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Too MessySeries: Gag Reflex Sermon: Dixie Cups (Matthew 9)September 20, 20151. How strong is your gag reflex? (For ex. going to the dentist, changing a diaper, etc.)2. What gags you about our society? What gags you about yourself?3. Why do we tend to lean away from people's messy lives? ?Why is leaning in like Jesus did so difficult?4. Big Idea #1 - We build walls that God do not honor. ?Why do we build walls to things that are disgusting?A. Read Luke 10:25-37.B. How was the Samaritan able to break down the walls that the other two men were not able break down?5. In Matthew 9:9, we learn that Matthew was a tax collector? ?How did people view tax collectors and why was it so surprising that Jesus would invite Matthew to be a disciple?6. Read Matthew?9:10, 11. Jesus was at a party eating with "sinners and tax collectors". ?Who were the "sinners and tax collectors"? ?Who are the "sinners and tax collectors" of our day?7. Who are you most like in this story: Matthew, sinners and tax collectors, disciples or Pharisees? ?Why?8. Read Matthew?9:12, 13. ?Discuss the following phrases:? ? ? A. “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.”? ? ? B. “I desire mercy, not sacrifice."9. ?The Dixie Cup Experiment. How did you handle the experiment? ?How does this correlate to today's sermon?A. Who do you try to avoid or push away?B. What would it take for you to lean in and reach out to those people?10. Do you believe our disgust is a learned behavior? ?What does our disgust do to our witness as a disciple? What would it take for you to lean in to people that disgust you? ................
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