“When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
If in our desire to obey our Lord’s commands, we adopt the type of life typified by this saying; “I don’t drink, smoke or chew nor hang with those who do”? Then we are closer to being a Pharisee then to being a follower of our Lord Jesus. A little cautionary note here - this type of saying is aimed at parents to teenagers – rightly so - for teenagers are moldable and are easily influenced by peer pressure. But for us adults, this type of living - the type of living where I don’t hang with sinners - is a type of living our Lord did not model. What Would Jesus Do – is the question asked by many Christ followers in North America - the answer in this type of situation is that Jesus would eat and drink with sinners - so why won’t we? Jesus came to call sinners to repentance, and so He went to them, met them on their turf, loved them as they were and gave them the good news of the kingdom, that repentance and belief is the way to God’s Kingdom. The good news for most Christians is that they have many unsaved friends in school, and at work, and all of us have neighbours. Let's eat and drink with them, living and sharing the Gospel.
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