Following Christ & Joining Him

 “And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphæus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.”

‭‭Mark‬ ‭2‬:‭14‬ ‭KJV‬‬

As Mark recorded, “As He walked along, He found Levi, the son of Alphæus, sitting at a tax booth, collecting taxes. He approached him and said, “Come follow Me.”  Immediately he got up from his booth and began to follow Jesus.”  The name Levi means “joined”, “united” and Levi is the same person as Matthew, who wrote the Gospel bearing his name.  Alphæus means “changing”.  It is obvious that Matthew’s allegiance is changing from being a servant of Rome to being joined to Jesus as His future apostle.  Jesus came that we will change from being servants of sin to becoming children of God in the new life His death, burial and resurrection brought us and thus being joined to Him.  When we were baptized, we died and were buried with Christ. We were baptized, so that we would live a new life, as Christ was raised to life by the glory of God the Father.  Those who are joined to the Lord are one spirit with Him.  This was Matthew’s destiny and so it is of all who choose to follow Christ.  Amen!