Mar 05 2025 24 mins 14
Chip continues his message on how to develop authentic relationships.
Main Points
Why are there so many people desperately hurting and in need of love, and so many others who are so willing and wanting to give love, yet so few who actually get loved? What's the missing link?
- 6 Key Words: You are memebers of one another.
- Thesis: To fulfill Jesus’ command to love one another, as He loved us demands that we understand our membership and function in “HIS SUPERNATURAL COMMUNITY.”
You are members of a supernatural community. What makes it supernatural?
- It has a supernatural origin. --Acts 1:1-3
- It has a supernatural agenda. --Acts 1:4-7
- It has a supernatural power. --Acts 1:8
What makes it authentic community?
- Possessing an accurate view of ourselves. --Romans 12:3
- Key word = Vulnerability
- Nurturing a healthy appreciation of others. --Romans 12:4-5a
- Key word = Thankfulness
- Practicing a loyal allegiance to one another. --Romans 12:5b
- Key word = Commitment
Application:
- No individual Christian can function effectively by himself/herself.
- No member of the “supernatural community” is more or less important than anyone else.
- We must “get connected” in real life relationships if we are to experience the reality that “we are members of one another.”
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About Chip Ingram
Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.
About Living on the Edge
Living on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.
