How many remember that song - "We are family." That is another description that the Word of God gives to us concerning the connection that we need with God, with one another and with our world."
When we accepted Christ we are born into a family. Families need to be connected to one another for the health and safety of the whole family. Too many Christians accept the Lord and then they never become a part of a local church family. God has created us for connection!
1 Timothy 3:15 in one paraphrase says it this way: "I want you to know how people who are members of God's family must live. God's family is the church..." Christianity is more than just a belief system, rules and religion. Christianity is a BELONG system according to Rick Warren. The Bible says that we are born again into the family of God.
As a family, we need to accept one another even though we may be different. I love my brothers and sister even though they are different than me. We have different lifestyles, attitudes about things, goals in life, but we are family. We must love and accept people, but that does not mean that we APPROVE of things that are sinful and against the Word of God. We must accept people even when we cannot approve of certain things!
That is the connection that God wants in His family!
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