Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”(Luke 15:1-2 ESV)
The Pharisees and scribes rightly understood that eating is more than a meal; it's relationship. Family meal time is important; dinner in front of the TV is a sterile relationship with the mainstream media. Chapter 14 began with Jesus having dinner at the home of a Pharisee; now He is eating with sinners. Guilt by association. If Jesus eats with them and with us, we must be the same. There is a choice to be made: either we concede that we too are sinners, and have a relatonship with Jesus, or we separate ourselves from them, and therefore, from Jesus too. Who are you going to eat with?
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