David Rathel - March 17, 2013
Choose The Wrong Crowd
That night Matthew invited Jesus and his disciples to be his dinner guests, along with his fellow tax collectors and many other notorious sinners. The Pharisees were indignant. “Why does your teacher eat with such scum?” they asked his disciples. Matthew 9:10-11 You’ve always been told not to run with the wrong crowd, right? Its good to make sure that you aren’t being led astray by friends, but some people go too far. They equate spiritual maturity with isolation from the people who need God’s love the most! It’s not a sign of success, but failure, to have all the RIGHT friends. Its a sign of strength to be able to walk with the weak and love it! The mark of real spiritual maturity is the ability to love the unlovely! In short – Found people find people!
