see that you will strain but when you are born again it becomes enjoyable. Fasting as mentioned for example, how is it to you? Do you always murmur when you have to fast, have you to be forced for you to fast?
Accept this new way of life and don't think that your unconverted life is better or how you did things just for the sake of doing them.
Do you do things just because you have to do it? Learn to do everything as unto the Lord.
The Pharisees were having a microscope to look for faults in Jesus and His disciples and were on Him every time. Are you like that, always trying to look for something wrong in someone else? Don't follow the Pharisees, follow Jesus.
They accuse the disciples for rubbing wheat on Sabbath and Jessy reminded on how David ate consecrated bread in the temple.
Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath and He said somewhere else that it is good to do good on Sabbath.
On another Sabbath as He was teaching the Pharisees were very keen to see if He would heal on Sabbath to accuse Him. He called the man with a withered hand and asked whether we should do good or evil, save life or destroy it. They were silent and He healed the man and they very angry and discussed on what to do to Him because He did not fit in their churches doctrine.
Are you among them? Are you always pointing your fingers on those of other churches who do things differently from your church on minor issues? What is important in every child of God is, does He fear the Lord and does He live the Lord. If yes, we can fellowship with them even if we don't agree on minor issues; and we may fellowship.
For example one believes everyone must speak in tongues and another believes not everyone must speak in tongues as evidence of being filled with the Holy Spirit. God has allowed us to see things differently from each other to test us whether we'd love each other. It's easy to love those who agree with you on all things but it's not easy to love those with whom we see things differently. Have passed this test of love? You can start today
The differences is because we are not perfect and our minds are limited but when we get to heaven, we will agree 100% on everything. In the meantime let's Fellowship and encourage each other to continue in the fear of the Lord and continue loving the Lord.
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