Religious Grumbling
The religious leaders grumbled about Jesus partying with sinners. Does the idea of a church doing the same cause you to grumble?
And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
Luke 5:30
With yesterday’s post, did you grumble?
“Well, the church gathering is for church people.”
“Well, the church isn’t supposed to be for sinners.”
“Well, the church can’t mix with sinners.”
“Well, what would other churches say when they knew we threw sinner’s parties?”
Welcome to the circle of the religious.
We need churches and church leadership who stop grumbling at the idea of throwing sinner’s parties and start viewing themselves as the only people who can introduce their sinner buddies to Jesus.
And that introduction has to happen somehow.