Draw THAT Crowd

My reading today began with Luke 15:1:

"Then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to hear Him."

Wow! I stopped right there. What do you think He was saying that made Him draw THAT crowd? Are we saying things that draw THAT crowd? You know THAT crowd of liars, cheats, sexually immoral, drunkards, gluttons, thieves, covetous, and abusers.

The Great Commission is not about going out into the world to get the saved more saved. Yes, there is a duty to preach and to teach the saints....for what? For the equipping of said saints for the work of the ministry. What is the ministry? To preach the GOOD NEWS and seek to save the lost. Not the found.

That is what I got out of one verse. Now to read the rest of the chapter!