Christian Community is about Jesus

Much that is wrong inside congregations comes from folks loosing sight of the main thing: the house is the Lord's. The following words from Bonheoffer's Life Together express the heart of Christian community.

"Christianity means community through Jesus Christ and in Jesus Christ. No Christian community is more or less than this."

"...a Christian needs others because of Jesus Christ...a Christian comes to others only through Jesus Christ."

"First, the Christian is the man who no longer seeks his salvation, his deliverance, his justification in himself but in Jesus Christ alone...He lives wholly by God's Word pronounced upon him...But God has put His word into the mouth of men in order that it may be communicated to other men."

"...the goal of all Christian community: they meet one another as bringers of the message of salvation."

"Second, a Christian comes to others only through Jesus Christ...Without Christ there is discord between God and man and between man and man...Thus God has taught us to meet one another as God has met us in Christ."

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