Scripture to Read: 1 Corinthians 1
As we continue our journey of what biblical community is and why it is so important, we also find this written on our Highview website about community: “Community groups are key to our disciple making strategy because we believe relationships are the primary environment God uses to grow people. We believe that when people learn to share life together, we help one another be all that the gospel calls us to be.” So, community is a key to making disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ. Christ commanded us in Matthew 28:19 to make disciples. A disciple is a follower, so we are to make followers of our Lord Jesus. Everyone follows someone, and everyone models their life after someone. Jesus commanded us, His children, to help others become followers of Him and model their lives after Him. Community is the way we guide others to be followers of Christ. God tells us in 1 Corinthians 1:9 that He is faithful, and He has called us into fellowship with our Lord, “God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” God also tells us in 1 Corinthians 1:10 that healthy community means we are united in matters concerning our faith in Him and His Word: “Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment.” So, community is critical to the disciple-making process.
Challenge & Application
· How are you helping make disciples of Christ through the community group you are in?
· How is God growing you as a disciple of His through your community group?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!