20 Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.         Revelation 3:20

Grace invites you to the table before you clean up your act.

27 Later, as Jesus left the town, he saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him.28 So Levi got up, left everything, and followed him. 29 Later, Levi held a banquet in his home with Jesus as the guest of honor. Many of Levi’s fellow tax collectors and other guests also ate with them.30 But the Pharisees and their teachers of religious law complained bitterly to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with such scum?” 31 Jesus answered them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. 32 I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to repent.             Luke 5:27-32

Jesus Calls the Unlikely

Jesus saw a tax collector named Levi…      Luke 5:27

When Jesus Calls the Only Right Decision to Make Is To Leave Everything and Follow Him

28 So Levi got up, left everything, and followed him.         Luke 5:28

God’s Table Is A Place of Belonging

29 Later, Levi held a banquet in his home with Jesus as the guest of honor. Many of Levi’s fellow tax collectors and other guests also ate with them.       Luke 5:29

30 But the Pharisees and their teachers of religious law complained bitterly to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with such scum?            Luke 5:30

Join Jesus In Making Room At Your Table

31 Jesus answered them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. 32 I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to repent.         Luke 5:31-32

Action Step: Invite someone to your literal table.

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