Their very spiritual, eternal lives depends on it. We must not be like the Pharisees. We must take the shepherd as our example. We have already said how he leaves the 99 and searches for the one. He leaves the safe environment of the sheepfold.
Church is safe.
It is safe to talk about God here and about Jesus here and about salvation here. It is risky. But it is urgent and important. The shepherd searches until he finds it. Well, I have done my duty.