Unlimited: Jesus Calls Matthew
Feb 21, 2024 2375
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, son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him (Mark 2:13–14, NIV).
Traditionally, a Jewish teacher would usually call religious people to follow him: people who were set apart by their piety and devotion to the Scriptures. It was shocking that Jesus called rough fishermen instead! What did he do next?
Matthew, also known as Levi, worked in a detested job profession as a tax collector.
In fact, to be a tax collector for the hated Roman oppressors basically meant that you were a despised thief and a traitor to your own nation.
Everyone who was considered decent hated Matthew.
He had made himself rich off the suffering of his people. He seemed to be the worst possible person that Jesus could have called to follow him.
But straightaway, Matthew left his work and followed Jesus.
Why did he do this? What makes a man like Matthew follow Jesus?
Surely it was because in an instant, in the look that Jesus gave him, he caught a glimpse of an authority mingled with a love that he had never experienced in his life.
There was something that filled the emptiness in his life – the emptiness that self and wealth can never fill. And so he got up and followed Jesus.
– Eliezer Gonzalez
Eli’s Reflection: What about you? What most attracts you to Jesus? When he calls you, are you ready to leave what stands in your way to follow him? Do you know what stands in your way? You know, he is calling you today.
Rose Setordzi
Sep 23, 2024
Yes, Like our brother Matthew I saw that unconditional Love that the Lord Jesus has me. That always makes me Trust Him and want to follow Him. Amen.
Kwabena Mascot
Sep 23, 2024
The issues of a particular calling is unique in the sight of God than humans, Matthew was just a tax collector but he was called into Jesus Christ ministries, Peter and his brothers were just mere fishermen, almost all the disciples who later became the apostles were men of little regard or no at all,they were penniless to the point of bankruptcy yet those were the special people He called, actually in my infancy I was always making numerous persistent sentiment on Jesus calling of the twelve disciples,I didn't see any reputable member,all of them were just ordinary people, in our days and moments like this,we look up to men of higher heights to attain the position of a calling but in God's ministry, it is a different perspective altogether,He calls the unjust to justify them and the unqualified to qualify them, that's something hilarious and intriguing,it was when I grew up that I came to my senses God looks into the heart not the face as humans do,😃😊 I am fond of the opinion of Matthew in those Roman era despised him as a thief and a traitor to his own nation, but the scriptures stipulates clearly If someone is in Christ,then he is a new creation the old ways had passed away.so a person's calling is crucial as far as his capabilities is concerned.
JASON ANDREW TOPPIN
Oct 21, 2020
GOD IS WITH US.
binance Kontoerstellung
Dec 9, 2024
I don't think the title of your article matches the content lol. Just kidding, mainly because I had some doubts after reading the article.