😱 There Are Sinners at Church!
I’ve heard it a hundred times: “I don’t go to church because the people there are sinners.”
At this point, that excuse has lost the tread on all four tires.
Here’s the truth: there are no perfect people. Not outside the church, and not inside it either. Scripture is plain that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. 
That should not shock anybody.
Church was never designed to be a showroom for polished people. It was never meant to hand out “good person” ribbons to those who show up on Sunday. Church is meant to be a place where broken people hear the truth, receive counsel, grow in faith, and find encouragement as they seek redemption through Jesus Christ. Scripture even tells believers not to neglect gathering together, but to encourage one another. 
Jesus Himself made that clear. He said the healthy do not need a doctor, but the sick do, and that He came to call sinners. 
That is the point.
Jesus came performing miracles, and one of the greatest miracles He still performs every single day is turning a sinful, stubborn heart into a willing one. When we truly surrender control to Him, something changes. We begin to want better. Better spiritually. Better mentally. Better emotionally. Not because we are instantly perfect, but because Christ begins to work on us from the inside out.
But growth takes effort.
A doctor does not undo decades of sickness in a single day. Healing takes cooperation. It takes discipline. It takes change. People know they should pursue health, but knowing and doing are not the same thing.
Salvation is much the same in that regard. No, we are not saved by works. But people who truly belong to Jesus will not treat His grace like a decorative sticker on an unchanged life. They will grow. They will fight sin. They will stumble, repent, learn, and keep going. They will not become flawless overnight, but they will become different over time.
✝️ CONTINUED IN COMMENTS ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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