"For where two or three are gathered in My name, I am in the midst of them." Matthew 18:20
Here we come to every small church's pep talk verse.
That comment is not meant to degrade small churches, nor Jesus' statement, but have you ever thought of the redundancy of what Jesus is saying?
Afterall, elsewhere Jesus says that the kingdom of God is within you and that he will be with you until the end of the age. If Jesus is with you at all times, then of course he is going to be with you in a group of 2 or 3 or 200 or 3000.
Now, that said, let's talk a moment about the importance of community.
We are called to be a church, we are called to be a body, we are called to be one. In the same way, God, though 3, is 1, there exists a community in the Godhead, there is some sort of relationship. Don't ask me to explain the trinity, I can't, it is a mystery to me, but I cannot deny that God is revealed in different ways at different times to different people. This leads me to believe in the God community and it leads me to believe in God's community. So Jesus never leaves you nor forsakes you, but if you really want to experience Jesus you CAN'T do it alone.
+ Do you attend church? Why? Why not?
+ Do you agree that the best way to experience Jesus/God is in community? Explain.
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