1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,000 You being here this evening myself. 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:07,400 This is a fine crowd this evening and it certainly 3 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:12,000 measures up to my expectation. And I'm glad to see everybody. 4 00:00:12,700 --> 00:00:16,000 I'm glad to have this opportunity to be here and hold 5 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:20,200 a meeting in this church. I've heard about this church for 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:24,300 many years and you've waited until I'm well, and I did with 7 00:00:24,300 --> 00:00:31,000 old age, but at least I'm here to hold a meeting, and I'm going 8 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:36,200 to do the best I can in my Advanced age, I might say, glad 9 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:38,400 to see all those who are preachers, brother, beanie and 10 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:40,600 brother, Michael. And of course, there are others 11 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:45,600 perhaps that I'm not recognizing at the moment, but we're just 12 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,200 glad you're all here. See people here from several 13 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:50,700 different places and that's thrilling. 14 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:55,300 And, of course we'll expect that and hope for it throughout the 15 00:00:55,300 --> 00:00:58,700 oncoming Services. Want to read a passage from the 16 00:00:58,700 --> 00:01:02,200 Night chapter of the Book of Matthew and verse 9. 17 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:06,500 The record says, and Jesus passed forth from thence. 18 00:01:07,700 --> 00:01:12,300 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man named 19 00:01:12,300 --> 00:01:16,600 Matthew sitting at the receipt of custom and he saith unto him, 20 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:19,800 follow me. And he arose and followed him 21 00:01:20,500 --> 00:01:22,600 that'll be enough of our reading at this time. 22 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,000 And at this time of wish to go to our Heavenly Father in the 23 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:29,900 word of prayer, let us pray. 34 Jesus, in the city of Capernaum, 24 00:01:30,300 --> 00:01:34,300 he taught the multitudes and healed the sick, and he also was 25 00:01:34,300 --> 00:01:38,500 seeking A group of men to be his Apostles. 26 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:43,800 So at this time, we find Jesus engaged in the father's will in 27 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:48,600 the city of Capernaum. We have no record where he had 28 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:52,100 ever met Matthew or whether Matthew had ever been introduced 29 00:01:52,100 --> 00:01:55,500 to him or not. But we, of course, believe that 30 00:01:55,500 --> 00:01:57,800 Matthew must have known something objects. 31 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:02,400 This Christ, you don't hear many sermons about Matthew, but I 32 00:02:02,408 --> 00:02:06,000 found this to be a very interesting little summary of 33 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,699 this man's life. So I'd like to talk for a little 34 00:02:08,699 --> 00:02:14,000 while about it this evening, you know, Capernaum was an important 35 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,500 city in the life of Jesus. Many people don't seem to be 36 00:02:17,500 --> 00:02:21,500 aware of the fact that for 18 months during the Great Galilean 37 00:02:21,500 --> 00:02:23,200 Ministry. Jesus. 38 00:02:23,700 --> 00:02:26,800 Resided in the city of Capernaum, it should be laid 39 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:34,200 down beside Bethlehem and beside of Nazareth because it does play 40 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:39,500 a great part in his life. So then we feel that Matthew 41 00:02:39,500 --> 00:02:43,700 certainly must have heard of Jesus Christ, there are many 42 00:02:43,700 --> 00:02:46,400 things that took place in the city of Matt, in city of 43 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,700 Capernaum that he could not have been ignorant. 44 00:02:49,700 --> 00:02:53,600 All, no man could have lived in this town, all these days. 45 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:59,200 Without hearing of the mighty Works done in and around it. 46 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:03,300 As the Bible says, Heaven had been opened right above 47 00:03:03,300 --> 00:03:06,900 Capernaum, in view of all, in the Angels had absolutely been 48 00:03:06,900 --> 00:03:11,700 thronging down upon the Son of God, lepers were cleansed and 49 00:03:11,700 --> 00:03:15,900 the demonics de possessed. Blind Men, receive their sight. 50 00:03:15,900 --> 00:03:18,700 Paul stood me in the use of their limbs. 51 00:03:18,900 --> 00:03:23,200 One woman was cured of a chronic malady and another daughter of a 52 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:26,300 disc. Distinguished Citizen Jairus. 53 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:28,700 Ruler of. The synagogue was brought back 54 00:03:28,700 --> 00:03:33,300 to life from the dead. These things were done publicly 55 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:39,100 and made a great noise and were much remarked on the Evangelist 56 00:03:39,100 --> 00:03:42,900 relate. How the people were all amazed 57 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:46,900 insomuch that they question among themselves saying. 58 00:03:47,100 --> 00:03:51,900 What thing is this? What new doctrine is this for 59 00:03:51,900 --> 00:03:55,900 what Authority commandeth? He even the unclean spirits and 60 00:03:55,900 --> 00:03:59,500 they obey him. So Jesus, of course, was a 61 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:03,100 well-known figure in the D of Capernaum, I think. 62 00:04:03,700 --> 00:04:07,500 But down here, close to the seaside set this man named 63 00:04:07,500 --> 00:04:13,000 Matthew at the receipt of custom and he was taking taxes from the 64 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,500 people. Now, the call came as Jesus 65 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:21,399 passed by the record says, many of his sermons were preached in 66 00:04:21,399 --> 00:04:26,000 his miracles, wrought lessons were taught as he passed by. 67 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:30,700 I like that wording very much and each occasion brought forth 68 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:34,800 the knee. Needed word are Act One misses 69 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:41,100 much in life, who fails to grasp the situations that appear as he 70 00:04:41,100 --> 00:04:46,700 passes by from time to time. We sing a song Sometimes it 71 00:04:46,700 --> 00:04:49,000 states. This very fact mr. 72 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,500 Marvin P. Dalton said there's a story of 73 00:04:51,500 --> 00:04:54,400 long ago me and roamed in darkness. 74 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:59,100 Nowhere to go one day. The scene changed, they cease to 75 00:04:59,100 --> 00:05:02,400 cry. There was a reason Jesus passed 76 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:05,700 by Jesus. Never missed an opportunity when 77 00:05:05,700 --> 00:05:09,400 he was passing by it. Might be a Lily that he saw you 78 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:12,300 under that. He made a sermon out of it. 79 00:05:12,300 --> 00:05:14,700 Might be a sparrow. He might talk. 80 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:17,100 That he talked about many things. 81 00:05:17,500 --> 00:05:21,700 The song says men, found, compassion, hungry, were fed. 82 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:24,400 Some saw their loved ones brought from the dead. 83 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:27,800 They found great comfort came from on high. 84 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:33,200 There was a reason Jesus passed by, I know, one thing, Matthew 85 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:36,700 was everlastingly grateful for the fact that Jesus passed by 86 00:05:36,700 --> 00:05:42,100 one day and as he passed by, he saw every opportunity and he 87 00:05:42,100 --> 00:05:46,100 grasp every opportunity. Even as we Should do the Apostle 88 00:05:46,100 --> 00:05:49,600 Paul enjoins upon us. That very responsibility in 89 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,600 Galatians 6 and 10. When he said, as we have 90 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:57,200 therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men especially to 91 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:01,100 them who are of the household of faith in this sermon. 92 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:06,000 We are interested in the man whom Jesus saw by the writer 93 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:12,000 tells us, he saw a man To him me and were the biggest objects in 94 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,500 the world. That's what he came down here to 95 00:06:14,500 --> 00:06:17,100 this world. Far was to save men. 96 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:24,100 Jesus did not see a tax gatherer necessarily but he saw a man and 97 00:06:24,100 --> 00:06:27,600 he was interested in him. We wonder why Jesus chose 98 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:30,700 Matthew. We wonder why he passed up all 99 00:06:30,700 --> 00:06:33,900 the other people. We wonder why he might not have 100 00:06:33,900 --> 00:06:36,200 selected. Some other tax gatherer who 101 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:38,400 doubt. This might have been there, but 102 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:43,700 he chose Matthew, he could have chosen the priest but he didn't. 103 00:06:44,100 --> 00:06:47,200 He could have chosen many people but he didn't. 104 00:06:47,300 --> 00:06:52,700 He chose Matthew John 2 and 25 says but Jesus did not commit 105 00:06:52,700 --> 00:06:57,700 himself unto them because he knew all men and needed. 106 00:06:57,700 --> 00:07:01,500 Not that any should testify of man, because he knew what was in 107 00:07:01,500 --> 00:07:03,600 man. Now think that's the reason he 108 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:07,700 chose Matthew and I think he had a special reason for choosing 109 00:07:07,700 --> 00:07:12,700 Matthew. You know, I noticed also that 110 00:07:12,700 --> 00:07:17,300 the record says that Matthew was a busy, man. 111 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:22,300 I want to mention here, the fact though that this man, Matthew 112 00:07:22,700 --> 00:07:27,200 doubt, this wasn't a dislike man in the community, because of the 113 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:31,500 fact that he was a Publican and plied that trade, we read about 114 00:07:31,500 --> 00:07:36,100 another band who was a Publican and he certainly was disliked. 115 00:07:36,700 --> 00:07:41,300 I don't know if this man was as an honest man, I don't know what 116 00:07:41,300 --> 00:07:45,600 this man was a scrupulous man or what, but I do know one thing 117 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:50,400 Jesus saw the importance of selecting him and he saw what 118 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:55,000 was in him and he chose him. Now going to notice some reasons 119 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,200 why that Jesus doubtless chose Matthew. 120 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:01,200 I think it shows him first because he was a busy man. 121 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,100 He was busy with material things. 122 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:10,000 He was accomplished in the work that he was assigned to do. 123 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:15,500 He was a man trusted, by the Roman government to do his work. 124 00:08:16,100 --> 00:08:20,300 He handled money and he was responsible in that I in that 125 00:08:20,300 --> 00:08:24,400 particular project, he was a man of Affairs, was some business 126 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:28,900 ability and Jesus, of course, probably chose him because he 127 00:08:28,900 --> 00:08:33,000 was such a competent man in his work, knowing Thing that he 128 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,400 would probably be competent in other works of life. 129 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:40,900 He was sticking to his task to, he was not lazy. 130 00:08:41,299 --> 00:08:45,300 Nor was the idol. Jesus always called busy men. 131 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:49,000 If you'll remember he called, no other. 132 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:52,000 Kind. Somebody said one time that God 133 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:56,100 always calls busy men. Idle men don't have time. 134 00:08:56,500 --> 00:08:59,300 And that's usually the way it goes in life. 135 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:02,400 So Jesus called a busy fisherman. 136 00:09:03,300 --> 00:09:08,500 The busy tax collector and other busy men to learn to do the big 137 00:09:08,500 --> 00:09:12,500 things in the Kingdom. Jesus likes people who will be 138 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:15,500 busy, you know, Jesus doesn't like idleness. 139 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:19,400 And that's one thing that ought to concern people to many 140 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:21,700 parents raise their children. To be idle. 141 00:09:22,700 --> 00:09:25,200 They raise their children to sit around in the house until they 142 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:28,800 graduate from high school while they have servants employed 143 00:09:28,900 --> 00:09:31,300 about the house. Doing other things, they're 144 00:09:31,300 --> 00:09:35,100 doing their children of this. Service when they do that very 145 00:09:35,100 --> 00:09:37,100 thing. But another reason why that 146 00:09:37,100 --> 00:09:41,400 Matthew doubtless was chosen, was because Jesus saw in him a 147 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:44,500 certain modesty, he was a modest man. 148 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:46,900 Matthew was the writer of this Tony. 149 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,500 He's the writer of this gospel and he refers to himself in the 150 00:09:50,500 --> 00:09:54,100 third person. I think that's noteworthy as 151 00:09:54,100 --> 00:09:59,600 Jesus passed by from thence, he saw a man called Matthew. 152 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:01,900 Now that's the way. Matthew Chronicles. 153 00:10:01,900 --> 00:10:05,500 The story, And refers to himself in that fashion. 154 00:10:05,900 --> 00:10:10,500 He does not say, he saw me and called me and I Rose and 155 00:10:10,500 --> 00:10:14,200 followed him and made a big been good at him at my house. 156 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:17,500 No. Many a fella in telling of this 157 00:10:17,500 --> 00:10:21,500 big day, in his life would have written several chapters about 158 00:10:21,500 --> 00:10:25,300 it, and placed himself upon a pedestal and would have done a 159 00:10:25,300 --> 00:10:29,700 lot of horn blowing and focusing attention, upon himself, but not 160 00:10:29,700 --> 00:10:35,600 so with her, So with our modest man Matthew, he tells his story 161 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:40,900 in a simple statement couched in 32 words modesty is a beautiful 162 00:10:40,900 --> 00:10:47,000 garment to wear. It is always becoming the world, 163 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:51,800 never hugs to its bosom. The braggadocio, the noisy, the 164 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:56,500 loudmouth proclaimer of his own virtues in the gallery of the 165 00:10:56,500 --> 00:11:01,300 world's great and Noble. You find the faces of men who 166 00:11:01,300 --> 00:11:06,900 were quiet but powerful who who preferred to walk the lonely 167 00:11:07,100 --> 00:11:11,900 path. And ignore the popular ways 168 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,400 because they were on their way to do service. 169 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:17,600 Didn't we read somewhere in the scriptures? 170 00:11:17,900 --> 00:11:20,700 Where the record says, let another man's mouth. 171 00:11:20,700 --> 00:11:22,700 Praise thee and not die. Nomen. 172 00:11:23,300 --> 00:11:25,900 A stranger and not thine own lips. 173 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,800 That's what the record says. Matthew was such a man, is that 174 00:11:29,900 --> 00:11:32,700 Jesus appreciates people like that? 175 00:11:33,100 --> 00:11:36,400 There are men who know their own strength but they talked a 176 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:40,700 little about it and you love Like that you appreciate them. 177 00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:44,300 You like to be in the presence of people like that, they know 178 00:11:44,300 --> 00:11:48,900 their powers but seldom discussed them, they simply use 179 00:11:48,900 --> 00:11:52,300 them. Matthew was such a man, Matthew 180 00:11:52,300 --> 00:11:56,700 saw, and are rather Matthew. So, and humble, man. 181 00:11:56,700 --> 00:12:00,600 Matthew was a humble man. And after years, when Matthew 182 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:04,600 wrote, on this wonderful day in his life, he calls himself the 183 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:09,900 Publican, even Hira speaks of himself in That reproachful way 184 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:15,300 all the other Apostles failed to mention that they ignore the 185 00:12:15,300 --> 00:12:18,700 fact and they skip over the fact that he was a Publican but not 186 00:12:18,700 --> 00:12:21,600 Matthew. He comes right out and tells you 187 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:24,200 just what he was. I think he wanted the world to 188 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:29,700 know just how powerful the saving love of Jesus is and that 189 00:12:29,700 --> 00:12:33,000 Jesus had wrought just such an act in his own life and the 190 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:37,400 Jesus wasn't able to do that in anybody's life in Matthew. 191 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:40,900 Jesus saw a man Man, who was better than his surroundings 192 00:12:40,900 --> 00:12:46,200 would indicate? We cannot always judge a man by 193 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:49,000 the company. He keeps not to the task to 194 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,300 which he applies his hand, though. 195 00:12:51,500 --> 00:12:55,800 Usually, that is the case. But many are creatures of 196 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:59,600 circumstances. Matthew was one of the black 197 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:04,100 sheep of his flock. He was a Jew and reared in the 198 00:13:04,100 --> 00:13:08,900 synagogue, but he had accepted a position, which ostracized him 199 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:13,700 from Jewish circles. When a man took the job of being 200 00:13:13,700 --> 00:13:18,700 a Publican, especially when you were a Jew, you were absolutely 201 00:13:18,700 --> 00:13:21,300 ostracized. We know that to be the case with 202 00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:25,500 the man, the other Publican whom Jesus, went to see one day and 203 00:13:25,500 --> 00:13:31,600 spent the day with you see the land was being ruled by the 204 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:36,000 Roman government and Rome had levied a tax upon the people. 205 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:39,000 And the Jews were forced to pay this tax. 206 00:13:39,500 --> 00:13:41,600 They had never been in bondage to anybody. 207 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:45,400 They said they were looking to their father, Abraham. 208 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:51,000 Rome demanded this, but they didn't believe in paying taxes 209 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:53,100 course, wrong didn't mind whether they believed in her to 210 00:13:53,100 --> 00:13:56,300 not as long as they paid the taxes, you know, that was the 211 00:13:56,308 --> 00:13:58,500 thing. So, if they want to just sit off 212 00:13:58,500 --> 00:14:00,500 and not believe it, that's okay with Rome. 213 00:14:01,500 --> 00:14:08,100 But when they take a position, that causes them to extract 214 00:14:08,100 --> 00:14:11,700 money from their own people, now, this was just too much, 215 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:16,200 that's the reason why this other man was so despised and so hated 216 00:14:16,300 --> 00:14:20,300 that we read about before and I don't know, this may have been 217 00:14:20,300 --> 00:14:26,900 the case with this man here, but I do think that he was raised to 218 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,600 worship God. Being a Jew, they talk to their 219 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,700 children. So, we find that he was a 220 00:14:33,708 --> 00:14:37,900 Publican and a sinner and, you know, that in that day, a 221 00:14:37,900 --> 00:14:42,100 Publican was looked upon with such disrespect tell. 222 00:14:42,100 --> 00:14:45,600 They said it all on one breath when they said public. 223 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:48,000 And they just said, Sinner publicans and sinners they 224 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,000 grouped them together. Now that's how low they 225 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,600 considered them when the exercised a function, that would 226 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:56,500 demand them to pay taxes to a heathen. 227 00:14:56,500 --> 00:14:59,300 Tear any and sit there themselves and take the money. 228 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:03,800 I would just too much, so Matthew was one of these but I 229 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:08,700 still believe that the they're still ringing in his ears. 230 00:15:09,100 --> 00:15:12,900 The echo of the synagogue service. 231 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:17,000 What you get hurt as a youth long ago? 232 00:15:17,300 --> 00:15:21,300 He probably had never lost the hope of Israel, buried 233 00:15:21,300 --> 00:15:23,100 somewhere, deep down in his heart. 234 00:15:23,300 --> 00:15:27,600 I think that was still there lying dormant, maybe it's hard 235 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:31,000 to overcome the teachings of you, and that's the reason why 236 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,800 that parents should teach their children. 237 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:37,800 We opposed a system called Sunday school. 238 00:15:38,300 --> 00:15:41,900 And we oppose it because we say, we believe in, teaching the 239 00:15:41,900 --> 00:15:44,900 children at home, I wonder how many parents do. 240 00:15:45,900 --> 00:15:48,400 That's the reason why we have so many children today. 241 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:50,100 Who don't know anything about the Bible? 242 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:53,000 They don't go to Sunday school to be taught, which, of course, 243 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:56,900 we don't believe in but they live in a home where it's never 244 00:15:56,900 --> 00:16:01,800 talked to what they get. It's just the crumbs that fall 245 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:04,600 from the table. Now they do get some instruction 246 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:09,300 at the church and now and then there might be some passing 247 00:16:09,500 --> 00:16:15,000 fleeting story that they may pick up and of course, many of 248 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,400 them, remain faithful, some don't. 249 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:23,200 But those who do, they never forget it, they might wander far 250 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:27,400 away, but somewhere deep down in their hearts, that story Still 251 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:31,100 Remains and I think that was the case with Matthew, I just have 252 00:16:31,100 --> 00:16:34,500 to believe that it was, you can't get over the teaching of 253 00:16:34,500 --> 00:16:39,300 your youth. Few years ago, I read a story 254 00:16:39,300 --> 00:16:42,900 about a man who climbed through the window at 2:00 in the 255 00:16:42,900 --> 00:16:46,500 morning, went up the dimly-lighted stairs and walk 256 00:16:46,500 --> 00:16:49,100 through the hallway and looked upon the sleeping form of an 257 00:16:49,100 --> 00:16:52,500 agent, man. He was been on burglarizing the 258 00:16:52,500 --> 00:16:57,400 house, but on the wall, he saw this motto in all thy ways 259 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:00,100 acknowledge Him and He will direct our paths. 260 00:17:01,900 --> 00:17:04,000 It was as if the voice of his dead mother. 261 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:07,500 Speaking from her grave, I want a little fellow playing around 262 00:17:07,500 --> 00:17:10,599 the dooryard of his home. His mother had taught him those 263 00:17:10,599 --> 00:17:14,099 words, and with our voice ringing in his ears, he could 264 00:17:14,099 --> 00:17:17,900 not steal he. Hastily retraced, his steps went 265 00:17:17,900 --> 00:17:21,099 to a hotel and wrote a note to The Keeper of the home, in which 266 00:17:21,099 --> 00:17:25,500 you saw the motto told his story and made the vow that he never 267 00:17:25,500 --> 00:17:27,900 again, would attempt to Rob any man. 268 00:17:30,100 --> 00:17:34,400 Surrounded by the custom-house loafers with a lucrative salary, 269 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:37,000 enjoying the material, things of Life. 270 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:41,200 Matthew could not forget the past, I don't think and when the 271 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:45,700 Son of God gave evidence of his divinity and demonstrated his 272 00:17:45,700 --> 00:17:50,000 sonship along, with all the things that he had seen with his 273 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,100 eye. As he stood out on the outer 274 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:55,100 edge of the circle and looked on over other people's shoulders. 275 00:17:55,100 --> 00:17:57,500 Perhaps too ashamed to come up closer. 276 00:17:58,300 --> 00:18:02,200 I think all of this old-time religious Zeal of the son of 277 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:06,200 Israel came back over his soul like a flood and he gladly gave 278 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:12,000 up all and followed him. After he no doubt had heard 279 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:16,100 Jesus preach and when Jesus said, follow me a flood of God, 280 00:18:16,100 --> 00:18:18,700 the memories. No doubt came flooding back to 281 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:22,900 Matthews mind. So the Bible simply says that he 282 00:18:22,900 --> 00:18:25,900 just plain. Followed him got up from there 283 00:18:25,900 --> 00:18:30,300 that day and followed that man. I think that's a beautiful and 284 00:18:30,300 --> 00:18:33,400 wonderful commentary upon the life of this man. 285 00:18:34,100 --> 00:18:39,400 Next In Matthew, Jesus saw a man who needed encouragement. 286 00:18:40,700 --> 00:18:44,700 Most men needed. The hundreds who pass by that 287 00:18:44,700 --> 00:18:47,700 custom house each day and saw the tax gatherer sitting at the 288 00:18:47,700 --> 00:18:50,500 seat of custom. Never thought to speak a word to 289 00:18:50,500 --> 00:18:54,600 him, and encouraging word. And that's the way we are too 290 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,900 much. We see people, we don't talk to 291 00:18:57,900 --> 00:19:00,400 them about Jesus. We don't talk to them about the 292 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:01,800 Bible. We don't talk to him about the 293 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:04,100 church. I wish shamed. 294 00:19:04,700 --> 00:19:09,400 Are we afraid? Are we afraid that if we're not 295 00:19:10,300 --> 00:19:12,200 with that we won't be macho and up. 296 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:15,400 If we do that, is this something for the ladies? 297 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:18,800 And for the weaklings to do, do the ladies do this. 298 00:19:19,100 --> 00:19:25,400 When you're talking about all the other things of life, No one 299 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:29,500 cared about Jesus about Matthew. It seemed they just let him sit 300 00:19:29,500 --> 00:19:31,400 there. How many Jews do you think 301 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:35,500 passed there? It's a sad song that a man sings 302 00:19:35,500 --> 00:19:41,000 Who says no man cared for my soul me and have to be asked to 303 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:45,400 obey the gospel. Not very many are knocking at 304 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:49,300 the church doors for admission, not many invite the preacher to 305 00:19:49,300 --> 00:19:52,200 their homes, to talk over the question of the Christian 306 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:58,500 religion. Men must be approached and led 307 00:19:58,500 --> 00:20:02,500 to conversion by presenting to them the facts and claims of the 308 00:20:02,500 --> 00:20:06,000 Gospel. Jesus approached Matthew 309 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:11,000 positively, Jesus knew all men. Jesus knew this, man. 310 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:14,300 Jesus knew this man had been hearing him preach. 311 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:17,900 And he knew there was possibility in that, man. 312 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:20,300 He had a mission when he stopped that. 313 00:20:20,300 --> 00:20:23,000 When did that day? He singled out his man and went 314 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:27,200 after him. That must have been something in 315 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:30,700 the tone of his voice and the positive manner that gave me 316 00:20:30,700 --> 00:20:34,500 encouragement to the earning of a Lonely Heart and led him to 317 00:20:34,500 --> 00:20:38,200 deny himself, and get up, leave his money. 318 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:42,900 And follow the man of Galilee. Many, a man needs just a word of 319 00:20:42,900 --> 00:20:47,100 encouragement to enable him to step over the line and publicly 320 00:20:47,100 --> 00:20:51,900 declare himself to Jesus Christ. How many people have you ever 321 00:20:51,900 --> 00:20:56,300 seen obey the gospel outside the church assembly having times? 322 00:20:56,300 --> 00:21:00,000 Have you ever baptized anybody outside the church assembly? 323 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:06,000 That's a pretty good commentary on how much we do toward trying 324 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:10,100 to bring people to Christ. There are few times in my life, 325 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:14,900 when I've just been a little bit overcome with Zeal enough to 326 00:21:14,900 --> 00:21:18,600 just go and approach people, sometimes you have to screw up 327 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:22,700 your courage just a little bit and sometimes you got to be 328 00:21:22,700 --> 00:21:29,000 prepared for a very, very Point, blink refusal. 329 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:33,100 That's okay, just say, okay, that's all right and then be 330 00:21:33,100 --> 00:21:35,300 friends right on. Never forget one if you'll allow 331 00:21:35,300 --> 00:21:41,300 me one personal experience. This will appeal to a couple in 332 00:21:41,300 --> 00:21:44,100 the house tonight because they probably know I know they know 333 00:21:44,100 --> 00:21:48,800 the man I'm talking about. I've been called a healed and to 334 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:53,600 preach a funeral and it would be on Sunday afternoon. 335 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,500 I believe it was. I missed the last Sunday of our 336 00:21:56,500 --> 00:22:00,500 meeting at New Salem. Something I seldom ever do, but 337 00:22:00,500 --> 00:22:02,100 I was called there to preach his funeral. 338 00:22:02,100 --> 00:22:04,800 I had promised and I did, I didn't know that. 339 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:07,400 There was one man in the audience who had never been 340 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:12,800 baptized. I knew his aged mother, I'd 341 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:15,800 prayed for her in my prayers, wherever I was throughout the 342 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:17,900 nation. Was every time that little old 343 00:22:17,900 --> 00:22:19,900 soul shook. My hand, she says, brother, Lin, 344 00:22:19,900 --> 00:22:25,600 would pray for me when you pray, so it was sort of a Sentimental 345 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:30,000 service set night at Hilton. But before going to church, 346 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:34,000 somebody had mentioned to me that that this man had never 347 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:35,000 obeyed. The gospel. 348 00:22:35,100 --> 00:22:37,700 I said, do you need to tell me that that man is not a member of 349 00:22:37,708 --> 00:22:39,800 the church. All the years that I've seen 350 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:45,000 him, they said that's right. That night after I got to 351 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:49,100 preaching and the invitation song died out on the air with 352 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:52,300 some responses, but not from him. 353 00:22:53,100 --> 00:22:56,200 I saw him sitting in back with his grandson in his arms. 354 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:01,000 When you said, amen, I just ran down to the wall. 355 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:06,300 I'll to him and I says Sherman. I'm glad to see you. 356 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:11,100 He said, well and what I'm going to see you not knowing what I 357 00:23:11,100 --> 00:23:14,600 was going to do. And I said, oh, you know, 358 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:17,400 Sherman, I didn't know till this morning if you aren't a member 359 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:21,400 of the church. Well he drops a little bit 360 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,200 stunned by that. You know, when I said, do you 361 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,900 know that your old mother who was one of the best friends I 362 00:23:27,908 --> 00:23:31,700 ever had? Asked me time and time again to 363 00:23:31,700 --> 00:23:36,500 pray for her and her children. She's long since passed on. 364 00:23:37,300 --> 00:23:40,600 I said tonight, Sherman. I want to know what your reason 365 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:43,500 for not being a member of the church in obeying the gospel. 366 00:23:44,300 --> 00:23:47,300 I said that little grandson right there in your arms. 367 00:23:47,300 --> 00:23:51,400 Needs Grandpa to be a Christian. Grandpa, I said, Bob what about 368 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:54,700 it tonight? He said Well, okay. 369 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:59,200 I said, come back, then, everybody got up that baptistry, 370 00:24:00,100 --> 00:24:04,600 just like that suppose, I hadn't done that that night, he may 371 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:07,900 have never obeyed the gospel. Now, I don't mean to point 372 00:24:07,900 --> 00:24:10,500 myself out as being a great personal worker. 373 00:24:10,500 --> 00:24:12,700 He will. We think you kind, it's just one 374 00:24:12,700 --> 00:24:15,000 of those times that I happened to do that. 375 00:24:15,300 --> 00:24:17,200 Jesus, did that when he saw Matthew. 376 00:24:17,300 --> 00:24:22,100 He said, follow me. And that man was so stirred in 377 00:24:22,108 --> 00:24:24,700 his heart, could somebody would take an interest in me? 378 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:31,200 Somebody would love me enough to call me from my life of sin and 379 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:36,500 my life of rejection of God. And I'm thrilled about that he 380 00:24:36,500 --> 00:24:38,300 got up from there and followed him. 381 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:42,500 Luke 19:10 says for the, son of man is come to seek and to save 382 00:24:42,500 --> 00:24:45,500 that which is lost. Have you ever decided upon 383 00:24:45,500 --> 00:24:49,600 someone, whom you felt to be a subject of Salvation and spoke 384 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:51,500 to them about it? Why not? 385 00:24:52,900 --> 00:24:58,000 Are you bashful if you knew that he had some very very bad 386 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:01,700 disease and you know of a positive remedy, would you 387 00:25:01,700 --> 00:25:07,000 approach them and recommend it? I believe you would. 388 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:12,000 Well, salvation is the greatest gift that you can give to any 389 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:17,000 person and some people will have an eternity and glory to thank 390 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:18,700 you for having done that one time. 391 00:25:20,700 --> 00:25:26,500 Matthew also was a man who let his light shine. 392 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:29,800 Now, after you obeyed the gospel, after he started 393 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:34,500 following Jesus, rather he let his light shine after he had 394 00:25:34,500 --> 00:25:38,400 made his change. That night, Matthew lighted, up 395 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:42,300 his home, and gave a banquet in honor of his new friend. 396 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:48,200 I think that's noteworthy. To that been good. 397 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:52,300 He invited not only Jesus, but the disciples and his old 398 00:25:52,300 --> 00:25:58,100 friends of the custom house. This he did that. 399 00:25:58,100 --> 00:26:01,900 He might introduce the old custom house group to Jesus with 400 00:26:01,900 --> 00:26:04,300 the thought that he might win, some of them too. 401 00:26:04,900 --> 00:26:09,400 He was sold on his new master, he loved his new master and he 402 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:12,000 wanted to point him out to the people. 403 00:26:12,300 --> 00:26:16,100 You've heard me, tell it. years ago on the Mississippi River, 404 00:26:16,100 --> 00:26:20,600 there were two boats passing One going one, way, one, going. 405 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:24,100 Another, an old black man was on one boat. 406 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:25,900 And when he passed, he saw the captain. 407 00:26:27,300 --> 00:26:29,800 Handsomely dressed on the other. When he said, there goes the 408 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:33,000 captain and everybody said, well what's so great about that. 409 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,800 He said, well, I'll tell you about it years ago. 410 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:38,900 We said, when I was passing like this, I stumbled and fell 411 00:26:38,900 --> 00:26:43,800 overboard, and the captain jumped in and pulled me out and 412 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:45,300 ever. Since that day, I just lost a 413 00:26:45,308 --> 00:26:49,100 coin him out. Well that's the way it was with 414 00:26:49,100 --> 00:26:52,200 Matthew. This man had done something for 415 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:55,600 him that nobody else had done in all the world and Matthew just 416 00:26:55,600 --> 00:27:00,000 wanted to point him out to the old custom house, Bunch that he 417 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:03,400 used to run around with a long time ago, he was letting his 418 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:07,700 light shine, he was running up his flag for his new master and 419 00:27:07,700 --> 00:27:11,400 he wanted everybody to know. Now this is the man I love. 420 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:15,500 This is a man, I serve one time. I'm an accepted Jesus Christ. 421 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:19,800 Then went to the Evangelist and said, I'm a traveling man. 422 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:24,100 And I travel all over Ohio and the cities that I visit. 423 00:27:24,100 --> 00:27:27,200 I have friends on whom, I called, and with whom I have 424 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:30,400 participated in pleasures and which are Christians are not 425 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:32,800 participate. I must return to those friends. 426 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:36,800 Now, how would I fortify myself against their criticism? 427 00:27:37,100 --> 00:27:41,000 And to region when they learned that I walk no more the old pass 428 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:43,800 with them? The preacher said declare 429 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:47,700 yourself, declare yourself. Write your friends. 430 00:27:47,700 --> 00:27:50,000 The letter held them of your stand. 431 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:54,400 He wrote the letter and as he went from town to town, his 432 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:57,600 associates came to him. And shook, took him by the hand, 433 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:02,600 congratulated him and thanked him for his owner and his 434 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:06,100 courage. It's always thus declared 435 00:28:06,100 --> 00:28:10,100 yourself if you want to resist temptation, let the world know 436 00:28:10,100 --> 00:28:14,500 where you stand and you got the right away, you always will 437 00:28:14,500 --> 00:28:16,900 have. I heard of an old man, one time 438 00:28:16,900 --> 00:28:21,300 who lived in a village. An eccentric old man who drove 439 00:28:21,300 --> 00:28:24,600 into the village each evening for his mail, in the long Years 440 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:28,400 Gone by, he drove a white horse. And tied beneath his wagon, a 441 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:32,300 lantern which through its light not far enough ahead to Aid him 442 00:28:32,300 --> 00:28:36,800 in much in the driving. When questioned as to why the 443 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:40,200 light was under the wagon, he remarked it doesn't give much 444 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:45,300 life, but swinging there, it shows them that I'm coming and 445 00:28:45,300 --> 00:28:48,900 other vehicles, clear the road and give me the right away. 446 00:28:51,100 --> 00:28:54,200 And you let your light shine. And when you let your light 447 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:57,200 shine, people are going to give you the right away. 448 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:01,100 You can be assured of that. Matthew began to light up his 449 00:29:01,100 --> 00:29:04,300 house. Begin to let his light shine on 450 00:29:04,300 --> 00:29:07,800 the very day. He accepted the call from Jesus, 451 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:09,900 that was no waiting for tomorrow with him. 452 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:14,000 That was no need to. He didn't say well now, think 453 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,400 about it. Master you come back by the 454 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:18,800 week. Let me study this thing over. 455 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,300 When people do that, they're not very serious. 456 00:29:23,700 --> 00:29:28,400 When people do that, they need some deep teaching this man. 457 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:32,000 When he heard it, remember all those Miracles, he had seen 458 00:29:32,300 --> 00:29:33,900 remembered that wonderful teaching. 459 00:29:33,900 --> 00:29:36,300 He'd heard remembered that Master. 460 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,400 And he was ready. He just needed somebody to give 461 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:43,900 him the urge he left it walked off and I don't reap where he 462 00:29:43,900 --> 00:29:47,400 ever went back to it again. That was no waiting for tomorrow 463 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:49,700 with him. He also accepted the first 464 00:29:49,700 --> 00:29:52,900 invitation he heard, just like those people did on the day of 465 00:29:52,900 --> 00:29:55,200 Pentecost. Just immediately arose, the 466 00:29:55,208 --> 00:29:58,800 Bible said and followed him. There was no delay 467 00:29:59,100 --> 00:30:01,600 procrastination has slain, its thousands. 468 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:05,700 That moment when Jesus invited the public in to follow him was 469 00:30:05,700 --> 00:30:11,000 a thrilling moment and Matthew capitalized, that Big Moment by 470 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:14,800 acting at once. That was the case. 471 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:18,900 The feast was also, as we have already indicated and acted 472 00:30:18,900 --> 00:30:22,700 homage to Jesus. He made his Splendid feast, in 473 00:30:22,700 --> 00:30:28,800 honor of his new master, as Mary did when she came to Jesus with 474 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:34,500 an alabaster box and broke her box and anointed Jesus with her 475 00:30:34,500 --> 00:30:38,300 guilt. She wanted to put into something 476 00:30:38,300 --> 00:30:43,200 tangible her love for Jesus. Matthew wanted to do something. 477 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:46,100 For Jesus. He wanted the world to know that 478 00:30:46,100 --> 00:30:49,500 I not only feel this way, but I want everybody else to know that 479 00:30:49,500 --> 00:30:54,700 I feel that way. He's so unlike Joseph of 480 00:30:54,700 --> 00:30:59,500 Arimathea who was a secret disciple of Jesus, we've got too 481 00:30:59,500 --> 00:31:03,400 many secret Disciples of far as they're, manifesting their care 482 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:07,200 for his concern, for the manifesting, their Zeal are 483 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:10,000 their love. For him, is concerned Mary, when 484 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:14,000 she came in there, she did something, the rest didn't do. 485 00:31:14,300 --> 00:31:18,300 She took the high price perfume that she kept in her home which 486 00:31:18,300 --> 00:31:21,800 you could have sold for a great price and gratified, the whims 487 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:24,900 of of a woman with it, but she brought that and broke her 488 00:31:24,900 --> 00:31:28,800 Alabaster Box and poured it on Jesus and declared opened into 489 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:33,100 that room full of men. This is my Lord and I love you. 490 00:31:34,500 --> 00:31:38,100 And I'm doing the best I can. You know, it took a lot for a 491 00:31:38,108 --> 00:31:42,100 woman to do that in that day, women were modest in that day 492 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:43,900 that you walk around looking like me. 493 00:31:43,900 --> 00:31:48,100 And in that day, ready, set up like men and argue with men and 494 00:31:48,100 --> 00:31:51,700 bought me and they were quite retiring in that day and it took 495 00:31:51,700 --> 00:31:55,500 some real courage for a lady to walk in a room where a meat for 496 00:31:55,500 --> 00:32:00,000 room full of men, but she did that and of course the critic 497 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:04,200 was there and the person Judas Iscariot All of this could have 498 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:06,800 been sold for great price and given to the pool work. 499 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:11,300 I'm like Judas, I rather, I'm like Jesus. 500 00:32:11,700 --> 00:32:14,300 I've heard the poor used for everything, you can think of, I 501 00:32:14,300 --> 00:32:17,400 think. If you want to get a racket 502 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:18,900 going, you just get out and tell the folks. 503 00:32:18,900 --> 00:32:20,500 You want to collect this up for the poor. 504 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:26,000 Jesus said the poor you always with you but me you have not 505 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:31,700 always Matthew wanted to put his love and his feelings for Jesus 506 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:35,900 into something tangible and something that people could see. 507 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:39,300 Why is that man doing this? There's a reason why he's doing 508 00:32:39,300 --> 00:32:45,300 that, he's letting folks know what he thinks and how he feels. 509 00:32:46,100 --> 00:32:48,300 What have you done. What have you? 510 00:32:48,300 --> 00:32:52,200 Absolutely if the master of the put you on the scales tonight in 511 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:57,400 way you for eternity? What would be your record as 512 00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:00,600 What you have really done for Christ in your life? 513 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,000 Oh, I don't mean coming Church picking from you. 514 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:05,700 Never Sunday. Of course you do that. 515 00:33:06,900 --> 00:33:10,700 We've all been taught that we've got to do that and most people 516 00:33:10,700 --> 00:33:14,200 do that but that's not all there is to it. 517 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:18,000 You're doing that for yourself. Mostly, what are you doing for 518 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:22,600 others? Was this x public in seems also 519 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:28,800 to have also, the character of a farewell party to beginning to 520 00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:32,200 character of a farewell party to his old friends too. 521 00:33:33,100 --> 00:33:37,500 And I think this is noteworthy and this is World a lot of 522 00:33:37,500 --> 00:33:41,700 disciples. Fall and fail. 523 00:33:43,700 --> 00:33:47,200 After tonight, they would go their separate ways. 524 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:53,500 And they would never be United again. unless they chose to 525 00:33:53,500 --> 00:33:59,100 change, he wouldn't that's noteworthy. 526 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:03,100 When he made the change, he made the change. 527 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:08,100 You know sometimes it takes some real effort to do that. 528 00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:11,900 Peter said, sometimes Peter said, sometimes they worried and 529 00:34:11,900 --> 00:34:14,300 they think it strange that you run do more with them to the 530 00:34:14,300 --> 00:34:16,800 same excessive right speaking evil of you. 531 00:34:17,300 --> 00:34:19,100 Sometimes that's the case with people. 532 00:34:19,300 --> 00:34:22,900 I don't know if it were the case with Matthew that night are not. 533 00:34:23,300 --> 00:34:27,300 I really don't in Matthew. Jesus saw a man who was willing 534 00:34:27,300 --> 00:34:33,900 to pay the price I think this is, I know this is is an 535 00:34:33,900 --> 00:34:41,500 essential, it's something that is a must Leave all and follow 536 00:34:41,500 --> 00:34:47,100 me was the order. That is the price that disciple 537 00:34:47,100 --> 00:34:51,300 pays, he left the custom house with each renumeration. 538 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:56,900 To follow one who said the foxes have holes and fowls of the air 539 00:34:56,900 --> 00:35:00,300 have nests, but the son of man, hath, not where to lay his head. 540 00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:04,700 Now, do you believe he was truly converted or not? 541 00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:09,800 He left that lucrative job that he had and walked off falling. 542 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:12,700 A man who said I don't even have a home, take you too. 543 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:16,600 He must have heard a lot of things. 544 00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:20,700 He must have known quite a bit about this man and must have 545 00:35:20,700 --> 00:35:22,800 learned something about the religion. 546 00:35:23,500 --> 00:35:28,500 He was entering upon a life not of luxury, but one of service he 547 00:35:28,500 --> 00:35:31,300 would be misunderstood and like the master. 548 00:35:31,300 --> 00:35:36,100 He followed rejected of men, but he had a vision in his eye was 549 00:35:36,100 --> 00:35:39,900 upon the goal and he followed it, no one can accept the call 550 00:35:39,900 --> 00:35:43,700 to discipleship, who is unwilling to pay the price. 551 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:46,700 We've Got to be willing to pay the price. 552 00:35:47,300 --> 00:35:52,400 Some things must be given up. But everything given up is the 553 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:56,600 excess baggage. Anyway, I baptized people, 554 00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:59,800 sadly, I must report. They didn't give it all up. 555 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:03,600 They tried to drag a lot of things along with them. 556 00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:08,300 And wanted to argue with you that it was all right, they 557 00:36:08,300 --> 00:36:12,000 never did them out too much and people like that will never 558 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,900 amount to much one must throw overboard. 559 00:36:14,900 --> 00:36:17,000 Everything that would hinder his progress. 560 00:36:17,300 --> 00:36:21,500 Jesus said, he that does not take his cross and follow me is 561 00:36:21,500 --> 00:36:26,500 not worthy of me, once attitude and denying himself is the test 562 00:36:26,500 --> 00:36:30,500 of his discipleship. I remember when a rich young 563 00:36:30,500 --> 00:36:34,300 ruler came to Jesus, Anonymous young, man. 564 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:38,000 He felt at Jesus feet. He had a lot going for him. 565 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:41,400 He was rich. He was young, he was a ruler and 566 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:44,100 he was a good Bali. Jesus. 567 00:36:44,100 --> 00:36:46,400 The Bible says, Jesus looked on him and loved him. 568 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:48,800 And that means that he was virtuous. 569 00:36:49,100 --> 00:36:51,600 He was outstanding. He was upright. 570 00:36:51,900 --> 00:36:55,200 He kept all the Commandments. He said, Master, what? 571 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:57,200 Good things can I do to inherit eternal life? 572 00:36:57,200 --> 00:36:59,500 Jesus said, keep the Commandments, and he said, which 573 00:37:00,100 --> 00:37:02,900 and the Mastery, enumerated the Commandments of Moses loud. 574 00:37:02,900 --> 00:37:05,000 He said, these are my kept from my youth up. 575 00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,900 What lack I yet. That's the attitude. 576 00:37:07,900 --> 00:37:10,100 People must have, what lack I yet? 577 00:37:10,900 --> 00:37:14,100 Jesus said that you would be perfect sell that thou Hast and 578 00:37:14,100 --> 00:37:16,300 give to the poor and come follow me. 579 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:19,300 Some say he was being interviewed for a disciple. 580 00:37:20,100 --> 00:37:22,700 He failed it. The Bible said he went away 581 00:37:22,700 --> 00:37:24,500 sorrowful for, he had great riches. 582 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,200 You know, most breach stop right there. 583 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:30,900 Many times. I stopped right there and I 584 00:37:30,908 --> 00:37:34,400 don't finish the story. Go sell that thou Hast and give 585 00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:37,100 to the poor and come follow me. That's not all of it. 586 00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:39,800 It says and thou shalt have Treasures in Heaven. 587 00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:43,500 One thing you can always be assured of. 588 00:37:43,900 --> 00:37:46,800 Jesus has never asked you to give up one thing. 589 00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:49,500 What? He'll give you 10 fold lower in 590 00:37:49,500 --> 00:37:53,100 return. Matthew had realized that 591 00:37:53,700 --> 00:37:57,400 Matthew was like that young man, he realized there's a lot in the 592 00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:01,200 future for me, follow me were simple but pregnant words of 593 00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:05,300 Jesus. The men of today comes to men of 594 00:38:05,300 --> 00:38:08,300 today, comes the same invitation, we're not asked to 595 00:38:08,308 --> 00:38:14,600 follow a system a Creed, but a person following him determines 596 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:17,600 our destiny in Falling. That person. 597 00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:21,600 Would you what that person says? And we do what that person. 598 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:26,100 Commands Matthew became a disciple and an apostle, and a 599 00:38:26,107 --> 00:38:31,100 biographer, and it is today, an heir of God and is today, a 600 00:38:31,100 --> 00:38:33,700 narrative God in a joint Heir with Jesus. 601 00:38:33,700 --> 00:38:37,500 Christ it paid Matthew to follow Jesus then. 602 00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:41,500 And so, regardless of the cost and the septon aisle one must 603 00:38:41,500 --> 00:38:46,000 make it pays to follow Jesus. Today, Jesus said, come, you 604 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:49,800 blessed of my father, inherit the Kingdom, prepared for you 605 00:38:49,900 --> 00:38:52,200 from The foundation of the world. 606 00:38:52,900 --> 00:38:56,500 I love the old song. It says Jesus. 607 00:38:56,500 --> 00:38:59,100 I'm, I crossed him. Take them all to leave. 608 00:38:59,100 --> 00:39:03,100 And follow thee naked, poor despised, forsaken. 609 00:39:03,100 --> 00:39:07,200 Thou from hence, my all shall be Parish ever found ambition. 610 00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:10,500 All out of salt are hope to know yet. 611 00:39:10,500 --> 00:39:14,600 How rich is my condition? God and Heaven are still my own. 612 00:39:15,500 --> 00:39:18,000 Let the world despise and leave me. 613 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:22,400 They've left my savior to human hearts and looks deceive me. 614 00:39:22,500 --> 00:39:28,100 Thou art not Thou Art not like them untrue and while thou shall 615 00:39:28,100 --> 00:39:33,800 smile upon me, god of wisdom, love in might pose May hate and 616 00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:38,300 friendships shun me show thy face in all his life. 617 00:39:39,500 --> 00:39:43,700 Me and my trouble and distress me, but will drive me to thy 618 00:39:43,700 --> 00:39:48,900 breast life with trials, hard may press me heaven will bring 619 00:39:48,900 --> 00:39:52,300 me sweeter, rest? Alt is not in grief to harm me 620 00:39:52,300 --> 00:39:57,300 while thy love is Left To Me, Holt were not enjoy to charm. 621 00:39:57,300 --> 00:40:03,200 Me were that Joy unmixed with thee, the call of Matthew, not a 622 00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:06,700 deep sermon, but if something is very beautiful and something 623 00:40:06,700 --> 00:40:10,600 that's very thought-provoking and something that we All must 624 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:15,700 tell, if we plan to go to am, I speaking someone tonight is not 625 00:40:15,700 --> 00:40:18,200 a disciple of the Lord. You never did. 626 00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:21,100 Follow Jesus. You haven't followed Jesus. 627 00:40:21,100 --> 00:40:24,800 Well, you must follow him. Matthew was one of those 628 00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:27,600 fellows. Whom Jesus accepted as an 629 00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:33,900 apostle. And Jesus used him after his 630 00:40:33,900 --> 00:40:38,200 death upon the cross to tell people what to do and to tell 631 00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:41,700 people about the savior, he and the others told people what to 632 00:40:41,700 --> 00:40:46,300 do and you've been told through them, what to do, believe on 633 00:40:46,300 --> 00:40:49,600 Jesus Christ, for the remission of Jesus, believe on Jesus 634 00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:53,700 Christ, repent of your sins confess, your faith to him and 635 00:40:53,700 --> 00:40:56,800 be baptized tonight for the remission of your sins. 636 00:40:57,100 --> 00:40:59,500 He wants been a member of the church for something is called 637 00:40:59,500 --> 00:41:03,200 you Away and you've been walking in Forbidden paths Through The 638 00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:07,800 Years, other things have Charmed you and led you from the master 639 00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:10,700 side. Time is growing late and it's 640 00:41:10,700 --> 00:41:15,200 time that you begin to look up and realize how far you traveled 641 00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:17,400 and hurry home before it's too late. 642 00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:21,700 We thank you for listening to our podcast, put on by the 643 00:41:21,700 --> 00:41:27,400 Church of Christ at 22:15 plans. Road in Bakersfield, if you 644 00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:30,600 would like any additional information or you would like to 645 00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:33,700 receive a free Bible correspondence, course by mail. 646 00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:38,200 Please email us at info at True Church of Christ 647 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:42,100 Bakersfield.com. Our service times are on Sundays 648 00:41:42,100 --> 00:41:47,700 at 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. and Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. 649 00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:51,900 Please make plans to join us. We would love for you to be our 650 00:41:51,900 --> 00:41:52,800 honored guest.