Never Quit 3

Hello Everyone,

The Next Ingredient - Abundant life is found in Community - What I mean by this is that Christianity is meant to be lived in Community.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12. ⁹ Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: ¹⁰ If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls
and has no one to help him 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 a common theme throughout both the Old and New Testaments.

• It starts in Eden - “It’s not good for man to be alone…”
• It follows in the preservation of Israel. Israel was preserved as a Nation.

Feasts and fasts, celebrations, and sacrifices all revolved around bring the people together in one place - preserving a unity of Nation.
• In the New Testament when Jesus prepares His disciples for going out in ministry He pairs them up.
• Each time the Apostle Paul heads out on a missionary journey - he teams up with others to make the journey.

God designed us to work together in community and that community is the local church.

I think this is why there is so much dissention in churches - the enemy works overtime to keep us upset with one another.

Most of those people who won’t enter the Christian Community won’t enter it not because of who Christ is but because of who we are.

You see if he can keep us out of fellowship with other believers he can keep us from the abundance that God has designed for us.

Understand that I am not saying you cannot be a Christian if you don’t go to church - any more than I am saying that going to church means you’re a Christian.

Greater Things Are Still To Come!

Pastor Phil