Post 9 (10/28)

Augustine was the person who first had the idea of the visible and invisible church around the fourth century. The visible church is describing the members of a local church. The invisible church are God's elect and true believers. Augustine believed there was a mix of the visible and invisible church--in other words, there will be no perfect church: some people don't have the right motives. They were there to be seen. Ultimately, I don't think that we have to worry about that--it's up to God. He knows our hearts better than we do, so we should probably be more worried about ourselves than wondering what your neighbors motives for going to church are.