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“Christians are to share a
common life and contribute
to each other’s well-being as
living members of Christ’s
body.” -- James Montgomery Boice
• Silences the critics and opponents
– Respond to opposition with kindness and
exemplary behavior
– Stand firmly together with your brothers,
through thick and thin
– Move together with a unified worldview to
accomplish God’s agenda
• Showcases the value and power of the
gospel
– Draw encouragement from being “in
Christ” and walk beside Him
– Treat wounds of disappointment with love
– Partner together to grow Spiritual fruit
– Make compassion a core value and let it
“ooze” out of your pores
• Strengthens each member to make
greater advances
– Agree with each other whole-heartedly, as
if you were one person
– Choose to love the same things
– Live in harmony as “bosom friends”
– Move in synch with purpose towards the
common goal
• Subjects each member to the good of
the group
– Quit jockeying with others for position
– Feed true humility by starving yourself
– Adopt a “No one left behind” mentality
Cultivating Community*Adapted from a similar list found in
Deitrich Bonhoeffer’s, Life Together
1. Control your tongue, refusing to speak uncharitably about a brother
2. Cultivate humility by remembering our own sinfulness and recognizing God’s grace
3. Listen long and patiently so that you understand your brother’s need
Cultivating Community
4. Refuse to consider your
time and position so
valuable that you cannot be
interrupted by a brother in
need
5. Bear the burdens of your
brothers, by preserving their
freedom and by forgiving
their abuse of that freedom
*Adapted from a similar list found in
Deitrich Bonhoeffer’s, Life
Together