community and others within the church is vital for every person's Christian life. Here are six reasons why it's so important:
It keeps us accountable.
When we fall into sin, we must have partners with whom we can be responsible. Having accountability means being able to check in with someone at regular intervals, telling them how they're doing in your spiritual and physical life. This does not mean perfection from sin but rather a desire to repent and instead participate in righteous behaviors that draw us closer to Christ.
It allows for connection.
When we were done praying for each other and left that study that night, we felt closer to each other than we ever had before. It allowed us to create trust among each other. In subsequent weeks, people shared more intimate prayer requests rather than superficial ones that allowed us to stay emotionally shallow with each other. We could go deep and share our doubts, worries, fears, and thought about our lives and what God's role was in our life. This is where the church shines the most. People are starving for connection and community.
We understand God's love.
When we have people we can go to for prayer requests, accountability, and celebrating the successes in our lives, we can understand God's love. There will be a day when we will reunite with Jesus and do that freely with him. But for now, as we live on this earth, we must worship God in every area. When we have true community with others, we can understand that God loves us and that his love covers everything sin in our lives. There's nothing that can separate us from God's love
We were never meant to do life alone. Find a church body that will allow you to be the person you are right now. Not only that, but that will not allow you to stay that way. Through their wisdom, love, and understanding, the community can help us understand who God is, increase our faith, and become shining examples of Christ to others. The community can help us do that.
Community helps us to worship.
When we are close to other brothers and sisters in Christ, it's easier for us to attend church regularly and worship freely together. Hebrews 10:25 says, "not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching." It is imperative we keep our relationship with our local church. Our local church is not only the place to give our money, our time, and our resources, but it may also help us when we need it the most. If we are struggling financially, for example, churches might be the people that can help us. They might be giving people who want to help us out of a bad situation.
Community allows us to speak into others' lives.
God promised that the world would be against us. Because we have superficial relationships with others, we don't have the right to speak into someone's life when they're doing something bad or in sin. Community helps us to earn the right to speak into someone else's life. When we can spend enough time with someone and mutually resolve the problems within our souls, we can speak into people's lives and pray for them. This allows people not to feel judged but rather convicted in a way where they're not feeling alone. Our convictions should point us to Christ, not make us feel separated from him. We need people in our lives who are willing to love us through hard times, warts, and all. Community helps us find those people who are mature enough to help us when we're wrong.
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