After listing some of the worst sins imaginable, Paul told the Corinthians, \u2018And that is what some of you were. But you were\u2026 justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.\u2019<\/i> (1\u00a0Corinthians\u00a06:11\u00a0NIV) So, before you pass sentence on someone else, remember what God has lifted you out of! Many of us think a \u2018good\u2019 sermon is one that goes over our head and hits our neighbour squarely between the eyes! <\/p>\n
In Scripture, the word restore<\/i> has two shades of meaning. One is to remove a tumour.<\/i> A tumour can kill you, and it needs to be removed. Paul writes, \u2018If someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently\u2026 in this way you will fulfil the law of Christ.\u2019<\/i> (Galatians\u00a06:1\u20132\u00a0NIV) Make no mistake, sharing someone\u2019s shame and humiliation can be a burden. Nevertheless, \u2018we should\u2026 give special attention to those who are in the family of believers.\u2019<\/i> (Galatians\u00a06:10\u00a0NCV) If you tend to be quick to condemn others\u2014something we have all done from time to time\u2014ask yourself this question: if people don\u2019t find grace among the people who preach it, where can they find it? <\/p>\n
The other means to reset a broken bone.<\/i> Scripture tells us, \u2018Christ makes us one body\u2026 connected to each other.\u2019<\/i> (Romans\u00a012:5\u00a0GWT) In fact, your spiritual family is more important than your earthly family because it will last forever. By lifting a fallen family member, you help heal their pain and enable them to become a vital, functioning part of Christ\u2019s body again. So, the word for today is\u2014be a restorer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After listing some of the worst sins imaginable, Paul told the Corinthians, \u2018And that is what some of you were. But you were\u2026 justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.\u2019 (1\u00a0Corinthians\u00a06:11\u00a0NIV) So, before you pass sentence on someone else, remember what God has lifted you out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}