Participate with others in God’s collaborative kingdom work – The summons to join God’s kingdom is an invitation to collaborate in work that He has already initiated and to which He has asked all believers to participate joyfully in. It recognizes that God’s kingdom is more than any individual person but found in the bringing together of the near and the far, Jew and Gentile, men and women, slave and the free – it is a corporate work that can involve both those inside as well as outside the church. In other words, God's kingdom work defines the community as both the means and result of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
GUIDING TEXTS: Ps. 24:1; Mark 12:28-34; Luke 10:1-2; Acts 10:1-8; Gal. 3:28; Phil. 2:1-4; 1 John 4:7-13
GUIDING QUESTIONS: Where is God at work in our city and how can we partner with Him? How can we integrate works of mercy more into our corporate life? What does it mean to act as the Body of Christ?
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