Oh let the Son of God and found you with his spirit and his life,

let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you

home.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible Teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire

Bible. And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck continues with Jesus

eats with the sinners

as we pick up in Matthew chapter 9 verse 9 and now with today's message here's

pastor Chuck

as Jesus passed forth from there. He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the receipt of customs.

Matthew was a tax gather.

He was a customs official.

Capernium was one of those cities

where they had established a customs for those coming from the area of the north down through

the valley in the Golan and around the Sea of Galilee catching them there as they were bringing

their goods and charging custom and Jesus said unto him follow, and he arose and followed Jesus.

And it came to pass as Jesus was sitting at me in the house.

Behold there were many publicans and sinners and they came and sat down with him and his disciples.

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