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1 Corinthians 13:12 \u2013 MSG \u2013 We don\u2019t yet see things clearly. We\u2019re squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won\u2019t be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We\u2019ll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us!\n\nPsalms 26:4-5 - I do not sit with the deceitful, nor do I associate with hypocrites. I abhor the assembly of evildoers and refuse to sit with the wicked.\n\n1 Corinthians 5:11 \u2013 NLT \u2013 I meant that you are not to associate with anyone who claims to be a believer yet indulges in sexual sin, or is greedy, or worships idols, or is abusive, or is a drunkard, or cheats people. Don\u2019t even eat with such people.\n\nMark 2:13-17 - Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them. As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector\u2019s booth. \u201cFollow me,\u201d Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him. While Jesus was having dinner at Levi\u2019s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: \u201cWhy does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?\u201d On hearing this, Jesus said to them, \u201cIt is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.\u201d\n\nJohn 3:17 - For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.\n\nRomans 6:1-4 \u2013 NLT \u2013 Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more of his wonderful grace? Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it? Or have you forgotten that when we were joined with Christ Jesus in baptism, we joined him in his death? For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.\n\nSermon Point #1 \u2013 Jesus was a friend of sinners\n\nLuke 7:34 \u2013 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, \u2018Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.\u2019\n\nSermon Point #2 \u2013 Integrate don\u2019t isolate.\n\n1 Corinthians 9:19-23 - Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God\u2019s law but am under Christ\u2019s law), so as to win those not having the law. To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.\n\nSermon Point #3 \u2013 Be a friend of sinners, not just friendly to sinners.\n\nSermon Point #4 \u2013 Be a friend AND share the gospel.\n\nRomans 2:4 \u2013 Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God\u2019s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?\n\nRomans 2:4 \u2013 NLT - Don\u2019t you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can\u2019t you see that his kindness is intended to turn you from your sin?\n\nMark 16:15 \u2013 He said to them, \u201cGo into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.\u201d