Why is it that we run from the ones who are the deepest in sin?
And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners." - Mark 2:17
You are a witness!!
Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind." - John 9:39
Wicked people can be saved!!
Look at Paul!!
12 I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service,
13 though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,
14 and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
15 The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.
16 But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.
17 To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. - 1 Timothy 1:12-17
How can we share Christ without being present?
We have to be a community!
God has commanded it!!!
Invest in others!!
Pick your brother up when he falls and he will return the blessing to you when you fall!!
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.
10 For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!
11 Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone?
12 And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him-a threefold cord is not quickly broken. - Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. - Proverbs 17:17
1 Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.
2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
3 For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
4 But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor.
5 For each will have to bear his own load. - Galatians 6:1-5
We are many members!!!
4 For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function,
5 so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. - Romans 12:4-5
God sees your potential!!!
But Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." - Matthew 19:26
31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? - Romans 8:31-32
Jesus invested time!
Encourage your brother!
Have fellowship!
After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptizing. - John 3:22
Be accountable!!
Support each other!!!
Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. - 1 Thessalonians 5:11
24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. - Hebrews 10:24-25
Thanks Pastor Kevin!!!
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