Sinners Become Saints
Kingdom Culture
August 27, 2023
Culture is the characteristic features of everyday existence shared by people in a place or time.
WHAT IS THE CULTURE OF GOD’S KINGDOM
My Kingdom is not of this world. —Jesus (John 18:36)
The culture of the kingdom is counter-cultural.
27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him, 28 and Levi got up, left everything and followed him. —Luke 5:27-28
29 Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. 30 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” —Luke 5:29-30
31 Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” —Luke 5:31-32
Levi and Matthew are the same person.
In God’s Kingdom we:
1.) Follow Jesus with Abandon
27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him, 28 and Levi got up, left everything and followed him. —Luke 5:27-28
Follow me = perfect tense =
An action that continues without end.
2.) Show unconditional acceptance to everyone
29 Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. —Luke 5:29
30 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” —Luke 5:30
31 Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick…” —Luke 5:31
32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” —Luke 5:32
3.) Transform