Luke 5:27-32

Luke 5:27-32

1. We are taught the power of Christ's calling grace.
2. We are taught that conversion is a cause of joy to a true believer.
3. We are taught that converted souls desire to promote the conversion of others.
4. We are taught one of the chief objects of Christ's coming into the world.

"No sins are too many, or too bad, to be forgiven. No heart is too hard or too worldly to be changed. He who called Levi still lives, and is the same that He was 1800 years ago. With Christ nothing is impossible."

"Let us not heed the opinion of the world in this matter. They speak evil of things which they know not. Let us, with Levi, consider every fresh conversion as a cause for great rejoicing."

"It should not satisfy us to be safe ourselves. We ought also to try to do good to others. All cannot go to the heathen, but every believer should strive to be a missionary to his fellow men. Having received mercy, we should not hold our peace."

"Do we feel that we are unworthy of anything but wrath and condemnation? Then let us understand that we are the very people for whose sake Jesus came into the world. If we feel ourselves righteous, Christ has nothing to say to us."

Questions:

1. As we consider the seeming audacity for Jesus to call one like a tax collector, do we despair of anyone’s being saved? Do we believe that anything is possible with Christ?

2. Listen again to the list of blessings God gives to the converted:

a. It is the birth of an immortal soul!

b. It is the rescue of a sinner from hell!

c. It is a passage from life to death!

d. It is being made a king and priest for evermore!

e. It is being provided for, both in time and eternity!

f. It is adoption into the noblest and richest of all families, the family of God!

What does this list do to your heart as you think about your conversion or the conversion of others?

3. Like Luke throwing a party for tax collecting friends, do we desire unbelievers around us to know the Lord Jesus Christ? Having been shown mercy, do we show mercy to others?

4. Do we feel ourselves to be sinners or righteous before a Holy God? Have we found refuge in Christ, or in our own works? Remember, Christ came for the sinners to bring them to repentance!