Reboot
Getting a Fresh Start
Sermon Dates:
June 13-14, 2015
Week 2: Luke 5:27-39
A New Agenda
Memory Verse: “Jesus answered them, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have
not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.’ " Luke 5:31-32 (NIV)
Open and close your daily study in prayer. Lord, thank You that the Gospel is too powerful for old
wineskins. Help my response to Your call be like Levi’s rather than the Pharisees.
Day 1: Observe the Key Components & Themes
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Read the passage and identify the following:
Passage Context:
References to Jesus & His
Character:
About Levi & Tax Collectors:
About Pharisees/Scribes, Their
Complaints:
Jesus’ Responses:
Lessons from Patches/
Garments & Wine/Wineskins:
“Rebooting” Examples/Lessons: Key Words & Phrases:
Behaviors, Emotions, Attitudes:
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Pulling it together, write a short summary of the observations you made today:
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Repeat the memory verse several times.
Days 2 & 3: Observe the Flow of the Narrative
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Read the text in your preferred translation. Follow these steps to summarize the passage:
Step 1. Verse Summaries (facts, “what”)
Verses
5:27
(3-4 words per verse)
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
Step 2. Section Summaries (2-3 main sections)
Step 3. Central Idea (15 words maximum)
Day 4: Understand
Suggested ideas to reflect
and demonstrate
understanding of the text:

Summarize the
lessons or
applications

Retell the story in
your own words
(dinner table, friend)

Write a prayer, poem,
or song

Draw a picture or
diagram

Pray through the
passage
Ways to dig deeper in
order to gain a better
understanding of the text:

Review the notes for
the associated
sermon available at
fbcsalem.org

Read about the
passage in a study
Bible or commentary
and jot down the
main concepts

Listen to songs &
hymns inspired by the
text
Day 5: Understand & Apply – Sermon by Pastor Mark Hanke
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Read through the passage again in a different translation before listening to the sermon.
Using the sermon notes or separate sheet of paper take notes during the sermon.
1. What stood out to you most from the sermon?
2. What application is the highest priority for you to apply to your life? Why?
3. Sermon notes Question 1: Levi immediately got up and left everything when Jesus called him to
follow. What have you left behind to follow Christ?
4. Sermon notes Question 2: Who are the “tax collectors” in our culture and how do you treat them?
How should you treat them?
5. Sermon notes Question 3: How does the grace of God motivate you toward holiness?
6. Sermon notes Question 4: Where and to whom is God leading you to share the good news?
Remember to transfer your central idea and main application to the summary lesson.