1. Disreputable Friends Matthew, Tax Collectors, Drinkers & Sinners Fort McMurray Alliance Church August 12 th, 10:30 am

3. 27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him, 28 and Levi got up, left everything and followed him. 29 Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. 30 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” Luke 5: 27-33 |NIV

4. 31 Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” 33 They said to him, “John’s disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.” Luke 5: 27-33 |NIV

6. “Do not be mislead: ‘Bad company corrupts good character.” 1 Corinthians 15:33|NIV

7. “Anything that an unclean person touches becomes unclean, and anyone who touches it becomes unclean till evening.” Numbers 19:22|NIV

18. Looking At Jesus Hangin’ With Tax Collectors 1.Jesus is quick to step into messy situations in order to bring healing.

19. Looking At Jesus Hangin’ With Tax Collectors 1.Jesus is quick to step into messy situations in order to bring healing. 31 Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” Luke 5: 31-32 |NIV

20. 11 “God I thank you that I'm not like other people – robbers, evildoers, adulterers – or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.” 13 He would not even look up to heaven but beat his breast and said, ‘God have mercy on me a sinner.” Luke 18:11-13|NIV

21. Looking At Jesus Hangin’ With Tax Collectors 1.Jesus is quick to step into messy situations in order to bring healing. 2.Most people caught in mess won’t get cleaned up unless one of Jesus’ followers wades into the mess with them.

22. Looking At Jesus Hangin’ With Tax Collectors 1.Jesus is quick to step into messy situations in order to bring healing. 2.Most people caught in mess won’t get cleaned up unless one of Jesus’ followers wades into the mess with them. “Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.” Luke 18:11-13|NIV

23. Looking At Jesus Hangin’ With Tax Collectors 1.Jesus is quick to step into messy situations in order to bring healing. 2.Most people caught in mess won’t get cleaned up unless one of Jesus’ followers wades into the mess with them. 3.Jesus reverses the flow of influence between clean and unclean and empowers us to do the same.

25. Disreputable Friends #2 Lavished By A Woman of Ill Repute Fort McMurray Alliance Church August 19 th, 10:30 am

26. INTER PLAY Celebration City-Wide Church Service Today 2:30 pm: Keyano Parking Lot Doug is speaking, Lucas is leading worship So invite a few friends!!!