A Quote by R. C. Sproul
Why do those who keep insisting Jesus hung out with sinners also keep insisting there's no such thing as sin?
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Let's keep refusing to accept the world as it is and insisting on building the world we dream of. Don't let the haters have the last word.
Having spent time around "sinners" and also around purported saints, I have a hunch why Jesus spent so much time with the former group: I think he preferred their company. Because the sinners were honest about themselves and had no pretense, Jesus could deal with them. In contrast, the saints put on airs, judged him, and sought to catch him in a moral trap. In the end it was the saints, not the sinners, who arrested Jesus.
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