Church Of The Lost Sheep

'All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always,  even  to the end of the age.” Amen.' -Jesus of Nazareth, 1st Century Matthew 28:18b-20 in the New King James Version [This is the 3rd message of this series] In the previous message we opened the discussion of the gospel with the introduction to the first 14 chapters of the Book of Matthew. In this message we will conclude with the last 14 chapters (15 to 28). The excerpt above is the last entry on this book. This is better known as the Great Commission -- the last words of Jesus to His students before He ascended into heaven. Below is the 2nd part of the video summation of the Book of Matthew: Again this book is not just any kind of book, every chapter has more that meets the eye. The mor

" “Blessed are the merciful,     for they shall be shown mercy. “Blessed are the pure in heart,     for they shall see God. “Blessed are the peacemakers,     for they shall be called sons of God. “Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness,     for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." -Jesus of Nazareth, excerpt from the Sermon on the Mount, 1st century Matthew 5:7-10 in the Tree of Life Version [This is the 2nd message of this series] In this series of lessons we are going more into the gospels -- the stories about Jesus of Nazareth written in the land which Jesus walked for those living far away and for us in the future. Let us watch this summation of the first 13 chapters of the Book of Matthew.  Matthew was a tax collector and if you know anything about tax collectors in that day and time, you wouldn't choose one to be your student, let alone choose one to write your memoirs. But with God, we should always expect the unexpected.

"As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's booth. "Follow me," he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew's 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." Matthew 9:9-13 Like Peter and Andrew, and James and John and the other disciples, Jesus called on to Matthew saying, follow me, and he did. As Jesus was walking with His disciples, He found Matthew at his worksite, probably doing what He does best, collecting taxes from his own people and remitting them to the Romans who