Matthew 9 9 As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.  10 And as Jesus reclined at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples.  11 And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 12 But when he heard it, he said, “Those who are well have no need...

I. The Church Should Be Marked by Unity 1. Unity in Our Calling (1) I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called Paul is a prisoner for the Lord = Lordship Walk - means to conduct one’s life 2. Unity in Our Conduct (2–3) 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Humility Gentleness Patience Bearing with one...

Mark 11:15-19  15 And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.   16 And he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple.   17 And he was teaching them and saying to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a den of robbers.”   18 And...