A closer look at Caravaggio's “The Calling of St. Matthew” 

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I love you Francis as your brother in Christ Jesus the lord. May the lord sanctify your life and may peace be given to your household.

Most people may not realise how bold this subject matter is. In the painting it looks like Matthew is playing dice with his tax collectors friends….everyone is having a jovial time….there’s wine, money and stories to share. Christ calls Matthew from the edge of the picture obscured by a dimness of light. Matthew is shocked and bewildered that Christ’s finger points to him…..but what’s more shocking is that Matthew will get up and leave the life of Roman glamour, prestige and excess wealth to follow the path of the master.

GOD said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM, this is my name forever, the name you shall call me from generation to generation" (Exodus 3:13-15) Jesus said,"Truly I tell you, before Abraham was born, I AM"(John 8:53-58) ▪︎God is one Spirit being eternally present as three distinct centers of consciousness within God (hence the Godhead of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) ▪︎One being, one essence, yet three distinct persons. As persons each is definitely not either of the other two. As one Spirit being we can definitely say that the Father is the Son is the Holy Spirit. Jesus is the Son of God, the Son of Man, and God Almighty simultaneously. Jesus has always existed and was never a created being. He had a physical birth of a Virgin and of the Holy Spirit, thereby He did not inherit the sin nature of Adam. “For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form” (Colossians 2:9) ▪︎JESUS is God Incarnate, "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God" (John 1:1-4) "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth" (John 1:14) The Word became Flesh (Jesus), God took on human nature. (John 1:14) So Jesus is both fully God and human... Jesus has 2 natures.. Both Divine and human Jesus as Human: ate, slept, wept, spoke to the Father and was crucified etc. Jesus as God: is One with the Father, raised the dead, forgave sins and created etc. Jesus rose from the dead on the 3rd day victorious over sin and death (past, present and future). Jesus Christ atones for our sins and not only ours but also for the sins of the whole world (1John 2:2) Jesus Christ and the Gospel are the final revelation (1John 2:22; 2John 1:7-11; Galatians 1:8-9; Revelation 22:13; Revelation 22:18-19) Amen.. JESUS Claimed He Is God ▪︎Justice Is Civil and/or Divine - God's Divine Mercy and Justice is Love. ▪︎The Rabbis, High Priest Caiaphas and Roman Pontius Pilate crucified Jesus because He claimed to be God. ▪︎Jesus Christ, God Incarnate, the Word who became Flesh is the Son of God who lived a perfect and sinless life and whose Sacred blood was spilled by the High Priest, Rabbis and Romans and offered to pay for the sins of the whole world. (1John 2:2) On our behalf. ▪︎The High Priest Caiaphas said, “We have a law, according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God" (John 19:7) ▪︎Jesus said, "What about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’?" (John 10:36) "Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?” (John 10:30-33) ▪︎The High Priest said, “We are not stoning you for any good work, but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.” (John 10:27-33) ▪︎"For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God" (John 5:18) JESUS Saves ▪︎Salvation comes through accepting the free gift of Christ's redemptive grace and not by the law. ▪︎"For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it" (James 2:10) No man can keep the whole law so our salvation is through Christ's redemptive grace. ▪︎"And from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace" (John 1:16) ▪︎"For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome" 1John 5:3 ▪︎"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" 1John 1:9 ▪︎"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast" Ephes 2:8-9 ▪︎"But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace" Rom 11:6 ▪︎"For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness, to everyone who believes" Rom 10:4 ▪︎"So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets." (Matthew 7:12) ▪︎"Love does no wrong to a neighbor therefore Love is the fulfilling of the Law" Rom 13:10; Matt 22:30-40 ▪︎"Whoever does not Love does not know God because God is Love" 1John 4:8 ▪︎In that He says, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away" (Hebrews 8:13) ▪︎"Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him" (1John 3:15) Christ's 2 Greatest Commandments are: ▪︎"Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” 1. Jesus replied, "The first is to Love God.......and the second is like it.. 2. "To Love your neighbor as yourself and love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you" (Matthew 22:30-40) ☆ "On these 2 hang all the prophets and law" (Matt 22:30-40; 1 Cor 13) ▪︎Christ's Law, the New Covenant, overrules Mosaic Law Matt 5:38-48 ▪︎Jesus said, "You have heard it said, "An eye for an eye" etc. But I tell you, Love your enemy" Matt 5:38-48 JESUS Is Risen - MIRACLES of Christ's Shroud: ▪ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bkvoAJp4dGI.html ▪ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KBycQZug8Fo.html ▪ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Pj9ruYf7e9U.html ▪ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-efEDb2jHyMY.html View The Cross in Whirlpool Galaxy - Nasa ▪ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RvzA9Pv3pcM.html ▪︎ "The Son of Man will give you everlasting life, because God the Father has set His seal on Him" (John 6:27) ▪︎Understanding The Trinity By Bishop Barron: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IqjFe3AoZYw.html Amen...

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