This Sunday we gather to specifically remember the resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Though, as Christians, this is something that we do every week on the Lord’s Day, I am mindful that many only think about this once a year when people are constantly posting to their social media, hosting special services, and inviting people to come to church.
And I am thankful for all of those things! Post thoughts and verses about the resurrection! Host special services! Invite people to church!
But please have the right heart and mind behind your invitation!
The Bible says that all of humanity has strayed like sheep, we have all turned to our own way (Isaiah 53:6), there is no one who fears God (Romans 3:18), we are dead in sin (Ephesians 2:1), under God’s wrath (Romans 1:18).
And we know that through life circumstances, aside from the deep and biggest problem of sin, people are hurt, alone, depressed, anxious, angry. Joy and happiness are few and far between and all the world has to offer is emptiness to fill the void. Nothing that truly meets the desperate need that we have.
When you invite someone to join us this Lord’s Day—indeed, every Lords’s day!—have in mind that they are a soul in desperate need of a Savior.
Invite them to hear the about the holiness of God, the sinfulness of man, the only sacrifice for sin, the reconciliation, love, joy, and peace that come through faith in Jesus.
Peter wrote to Christians telling them that they were straying like sheep, “but have now”—through faith—“returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls,” who is Jesus.
The world at large is still straying and in need of returning to Shepherd’s care. This is why Christian’s gather every Lord’s Day and proclaim the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. An invitation to church is a call for sinners repent of sin and return to the Shepherd.
I hope you have been able to invite someone to join us this Sunday! I hope you are praying—please join me in praying!—for those who will simply come because it’s what they do at Christmas and Easter. Please join me in praying for those who gather with us each week and have yet to respond through faith to the Good News of Jesus.
Breakfast is at 8:30am, worship at 10am. Lord willing, I’ll see you then!
Grace & Peace,
John White
You can reach the elders anytime by email, call, or text at:
Jon Collins, jcollins@thevillagemi.com, (810) 869-3949
John White, jwhite@thevillagemi.com, (810) 275-4267