The Kingdom Way: LUKE 5:27-32 with Pastor Tony Albano

In Luke 5:27–32, Jesus walks past a tax booth and calls a man named Levi—better known as Matthew—to follow Him.

Levi wasn’t searching for God.  
He wasn’t repenting or praying.  
He was sitting in a tax booth—secure, established, and working for the Roman system that oppressed his own people.

Yet Jesus stops, looks directly at him, and says two words: “Follow Me.”

In that moment Levi stands up, leaves everything behind, and begins following Jesus. But the story doesn’t end there. Levi throws a banquet and fills the table with tax collectors and sinners. And Jesus sits with them.

The Pharisees are outraged. In their framework, holiness required separation from people like this. But Jesus responds with a diagnosis that exposes the heart of the gospel:

“It is not those who are healthy who need a doctor, but those who are sick.”

This message challenges all of us with a simple but profound question:

What booth are you sitting in?

For some, the booth is obvious sin or rebellion.  
For others, it’s quiet self-righteousness and moral control.

Faith is not moral improvement.  
Faith is a transfer of trust.

You cannot sit at your booth and recline at His table.

Will you stay where you feel secure, or will you follow Jesus to where grace is served?

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