SSMCSUNGAI WAY-SUBANGMETHODISTC H U R C H

JORY LEONG

26 MAR 2017

THE WORLD: FRIEND OR FOE?

Use the repeated addition strategy to solve: 5 x 3

5 + 5 + 5 = 15

3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 15

Angry parents baffled by third grade math

question that claims 5+5+5=15 is NOT correct

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Mark 2:13-17

13 Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them. 14 As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him. 15 While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

Mark 2:13-17 (NIV)

16 When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”17 On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Mark 2:13-17 (NIV)

Mark 2:13-17

Jesus called Levi (aka Matthew), to follow Him. (2:14)

Levi was a tax collector.

Soon after, Jesus ate a meal with “many tax collectors

and sinners” in Levi’s house. (2:15)

The scribes and the Pharisees complained. (2:16)

Jesus retorted by saying: “It is not the healthy who need a

doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous,

but sinners.” (2:17)

Jesus anointed by an immoral woman (Luke 7)

Jesus talked to a Samaritan woman (John 4)

Jesus healed a leper (Luke 5)

Jesus entered Zacchaeus’ house (Luke 19)

The Dilemma

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The Accusation

The Response

The Dilemma

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FOE ?FRIEND ? THE WORLD

1 Cor 5:9-11 Do not associate

or eat with immoral people

2 Cor 6:14-17 Do not be

yoked together with unbelievers

James 1:27 Keep oneself

unstained by the world

1 John 2:15 Do not love the

world

Matt 5:13-16 Salt of the earth

& light of the world

Matt 28:19-20 Make disciples

of all nations

2 Cor 5:20 Ambassadors for

Christ

John 17:15 You do not take

them out of the world

The Dilemma

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The Accusation

You are a

bigot!

NEWOLD TOLERANCEEveryone’s belief is equal.

We must agree with the opinion

of others.

There is no objective truth.

Tolerance is the ultimate virtue.

Everyone has equal right to his

beliefs.

We don’t have to agree with the

opinion of others.

There is objective truth.

Truth is the ultimate virtue.

The Dilemma

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The Accusation

The Response

1. Don’t be naive

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1. Don’t be naive

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2. Don’t be fearful

1. Don’t be naive

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2. Don’t be fearful

3. Be wise

Be wise in the way you act

toward outsiders; make the

most of every opportunity.

Colossians 4:5 (NIV)

G.K. Chesterton

1874-1936

British theologian

If I were shipwrecked

on a desert island, I’d

like to have ‘A Guide to

Practical Shipbuilding’.

“Wisdom is knowing what to do

for the glory of God when the

rule book runs out. It’s knowing

how to become all things to all

men without compromising

holiness and truth.”

John Piper

Do not CONFORM to the

pattern of this world, but be

TRANSFORMED by the

renewing of your

mind. Then you will be able

to test and approve what

God’s will is - his good,

pleasing and perfect will.

Romans 12:2

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Mark 2:13-17