06/05/2026
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ (๐๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐ต) ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต
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๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐
Old Testament Reading: Hosea 5:15โ6:6
Epistle Reading: Romans 4:13-25
Gospel Reading: Matthew 9:9-13
๐ฆ๐๐บ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐: ๐
๐๐จ๐ช๐จ ๐พ๐๐ก๐ก๐จ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ผ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฎ
In calling Matthew the tax collector to follow Him, Jesus demonstrates that He has come โnot to call the righteous, but sinnersโ (Matt. 9:9, 13). As a good physician, Jesus comes not to confirm them in their sins, but to heal them with His grace, calling them to repentance, faith and newness of life (Matt. 9:12). He puts them to death by the preaching of His Law, in order to raise them with His Gospel, to live before Him in the righteousness of His resurrection (Hos. 6:1โ2, 5). Itโs in this way that God โgives life to the dead,โ that is, through faith in Jesus, โwho was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justificationโ (Rom. 4:17, 24โ25). Thus, sinners from all nations are called to share the same faith as Abraham, the father of all who trust in Jesus (Rom. 4:16โ18). And as our Lord in mercy thus welcomes us poor sinners to recline at the table in His house, so does He โdesire steadfast love and not sacrificeโ (Matt. 9:10, 13; Hos. 6:6), that we should have mercy on our neighbors and forgive their sins against us for Jesusโ sake.
๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ: Rev. Mick Meyer of Nashua, NH.