The One Another’s of New Testament Christianity

To be a Christian is to be part of God’s family. It involves having a relationship with God and with His people. In fact, the New Testament does not know of a Christian who is not part of a local assembly of believers, in other words, a local Church. When the Holy Spirit inspired letters for God’s people, they were addressed not to individual members in their homes but to local Churches. It was simply assumed that when the letter was read to the gathered Church, the people of God would be there to hear it. Christianity is not just all about you; nor is it just about you and Jesus; its about you, Jesus and all of God’s people

To be an obedient Christian, one needs to foster relationships with God’s people. None of us can DO Christianity by ourselves. We need one another. Here are 40 New Testament verses which cannot be obeyed in isolation from the Body of Christ:

Stimulate one another to love and good deeds (Heb 10:24)
Confess your sins to one another (James 5:16)
Build up one another (1 Thess 5:11)
Be of the same mind as one another (Romans 12:13, 15:5)
Comfort one another in the face of death (1 Thess 4:18)
Employ your spiritual gifts in serving one another (1 Peter 4:10)

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