(Gal 6:1 NKJV) Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted.
Do we know anyone who has fallen or backslidden?
How have we handled it? Have we continued to love them and pray for them, or have we turned away from them and written them off, or snubbed them because we were disappointed with them or ashamed of them?
This is very easy to do. We all make this mistake sometimes, being too quick to judge someone who has fallen into sin. For some reason, the church today has become less compassionate than we should be.
Sin is never acceptable, but we are all guilty and none of us has “arrived”. So it’s time for us all to put love, mercy and compassion back into our daily walk! We need to love the backslider just as much as the person who has never known the forgiveness of Christ.
The church should not be full of mean-hearted people. We should love unconditionally and forgive quickly, restoring the backslidden gently and compassionately.
Love always wins.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-377-5400
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