Jesus Went to all the Wrong Parties

In Matthew 8:1-4 we see that Jesus touched and healed a person no one would get near let alone touch. It is consistent with His other actions while on earth. God incarnate did things that respectable people never would.

Jesus, as Andree Seu wrote "went to all the wrong parties (Luke 15:2) and missed all the right funerals (Matt. 8:22). He ate when He was supposed to fast (Mark 2:18), came to dinner with unwashed hands (Mark 7:2-3), and once at table gave His attention to all the wrong people (Luke 7:36-50). He let His men eat free-standing grain with abandon, in broad daylight on the Sabbath (Matt. 12:1). He made a scene in the temple. His own mother was embarrassed (Mark 3:20-21)".

And He, the sinless One, impeccable from start to finish, did none of it with a sinful attitude, not a word or an act to thumb His nose at anyone like we might. As we do. He did what He did because, as Bono wrote and B.B. King sang, "love came to town". He was love incarnate and love in action. The Living Word wrote the playbook, not the religious establishment. Just because they twisted it didn't mean everyone else had to. He turned the status quo upside down.

I want to be like the leper who worshipped at the feet of Jesus. Too desperate for Him to care what other's thought. Better to be misunderstood by those who should know better than to displease our King.

Amazingly, respectability can be very disrespectful; and holiness can sometimes be thought of as sacrilege.