Mark 2:13-22
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.
Follow me, Jesus told Levi, and Levi got up and followed him.
Levi invited Jesus having dinner at his home with many tax collectors and sinners.
About fasting: Jesus said "pour new wine into new wine-skins."
Jesus is the bridegroom, his disciples are the guests of the bridegroom.
Levi is an outsider, an unsuitable friend for any respectable Jewish teacher. His dinner guests are equally beyond the pale.
Lake Galilee is the world's lowest fresh-water lake, with a surface soem 207m below sea lever and a maximum depth of 45m. It measures toughly 20x11km.
The lake was a rich fishing ground, the principal catch most probably being the tilapia, 'St peter's fish'.
Why?
If anyone who thinks he is righteous will not accept Jesus as his savior.
Follow is an action, and immediately when Jesus calls us. Got up and follow Him.
Pour new wine into new wine-skin means Jesus came to us with good news which is out of the old tradition, we should prepare a new body, new concept to accept his gospel, everyone has personal connection to the Lord. The Holy Spirit comes to us. Each of the believer may pray to the Lord.
God always does the new thing, do not limit the works of the Lord.
How?
When God call us, just get up and follow Him. God gives us in new way and new answer that I have not thought it before. He is the creator of the world, He is working until now.
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