You Don't Have To Clean Up Your Life Before Coming To Jesus | Why He Ate Dinner With 'Sinners'

Daily Hope with Pastor John S. Dickerson · Oct 2, 2026 · 1m

In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson walks through one of the most socially explosive moments in Luke chapter 5. After Jesus calls Levi the tax collector to be His disciple, Levi throws a huge banquet in his own home with Jesus as the guest of honor, surrounded by fellow tax collectors and people everyone considered "sinners." The religious leaders are appalled and confront Jesus's disciples: "Why do you eat and drink with such scum?" Jesus's answer captures the heart of the Gospel: "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have come to call not those who think they…