REV. Zachery Sarrault, Associate PASTOR
Pastor’s Corner for October 25-31, 2026
But Now!
(Romans 3:19-28)
This weekend, we celebrate the Reformation, a time when God used men like Martin Luther to help us understand the awesomeness of God’s Goodness for all people. To do this, the reformers used a certain way of reading God’s Word, referring to the difference between Law and Gospel. It can sound like a technical, academic, way of reading God’s Love Story to us, but it actually shows us the incredible depth of God’s Love.
We see the pattern all throughout God’s Story and much of the time the pattern starts with the Law. Paul describes the Law like this in Romans 3:20, “For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.” What does the Law do? It shows us our sin. What is the Law? It is God’s will for our lives, what God wants us to do. Why would God give us something that shows us how sinful we are? Because without this gift of the Law, we would still think that we don’t need God. In an odd way, God’s Law is a gift to us, because without it God’s Goodness wouldn’t seem that great. Because of the Law, we realize that we do need God in our lives. To say it another way, through lived experience of daily life, we know we need God. For some folks it takes a lot of Law-experience to finally see a need for God, for other folks it’s a daily recognition of a need for God. As I’ve heard it said before, we are all born with a God-sized hole in our heart, the Law give us recognition of that hole and points us to God’s Gift of Salvation.
“But Now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and Prophets bear witness to it” (Romans 3:21). God’s Gospel will always follow the Law. Whenever we see our sin and come to God, He will never ever withhold the Good Gifts that He so badly wants to give to us. Those two great words, “But Now!” are a key into God’s Forgiveness for us. We know we are sinful and fall short of God’s expectations, But Now God gives His Forgiveness. We have turned away from God and tried to do life on our own, But Now God pulls us back and speaks His Comforting Grace. We go back to old sinful habits and live like God doesn’t matter, But Now God washes us clean and reminds us that He has not forgotten His Promise to you.
But Now we have the beautiful Gospel of God’s Sacrifice for us. Because of the Gospel work of Christ, we can have confidence that God has done it all for us to live with Him for all eternity. But Now you are a child of God!
Your forgiven 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!