1. Church is not for good people[spacer height=”20px”]
2. Who is church for?
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3. A church full of sinners[spacer height=”20px”]
Church is for sinners, and yes even for the hypocrites.[spacer height=”20px”]
Jesus came for sinners.[spacer height=”20px”]
So that’s who His church should be filled with – A bunch of sinners who have repented of their sins, live by His Grace through faith and bring glory to His name.[spacer height=”20px”]
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[spacer height=”20px”]I know this is hard to believe but He offers Grace to those who don’t deserve it, forgiveness to the unforgivable, love to the unlovable, mercy to the merciless, healing to the hurt, peace to the restless, hope to the hopeless, light to those in darkness, and salvation to the lost.[spacer height=”20px”]
Come as you are.[spacer height=”20px”]
Jesus won’t be surprised by your baggage. He said He came to call sinners not saints.[spacer height=”20px”]
And guess what, sinners…..sin. (No surprise there right?)[spacer height=”20px”]
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While you were a sinner
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I love Romans 5:8, “but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
It doesn’t say that it was when we deserved it, worked hard enough for it, lived a sinless life, or did a certain amount of community service hours.
It removes any thought in my mind that it’s ever up to you or me to earn His forgiveness.
If you can “fix” yourself then Jesus didn’t need to come and die.
But He did. Because He knew that it was the only way. This is why Jesus said, I am the way the truth and life no one comes to the father except through me.
This is how the apostle Paul explains it in Galatians 2:21, “I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!”
So stop putting off going to church. The church is full of sinners and they have a spot for one more.
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