The Church is a Home, Not a Police Station

Rom 12:5- So we who are many are one Body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

Rom 10- Love one another warmly in brotherly love; take the lead in showing honor one to another.

Rom 15:7- Therefore receive one another, as Christ also received you to the glory of God.

The church is not a police station to arrest people or a law court to judge people, but a home to raise up the believers. Parents know that the worse their children are the more they need their raising up....The church is a loving home to raise up the children.

The church is also a hospital to heal and to recover the sick ones.

Finally, the church is a school to teach and edify the unlearned ones who do not have much understanding. Because the church is a home, a hospital, and a school, the co-workers and elders should be one with the Lord to raise up, to heal, to cover, and to teach others in love....Love covers and builds up, so love is the most excellent way for us to be anything and to do anything for the building up of the Body of Christ. (The Vital Groups, pg 75)