In his book Love in Hard Places, D. A. Carson discusses the fact that church is a family:
The church itself is not made up of natural “friends.” …What binds us together is not common education, common race, common income levels, common politics, common nationality, common accents, common jobs, or anything of the sort. Christians come together…because they have been saved by Jesus Christ and owe him a common allegiance. In the light of this common allegiance, in light of the fact that they have all been loved by Jesus himself, they commit themselves to doing what he says….
In this light, they are a band of natural enemies who love one another for Jesus’ sake.
Do you view your church as family?
Are you bound together in love by Jesus Christ with those you worship with each week?
Are you not that committed to your church because you don’t view them as family?
We gain so much by being part of a church family.
Make sure you have one.
And make sure to love the people in it!
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