Why do we need community?
Channel: Chapelstreet Church
Date: 2023-03-21

What’s so important about Christian community?

Have you ever tried to maintain a long-distance relationship with a friend, family member, or significant other? Perhaps you kept in touch through messaging, phone calls, or video chats. But it probably didn’t take long to realize that there’s something about being with someone in person—seeing him or her in the flesh—that long-distance interactions simply cannot replicate. Knowing someone apart from his or her body is naturally limiting.

Christ describes the people of God as his very body (Romans 12:4–5). This means one of the primary ways we know and experience Christ is through his people—through community. Apart from community, God’s presence and love can feel theoretical or even distant. Yet through community, Christ’s loving presence feels palpable and near.

For example, every time someone gives you an affectionate hug, looks you in the eye and listens well, sits and sympathizes with you in your suffering, encourages you with his or her words, or serves you with his or her actions—this is Christ saying to you, “Here is a small taste of my love for you.” It is through community that Christ’s attributes rub up against our felt experience. In today's video, Pastor Joe helps us see what it means to live in community—and how Christ intends to communicate himself to us as we do.

This is Day 7 of our 20 Days on Following Jesus series. Find the rest of the series here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0lnY-4k_FoicFce0YaSUseBovJiNQ7GO 
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