Scripture Passages: Luke 5:27-32, Luke 19:1-10
Sermon Outline:
2x Jesus goes to dinner parties with Pharisees.
His feet are anointed by a girl. Luke 7:44
Jesus compares the guest list for the evening with God’s list of the crippled and the lame. Luke 14:13
2x Jesus goes to dinner with tax collectors They get paid on commission. They are seen as They could not offer testimony in court. Their be accepted on behalf of the poor.
2x Jesus goes to dinner with tax collectors People about Jesus’ presence. There are no recorded words of for any of these guests.
Why are the so comfortable with Jesus, while the were so uncomfortable?
It is not the healthy who need a doctor but the 5:31 I have come to seek and save the 19:10
If I am Jesus wants to hang out with me.
Who will I choose to spend time with?
In view of Jesus’ clear example, how is it now the church as become a community of respectability, where the down-and-out no longer feel welcome?