Bible Tuesday

We talk a lot about how Jesus ate with sinners. Tax collectors, prostitutes, etc.  He loved them all.  To eat with someone in the culture of Jesus’s earthly life was a big deal. It meant acceptance.  Jesus says:

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

Revelation 3:20

Dinner with Jesus was no Baptist potluck.  It was a big deal.

Now lookie here:

One of the Pharisees asked him (Jesus) to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table.

Luke 7:36

A pharisee invited Jesus to dinner.And Jesus accepted. We sure beat up on these guys a lot in Scripture. And not without good reason. The pharisees represent the very worst of religion. And Jesus calls them out on a pretty regular basis. But Jesus loved the Pharisees too.

Remember that the next time you see a supposedly evangelical blowhard on teevee.  It helps a bit.