“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.” —John 13:34
“To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law.” —1 Cor. 9:21
In regards to community, Jesus was…
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Community Requires
You don’t accidentally have community.
You have to intentionally seek it!
Community Requires
We are told many lies about the church and community:
1. You can just watch church online, you don’t need to actually go.
2. You don’t need to go to church, you need to be the church.
“Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.” —1 Cor. 12:27
Community Requires
“Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.” —James 5:16
True Community Produces
“While we would like to avoid the mess and enjoy deep and intimate community, God says that it is in the very process of working through the mess that intimacy [and true community] is found.” —Todd Wilson