Love Your Church: Welcoming

Romans 15:1-7. Have you walked up to the front door of a home, and the owners had a mat at the front door that said, “Welcome”? If you didn’t know the people, but saw their welcome mat, you probably assume they mean it, but you won’t know until you knock on their door, will you? It’s not until you interact with them that you actually know if they mean what they say. How do you know if you’re welcome somewhere? Because they have a sign? No. It’s based on how they treat you, right? In the Lord’s church, we have to put out the welcome mat, but we have to mean it. We have to make sure that we show we are welcoming. Welcoming to who? We first think of visitors, but we also have to be welcoming of one another.