REV. Zachery Sarrault, Associate PASTOR
Pastor’s Corner for November 23-29, 2025
The Last Day
(Malachi 3:13-18)
This is the last Weekend of the Church Year. Why do we remember this? Why does the Church even have a “last day” marked in our calendars? It’s there to meditate on and prepare for the Last Day. This is the Day when everything will be made known. When the Book of Remembrance will be read and all the righteous will be welcomed into God’s Kingdom. This is the Day when Christ will be revealed in glory, when God will make the righteous His treasured possession, when all things will be made right. The Last Day is the Day that God has promised. Are you ready?
When you think of the Last Day, what comes to mind? Thinking about the Book of Remembrance in Malachi, it can be a scary day. Not exactly one to look forward to if I’m supposed to be secure in what God remembers about me. The image of God that can come to mind in association with the Last Day is one of anger, violence, vengeance, and condemnation. The Last Day is hardly ever thought of as a good day. That day brings to mind my sin; my rebellion, hate, anger, lust, judgement, jealousy, and all the things I regret and the shame that comes with it. The Last Day can bring fear because on that Day everything is finished.
But what if we remembered that the Last Day has already come? There has already been a Day when Christ was revealed in glory, when God made the righteous His treasured possession, when the righteous were welcomed into God’s Kingdom. The Last Day is the Day of Christ’s victory over sin, death, and the devil. Even your sin that you fear has been conquered and done away with. On the Last Day, you were made righteous and the Kingdom was given to you.
In the most unexpected place, on a cross, Jesus was revealed in all His glory. On that cross, Jesus accomplished all He came to do. That is the Last Day for all believers when all things were declared finished. If you ever think of the Final Day with fear and trembling, pray the prayer of the criminal on the cross, “remember me when you come into your kingdom.” In that little prayer, every prayer is held. No smaller prayer can be uttered that holds so great an impact.
Remember me. That is our prayer to Jesus over and over again. Not because Jesus can forget us, but because we want, and need, Jesus to act for us again and again. In the memory of Jesus, His death and resurrection is made active in our lives for all eternity. The Last Day is one to look forward to for God’s people, but it is also a day to look back on because there is where our confidence is found.
Your remembered brother in Christ,
Pastor Zach Sarrault
Ordination and Installation of Pastor Zachery Sarrault (July 18, 2021):
Sunday was a great day at RLC! We celebrated the Ordination and Installation of our new Associate Pastor Zachery Sarrault. It was a beautiful service with a heartfelt sermon by his father, Pastor Joel Sarrault. Congratulations and welcome, Pastor Zach! Thank you to all who participated in this special day.
Pastor Sarrault Ordination and Installation
Pastor Zachery Sarrault Ordination and Installation Bulletin
From Pastor Zach (July 16, 2021):
Hey Resurrection Family!
Kelsey and I are finally here! We have finished up at St. Louis, seen family in Michigan, and moved into our new home. After all of that traveling and living out of suitcases, we couldn’t be happier to finally be back to something comfortable. Comfort is always something nice to hold on to. All of us have something that makes us comfortable, whether it be a family member or friend, a good book or fishing pole, a quilting machine or a wood shed, we all have our go-to comfort places. This is part of being human! We love comfort!
The thing with comfort is that sometimes we get too comfortable. We can settle in and tell ourselves that we never wish to see any change. “Life would be perfect if I could just stay in my recliner with Tom Sawyer all day.” Or whatever your comfort may be. Sadly, we know that this isn’t how life works. No matter how much we enjoy our comforts, ‘real life’ happens and it disrupts those little joys. But, is it ‘real life’ or is it God, calling us into His mission to do more than just the comfortable?
Jesus never led a life of comfort. From the manger to the cross and even the empty tomb, Jesus’ life was one of challenge and the uncomfortable. When one of the scribes declared that he would follow Jesus, all Jesus had to say was, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head” (Matt. 8:20). Kind of an odd response, one that rightly scared away the scribe. Probably would have scared me too!
So, what does this mean for us? Are we supposed to throw away all of our earthly comforts and live lives of asceticism? Not at all! But we are called to know where these comforts come from and who our ultimate comfort is. In all things, comfort or challenge, our Lord and Savior stands before us, behind us, and beside us. As Jesus prepared His disciples for life after His death and resurrection, Jesus told His followers, “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world” (John 16:33).
There is our ultimate comfort! Not in our little hide-a-ways or indulgences, but in the One who has overcome all sin and who has promised us peace. Our comfort is in the faith that we have through Christ’s death and resurrection. Our comfort is in the kingdom of God that has already been given to us! That is a comfort that is never changing and never ending. No matter what God has in store the Sarraults in North Carolina, we know that the comfort of our Lord will always prevail!
In the comfortable and the uncomfortable, but always in Christ,
Pastor Zach Sarrault
From Pastor Jonathan (July 15, 2021):
There's a new face at Resurrection! Seminarian Zach Sarrault and wife Kelsey made it down to Cary last Monday, and soon-to-be "Pastor Zach" is already taking part in leadership team activities here at RLC. He will serve as Associate Pastor at Resurrection... meaning he will be working full-time in all aspects of ministry: preaching and teaching, visiting the homebound, discipling others, showing up at youth events, leading school and preschool chapel services, making friends in his neighborhood, evangelizing... and doing it all as one who is privileged to be an Under-Shepherd of the Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ. We are very blessed to have him and Kelsey in our midst!
Though the Sarraults hail from Michigan they know a little bit about our area already since Zach served as Vicar at Hope Lutheran Church in Wake Forest from 2019 to 2020. At church you can find Pastor Zach in the Associate Pastor's office, next door to the main office on the left side. I look forward to working with Pastor Zach and seeing him welcomed as warmly by all of you as Juli and I were not so long ago! May God bless and further your ministry among us, Pastor!