In Matthew 11, Jesus looks at the generation of his day.  He said you couldn’t please them. John the Baptist lived in the wilderness, ate bugs, and dressed in animal skins.  People said he had a demon.  Jesus, on the other hand mixed with people, ate and drank with them and they called him a glutton and a drunk.  They even referred to him as a “friend of sinners.”   Was he a” friend of sinners?”  If you mean, did he care for them, then the answer is yes.  If you mean did he condone their sin, the answer is no.  What is the point?  The point is that we as Christians need to mix with sinners.  We need to care for them.  Not condone their sin, but love them in spite of their sin.  You can only do this with God’s help.  Okay, “friend of sinners”, let get busy reaching the world.  Pastor Bob