No, it is not a sin.
Now standing and eating or squatting and eating, that's a different story all together, as long as you are sitting that is ok.:laugh:
also, sitting is not OK if it is in your car and you went through the McDs drive through. Actually, I think all of the McD's menu would have been against the Hebrew dietary law :)
There used to be a poster on here that would do things the other way:
He would decide that this was a sin,Jesus did not sin, therefore Jesus really didn't do whatever it was.
But of course it is not a sin to eat with publicans and sinners.
There are times where you might sin while doing so of course. If you are expected to get drunk for instance, that would be a problem but in itself it is not wrong.
There seem to be a few folks here that reason like that. Whatever they believe, everything has to square with that, regardless of what the scriptures say. :BangHead:
Matt 9:10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
Now, this does not say Jesus sat down to eat with publicans and sinners, it says they sat down with him. Whether they ate or not I do not know. But I know that Jesus never sinned.
I think it depends on the intent of why you are there.
Jesus did so that he might speak to them of salvation, not to party in the sense the publicans and sinners understood. He had a purpose for what he did and when he did it.
Second, another place it can be a sin is if a person is under the discipline of the church in which we are forbin to eat with them.
Good question! No I have to think in order to tell you what I mean :)
Depending on how one takes the passage. Many see it referencing both with
casual relating to your testimony and what you appove, and with the Lord's Supper being more severe as it is the church on the whole either agree with their behavior or not. I am speaking of 'casual coming together' in the sense of intimacy equating with approval.
But let me clarify, when you say 'casaul contact' I am thinking something along the lines of saying hello, asking for prayer, etc.. However to sit down to eat, with a brother in Christ (not a known sinner who does not believe) it is a more intimate act and thus seen as more a matter of approval toward them.
By casual, I am speaking of, "hey lets grab a burger and talk about what's going on in your life".
As opposed to a come over, bring the family, and spend the afternoon together.