“Levi/Matthew” (Mark 2:13-17)
Published 13 Jan. 2026
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Designed for Personal Bible Study or for Bible Teaching
💥 Lessons Learned – Sins / Failures
- 1️⃣ Social prejudice can blind people to God’s redemptive work (Mk 2:16).
- 2️⃣ Religious pride often mistakes separation for holiness (Mk 2:16).
- 3️⃣ Judging people by their past keeps us from seeing God’s future for them (Matt 9:9).
- 4️⃣ Clinging to respectability can prevent obedience to Jesus (Mk 2:14).
- 5️⃣ Assuming “good people” don’t need God leads to spiritual blindness (Rom 3:10).
🏆 Lessons Learned – Successes / Spiritual Growth
- 1️⃣ Jesus sees people not for who they were, but for who they can become (Mk 2:14).
- 2️⃣ Immediate obedience opens the door to radical life transformation (Mk 2:14).
- 3️⃣ Following Jesus may cost status, security, and reputation (Lk 5:28).
- 4️⃣ Grace often begins at the table, not the pulpit (Mk 2:15).
- 5️⃣ Those most aware of their sin are often most ready to respond to Jesus (Mk 2:17).
🧭 Lessons Learned – Leadership Dynamics
- 1️⃣ Jesus-led leadership moves toward broken people, not away from them (Mk 2:15).
- 2️⃣ Transformational leaders call people publicly and decisively (Mk 2:14).
- 3️⃣ True leadership invites criticism when grace crosses social boundaries (Mk 2:16).
- 4️⃣ Leaders must answer critics with truth, not defensiveness (Mk 2:17).
- 5️⃣ God delights in leaders who raise up the unlikely (1 Cor 1:27).