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When Jesus heard it, He said to them, 'those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.
I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.'
Mark 2:17

One of the main excuses given for not attending church is that the church is filled with 'a bunch of hypocrites'. I can't argue that the church has no hypocrites, but I heard one great response to that excuse. It was something like this:
saying you won't attend church because the church has hypocrites is like saying you won't go to a gym because so many people there are out of shape.

I  love the comparison between a gym and the church.  Of course there are people at the gym who are  out of shape! The very reason they are there is to get in shape. And, so it is at church...of course there are sinners at church, they are attending to get in spiritual shape.

The good news of the Gospel is that Jesus came to seek out and save sinners. He established His church that is inhabited by needy, imperfect people that need to get in shape.  There is no perfect church, just folks like you and me bearing with each other and loving each other as we work out together hoping to be more like Jesus. Oh, the wonder of Jesus church, what a blessing to belong...all are welcome!