Churching Men
In a different sense, the military and law enforcement have no idea how Christian leaders feel. The military and law academies get to pick and choose whom they admit. The Church accepts any that will come to the Cross. In too few weeks, or too many years, the Church makes powerful saints from lowly sinners.
Christian men, before their conversion, were often the worst offenders or least wanted of all society. The Holy Spirit transforms the hearts, and natures, of men the world would throw away. Through God’s Grace, we rescue “the least of these” and help transform them into desirable champions.
Churching the unchurched man is an extraordinary venture. Conversion, discipleship, mentoring and mission progress through the lives of all Godly men. Despite the distractions and demands of the world and church life, this process is the source of growth and strength for God’s Church.
Christian leaders are called to be “captains over 400.” It takes time, talent and treasure to gather those whom no one else wants. That and a heart obedient to God’s Call and Commission.
Converting Men
And the Lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled (Luke 14:23 KJV).
It’s best to begin at the beginning. Go into the highways and byways. Compel them with grace, love and hope.
There are a lot of unchurched men out there. In prisons. On street corners. Lurking in back rooms. Our job, as Christian leaders, is to help pull them in.
They are God’s sons also. They need to be led out of captivity into freedom. Their families, immediate or distant, will be released from bondage with that (re)claimed man. We must go to them, since they will not, or cannot, come to us.
Time, talent and treasure spent on new converts is never wasted. No place of conversion is too dirty or difficult for God’s Grace to appear. We can fill His House. Are you willing to be a channel for the flow of His Power?
Despite his situation, men gathered at David’s side. Men desperate for hope and redemption traveled into the wilderness and joined an outlaw. Our churches and ministries can become modern-day Adullams.
We can create places where men know they can come and be accepted as they are. Godly men can embrace rank sinners and help them kneel at the altar in repentance. Revival and restoration can become commonplace, if we put our hearts, and backs, into reaching the lost.
Discipling Men
With the joyous crisis of salvation and repentance complete, what happens next? The hard work of teaching, training and tempering a new saint begins. Some mature Christian man has to embrace that newborn, feed him with Gospel milk, and help him progress to spiritual meat.
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