I read a story recently about a man named Fred Karger who has earned the unofficial title of the “World’s Greatest Party Crasher.” Over the years, Karger has crashed hundreds of high-profile parties and celebrity events. He even ended up several years ago on the stage at the Academy Awards and at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner for President Obama. He had crashed these as well. Karger claims there is no high-profile party or wedding or funeral or political event he can’t crash. He says the key to being a successful party crasher is to look confident, as if you belong there, and no one will question you. (1)

Our Bible verses today make me think of Fred Karger and the “art” of party-crashing. This time, though, the party crasher was Jesus. The interesting thing is that it wasn’t a pa…