Verses 31- Jesus heard about it and spoke up, "Who needs a doctor: the healthy or the sick? (the Message)
Let us back up to go forward. After Levi throws his own, “I Have Decided to Follow Jesus Party” for his rowdy friends and Jesus attends, the religious leaders are offended. He restates His mission for them in no uncertain terms, making it clear that He has come for people who know that they have needs. Jesus is Lord over His own mission and over ours. He came to invite outsiders to come to Him.
q Have you ever offended any religious folks by doing what you knew to be your mission from Jesus Christ?
q How often do you go to the doctor? How do you know when you need to go?
q Have you ever needed medical attention, but believed you were perfectly healthy?
q What are some signs that people need a spiritual doctor these days? List some of them here:
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q Discuss these words, “Jesus heard about it and spoke up. Are there some things that Christians do to exclude people that Jesus might want to speak up about these days?
q In what ways is Jesus like a doctor? What are some ways we can be on His healing team?
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Verse 32 - I'm here inviting outsiders, not insiders—an invitation to a changed life, changed inside and out." (the Message)
Jesus had attended a party at the invitation of Levi in order to invite people to a changed life?
q What are some places we can go to find outsiders? How can we meet them?
q How can we develop our invitation to a changed life so that we are ready to offer it?
q What is an “outsider? Have you ever been one?
q What is it like to be changed inside and out?
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