Who?
Who is Jesus?
Son the God. The Savior of the world.
What makes someone be called a sinner?
When they sin, which is disobeying God's Laws.
Who is Matthew in the beginning of our story?
He was a tax collector.
What did Jesus say to Matthew when he was in his tax office?
"Follow Me"
Why are we ALL sinners?
Because we all have disobeyed God's law at some point whether we knew it or not.
Who asked the disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
The Pharisees
What is a tax collector?
Someone who collected taxes.
"_______ people don't need a ______. Only the ____ need a ______."
"Healthy people don't need a doctor. Only the sick need a doctor."
Who were the kind of people that Jesus dined with at the dinner?
Tax collectors and "sinners"
What place was the dinner in this story held?
At Matthews house
Why did people not like tax collectors?
They often cheated the people they collected money from by charging the people too much tax and then keeping the extra for themselves.
Jesus said "Healthy people don't need a doctor. Only the sick need a doctor." What does that mean?
"holy" people (people that don't sin) don't need Jesus. Sinners need Jesus. (Which is EVERYONE)
"I did not come to invite ____ people. I ____ to invite _______."
"I did not come to invite good people. I came to invite sinners."