This starts off with the word "man", a person just like us,he has desires,passions,and urges just like us.He walks and lives in the flesh just like we do.Therefore he faces the same temptations as we all do.But what is to be done when a Christian brother has succumbed to temptation,stumbled or fallen?What is to be the spirit and attitude of the church? How are we to approach the problem?
We must realize a true Christian can be overtaken by sin.The word overtaken, means to be taken before hand,by suprise,or unexpectedly.A true christian is suprised when he is overtaken by sin;he never supects it to happen,for he belongs to Christ, he is walking with the Savior.But when one does slip and fall,what should we do?The scripture says we are to restore him.However there is a right and a wrong way to help the fallen brother.The chances are the fallen person will be sensitive,perhaps embarrassed, and easily shamed.He could be so ashamed he is to embarrassed to return to the church.He might feel unwelcome to the church for what he has done.So we must approch him in the right spirit,one of love letting the fallen person know that they are loved.A spirit of,meekness, so we are not overtaken with pride and selfrighteousness.We should have the same spirit for the for the fallen as Christ had for us.After all, we all have fallen at one time or another,how were you restored?
Christ gave and sacrificed himself to reach out to man. He bore the sins of man for man,and when we fall, he is right there to forgive us and stand in the gap as our advocate for the Father.Now we can't bear the sins of one another,but we can bear each others burdens,and we can stand in the gap with prayer and supplication for those who have fallen and through a spirit of meekness restore such a one to the fold.
Let us love one another,be an example for a lost and hateful world
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