• Mark and Luke calls him Levi, common to have multiple names like Paul and Peter.
• It's a sin to associate/intimate with evil doers:
Depart from me, you evil-doers, for I will keep the commandments of my God.
Psalms 119:115,
Blessed [is] the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of the scornful.
Psalms 1:1
1. God chooses people of any kind to serve Him. Sovereign grace, God's favor, God chooses us for His purpose.
- No need to compare to others, each are equiped according to God's purpose
2. Jesus came to seek and save the lost, God reaches out to people not the other way around (Most Religion)
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost." Luke 19:10
- The Holy Spirit actively convicts the world of it's sins.
- When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: John 16:8
3. Healing starts once we acknowledge to God that we are sick. In reality, we need to be save/spiritual healing from our sins/spiritual sickness.
- Genuine Salvation results in repentance(turning around) from Sins.
4. God desires mercy and not sacrifice.
