Scripture:
- Today’s passage is Mark 1-3. You can follow along with this link: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+1-3&version=NIV
Sermon Notes & Quotes:
- The only barrier to committed community is people.
- Community requires (1) multiple people & (2) different personalities.
- QUOTE: “We learn to live by living together with others, and by living like them--a process which has disadvantages as well as blessings.” (Thomas Merton)
- Maturing into Christlikeness is impossible apart from intimate relationships within a committed community.
- Community is where we are challenged, encouraged, & convicted in such a way that we can grow into the fullness of Christ.
- only in community can we be challenged, encouraged, and convicted in such a way that we grow up into the fullness of Christ and experience the freedom that comes with being emotionally healthy and self-aware, able then to offer ourselves freely to others.