“This man receives sinners and eats with them!”

Jesus receives sinners and eats with them. That’s the complaint of the Pharisees and scribes in Luke 15. The people they looked down upon were drawing near to Jesus to hear him, and Jesus was not only receiving them, but eating with them. The Pharisees and scribes were shocked that Jesus would do such a thing. Who is this guy?

Well, this guy is God in the flesh. And he does do such a thing as receiving sinners and eating with them. The Pharisees and scribes do not recognize him for who he is,...