Dear Church, Seek the Lost

Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

            Luke 5:31-32

Look at the people in your church.  How many of them have been there for less than a month? How many new people are entering your churches? How many new kids are showing up at youth group? If your church or youth group aren’t experiencing internal or external growth then something is wrong. Jesus came for the lost people. Is your church aiming for the lost people? Are you inviting lost people to your church…or your friends from another church? The reason people do that is because its easy to invite people to church who you know are open to it. But here’s the deal, those aren’t the people that need to be invited. Invite the lost people to church. If a church is proclaiming the true Gospel then how could anyone resist the power of the truth that every human desires? Stagnant churches are useless churches. Sure, Christians worshipping God together is great and we are absolutely called to do that. But if a church is not reaching the lost and spiritually sick people of their community, then they are not obeying Jesus. Jesus lived for the lost and dying, not the living. Seek the lost.