10/18/2026
“And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house, saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’ But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. ”
Matthew 20:11-14 ESV
Our job as Christians is to make the Church welcome and to do our best to walk as Christ. Some are called early in life, and some near the end- we have no jurisdiction in judging those that are called later. I'm not saying to embrace sin by any means and sound teaching is a must- but those new in the Church are as newborn babes in Christ. If we judge and backbite newcomers for their past or even still current lifestyle and drive them out of the Church them their spiritual blood will be on our hands. Sound teaching and convictions of the spirit should lead change- when I was new in the Church, God lead me to change things one at a time, had someone came to me and said "you better change this, this and this", I probably would have walked out. Our growth may start small- one planteth, one watereth- but God gives the increase.
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