Church Is Gospel Is Community

Acts 2:42-47, 4:23-37, Romans 12:1-21, Luke 6:12-37, 46-49

The community of disciples Jesus gathered was the re-birthing of an ancient dream in the heart of the Father. God created Adam and Eve and Israel and the church and you and me to have a people for himself, to be his image in the world, to share in his passion and purposes. To have such a community lies at the very center of the eternal purpose of God. The church is not plan B, some kind of divine afterthought. The church was not an accident. The church that Jesus was gathering and building was the rebirthing of God’s purpose.