Evergreen Christian Community

Psalm 133:1-3John 17:20-23The Big Idea: Christian community exists because of Jesus, through Jesus, and for the mission of Jesus.“The Kingdom is to be in the midst of your enemies. And he who will not suffer this does not want to be of the Kingdom of Christ; he wants to be among friends, to sit among roses and lilies, not with the bad people but the devout people. O you blasphemers and betrayers of Christ! If Christ had done what you are doing, who would ever have been spared?” - Martin LutherCommunity Because of Jesus:Our community with one another consists solely in what Christ has done to both of us.Christian brotherhood is not an ideal we must realize, but rather a reality created by God, through Christ Jesus in which we may participate.Community Through JesusJesus prays that we might be One as He and the Father are One - only by being IN Jesus and IN the Father, by the work of the Holy Spirit. - One Body - the Body of Jesus• We receive one another as works of God’s grace• We love one another as Jesus lov