Main Idea: God works through believers to rescue those who wander from the truth.

People Among the Church May Wander from Truth

• 19a My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth...
  • 1 John 1:6
  • Hebrews 12:12–15
  • Luke 15:11–16

The Faithful Ought to Seek to Restore the Wanderer

• 19b–20 ...and someone brings him back, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
  • Galatians 6:1
  • Luke 15:17–24
  • 2 Timothy 2:24-26
  • 1 Peter 4:8

So What?

• As Christ pursued us, we must pursue the one who goes astray, for the sake of their soul.
  • 2 Corinthians 7:8-10
  • Matthew 18:10-14