Invitational life 4

Where do you stay? John's disciples asked.
Come and see. Jesus answered. John 1: 39
"Zaccheus come down from the tree, I am coming to your house for tea."
Jesus lived an invitational life.

The Christian and Community of Jesus must have windows for others to "peep inside' and doors for them to walk in to learn of our friendship with Jesus.
Evangelism is not primarily about prepositional truth about Jesus, but more of an encounter with the Living Jesus among His Living friends. The persecutors acknowledged the uneducated and untrained Peter and John that they have been with Jesus. Acts 4:13.
When we invite others to come and see, we are inviting them to witness not only our personal but communal friendship with Jesus - NO LONE RANGER CHRISTIAN!
We need to remind ourself that Jesus is a friend of sinners. Our friendship with Jesus presupposes our acknowledgement that we are not different from our "prospects'" status as sinners, i.e, our brokeness and woundedness and our desperate need of mercy and transforming truth. Jesus is full of Grace and Truth.
So the body of Christ is a fellowship not so much of the "mighty and victorious" but of the "weak and helpless" who have understood and experienced the transforming power of Grace and Truth = JESUS. "MUCH FORGIVEN MUCH LOVE"
Only with this posture can the mercy that we have received be released as we embrace them whole-heartedly with GENUINE Christ's compassion. A "holy than thou, I saint, you sinner" attitude is abnoxious and repulsive not only to God but to even the most earnest seeker of truth and mercy.
In living the invitational life, we are inviting others to come and join in the redeeming story which God himself is writing. LISTENING is an important part of that life, because many times we miss the cue that God has already began writing his story in the other and so miss the opportunity to show the other that they are not far from the kingdom of God.

Are you living that invitational life as a priority?