What We Share In Together

Series: Created for Community

What We Share In Together

September 11, 2022 | Peter Kozushko

Human beings are hardwired for community. All of us long for meaningful relational connection. The Bible affirms this longing and provides the ultimate basis and means for fulfilling it.

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What We Share In Together

1 John 1:1-4

Community is a basic .

Genesis 2:18 NIV the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 NIV Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: 10 If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. 11 Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? 12 Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken

Community is God’s will for .

Ephesians 2:15-16 NIV His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, 16 and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility

Ephesians 3:6 NIV This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.

John 12:32 NIV And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.

Revelation 7:9 NIV After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb.

Community is what we share together .

1 John 1:3 NIV We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

 

Series Information

It is not good for us to be alone (see Gen. 2:18)— for us to be isolated from other human beings. Why? Because we are created in the image of a relational God for loving relationships with God and each other.  Yet even in the church of Jesus Christ—where loving relationships should have the best chance of flourishing— the cultivation of community remains a constant challenge. And so, an obvious question arises: Is community worth pursuing?  The Bible’s answer is yes, yes—a thousand times, yes. We were created for community!

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