Uncommon Fellowship: Accept One Another

Sermon by Corky Calhoun
Ok lets face it, if people in general were good at this then there would probably be less conflict in our life and in the world. Think about it, ideology has separated North Koreans from South Koreans and we are all living in the splash zone of this inability to simply accept one another. This is why we are doing this series because even as Christians, we are often "uncomfortable" with "uncommon". Of course this means anything that is unlike us is immediately uncommon! So why is it so hard for us to accept one another both inside and outside the Kingdom? I think we confuse acceptance with tolerance and we are never quite sure where truth and accountability fits into "accept one-another". What if we could look at people and look past appearances, and our pre-judgements, and our differences and see the person God sees? What if we could see what they could become as a full reflection of God's image? What if we could see others the way that God saw us...while we were still drowning in our own sin. So Sunday is Mothers Day and it was my Mom who taught me about accepting one-another, that people just want to be loved...so we should love them! Mom's for sure are gifted with this unconditional love, this love that has the ability to look past our mistakes and see the potential inside. Isn't this what God did when he accepted us? So join us Sunday...we are an Uncommon Fellowship working out our common fears and phobia's about one-another together.