...” Genesis 2:18 (NKJV) 18 And the LORD God said, "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him." Today I want to speak about the community of God and His invitation for all of us to be a part of it.
1. “With billions of people in the world, someone should be able to figure out a system where no one is lonely. What do you suggest?” Matt (age 8) – “We could get people a pet or a husband or a wife and take them places.” Brian (age 8) - Sing a song. Stomp your feet. Read a book. Sometimes I think no one loves me so I do one of these. This thing of being lonely is why we attend churches, join hunting clubs, have girls shopping days out and why so many are joining on line.
2. There is no pain like the pain of loneliness. We would be shocked to know those around us who are so lonely or maybe we would not be surprised because we are. Home makers to CEOs are lonely and hurting. Lots of lonely people in Central Florida. Mother Teresa – “Loneliness is the leprosy of modern society. And no one wants anybody to know they’re a leper.” Loneliness hurts.
3. We were made for oneness. Genesis 2:18 (NKJV) “And the LORD God said, "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him." We were made for oneness. Loneliness is so painful. In v.18 it says man was alone and God said, “not good”. What is this saying...we were meant for oneness in the framework of community...we desperately need each other. We need each other, Life Church! Life Church Villages! La Vida Church!
4. The Answer: The Divine Community. “With billions of people in the world, someone should be able to figure out a system where no one is lonely.” Someone did. That system is called community. Ortberg - I believe that if you had to sum up in a single word what God is up to, what His goal is in creating the universe and the persons who inhabit it, that word would be community. To show how important community was to God we can go back further than when man existed and see what life was like for Him. This is the doctrine of the Trinity.
5. Life within the Trinity - The Great Invitation! Dallas Willard - The Trinity is a self-sufficing community of unspeakably magnificent personal beings of boundless love, knowledge, and power. So what about this great invitation? Imagine with me the Trinity in a circle in perfect love and unity. We get God’s invitation to come into the circle. We have been invited into this fellowship of love...this community of love.
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