Embracing the Outcasts

Verse: Matthew 9:10-11 “While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, ‘Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and...

The Healing Power of Jesus

Verse: Matthew 9:6-8 “But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—then He said to the paralytic, “Get up, take your mat and go home.” And he got up and went home. When the crowd saw this, they were filled with awe; and they...

Sick, Sinful and Loved

Verse: Matthew 9:9-13 9 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. 10 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners...

Bigger Plans

Verse: Matthew 9:3-5 “Some of the teachers of the law said to themselves, ‘This fellow is blaspheming!’ Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, ‘Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts? Which is easier: to say, “Your sins are forgiven,” or to say, “Get up...

Pigs or People? You Choose.

Verse: Matthew 8:28-34 28 When he arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were so violent that no one could pass that way. 29 “What do you want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have you...