Room For The Harvest | Mercy, Not Sacrifice
Mercy, Not Sacrifice
Scripture: Matthew 9:9–17 Runtime: ~6 min
The newness the prophets promised finally arrives in the Gospels — not as a harvest, but as a person. Jesus walks up to a tax collector's booth, says two words, and everything about who belongs at the table changes.
In this episode:
Why Jesus calling Matthew — and then eating dinner with a house full of tax collectors and sinners — was more than scandalous to the Pharisees watching
How Jesus answers their objection not by dismissing holiness, but by sending them back to Hosea: "I desire mercy, not sacrifice"
Why Jesus responds to…
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