Who are the people the lord wont save

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Who are the people the lord wont save?
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• Matthew 99-13
• As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named
  Matthew sitting at the tax collectors booth.
  Follow me, he told him, and Matthew got up and
  followed him. While Jesus was having dinner at
  Matthews house, many tax collectors and
  sinners came and ate with him and his
  disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they
  asked his disciples, Why does your teacher eat
  with tax collectors and sinners? On hearing
  this, Jesus said, It is not the healthy who need
  a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what
  this means I desire mercy, not sacrifice. For
  I have not come to call the righteous, but
  sinners.

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• Matthew 914-17
• Then Johns disciples came and asked him, How is
  it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your
  disciples do not fast? Jesus answered, How can
  the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is
  with them? The time will come when the bridegroom
  will be taken from them then they will fast. No
  one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old
  garment, for the patch will pull away from the
  garment, making the tear worse. Neither do men
  pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the
  skins will burst, the wine will run out and the
  wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine
  into new wineskins, and both are preserved.

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• We are all sinners
• Whether we feel sinful or not!

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• I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God? - v9-13

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I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?

• A. Is the gospel invitation selective or
  universal?

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I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?

• 1. How did the Law compare with the rest of the
  world?

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I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?

• 1. How did the Law compare with the rest of the
  world?
• a. The best moral code.

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I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?

• 1. How did the Law compare with the rest of the
  world?
• a. The best moral code.
• b. Jews were the beacon of morality.

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I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?

• 2. How were prostitutes viewed by the Jews?

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I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?

• 2. How were prostitutes viewed by the Jews?
• a. Rebellion against clear Bible teachings.

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I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?

• 2. How were prostitutes viewed by the Jews?
• a. Rebellion against clear Bible teachings.
• b. Tempting godly men to sin.

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I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?

• 3. How did the Lord treat people with a bad
  reputation?

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I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?

• 3. How did the Lord treat people with a bad
  reputation?
• John 81-11

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I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?

• 3. How did the Lord treat people with a bad
  reputation?
• Luke 736-56

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I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?

• 3. How did the Lord treat people who were
  different?
• Luke 952-56 - And he sent messengers on ahead,
  who went into a Samaritan village to get things
  ready for him but the people there did not
  welcome him, because he was heading for
  Jerusalem. When the disciples James and John saw
  this, they asked, Lord, do you want us to call
  fire down from heaven to destroy them? But Jesus
  turned and rebuked them, and they went to another
  village.

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I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?

• 4. Who were Matthew his friends?
• a. Traitors.
• b. Crooks, extortionists.
• c. Social outcasts.

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I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?

• 4. Who were Matthew his friends?
• Matthew 910 - While Jesus was having dinner at
  Matthews house, many tax collectors and
  sinners came and ate with him and his
  disciples.

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I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?

• 4. Who were Matthew his friends?
• Matthew 910 - While Jesus was having dinner at
  Matthews house, many tax collectors and
  sinners came and ate with him and his
  disciples.
• Youve got to recognize youre sick before you
  can call a doctor!

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I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?

• 5. What did the Lord say to each?

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I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?

• 5. What did the Lord say to each?
• a. To the tax collector - Follow Me! - v9

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I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?

• 5. What did the Lord say to each?
• a. To the tax collector - Follow Me! - v9
• b. To the Pharisees - Go learn! - v13

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I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?

• C. Who is accepted in the Kingdom of God?

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I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?

• C. Who is accepted in the Kingdom of God?
• 1. Those who recognize their lost condition.

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I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?

• C. Who is accepted in the Kingdom of God?
• 1. Those who recognize their lost condition.
• 2. Those who are repentant - committed to a
  different life!

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• I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God? -
  v9-13
• II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then? - v14-17

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II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?

• A. Why fast?

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II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?

• A. Why fast?
• 1. Physical reasons.
• a. You can lose weight.

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II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?

• A. Why fast?
• 1. Physical reasons.
• a. You can lose weight.
• b. Clean out toxins in your body.

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II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?

• A. Why fast?
• 1. Physical reasons.
• 2. Spiritual/Mental reasons.

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II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?

• A. Why fast?
• 1. Physical reasons.
• 2. Spiritual/Mental reasons.
• a. Emotionally.
• Matthew 915 - Jesus answered, How can the
  guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with
  them? The time will come when the bridegroom will
  be taken from them then they will fast.

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II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?

• A. Why fast?
• 1. Physical reasons.
• 2. Spiritual/Mental reasons.
• a. Emotionally.
• b. Volitionally (your will).

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II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?

• A. Why fast?
• 1. Physical reasons.
• 2. Spiritual/Mental reasons.
• a. Emotionally.
• b. Volitionally (your will).
• c. Mentally.

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II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?

• A. Why fast?
• 3. When was fasting important in the Bible?
• Acts 132-3 - While they were worshiping the Lord
  and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Set apart for
  me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have
  called them. So after they had fasted and
  prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent
  them off.

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II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?

• A. Why fast?
• 3. When was fasting important in the Bible?
• Acts 1423 - Paul and Barnabas appointed elders
  for them in each church and, with prayer and
  fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they
  had put their trust.

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II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?

• B. What was the wrong attitude here?

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II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?

• B. What was the wrong attitude here?
• 1. Legalistic focus on religious demands.

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II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?

• B. What was the wrong attitude here?
• 2. You cant mix Christian faith with a
  legalistic attitude!

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II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?

• B. What was the wrong attitude here?
• 2. You cant mix Christian faith with a
  legalistic attitude!
• Matthew 916 - No one sews a patch of unshrunk
  cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull
  away from the garment, making the tear worse.

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II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?

• B. What was the wrong attitude here?
• 2. You cant mix Christian faith with a
  legalistic attitude!
• Matthew 917 - Neither do men pour new wine into
  old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst,
  the wine will run out and the wineskins will be
  ruined. No, they pour new wine into new
  wineskins, and both are preserved.

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II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?

• C. Examples of legalism vs. love.
• 1. The Defiling My Body issue.
• I Corinthians 619-20 - Do you not know that your
  body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in
  you, whom you have received from God? You are not
  your own you were bought at a price. Therefore
  honor God with your body.

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II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?

• 1. The Defiling My Body issue.
• a. The legalistic attitude.
• - Worship the right way - on the right day.
• - Abstain from the world.
• - Evangelize (at least one a day).

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II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?

• 1. The Defiling My Body issue.
• a. The legalistic attitude.
• God will not accept you unless you conform
  completely to His standards!

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II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?

• 1. The Defiling My Body issue.
• b. The love attitude.
• - Dont hinder my life witness.

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II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?

• 1. The Defiling My Body issue.
• b. The love attitude.
• - Dont hinder my life witness.
• - Out of gratitude for the cross love for
  others, I want to get the most effective
  response for my witness.

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II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?

• 2. The Getting to Heaven issue.
• a. The legalistic attitude - what can I get
  away with still get in?

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II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?

• 2. The Getting to Heaven issue.
• a. The legalistic attitude - what can I get
  away with still get in?
• b. The love attitude What can I sacrifice to
  show my appre- ciation to God?

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• God accepts you just as you are
• Sin all!
• But - He accepts you with a repentant attitude.
• That way, He can begin conforming you to the
  image of His Son!