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Jesus' Call To Matthew
“And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom; and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.”—Matthew 9:9 That is Matthew’s modest way of telling about his conversion. He did not tell anything about having a nice big house. He did not say anything about being rich. He left that for the other fellow to say. I want to read to you what Mark’s Gospel has to say about the call of Matthew, second chapter, verses 13 through 17. “And he went forth again … Read More >
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Jesus Commissions The Twelve
“And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles; Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.”—Luke 6:12–16 We read frequently in this Gospel of the times that … Read More >