In a world where societal norms and prejudices often dictate behavior, Jesus’ actions stand out as profoundly revolutionary. He chose to associate with those who were despised and marginalized, such as tax collectors and sinners, challenging the established religious and social order.
By inviting a hated tax collector to follow him, Jesus demonstrated a radical inclusivity and compassion that defied expectations. His willingness to dine with outcasts and embrace the unloved highlighted his mission to transform lives through love and acceptance, turning societal judgments upside down. This narrative underscores the transformative power of compassion and the importance of seeing beyond societal labels to the inherent worth of every individual.
All his Jewish family hate him, because he doesn’t even, he works for them. He works for the bad guys. So he works for the bad guys, the bad guys who hate him.
And so he’s hated from both sides. And not only do the Romans hate him and do his family hate him, he’s also a cheat. Because when he collects taxes from people, nobody knows how to tax it to pay.
But we’ve never seen that tax manuals were so stupid and complicated that normal people can’t figure it out. So they have to depend on specialized tax money. Well, you don’t know what to do.
They were cheated. They were cheated, they were hired, they were hated by his family, they were hated by him. Everybody hated him.
And Jesus chose this person. He chose this person to compound. It was the grasp how stunningly profound this is.
What? I mean, he kind of walked into a red light, you know, a red light as cute as, as like a prostitute, et cetera. So when I was in the knee, we were going to towns and then there was always places where the cells would run around. But inside the town, we always ran around.
It was always in the district. Well, you knew where it was, but they would have red lights on and that’s where the cells would drift. Because that’s where all that kind of stuff, the drugs and the girls and all that.
And the gay and all that stuff would happen in there. And so it is worse for them to go to a tough level. They need to go into a red light.
And there’s where Jesus goes. That’s what I’m going to tell you all about God. God’s going to cry.
And he gets to do that in the, how was the text like with him? That’s, they’re looking at Jesus like he has lost his marvelous. Are you kidding me? You are that person? No matter. No matter.
My son. No. They don’t dislike it.
They hate it. They despise him. Of all, they were going to hell with it.
That way. And we know how it calls them. They know it’s in that.
Then they will go to the textbook. And yet Jesus walks up to the textbook. And then we do.
They don’t think you’ll spoil the moon. There’s no way this guy could be the Messiah. Because the Messiah would not ask papers or something like that.
So Jesus said when they just, you know, I’m going to go over here and just follow along. This is a much stronger word. Follow me.
I want you to come and be the people. The Pharisees, the religious leaders, the priests, all these guys. If you hang out with the text of the room, you’re going to turn out to be the chief.
If you hang out with bad people, you’re going to be bad. Jesus, turn that upside down. Jesus, if you hang out with the bad people, hang out with me.
They’re going to turn out with me. He hang out with me, and they’re going to turn out with me. The Jesus had come after me and be like me.
He did it. He did it. Of all the Jewish people, it was the most much.
Because he was a pastor. He could cheat his good luck. He gave that all up instantly.
And when after Jesus knew more about the bad people, what? Now he was bad. Matthew, he was like, oh, why is Jesus to his house? That this would be like the homeless, you know, setting up a homeless camp. And you’ve got people who are just filthy, scundling, dirtying, and diseased, infested, and sore.
And you’ve got men and women and all sorts of, you know, what they’ve done today, you know, where they’ve been, you know, just how filthy they are. And they put up a can with a fire that rose the wind. And they’re all sitting around there.
And that’s what they were having dinner tonight. And Jesus joins them. What’s this called? You’ve got to have a dinner out here in the middle of the day.
You’re rose the wind in them, dying of the kingdom. All of that. And he goes and does that.
And so I’ll hang out with you about that. And then in this idea of having dinner, there’s having dinner. And then you’ve just seen pictures of this, where they lay down together, and they live down together.
