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Thoughts on Community #5 – The Beginning and the End

Community is central to the entire Bible.  The community of the Trinity spoke the world into existence.  The Old Testament describes God’s relentless, frustrating pursuit of the community of Israel.  The New Testament graphically illustrates the price God was willing to pay to permanently betroth His Son to the community of the Church.  And we’re promised a new, redeemed, glorified, eternal community at the final judgment.  The Bible both begins and ends with community.

It’s no coincidence that we at UpperRoom feel so strongly about the community God intended His church to be: a nurturing, caring family that knows you and loves you just the same.

The church sometimes gathers for worship, sometimes for instruction and learning, and sometimes to celebrate.  But we need to also meet just for the sake of meeting, just for the sake of being together, to draw strength and hope in a world where both are often in short supply.  When we find ourselves in a selfless community, we find ourselves most like the community of God Himself.


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