Eats with Sinners

Luke 15:1-2 cites, "Now the tax collectors and "sinners" were all gathering around to hear him. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."

These passages of Scriptures show us the very heartbeat of the incarnated God. Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, eating with sinners? How can this be? Jesus' marketday theology led him to a table full of the people society deemed indescribable, sick, and lost. A song writer named Andrew Peterson said this about the present day church, “Feels like the church isn’t anything more, than the second coming of the Pharisees.” Is this statement true? If followers of Christ want to become more like Christ, then they need to look at his heart. Jesus' heart was full of compassion, love, and patience. He went after the "sinners".

Tax collectors, whores, and drunks thought of Jesus as a friend. The high society and middle-class thought of him as a threat. What has happened? Today, the drunks, whores, and sinners think of him as a threat, and the high society and middle-class deem him a friend. Has the church lost the very heartbeat of God? It is time for followers of Christ to start sharing life with the drunks, whores, and sinners of this world. We might be the only Jesus they will ever see. Stop hiding behind the pew or pulpit and start in with the rhythmic beat of Jesus' heart.

This blog's purpose set out in 2006 to pave a bridge for the broken, scholarly elite, and angels with clipped wings to unite. I dream of a mosaic of people with different backgrounds, opinions, and ideas. The early Jewish Rabbis would debate and argue about what a certain text would mean. This is an outlet I use to connect to a world that encounters God everyday. Now that you know a little about the intended purpose of this blog, I invite you at the table with many sinners to embark on a journey with Jesus Christ.

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