Squeaky Clean

The rule keepers in Jesus' time got upset with him when he called a public sinner to follow Jesus.  Matthew the tax collector then had a banquet with Jesus and their friends.  It seems we all like that idea of calling sinners.  But no sooner does Christianity become institutionalized, then it starts rejecting the sinners who don't shape up and keep the rules.    In other words, we welcome you, but then you have to keep the rules or else you are not going to get "in" seems to be the attitude.  The fact that over time the rules change, along with prejudices and customs, is swept under the table.  Recall usury and slavery.