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NASB | Luke 5:31 And Jesus answered and said to them, "It is not those who are well who need a physician, but those who are sick. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 5:31 And Jesus replied to them, "It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but [only] those who are sick. |
Subject: Should "lost" people come to church? |
Bible Note: For my part, I meant in no regard that we should limit worship meetings to believers who have never or in any way drifted from God (would not we all be excluded?). I sincerely believe that ANY person who professes to be a follower of Christ (regardless of how effectively) should in no way be hindered from coorperate worship and I would furthermore insist that our worship services shoulr FOCUS on teaching such people how to more consistently, truly, and sincerely worship God rather than focusing our meetings on "selling jesus" to non-believers [who may or may not be present] while simultaneously neglecting the need of those who are ALREADY Christians for encouragement, exortation, teaching, discipleship, etc. Does that clarify my position at all? I feel like my original question has somehow been grossly misunderstood. |