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Originally Posted by james73
At risk of getting into verse wars… how did Jesus treat pagans or tax collectors? Luke 5:27:
He ate with them. He did not give up or shun them.
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Good observation
That Jesus ate and drank with the sinners confused the Pharisees but he explained he was simply a Physician looking for sick patients to heal. Now if sick people go to the hospital but stay sick, that's not normal. Jesus was trying to win them over to repentance through love. These guys were getting little love because the Pharisees went to extremes to avoid them.
We should never give up loving on them, but we do so with the hope that they will be won over to repentance. But to turn a blind eye to unrepentant sin that hurts others is to accept it. We wouldn't be doing that person any favors if he went to his grave while practicing immorality without him realizing the need to repent.
1 Cor 5:12
For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge?