Matthew Following Jesus Correctly People Jesus Met, Part 6 Lon Solomon McLean Bible Church March 15, 2009

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1 Matthew Following Jesus Correctly People Jesus Met, Part 6 Lon Solomon McLean Bible Church March 15, 2009 Hey you know, in 1966, I became a freshman at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. I ll show you what I looked like in those days. Some of you have seen this picture before, but there I was. You see why Brenda fell for me now, don t you? (laughter) Yeah. Okay, anyway, I joined one of the 33 social fraternities that was on campus. Our fraternity was about 80 fellows, about 50% Jewish and about 50% Gentile. We were everything that the movie Animal House portrayed, only worse. When I became a junior in Chapel Hill, I got deeply involved in the drug culture, because I was really looking for some answers to life, who I was, where I was going, and what the meaning of my life was. I also convinced a lot of my fraternity brothers to use drugs and even sold them the drugs that they used. Then in 1971, Jesus Christ entered my life, and suddenly I found that I had the answers to all the questions I d been looking for, plus I had peace, plus I had joy, plus I had wholeness of life. So almost immediately, I stopped using drugs. I stopped cursing. I stopped partying, and I made it my goal to try and share Christ with all 80 of my fraternity brothers before I left Chapel Hill. Well, most of them were utterly disinterested. In fact, most of them thought I had completely lost my mind. It wasn t long before I became the running joke of the fraternity house. You say, Well Lon, if your actions made you an object of so much mockery and so much ridicule, then why did you keep living that way? Friends, the answer is because Jesus Christ had called me to a new way of living. Jesus Christ had called me to a new life, and I was determined to do everything I could to live that new life in the power of God, regardless of what people thought of me. Today in part six of our series, People Jesus Met, we re going to watch as Jesus meets a fellow named Matthew and calls Matthew to the very same new way of living that He called me to some thirty years ago. We re going to look and see what

2 Matthew s response was, then we re going to bring all that forward and talk about what difference that makes to you and to me. So we re in Luke 5:27. Here we go. The Bible says, And after that you say, After what? Well, it was after healing the paralyzed man that they lowered through the roof that we talked about last week. And after that, Jesus went out and noticed the tax collector named Levi sitting at his tax office. We learn from the other gospel accounts that Levi s nickname was Matthew, and Matthew was a tax collector. If I were to ask you in today s modern world what was the most despicable occupation that you could think of, some of us might say porn shop owner, a pimp, or a heroin dealer. But if we were to ask the Jewish people at the time of the Lord Jesus what the most despicable occupation was, 99 out of a hundred of them would have given us the same answer; they would have said, A tax collector. Let me tell you why. Tax collectors were Jewish people who collected taxes for the Roman government that was occupying Israel at the time. The deal was, as long as tax collectors handed over to the Roman authorities the required amount of tax money, they were free to keep over and above that for themselves however much more they felt like collecting from people, backed up by the Roman army. Nobody could oppose them. These guys basically engaged in legalized extortion, and they became filthy rich. You can understand why the Jewish people loathed them, why the Jewish people hated them with a passion. In fact, tax collectors were considered traitors against their own people. They were not even allowed to enter a synagogue. Their testimony was inadmissible in Jewish courts, and the rabbis forbid Jewish people to even talk to tax collectors. You say, Well, if that s the case, then who did tax collectors hang around with? Well, they hung around with other tax collectors, with drunks, with criminals, with prostitutes, and with all the other outcasts of Jewish society. That s important for us to remember, because it s going to explain what happens in just a minute. So Jesus passes Matthew, who is sitting at his tax booth. Jesus said to him in Luke 5:27, Come, follow Me. I love this! The Bible says, And immediately Matthew

3 left everything behind, rose up and followed Jesus. The Bible is clear that Matthew never, ever came back to his old life of tax collecting. I love what happens next in verse 29! Then Matthew gave a big reception for Jesus at his house, and there was a great crowd of tax collectors and sinners who came and were eating with them. You see, Matthew wasn t content just to follow Jesus himself. No, no, he wanted all of his friends to experience the same peace, the same joy, the same life-changing salvation that he had experienced in the Lord Jesus Christ, just like I wanted for my fraternity brothers, so he threw this huge gala party and invited all of his friends to come and meet Jesus for themselves. But remember who Matthew s friends were. They were the off-scouring of Jewish society. They were the untouchables of Israel, as we said. They were fellow tax collectors, prostitutes, drunks, criminals. Then at some point during the dinner, I m sure Matthew stood up and said something like this, You know, folks, something happened to me a few days ago that I want to tell you about, something that radically has changed my life. That is that I committed my life to Jesus Christ as my Lord, my Messiah and my Savior. And you know, He is actually here tonight, and I would like you guys to hear directly from Him. As Jesus rose to speak, I m sure everyone in the room braced themselves, expecting to hear the same kind of rejection, the same kind of threatening, the same kind of deprecations from Him that they were used to hearing from the rabbis day after day. But instead, Jesus stood up and told them about how God loves them. Jesus stood up and told them about how God wants to forgive them. Jesus stood up and told them about the newness of life that He wanted to give them. It s interesting that the Bible never says how many of these outcasts from Jewish society made a decision for Christ that night at Matthew s house, but I have a feeling that when we get to heaven, we re going to meet a lot of folks there who were at this party at Matthew s house that very evening. What the Bible does tell us is that the rabbis were not happy about what was going on. Listen to verse 30. When the rabbis saw what was happening, they said to Jesus disciples, Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners? They

4 said, How can Jesus call Himself a holy man, a man of God, and rub shoulders and eat dinner with scum like that? We would never be caught dead as rabbis in a place with this kind of people. But Jesus heard what they said, and when He did, in verse 31 He said, It is not those who are healthy that need a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call righteous men to repentance but sinners. Wow! Jesus uses simple human logic to answer the rabbis. He simply says, Hey fellows, doctors are for sick people, and since I m a doctor for sinners, it only makes sense that I go and hang out where my patients are. The real tragedy here is that the rabbis, in their arrogance, saw themselves as healthy people who didn t need a doctor, who didn t need a Savior. But friends, the truth is, the reality is that we re all sick people spiritually. We are all sinners in the sight of a holy God you, me, the rabbis, all of us and every one of us needs the healing touch of the great physician in our lives. If you re here today and have never let Jesus Christ bring His healing power to bear on your life, I would like to invite you to consider that seriously today. Jesus came for sick people, and it s when we finally admit that we re a sick person and that we need a doctor, that s when we re ready to do business with the Lord Jesus, and I hope that s where you are, and I hope that you will do that. Well, that s as far as we re going to go in the passage now, because it s time to ask our most important question. So are we ready? (audience responds) And I want to hear everybody on the Internet and everybody at Loudoun shout with us now come on now. One, two, three SO WHAT? There you go! You say, Lon, great story, love it, but so what? I mean, what difference does this make to me? Talk about it, okay? Think back for a moment. Remember when Jesus passed Matthew sitting at the table? What did He say to Matthew? Do you remember? He simply said, Follow Me. The interesting thing is that this is the consistent invitation that the Lord Jesus gave to people everywhere He went. For example, in Mark chapter 1, He said to Peter and Andrew, Follow Me. In Mark chapter 1, He said to James and John, Follow Me. In John chapter 1, He said to

5 Philip, Follow Me. To the rich young ruler in Luke 18, He said, Follow Me. In John 10:27, Jesus said, My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. In Mark 10:28, the disciples said to Jesus, Lord, we have left everything and followed You. Finally, in Matthew 16:24, Jesus said, If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me. You say, All right, Lon, enough. Stop, whoa, you made the point. Jesus wants us, Jesus calls us to follow Him. I got that. The question is to follow Him where? Follow Him how? Follow Him into what? That s a great question! Why don t we answer it? The Bible says that there are three things that the Lord Jesus Christ calls us to follow Him into. Number one, He calls us to follow Him into a life of biblical obedience. I love I Samuel chapter 15. The Bible says, Does the Lord delight as much in burnt offerings and sacrifices and we might say today, Does the Lord delight as much in going to church, being a church member, singing in the choir, putting money in the offering place, or whatever as He does in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than to sacrifice, or to be a church member, or to sing in the choir. This is why Jesus said in Luke 6:46, Why do you call Me Lord, Lord, but you do not do what I tell you to do? Folks, people who follow Jesus correctly are, number one, people who make biblical obedience priority number one in their lives. Number two, Jesus calls us to follow Him into a life of godly service to the Lord Jesus Christ. Throughout the New Testament, the terms follower of Christ and servant of Christ are joined at the hip. For example, in Romans 1:1, the apostle Paul called himself a servant of Jesus Christ. In James 1, James calls himself a servant of Jesus Christ. In II Peter chapter 1, Peter calls himself a servant of Jesus Christ. In Jude 1, Jude calls himself a servant of Jesus Christ. In Revelation chapter 1, John calls himself God s servant. You say, But Lon, stop, whoa. God did not call me into full-time Christian work. God did not call me into full-time service for Christ the way He called John, James, Peter and the apostle Paul. Oh yes, He did! Yes, He did, my friends! As followers of Christ, God called every one of us to serve the Lord Jesus Christ full time with our lives.

6 He calls every follower of Christ to define our very life by being servants of Christ, to derive our very meaning in life by being servants of Christ. Listen, it s true whether we ever get any salary for it or not. The salary is inconsequential. The deal is that we re servants of Christ for life. This is why Colossians 3 says, Whatever you do that pretty well covers it do it heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men watch now knowing that in everything you do, it is the Lord Christ whom you serve. Friends, number two, people who follow Jesus correctly are people who define their lives by their service to the Lord Jesus Christ. Finally, number three, Jesus calls us into a life of telling other people about Jesus Christ. In Mark 1:17, when He called Peter and Andrew, do you remember what He said? Jesus said, Come, follow Me watch and I will make you fishers of men. Hey, isn t this precisely what Matthew did? I mean, the first thing Matthew did after he came to Christ is throw this big party; that s the very next thing he did. He invited all his friends, so he could tell them about Jesus Christ. In Acts 1:8, Jesus said, You will be my witnesses. This is Jesus commission to every follower of Christ in every nation, in every age. Therefore, number three, people who follow Jesus correctly are people who see themselves as missionaries 24/7/365. So let s summarize. As Christians, Jesus says, Come, follow Me, (1), into a life of biblical obedience, (2) into a life of godly service to Christ, and (3) into a life of telling people everywhere about the Lord Jesus Christ. My point is that following Jesus correctly, folks, is a radical thing. It s not a Band-Aid treatment that we take and stick on top of our existing lifestyle. No, no, when we follow Jesus correctly, it is radical surgery that completely redefines our life, that completely redefines our lifestyle forever listen into a Christ-centric life, into a Christ-centered life instead of our old ego-centric life, our old self-centered life. Now, when we follow Jesus correctly, we may keep the same job. We may hold onto the same house. We may keep the same hobby, the same car pool, and the same automobile that we had before, but these things are no longer the central focus of our life. Jesus Christ is.

7 This is precisely the kind of radical commitment that Jesus called Matthew to, wasn t it? I mean, remember that Matthew was a wealthy man. He had enough money to invite all of these people to dinner and feed them all, and he had a house big enough think about this that he could put hundreds and hundreds of people in his house. Not only was he a wealthy man, but he was also a powerful man. He could walk around town unchallenged by anybody, because as a tax collector, he had the whole Roman army there to back him up in anything he did and anything that he said. So when Jesus said to Matthew, Follow Me, Jesus was asking Matthew to walk away from all that, to walk away from all the money, to walk away from his lavish lifestyle, to walk away from his position of power in town, and to let Jesus redefine his whole life. Matthew knew what walking away and following Jesus was going to mean for him, and yet what does the Bible say? I love this! The Bible says, Immediately Matthew left everything behind, and he rose and followed Jesus. My friends, this is precisely the kind of response that the Lord Jesus Christ is looking for from you, from me, and from each one of us in our world today. When He calls us to follow Him, He wants us to rise up and leave behind our old lifestyle and come follow Him into a complete redefinition of what life is all about. You say, Well Lon, I understand what you re saying, but you know, I ve got some concerns about doing that. Well, I d love to hear them. You say, Well, actually, I have three. Well, okay. You say, My first concern is how about the problems that this kind of radical walk with Christ that you re talking about are liable to cause in my family? Well, hey, being Jewish, I totally get this. Do you understand what I m saying? I totally understand that you know, if you come to Christ in the kind of radical way that the Bible talks about, there are going to be people in your family who are not going to like it. I get that. But you know, when I was a brand-new Christian, I read Matthew 10:37, where Jesus said, Anyone who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me, and anyone who loves daughter or son more than Me is not worthy of Me, and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me uh oh, there we go is not worthy of Me.

8 Listen to me, friends. To follow Jesus Christ correctly, a person has got to decide who they love more, whether they love their family more or whether they love Jesus Christ more. You ve got to make that decision. You say, All right, my second concern is how about all the creature comforts that I may have to give up, like Matthew did, to follow Christ as radically as you say? I mean, maybe if I agree to follow Him like this, He may send me to the other side of the world to be a missionary where I ve got nothing, or He may ask me to join a church staff, or even if He doesn t ask me to do that, if I take obedience to God seriously and start giving to God the way the Bible tells me to, then it is certainly going to have a big effect on my finances. Well, you re right. You re right. But Jesus said, Nobody can serve two masters. You cannot serve God and money. Jesus also said, my friends, What good is it if a person gains the whole world and loses their own soul? Hey, money can t go to the other side of the grave. God is on both sides, friends. Why not throw our lot in with the master who s not just here but is in eternity as well? See, to follow Jesus correctly, we ve got to decide which master we re serving, whether we re serving the lord god of money or whether we re serving the risen Lord Jesus Christ. You ve got to make that decision. Finally, number three, you say, Lon, my last concern is how about if part of me, just part of me wants to keep hanging onto some little pieces of my old lifestyle. I m kind of divided, you know. I kind of really want to follow Christ, but then part of me wants to hang onto some of the old stuff. Well, folks, you know what? When it comes to following Jesus, having a divided heart like this is a real problem, because Jesus said in Luke 9:62, No one who puts their hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God. You cannot live the Christian life looking in the rearview mirror, friends. This is why Jesus said in another passage, in Luke 17, Remember Lot s wife. One of my favorite stories in the Bible is the story of Elisha, the great prophet, being called into the ministry. God sent Elijah to call Elisha into the ministry. Elisha was a farmer. In fact, when Elijah showed up to call him into the ministry to serve Christ, he was actually out in the field plowing with his oxen and his plow. After Elijah called him, I love what Elisha did! Look at this in I Kings 19:21. Then Elisha took his

9 yoke of oxen and slaughtered them, and he cooked their meat by burning up his plowing equipment. Then he gave the meat to all of his friends to eat he obviously had called a little banquet together and after this, he arose and followed Elijah the way God had told him to and served him. Now what was Elisha telling all of his friends by burning his plow and killing his oxen? Folks, he was telling them that he had decided to follow Jesus, and he wasn t coming back. There was no need to preserve the oxen or to put the plow in the barn, because he wasn t coming back to his former life ever! You know, to follow Jesus correctly, friends, we ve got to burn the plow and slaughter the oxen of our old life. We ve got to say, We re not coming back to that, period. Let me say this in conclusion today. It s my firm belief that the greatest scourge we face today in American Christianity is all the people who claim to be followers of Jesus Christ but who follow Him incorrectly. They follow Him without a passion for biblical obedience. They follow Him without being servants of Christ; they re really servants of self. They follow Him without being bold, outspoken witnesses for the Lord Jesus Christ. What these people do is undermine the very credibility and the very authenticity of the faith that we preach and believe. It would be better this is the truth for the church today, for Christianity today, if we had far fewer people who claim to be followers of Christ if at least the ones we had who claimed it lived the Christian experience correctly and followed Jesus correctly. I believe that with all my heart. Now look, I know things are tough in our world today for a lot of us. I know a lot of us are having to cut back on a lot of things, but friends, the one thing we dare not cut back on is our 100% dedication to follow the Lord Jesus Christ correctly, to follow Him biblically, to follow Him radically the way He calls us to follow Him. This is my challenge to you today. This is my challenge to myself today, that with the help of the Holy Spirit, that we will rise up like Matthew and rise up like Elisha and dedicate ourselves to be the kind of biblical follower of Christ, the kind of radical follower of Christ that the Bible calls us to.

10 That s what happened to me back in 1971, 38 years ago. The man who led me to Christ made it very clear. Lon, don t even get into this unless you re serious. If you re not going to follow Jesus the way that He tells us to follow Him, just go away. Don t cheapen Him, and don t cheapen yourself by being a halfway follower. I appreciated that man challenging me, because it forced me to make a decision that has lasted 38 years, that I decided to follow Jesus not my way but His way. I can t tell you what a blessing that s been. I ve never given up a thing to follow Jesus but that I wasn t eternally glad I did because of what Jesus gave me back. Folks, Jesus is asking every one of us to make that decision. If we re going to follow Him, let s follow Him correctly. Let s bow our heads together, shall we? With our heads bowed and our eyes closed, here s what I want to ask you today. I want to ask how many of us here today are willing to do this, to follow Jesus correctly, biblically, radically the way He calls us to, to let Him completely redefine our lives with no going back. If you re willing to do that, I want you to take these quiet moments right now and tell Him that. Okay, now look here. All you folks watching on the Internet, all of our friends at Loudoun, look here. If you told Jesus that you re willing to do this, whether you told Him for the first time today or whether you ve told Him before but still mean it today, either way in just a moment I m going to ask you to stand as a sign that you mean business. Let me just say before you do that, that I don t expect everybody here to stand. I don t. I only expect you to stand if you re serious and mean business. So if that s where you are in your life, then I want to ask you to stand up today, right here, at Loudoun, watching on the Internet. Come on now, who wants to stand? God bless you. Anybody else? All right, now let s sing what we believe. I Have Decided to Follow Jesus. Sing with me. (sings) I have decided to follow Jesus, I have decided to follow Jesus, I have decided to follow Jesus, no turning back, no turning back. Though none go with me, still I will follow. Though none go with me, still I will follow. Though none go with me, still I will follow, no turning back, no turning back. The world behind me, the cross

11 before me. The world behind me, the cross before me. The world behind me, the cross before me, no turning back, no turning back. Pray with me. Lord Jesus, no turning back. This is the only way to follow Christ, with the world behind us and the cross before us. Lord, if nobody else wants to go, fine. This is where we re going. Thank You for all the men and women here, around the world, at Loudoun who are standing. Lord Jesus, You don t need a million people to follow You this way. You just need a few who mean business, and we can shake a world. So Lord Jesus, commence in the hearts of the folks who are standing this commitment today, and make it not a commitment of a day, a week, a month or a year, but of a lifetime. There is no turning back. Lord, we wouldn t even want to. Use us in a mighty way to make an impact on our world, Lord Jesus, as your servants. I want to pray for all the folks who weren t able to stand today. Lord, I want to pray that You would so work in their hearts that the next time we do this, they will be able to stand, because Jesus Christ has so changed their lives that they have decided that they re going to put the world behind them and the cross before them, and there s no turning back. Lord Jesus, thanks for the example of Matthew and Elisha. By the power of Your Spirit, may we walk in their footsteps, Lord Jesus, for Your glory and Your honor and Your credit in our lives, and we pray these things in Jesus name, and people said, amen. Have a nice week.

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