** Give it a second to load, video in 3 parts, worth the wait! **
Take a few minutes and listen to Francis Chan as he discusses the theme of community with the members of Cornerstone Church.
The Purpose Of The Church – Part 1
*** y’all, or you all, is usually used in the southern U.S. to refer to more than one person. Although, as Francis points out, sometimes it’s also used in place of the second person singular pronoun ‘you’. *** 🙂
He references 1 Peter 2:9:
“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” ESV
He claims that no one runs around and says, “Look, I’m a Nation!”
The Purpose Of The Church – Part 2
Some interesting quotes from Part 2:
“I wanted you on my team”
“You can’t display God by yourself”
“We have a goal, we have a purpose”
The Purpose Of The Church – Part 3
He references Deuteronomy 4: 6,7 in Part 3:
“Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’ For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the Lord our God is to us, whenever we call upon him?” ESV
As well as 1 Corinthians 12: 27:
“Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.” ESV
Read this quote slowly:
“He wants us to declare HIM, not just by talking; but the world is going to start seeing us by the way we interact as families, as families together in communities and then we get together here as a church on Sundays and we together declare HIS excellencies as a body. This is God’s desire.”
If you didn’t pay attention you might have missed the transition from Family first, then to Community and finally the larger Church. Is this significant? Do you agree? Let me hear your thoughts?
CROSS-Cultural Connection 