You being here this evening myself.
This is a fine crowd this evening and it certainly
measures up to my expectation. And I'm glad to see everybody.
I'm glad to have this opportunity to be here and hold
a meeting in this church. I've heard about this church for
many years and you've waited until I'm well, and I did with
old age, but at least I'm here to hold a meeting, and I'm going
to do the best I can in my Advanced age, I might say, glad
to see all those who are preachers, brother, beanie and
brother, Michael. And of course, there are others
perhaps that I'm not recognizing at the moment, but we're just
glad you're all here. See people here from several
different places and that's thrilling.
And, of course we'll expect that and hope for it throughout the
oncoming Services. Want to read a passage from the
Night chapter of the Book of Matthew and verse 9.
The record says, and Jesus passed forth from thence.
And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man named
Matthew sitting at the receipt of custom and he saith unto him,
follow me. And he arose and followed him
that'll be enough of our reading at this time.
And at this time of wish to go to our Heavenly Father in the
word of prayer, let us pray. 34 Jesus, in the city of Capernaum,
he taught the multitudes and healed the sick, and he also was
seeking A group of men to be his Apostles.
So at this time, we find Jesus engaged in the father's will in
the city of Capernaum. We have no record where he had
ever met Matthew or whether Matthew had ever been introduced
to him or not. But we, of course, believe that
Matthew must have known something objects.
This Christ, you don't hear many sermons about Matthew, but I
found this to be a very interesting little summary of
this man's life. So I'd like to talk for a little
while about it this evening, you know, Capernaum was an important
city in the life of Jesus. Many people don't seem to be
aware of the fact that for 18 months during the Great Galilean
Ministry. Jesus.
Resided in the city of Capernaum, it should be laid
down beside Bethlehem and beside of Nazareth because it does play
a great part in his life. So then we feel that Matthew
certainly must have heard of Jesus Christ, there are many
things that took place in the city of Matt, in city of
Capernaum that he could not have been ignorant.
All, no man could have lived in this town, all these days.
Without hearing of the mighty Works done in and around it.
As the Bible says, Heaven had been opened right above
Capernaum, in view of all, in the Angels had absolutely been
thronging down upon the Son of God, lepers were cleansed and
the demonics de possessed. Blind Men, receive their sight.
Paul stood me in the use of their limbs.
One woman was cured of a chronic malady and another daughter of a
disc. Distinguished Citizen Jairus.
Ruler of. The synagogue was brought back
to life from the dead. These things were done publicly
and made a great noise and were much remarked on the Evangelist
relate. How the people were all amazed
insomuch that they question among themselves saying.
What thing is this? What new doctrine is this for
what Authority commandeth? He even the unclean spirits and
they obey him. So Jesus, of course, was a
well-known figure in the D of Capernaum, I think.
But down here, close to the seaside set this man named
Matthew at the receipt of custom and he was taking taxes from the
people. Now, the call came as Jesus
passed by the record says, many of his sermons were preached in
his miracles, wrought lessons were taught as he passed by.
I like that wording very much and each occasion brought forth
the knee. Needed word are Act One misses
much in life, who fails to grasp the situations that appear as he
passes by from time to time. We sing a song Sometimes it
states. This very fact mr.
Marvin P. Dalton said there's a story of
long ago me and roamed in darkness.
Nowhere to go one day. The scene changed, they cease to
cry. There was a reason Jesus passed
by Jesus. Never missed an opportunity when
he was passing by it. Might be a Lily that he saw you
under that. He made a sermon out of it.
Might be a sparrow. He might talk.
That he talked about many things.
The song says men, found, compassion, hungry, were fed.
Some saw their loved ones brought from the dead.
They found great comfort came from on high.
There was a reason Jesus passed by, I know, one thing, Matthew
was everlastingly grateful for the fact that Jesus passed by
one day and as he passed by, he saw every opportunity and he
grasp every opportunity. Even as we Should do the Apostle
Paul enjoins upon us. That very responsibility in
Galatians 6 and 10. When he said, as we have
therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men especially to
them who are of the household of faith in this sermon.
We are interested in the man whom Jesus saw by the writer
tells us, he saw a man To him me and were the biggest objects in
the world. That's what he came down here to
this world. Far was to save men.
Jesus did not see a tax gatherer necessarily but he saw a man and
he was interested in him. We wonder why Jesus chose
Matthew. We wonder why he passed up all
the other people. We wonder why he might not have
selected. Some other tax gatherer who
doubt. This might have been there, but
he chose Matthew, he could have chosen the priest but he didn't.
He could have chosen many people but he didn't.
He chose Matthew John 2 and 25 says but Jesus did not commit
himself unto them because he knew all men and needed.
Not that any should testify of man, because he knew what was in
man. Now think that's the reason he
chose Matthew and I think he had a special reason for choosing
Matthew. You know, I noticed also that
the record says that Matthew was a busy, man.
I want to mention here, the fact though that this man, Matthew
doubt, this wasn't a dislike man in the community, because of the
fact that he was a Publican and plied that trade, we read about
another band who was a Publican and he certainly was disliked.
I don't know if this man was as an honest man, I don't know what
this man was a scrupulous man or what, but I do know one thing
Jesus saw the importance of selecting him and he saw what
was in him and he chose him. Now going to notice some reasons
why that Jesus doubtless chose Matthew.
I think it shows him first because he was a busy man.
He was busy with material things.
He was accomplished in the work that he was assigned to do.
He was a man trusted, by the Roman government to do his work.
He handled money and he was responsible in that I in that
particular project, he was a man of Affairs, was some business
ability and Jesus, of course, probably chose him because he
was such a competent man in his work, knowing Thing that he
would probably be competent in other works of life.
He was sticking to his task to, he was not lazy.
Nor was the idol. Jesus always called busy men.
If you'll remember he called, no other.
Kind. Somebody said one time that God
always calls busy men. Idle men don't have time.
And that's usually the way it goes in life.
So Jesus called a busy fisherman.
The busy tax collector and other busy men to learn to do the big
things in the Kingdom. Jesus likes people who will be
busy, you know, Jesus doesn't like idleness.
And that's one thing that ought to concern people to many
parents raise their children. To be idle.
They raise their children to sit around in the house until they
graduate from high school while they have servants employed
about the house. Doing other things, they're
doing their children of this. Service when they do that very
thing. But another reason why that
Matthew doubtless was chosen, was because Jesus saw in him a
certain modesty, he was a modest man.
Matthew was the writer of this Tony.
He's the writer of this gospel and he refers to himself in the
third person. I think that's noteworthy as
Jesus passed by from thence, he saw a man called Matthew.
Now that's the way. Matthew Chronicles.
The story, And refers to himself in that fashion.
He does not say, he saw me and called me and I Rose and
followed him and made a big been good at him at my house.
No. Many a fella in telling of this
big day, in his life would have written several chapters about
it, and placed himself upon a pedestal and would have done a
lot of horn blowing and focusing attention, upon himself, but not
so with her, So with our modest man Matthew, he tells his story
in a simple statement couched in 32 words modesty is a beautiful
garment to wear. It is always becoming the world,
never hugs to its bosom. The braggadocio, the noisy, the
loudmouth proclaimer of his own virtues in the gallery of the
world's great and Noble. You find the faces of men who
were quiet but powerful who who preferred to walk the lonely
path. And ignore the popular ways
because they were on their way to do service.
Didn't we read somewhere in the scriptures?
Where the record says, let another man's mouth.
Praise thee and not die. Nomen.
A stranger and not thine own lips.
That's what the record says. Matthew was such a man, is that
Jesus appreciates people like that?
There are men who know their own strength but they talked a
little about it and you love Like that you appreciate them.
You like to be in the presence of people like that, they know
their powers but seldom discussed them, they simply use
them. Matthew was such a man, Matthew
saw, and are rather Matthew. So, and humble, man.
Matthew was a humble man. And after years, when Matthew
wrote, on this wonderful day in his life, he calls himself the
Publican, even Hira speaks of himself in That reproachful way
all the other Apostles failed to mention that they ignore the
fact and they skip over the fact that he was a Publican but not
Matthew. He comes right out and tells you
just what he was. I think he wanted the world to
know just how powerful the saving love of Jesus is and that
Jesus had wrought just such an act in his own life and the
Jesus wasn't able to do that in anybody's life in Matthew.
Jesus saw a man Man, who was better than his surroundings
would indicate? We cannot always judge a man by
the company. He keeps not to the task to
which he applies his hand, though.
Usually, that is the case. But many are creatures of
circumstances. Matthew was one of the black
sheep of his flock. He was a Jew and reared in the
synagogue, but he had accepted a position, which ostracized him
from Jewish circles. When a man took the job of being
a Publican, especially when you were a Jew, you were absolutely
ostracized. We know that to be the case with
the man, the other Publican whom Jesus, went to see one day and
spent the day with you see the land was being ruled by the
Roman government and Rome had levied a tax upon the people.
And the Jews were forced to pay this tax.
They had never been in bondage to anybody.
They said they were looking to their father, Abraham.
Rome demanded this, but they didn't believe in paying taxes
course, wrong didn't mind whether they believed in her to
not as long as they paid the taxes, you know, that was the
thing. So, if they want to just sit off
and not believe it, that's okay with Rome.
But when they take a position, that causes them to extract
money from their own people, now, this was just too much,
that's the reason why this other man was so despised and so hated
that we read about before and I don't know, this may have been
the case with this man here, but I do think that he was raised to
worship God. Being a Jew, they talk to their
children. So, we find that he was a
Publican and a sinner and, you know, that in that day, a
Publican was looked upon with such disrespect tell.
They said it all on one breath when they said public.
And they just said, Sinner publicans and sinners they
grouped them together. Now that's how low they
considered them when the exercised a function, that would
demand them to pay taxes to a heathen.
Tear any and sit there themselves and take the money.
I would just too much, so Matthew was one of these but I
still believe that the they're still ringing in his ears.
The echo of the synagogue service.
What you get hurt as a youth long ago?
He probably had never lost the hope of Israel, buried
somewhere, deep down in his heart.
I think that was still there lying dormant, maybe it's hard
to overcome the teachings of you, and that's the reason why
that parents should teach their children.
We opposed a system called Sunday school.
And we oppose it because we say, we believe in, teaching the
children at home, I wonder how many parents do.
That's the reason why we have so many children today.
Who don't know anything about the Bible?
They don't go to Sunday school to be taught, which, of course,
we don't believe in but they live in a home where it's never
talked to what they get. It's just the crumbs that fall
from the table. Now they do get some instruction
at the church and now and then there might be some passing
fleeting story that they may pick up and of course, many of
them, remain faithful, some don't.
But those who do, they never forget it, they might wander far
away, but somewhere deep down in their hearts, that story Still
Remains and I think that was the case with Matthew, I just have
to believe that it was, you can't get over the teaching of
your youth. Few years ago, I read a story
about a man who climbed through the window at 2:00 in the
morning, went up the dimly-lighted stairs and walk
through the hallway and looked upon the sleeping form of an
agent, man. He was been on burglarizing the
house, but on the wall, he saw this motto in all thy ways
acknowledge Him and He will direct our paths.
It was as if the voice of his dead mother.
Speaking from her grave, I want a little fellow playing around
the dooryard of his home. His mother had taught him those
words, and with our voice ringing in his ears, he could
not steal he. Hastily retraced, his steps went
to a hotel and wrote a note to The Keeper of the home, in which
you saw the motto told his story and made the vow that he never
again, would attempt to Rob any man.
Surrounded by the custom-house loafers with a lucrative salary,
enjoying the material, things of Life.
Matthew could not forget the past, I don't think and when the
Son of God gave evidence of his divinity and demonstrated his
sonship along, with all the things that he had seen with his
eye. As he stood out on the outer
edge of the circle and looked on over other people's shoulders.
Perhaps too ashamed to come up closer.
I think all of this old-time religious Zeal of the son of
Israel came back over his soul like a flood and he gladly gave
up all and followed him. After he no doubt had heard
Jesus preach and when Jesus said, follow me a flood of God,
the memories. No doubt came flooding back to
Matthews mind. So the Bible simply says that he
just plain. Followed him got up from there
that day and followed that man. I think that's a beautiful and
wonderful commentary upon the life of this man.
Next In Matthew, Jesus saw a man who needed encouragement.
Most men needed. The hundreds who pass by that
custom house each day and saw the tax gatherer sitting at the
seat of custom. Never thought to speak a word to
him, and encouraging word. And that's the way we are too
much. We see people, we don't talk to
them about Jesus. We don't talk to them about the
Bible. We don't talk to him about the
church. I wish shamed.
Are we afraid? Are we afraid that if we're not
with that we won't be macho and up.
If we do that, is this something for the ladies?
And for the weaklings to do, do the ladies do this.
When you're talking about all the other things of life, No one
cared about Jesus about Matthew. It seemed they just let him sit
there. How many Jews do you think
passed there? It's a sad song that a man sings
Who says no man cared for my soul me and have to be asked to
obey the gospel. Not very many are knocking at
the church doors for admission, not many invite the preacher to
their homes, to talk over the question of the Christian
religion. Men must be approached and led
to conversion by presenting to them the facts and claims of the
Gospel. Jesus approached Matthew
positively, Jesus knew all men. Jesus knew this, man.
Jesus knew this man had been hearing him preach.
And he knew there was possibility in that, man.
He had a mission when he stopped that.
When did that day? He singled out his man and went
after him. That must have been something in
the tone of his voice and the positive manner that gave me
encouragement to the earning of a Lonely Heart and led him to
deny himself, and get up, leave his money.
And follow the man of Galilee. Many, a man needs just a word of
encouragement to enable him to step over the line and publicly
declare himself to Jesus Christ. How many people have you ever
seen obey the gospel outside the church assembly having times?
Have you ever baptized anybody outside the church assembly?
That's a pretty good commentary on how much we do toward trying
to bring people to Christ. There are few times in my life,
when I've just been a little bit overcome with Zeal enough to
just go and approach people, sometimes you have to screw up
your courage just a little bit and sometimes you got to be
prepared for a very, very Point, blink refusal.
That's okay, just say, okay, that's all right and then be
friends right on. Never forget one if you'll allow
me one personal experience. This will appeal to a couple in
the house tonight because they probably know I know they know
the man I'm talking about. I've been called a healed and to
preach a funeral and it would be on Sunday afternoon.
I believe it was. I missed the last Sunday of our
meeting at New Salem. Something I seldom ever do, but
I was called there to preach his funeral.
I had promised and I did, I didn't know that.
There was one man in the audience who had never been
baptized. I knew his aged mother, I'd
prayed for her in my prayers, wherever I was throughout the
nation. Was every time that little old
soul shook. My hand, she says, brother, Lin,
would pray for me when you pray, so it was sort of a Sentimental
service set night at Hilton. But before going to church,
somebody had mentioned to me that that this man had never
obeyed. The gospel.
I said, do you need to tell me that that man is not a member of
the church. All the years that I've seen
him, they said that's right. That night after I got to
preaching and the invitation song died out on the air with
some responses, but not from him.
I saw him sitting in back with his grandson in his arms.
When you said, amen, I just ran down to the wall.
I'll to him and I says Sherman. I'm glad to see you.
He said, well and what I'm going to see you not knowing what I
was going to do. And I said, oh, you know,
Sherman, I didn't know till this morning if you aren't a member
of the church. Well he drops a little bit
stunned by that. You know, when I said, do you
know that your old mother who was one of the best friends I
ever had? Asked me time and time again to
pray for her and her children. She's long since passed on.
I said tonight, Sherman. I want to know what your reason
for not being a member of the church in obeying the gospel.
I said that little grandson right there in your arms.
Needs Grandpa to be a Christian. Grandpa, I said, Bob what about
it tonight? He said Well, okay.
I said, come back, then, everybody got up that baptistry,
just like that suppose, I hadn't done that that night, he may
have never obeyed the gospel. Now, I don't mean to point
myself out as being a great personal worker.
He will. We think you kind, it's just one
of those times that I happened to do that.
Jesus, did that when he saw Matthew.
He said, follow me. And that man was so stirred in
his heart, could somebody would take an interest in me?
Somebody would love me enough to call me from my life of sin and
my life of rejection of God. And I'm thrilled about that he
got up from there and followed him.
Luke 19:10 says for the, son of man is come to seek and to save
that which is lost. Have you ever decided upon
someone, whom you felt to be a subject of Salvation and spoke
to them about it? Why not?
Are you bashful if you knew that he had some very very bad
disease and you know of a positive remedy, would you
approach them and recommend it? I believe you would.
Well, salvation is the greatest gift that you can give to any
person and some people will have an eternity and glory to thank
you for having done that one time.
Matthew also was a man who let his light shine.
Now, after you obeyed the gospel, after he started
following Jesus, rather he let his light shine after he had
made his change. That night, Matthew lighted, up
his home, and gave a banquet in honor of his new friend.
I think that's noteworthy. To that been good.
He invited not only Jesus, but the disciples and his old
friends of the custom house. This he did that.
He might introduce the old custom house group to Jesus with
the thought that he might win, some of them too.
He was sold on his new master, he loved his new master and he
wanted to point him out to the people.
You've heard me, tell it. years ago on the Mississippi River,
there were two boats passing One going one, way, one, going.
Another, an old black man was on one boat.
And when he passed, he saw the captain.
Handsomely dressed on the other. When he said, there goes the
captain and everybody said, well what's so great about that.
He said, well, I'll tell you about it years ago.
We said, when I was passing like this, I stumbled and fell
overboard, and the captain jumped in and pulled me out and
ever. Since that day, I just lost a
coin him out. Well that's the way it was with
Matthew. This man had done something for
him that nobody else had done in all the world and Matthew just
wanted to point him out to the old custom house, Bunch that he
used to run around with a long time ago, he was letting his
light shine, he was running up his flag for his new master and
he wanted everybody to know. Now this is the man I love.
This is a man, I serve one time. I'm an accepted Jesus Christ.
Then went to the Evangelist and said, I'm a traveling man.
And I travel all over Ohio and the cities that I visit.
I have friends on whom, I called, and with whom I have
participated in pleasures and which are Christians are not
participate. I must return to those friends.
Now, how would I fortify myself against their criticism?
And to region when they learned that I walk no more the old pass
with them? The preacher said declare
yourself, declare yourself. Write your friends.
The letter held them of your stand.
He wrote the letter and as he went from town to town, his
associates came to him. And shook, took him by the hand,
congratulated him and thanked him for his owner and his
courage. It's always thus declared
yourself if you want to resist temptation, let the world know
where you stand and you got the right away, you always will
have. I heard of an old man, one time
who lived in a village. An eccentric old man who drove
into the village each evening for his mail, in the long Years
Gone by, he drove a white horse. And tied beneath his wagon, a
lantern which through its light not far enough ahead to Aid him
in much in the driving. When questioned as to why the
light was under the wagon, he remarked it doesn't give much
life, but swinging there, it shows them that I'm coming and
other vehicles, clear the road and give me the right away.
And you let your light shine. And when you let your light
shine, people are going to give you the right away.
You can be assured of that. Matthew began to light up his
house. Begin to let his light shine on
the very day. He accepted the call from Jesus,
that was no waiting for tomorrow with him.
That was no need to. He didn't say well now, think
about it. Master you come back by the
week. Let me study this thing over.
When people do that, they're not very serious.
When people do that, they need some deep teaching this man.
When he heard it, remember all those Miracles, he had seen
remembered that wonderful teaching.
He'd heard remembered that Master.
And he was ready. He just needed somebody to give
him the urge he left it walked off and I don't reap where he
ever went back to it again. That was no waiting for tomorrow
with him. He also accepted the first
invitation he heard, just like those people did on the day of
Pentecost. Just immediately arose, the
Bible said and followed him. There was no delay
procrastination has slain, its thousands.
That moment when Jesus invited the public in to follow him was
a thrilling moment and Matthew capitalized, that Big Moment by
acting at once. That was the case.
The feast was also, as we have already indicated and acted
homage to Jesus. He made his Splendid feast, in
honor of his new master, as Mary did when she came to Jesus with
an alabaster box and broke her box and anointed Jesus with her
guilt. She wanted to put into something
tangible her love for Jesus. Matthew wanted to do something.
For Jesus. He wanted the world to know that
I not only feel this way, but I want everybody else to know that
I feel that way. He's so unlike Joseph of
Arimathea who was a secret disciple of Jesus, we've got too
many secret Disciples of far as they're, manifesting their care
for his concern, for the manifesting, their Zeal are
their love. For him, is concerned Mary, when
she came in there, she did something, the rest didn't do.
She took the high price perfume that she kept in her home which
you could have sold for a great price and gratified, the whims
of of a woman with it, but she brought that and broke her
Alabaster Box and poured it on Jesus and declared opened into
that room full of men. This is my Lord and I love you.
And I'm doing the best I can. You know, it took a lot for a
woman to do that in that day, women were modest in that day
that you walk around looking like me.
And in that day, ready, set up like men and argue with men and
bought me and they were quite retiring in that day and it took
some real courage for a lady to walk in a room where a meat for
room full of men, but she did that and of course the critic
was there and the person Judas Iscariot All of this could have
been sold for great price and given to the pool work.
I'm like Judas, I rather, I'm like Jesus.
I've heard the poor used for everything, you can think of, I
think. If you want to get a racket
going, you just get out and tell the folks.
You want to collect this up for the poor.
Jesus said the poor you always with you but me you have not
always Matthew wanted to put his love and his feelings for Jesus
into something tangible and something that people could see.
Why is that man doing this? There's a reason why he's doing
that, he's letting folks know what he thinks and how he feels.
What have you done. What have you?
Absolutely if the master of the put you on the scales tonight in
way you for eternity? What would be your record as
What you have really done for Christ in your life?
Oh, I don't mean coming Church picking from you.
Never Sunday. Of course you do that.
We've all been taught that we've got to do that and most people
do that but that's not all there is to it.
You're doing that for yourself. Mostly, what are you doing for
others? Was this x public in seems also
to have also, the character of a farewell party to beginning to
character of a farewell party to his old friends too.
And I think this is noteworthy and this is World a lot of
disciples. Fall and fail.
After tonight, they would go their separate ways.
And they would never be United again. unless they chose to
change, he wouldn't that's noteworthy.
When he made the change, he made the change.
You know sometimes it takes some real effort to do that.
Peter said, sometimes Peter said, sometimes they worried and
they think it strange that you run do more with them to the
same excessive right speaking evil of you.
Sometimes that's the case with people.
I don't know if it were the case with Matthew that night are not.
I really don't in Matthew. Jesus saw a man who was willing
to pay the price I think this is, I know this is is an
essential, it's something that is a must Leave all and follow
me was the order. That is the price that disciple
pays, he left the custom house with each renumeration.
To follow one who said the foxes have holes and fowls of the air
have nests, but the son of man, hath, not where to lay his head.
Now, do you believe he was truly converted or not?
He left that lucrative job that he had and walked off falling.
A man who said I don't even have a home, take you too.
He must have heard a lot of things.
He must have known quite a bit about this man and must have
learned something about the religion.
He was entering upon a life not of luxury, but one of service he
would be misunderstood and like the master.
He followed rejected of men, but he had a vision in his eye was
upon the goal and he followed it, no one can accept the call
to discipleship, who is unwilling to pay the price.
We've Got to be willing to pay the price.
Some things must be given up. But everything given up is the
excess baggage. Anyway, I baptized people,
sadly, I must report. They didn't give it all up.
They tried to drag a lot of things along with them.
And wanted to argue with you that it was all right, they
never did them out too much and people like that will never
amount to much one must throw overboard.
Everything that would hinder his progress.
Jesus said, he that does not take his cross and follow me is
not worthy of me, once attitude and denying himself is the test
of his discipleship. I remember when a rich young
ruler came to Jesus, Anonymous young, man.
He felt at Jesus feet. He had a lot going for him.
He was rich. He was young, he was a ruler and
he was a good Bali. Jesus.
The Bible says, Jesus looked on him and loved him.
And that means that he was virtuous.
He was outstanding. He was upright.
He kept all the Commandments. He said, Master, what?
Good things can I do to inherit eternal life?
Jesus said, keep the Commandments, and he said, which
and the Mastery, enumerated the Commandments of Moses loud.
He said, these are my kept from my youth up.
What lack I yet. That's the attitude.
People must have, what lack I yet?
Jesus said that you would be perfect sell that thou Hast and
give to the poor and come follow me.
Some say he was being interviewed for a disciple.
He failed it. The Bible said he went away
sorrowful for, he had great riches.
You know, most breach stop right there.
Many times. I stopped right there and I
don't finish the story. Go sell that thou Hast and give
to the poor and come follow me. That's not all of it.
It says and thou shalt have Treasures in Heaven.
One thing you can always be assured of.
Jesus has never asked you to give up one thing.
What? He'll give you 10 fold lower in
return. Matthew had realized that
Matthew was like that young man, he realized there's a lot in the
future for me, follow me were simple but pregnant words of
Jesus. The men of today comes to men of
today, comes the same invitation, we're not asked to
follow a system a Creed, but a person following him determines
our destiny in Falling. That person.
Would you what that person says? And we do what that person.
Commands Matthew became a disciple and an apostle, and a
biographer, and it is today, an heir of God and is today, a
narrative God in a joint Heir with Jesus.
Christ it paid Matthew to follow Jesus then.
And so, regardless of the cost and the septon aisle one must
make it pays to follow Jesus. Today, Jesus said, come, you
blessed of my father, inherit the Kingdom, prepared for you
from The foundation of the world.
I love the old song. It says Jesus.
I'm, I crossed him. Take them all to leave.
And follow thee naked, poor despised, forsaken.
Thou from hence, my all shall be Parish ever found ambition.
All out of salt are hope to know yet.
How rich is my condition? God and Heaven are still my own.
Let the world despise and leave me.
They've left my savior to human hearts and looks deceive me.
Thou art not Thou Art not like them untrue and while thou shall
smile upon me, god of wisdom, love in might pose May hate and
friendships shun me show thy face in all his life.
Me and my trouble and distress me, but will drive me to thy
breast life with trials, hard may press me heaven will bring
me sweeter, rest? Alt is not in grief to harm me
while thy love is Left To Me, Holt were not enjoy to charm.
Me were that Joy unmixed with thee, the call of Matthew, not a
deep sermon, but if something is very beautiful and something
that's very thought-provoking and something that we All must
tell, if we plan to go to am, I speaking someone tonight is not
a disciple of the Lord. You never did.
Follow Jesus. You haven't followed Jesus.
Well, you must follow him. Matthew was one of those
fellows. Whom Jesus accepted as an
apostle. And Jesus used him after his
death upon the cross to tell people what to do and to tell
people about the savior, he and the others told people what to
do and you've been told through them, what to do, believe on
Jesus Christ, for the remission of Jesus, believe on Jesus
Christ, repent of your sins confess, your faith to him and
be baptized tonight for the remission of your sins.
He wants been a member of the church for something is called
you Away and you've been walking in Forbidden paths Through The
Years, other things have Charmed you and led you from the master
side. Time is growing late and it's
time that you begin to look up and realize how far you traveled
and hurry home before it's too late.
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