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Tom Shrader walks through Matthew 9:9-17 in a harmonized Gospel study, focusing on Jesus calling Matthew the tax collector, a man despised as a social and religious outcast, to follow Him. Jesus then dines with tax gatherers and sinners, drawing the Pharisees’ criticism and prompting His response that He came not for the righteous but for the sick. Shrader applies the passage by calling believers to recognize their own sinfulness before God, share the gospel naturally with friends and family, and understand that genuine conversion always produces a desire to bring others to Christ.

“He lost a career but gained a destiny. He lost his material possessions but gained a spiritual fortune. He lost temporal security but he gained eternal life.” — Tom Shrader

Series: A Study Of The Life Of Jesus Christ (2003/2004)
Recorded in 2004
Duration: 52 min
Themes: calling, evangelism, grace, repentance, outcast, sinfulness, following jesus, sharing faith, feeling unworthy, new believer, struggling with shame, seeker, young adult, person with a sinful past, skeptic, someone questioning their faith
Topics: soteriology, doctrine of salvation, effectual calling, discipleship, conversion, gospel proclamation, incarnation, justification
Scripture: Matthew 9:9-17, Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 6:1-17, Matthew 5:21-43, Mark 2:13-22, Luke 5:27-39, Luke 5:28-29, Leviticus 20:5, Romans 3:10-12, Philippians 3:7, Hosea 6:6, Isaiah 6:1-8, Acts 1:8, Ephesians 2:8-10

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