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I think, just possibly, wires are being crossed here. The Lord was "eating and drinking with publicans and sinners" to reach them with the truth of God. The Pharisees said in disgust "this man receives sinners and eats with them" (Luke 15v1-2) He responded by telling them of a father's love for a prodigal son, the womens search for silver that she valued, and a shepherds quest in looking after lost sheep - the key to the passage is the word "one sinner that REPENTS" - the Lord wasn't merely socialising with those whose lives were full of sin, or because He enjoyed the "music, drinking and cursing" he was reaching out to bring them to repentance. There is another vital principle found at the start of Psalm 1, which people sometimes forget about "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful." Ps 1v1 This is the principle of separation from a world that is opposed to God. As to the question of "being led of the Spirit" (Rom 8:14), the whole contrast in the passage is between believers (who are characteristically "led of the Spirit", by desiring to adhere to the word of God) and unbelievers who are in mind opposed to God and can't please God. (note the difference in the "we" of v12 and the "you" of v13) Thus being led of the Spirit is not a mystical thing, it is an acceptance of the truth of God (revealed in the Scriptures) and a putting it into practice in life. Other passages deal with the over-ruling of the Spirit of God in the lives of God's servants, but I don't think this is one of them. It is the whole flow, bent, stream of the life of one who is truly born of God. (NB all true believers are sons of God) "For all who are led of the Spirit of God are sons of God" (Rom 8v14) In Christ, Andrew |
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