Billy Graham once told the story of a televangelist who said, You didn’t catch Jesus associating with questionable people or those whose basic ideas and attitudes were at variance with what Jesus knew to be honorable and right!

Really?

When Jesus said to his disciples, But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere–in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth  (Acts 1:8), which people did the televangelist think Jesus wanted the disciples to witness to?  Only the good ones, who already knew Him?

This all goes back to being in the world, but not of the world.  We are born into this sinful world with a sin-filled nature

Then it happened that as Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came…