Uncommon Fellowship: Restore One Another

Sermon by Pastor Corky

Have you ever noticed that there is not a "Restore One-Another" committee in churches? Never has anything been so simple conceptually, and so difficult to implement. The truth is we live in a disposable society and relationships have become as easy to discard as Monday morning trash. There are a myriad of reasons that this is a hard ministry in the church and I'll cover some of them on Sunday, but difficulty doesn't excuse us from this Biblical mandate. I think most Christians feel like this is what we hired a Pastor for! Surely this is the work of a professional Christian! And the truth is I work very hard to bring back people who have strayed from their faith, mostly because I know what is at stake if we don't. The thing is most people see me coming, but what if your life and love is what pressed in on them. What if you were the one God needed to pull people back from the abyss? But make no mistake about it, it is hard and often disappointing this work to restore people who drift. I think you would be amazed at how much the Bible has to say about this command and despite all the unity the early church possessed, there were still many who were walking away. Some people believe Jesus demands to much. And they are right in that Jesus demands a great deal, but the transformative by-product of our obedience is incomparable to anything else in the world. Join us Sunday as I preach a sermon I would have loved to have handed to Janice. God is in the restoration business, which means we are in the restoration business.