This week's text begs the question, who is Jesus? From John Duncan's trilemma (made famous by C.S. Lewis) we can work through this text; is Jesus a liar, a lunatic or is he Lord?

In this week's text we see to ancient doctrines; Christus Victor, Christ the Victor, and Christus Exemplar, Christ the example. Jesus won the victory over Satan, sin, and death and he also provided us the example of how to live this life.

In this week's text, we see the truth that adding to God's goal of knowing him and making him known as well as disregarding it all together are both enemies of his Gospel.

In this week's text, we find two stories with very similar outcomes. Jesus is questioned about spiritual disciplines and the answer is very clear; our aim in spiritual disciplines is knowing the Lord more, not the discipline.

In this week's text we see Jesus calling Levi (Matthew) to be a disciple. This short story has many profound implications on our lives. Pastor Todd walks us through as we see how Jesus is the perfect missionary who takes the worst people and makes the best disciples.

In this week's text we see Jesus doing the things that only he can do, forgiving sin and healing people. So to understand what this text means for our lives we have to look at the supporting cast of the friends and the Pharisees. Are we living out an active faith to see people come to Jesus or do we criticize everything and never get anything done?

The truth from this week's text rings loud and clear; Jesus has authority over everything. He is our holy King who has come to rule and reign. We see that He has authority in teaching the Word, authority over demons, and authority over sickness.

This week we see simply, Jesus calls. He called His first disciples to obedience in a process, with a purpose and all with authority. The question is, how will we respond to Jesus' call?

In this week's text, we see that Jesus' primary work was to proclaim the Gospel. Before he performed miracles or rebuked the day's religious leaders, he called everyone to repent and believe God's Gospel. This is our call today; repent and believe God's Gospel then proclaim the same thing to the world around us.

Fulfilling the promises of God from the prophet Isaiah, King Jesus came to be His people's Representative. The Gospel is God's grace is to retell our story with a different ending.