Tax Collectors and Sinners Draw Near to Jesus (Luke 15:1)

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00:00 Tax Collectors and Sinners Draw near to Him (Luke 15:1 and Haggai 2:10-13)

09:55 Lesson One: ________________ can’t be transferred (Haggai 2:10-12).

11:45 Lesson Two: ____________________ can be transferred (Haggai 2:13, 2 Corinthians 6:14, Proverbs 13:20, 1 Corinthians 15:33).

18:00 Lesson Three: Keep unholiness out of your life by (Part One) ________________________ versus compromising (Galatians 5:13, 1 Peter 2:16, James 1:27).

26:08 Lesson Three: Keep unholiness out of your life by (Part Two) ________________ tax collectors and sinners to the Physician (Luke 5:27-32, 1 Timothy 1:15, Galatians 6:1).

42:55 Lesson Four: Tax collectors and sinners who know ______________ ________ draw near to Jesus (Luke 15:1).

Family Worship Guide

Directions: Read the verses and then answer the questions:

Day 1: Haggai 2:13, 2 Corinthians 6:14, Proverbs 13:20, 1 Corinthians 15:33—Why were tax collectors and sinners viewed so poorly in Jesus’s day? What did the Jews think about holiness in Haggai’s day? Regarding holiness what can and can’t be transferred? What application does this have for us?

Day 2: Galatians 5:13, 1 Peter 2:16, James 1:27—How might we be tempted to disguise our compromise as evangelism? What does it mean to use our freedom as an opportunity for the flesh? What would it look like to do so? Why is it fitting to call Jesus a Physician? In what ways is Jesus like an earthly physician?

Day 3: Luke 5:27-32, 1 Timothy 1:15, Galatians 6:1—What did Jesus mean when he said he didn’t come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance? Why did so many turn back from following Jesus at the end of Luke 14? Why do you think tax collectors and sinners drew near to him? What makes you want to draw near to Christ?

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