Why We Need Each Other
Better Together - Part 1
“Since we are all one body in Christ, we belong to each other, and each of us needs all the others.”
Rom. 12:5b (NLT)
1. I NEED OTHERS TO WALK WITH ME.
“Just as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him...”
Col. 2:6-7 (ESV)
“It is not good for man to be alone.”
Gen. 2:18 (NLT)
“Let us not give up the habit of meeting together... Instead, let us encourage one another.”
Heb. 10:25a (TEV)
Walk with with other because
1. Is safer
2. Is supportive
3. Is smarter
4. Learn to get along with people
• Community is God’s answer to: Loneliness
“When you gather, each one of you be prepared with something useful for all: Sing a hymn, teach a lesson, tell a story, lead a prayer, provide an insight... Take your turn, with no one person taking over. That way... you all learn from each other.”
1 Cor. 14:26, 30-31(Mes)
“As each part does its work, it helps the other parts grow, so Christ’s whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.”
Eph. 4:16 (NLT)
“Open your homes to each other without complaining.”
Peter 4:9 (TEV)
2. I NEED OTHERS TO WORK WITH ME.
“God made us to do good works, which He planned in advance for us to live our lives doing.”
Eph. 2:10 (NCV)
“Two people are better than one, because they get more done by working together.”
Eccl. 4:9 (NCV)
• Community is God’s answer to: Fatigue
“Every time we get the chance, let us work for the benefit of all, starting with the people closest to us in the community of faith.”
Gal. 6:10 (Mes)
3. I NEED OTHERS TO WATCH OUT FOR ME.
“Look out for one another’s interests, not just for your own.”
Ph. 2:4 (TEV)
“Keep being concerned about each other as the Lord’s followers should.”
Heb. 13:1 (CEV)
“A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.”
Eccl. 4:12 (NLT)
• Community is God’s answer to: Defeat
“If one person falls, another can reach out and help. But people who are alone when they fall are in real trouble.”
Eccl. 4:10 (NLT)
4. I NEED OTHERS TO WAIT AND WEEP WITH ME.
“You should be like one big family, full of sympathy toward each other...”
1 Peter 3:8a (LB)
“If one member suffers, all suffer together.”
1 Cor. 12:26 (ESV)
No need to give people advice, just be the with them.
Sit in silence
• Community is God’s answer to: Despair
“Be happy with those who are happy, weep with those who weep.”
Rom. 12:15 (TEV)
“Encourage each other and strengthen one another.”
1 Th. 5:11 (GW)
5. I NEED OTHERS TO WITNESS WITH ME.
“Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are My disciples.”
John 13:35 (NLT)
“The Holy Spirit doesn’t want you to be afraid of people, but to be wise and strong, and to love them and enjoy being with them.”
2 Tim. 1:7 (LB)
• God’s answer to fear is Community
“...You are working together and struggling side by side to get others to believe the Good News.”
Ph. 1:27b (CEV)
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