Thursday, December 27, 2012

C O M M U N I T Y

What 3 reasons do we speak of community?

Response to God’s call
Reflection of God’s nature
Representing God’s work

Creation story in Genesis 1 tells ups about what?

World – chaos disorder
God – creates by his word, spirit, desires all things to be together
Human beings – created to be together with God and one another

Sin – the end of God’s togetherness, not just against God, but other people

God’s dream is for the togetherness of his creation

Story of old testament in God’s pursuit of this dream

God makes himself vulnerable to the world to pursue this dream

Chooses to pursue this dream through a people

Jesus represents most fully God’s embodiment of this dream

Jesus represents to us how we can participate in God’s dream (death and resurrection)

No comments:

Post a Comment