Called Into a Family
The Spirit forms a people not around worthiness, but around mercy. Jesus calls outsiders, touches the unclean, and restores life where hope has thinned. The church becomes a family because God’s mercy gathers people before they know how to belong. Primary text: Matthew 9:9–13, 18–26 Other texts: Hosea 5:15–6:6; Psalm 50:7–15; Romans 4:13–25