Reformed University Fellowship

Where Would He Hang?

• 10.30.09
• by Paul Boyd
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I heard a story not too long ago that was really interesting. It was about a pastor who went to Hawaii for a conference. He was only going to be there for a couple of days and he lived on the East Coast and so he didn’t want to get his sleep schedule all messed up so he was keeping really weird hours. Well there wasn’t much to do in his hotel late at night, so he started going to this little coffee shop across the street and drinking coffee and reading a book before bed. Well during his time at the late night coffee shop, he didn’t need a book. There was tons of entertainment late at night. He would sit and listen to other people who were drunk talk real loud and fight. He would hear people talking about drug deals at the next table. He would also see the prostitutes come in. Everyone night/morning about 2 a.m., they would all meet at the shop and other people look at them with judgment and leave. He would just watch all the sinners and tried to figure out how they lived and how they felt, b/c he had not spent much time in a place like this with people like this and he realized that they needed help…

If Jesus were here on earth in the flesh, where would he hang out? Who would he hang out with? Probably many places, but I bet one of them would be a coffee shop late at night talking to prostitutes and drug dealers and those who are depressed and lonely…

Jesus came for sinners! This is one of the main reasons RUF is on campus all over the world. To reach out to people who are struggling and need Jesus.

Mark 2:15 - And as he reclined at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 16 And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 17 And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Paul Boyd

Paul Boyd is an RUF staff member.