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Originally Posted by Esaias
Anyway, if the bible indicates the lost are 'saved' by Christians 'going forth' with the gospel, then why do we reverse that and establish a pattern where the lost 'come to church to hopefully get 'em saved'?
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As far as the pattern of "bringing the lost to church to get them saved", yeah, I agree the emphasis should be mainly going out to reach the lost. However, a lot of churches ("pastors"..cough cough) do not equip their saints to evangelize. It's mostly invite the lost to church. So I see what you're saying.
But the article you referenced is saying:
"Until the lost are saved, they don't belong in the assembly! In the O.T. God's direction was absolutely dclear about keeping the profane out of God's presence. And they had the gatekeepers so that the unclean could not go in."
That's the part that I think is wrong. That declaration does not allow for an unbeliever to enter the assembly (*if* or *when*) as noted by Paul in
1 Cor 14.
The article is saying unbelievers are unclean, so they should not be in the house of the Lord. Ofcourse, considering the house of the Lord are human beings, the logical conclusion of the author's argument is that believers hould not associate with unbelievers. However, the author refrains from making that statement, even though that's the logical conclusion of their argument.
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