Ep. 298 - What Does It Mean to Be a Friend of Sinners?
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Ray, E.Z., Mark, and Oscar start this conversation by talking about Luke 7:34 and how it those mocking Jesus called Him a friend of sinners as an insult. Yet, as believers, we know this to be a blessing. Jesus being a friend of sinners is central to our hope—if He wasn’t, we would be doomed. There is a blindness in sin that leads people to view themselves through their own standard, not God’s. Some resist confessing their sin, but Jesus calls us to come as we are, not try to fix ourselves fir...
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