Welcome

"Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.” - Romans 15:7

A couple of weeks ago, there was a bombing in church in Pakistan.  Over 80 people were killed, many others injured as the event happened as people were leaving a worship service.  The purpose of this post is not to dwell on man’s inhumanity to man – for any good Reformed thinker understands the concept of total depravity, but to point out something I hadn’t thought much about.

There are Christians in Pakistan. The concept surprises me.  It shouldn’t

Sometimes we Americans think we are the only people in the world; American Christians really get awfully wrapped up in themselves…and we forget.  God has his people all over the globe. And they are not all pale skinned like me.

We don’t just need to remember that God has his people all around the world; we need to act on it.  Paul says in the reading above, “Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.”

Act on it.  Somehow, some way we need to reach out and welcome.  Not people in our neighborhood who look like us, but fellow brothers and sisters in Christ around the world.

Like…in Pakistan.

I’m guessing there are a lot of frightened and hurting Christians in Pakistan who could use a reaching out to.  If I can find how to do so, I will share it.

Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God