Our Mission: To make more and better disciples
As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. —Matthew 9:9
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While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. —Matthew 9:10
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When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” —Matthew 9:11
We should live the kind of life that demands an explanation!
On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” —Matthew 9:12-13
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For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings. —Hosea 6:6
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If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.” For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” —Romans 10:9-13
How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? —Romans 10:14