Eats With Sinners

Matthew 9

9 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Matthew got up and followed him.
10 Later, Matthew invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. 11 But when the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with such scum?”
12 When Jesus heard this, he said, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do.” 13 Then he added, “Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’ For I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”

I just started reading Arron Chambers’ book, “eats With Sinners” which is based on this passage of Scripture. It makes me sad to think that after nearly 25 years as a Christian, most of my friends are Christian. I have very few friends who aren’t. I need to change that and change my non-Christian friends in the process. I am thankful to Arron for his words of wisdom in following the charge of Jesus who reminds me that as a follower of Christ, I should be calling on those who know they are sinners, not just calling on the righteous.