JULY 31 “CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?”
The Church is a very interesting institution or organism, if I can use that term. Especially if you are part of an Evangelical Church that reaches out into the community to win and bring in the lost. All the effort that goes in to outreaching, all the money, time & resources, to win the lost and bring them in to the Church. A lot of planning and strategy goes in to evangelism, but do we ever think, "what will we do with them once they are in the church, will we be able to keep them?" We have a plan to "reach out" but do we have a plan to "reach in". Paul in our text is admonishing us to "accept those who are weak in faith, and don't argue with them...". I know people who are weak in faith bother you, I know people who seem to struggle allot bother you, I know.....people in general, that are in the church bother you. I know this person bothers this person, and that person bothers that person. Paul is writing to the Romans to instruct