Receive One Another | One Another — Part 4

What happens when the “one another” God places in front of us is someone who is not like us? In the final message of our four-part One Another series, Pastor Mike walks through Romans 15:5–7 and Paul’s command to receive one another just as Christ received us. The church has never been made up of people who agree about everything. From the earliest believers in Rome, Christians have come from different backgrounds, traditions, personalities, and perspectives. But biblical unity does not mean becoming identical. It means deciding that what we have in Christ is greater than the things we see differently. Jesus is not trying to make everybody more like us. He is making all of us more like Him. And when we remember how Christ received us, it changes the way we receive others. None of us earned our place in the family of God. We were welcomed by grace while we were still growing, still learning, and still in need of His patience. So there has to be room at the table. Room for different generations. Room for different personalities. Room for different backgrounds. Room for people who are still growing. Room for people who may not look, think, or act exactly like us. That does not mean compromising truth. It means holding tightly to truth without holding people at arm’s length. Throughout this series, we have been called to love one another, encourage one another, serve one another, and receive one another. And every command has been leading us to the same place: a church where Jesus is so central that our differences stop being the biggest thing in the room. The strongest thing holding the church together should never be how much we have in common. It should be how much we have in Christ. There’s room at the table. 📖 Romans 15:5–7 🎙️ One Another — Part 4 of 4 ⛪ Solid Rock Worship Center — A Church That Walks in Love