"A Church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum of saints"

This morning i read Luke 15:25-32. The story continues after the father celebrates the return of the prodigal son. The older son, whom has never leaved the father, was unhappy for his father's act.

He complained that the father has not even given him a young goat to celebrate with his friends. But the father spoke to him wisely that whatever the father has is his. 

This passage reminds me about the church and the people in the church. Many times, we are not happy when our "younger brothers" was lost and is found. We understand that it is the Father's heart to have everyone saved, but the church somehow difficult to accept the younger brother, who in the perspective of man, a "big" sinner. Many churches found hard to accept fully those people who repent from notorious sinful lives. 

I like a quote from Abigail Van Buren, "A Church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum of saints". Old brothers, remember that we were sinners, saved and redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ, and these younger brothers, deserved the same salvation and redemption.  

Our heavenly Father rejoices when one got saves. We as the older brothers, must be rejoicing and happy whenever there is "younger brother" returning home. It is also our responsibility to find the lost brothers.