January 8: Good To All
January 8
As we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith. -Galatians 6:10
God created the church for us to work together to bring others to Him, to reach out, and to serve the world as no other group will. Some say the church an be compared to a hospital because sick people go there to get better... When the Pharisees asked why Jesus ate with sinners, He told them, "those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick" (Matthew 9:12).
A Hospital is a place where you can go to receive medical care, if necessary. When we go to t a hospital for surgery, it's because there is no other way to correct our condition. The lost are in need of spiritual surgery. They need to meet the Great Physician and allow Him to restore them to spiritual health and vitality.
When Paul admonishes us to "do good to all," it is a reminder that our "hospital" is open to all for healing. We need to remember to care for those in our church, as well as those we are trying to reach for Christ.
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If the church would only be the church-
if Christians would only be Christians-
nothing could halt our onward march.
-Vance Havner
