Schott said, “You cannot script that. Even in this situation, the gospel is being preached.”
“I do not believe we can preach MERCY at the altars of our churches if that same mercy is not available for the ones who stand behind them,” he added. “The grace of God is not selective. It is the same grace that covered David after moral failure. The same mercy that met Moses after murder. The same restoration that reached Samson after compromise.”
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Schott made it clear that his post was not excusing Morris’ sin or its seriousness.
“Sin is serious,” Schott said. “It grieves the heart of God. But I do not believe that failure, even devastating failure, gets the final word in a surrendered life.”
The Mercy Culture pastor also expressed gratitude for the role Morris played in his life.
“I am thankful for the role Pastor Robert played in my life. I am thankful for what I learned. And I am thankful that the story of grace is still being written,” he said.
Schott concluded his post with Jesus’ words from Matthew 25:36, 40: “I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me…And the King will answer them, Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.”
