Ephesians 2:19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household...

We are continuing our series, Inheritance, by looking at the importance of community.

Something that we're really big on in the Vineyard is relationships, and we truly believe that the quality of our lives is directly proportional to our vertical and horizontal relationships. And yet, being in community is so challenging.

Last week, we talked about how Christ has destroyed the wall of hostility between Jew and Gentile, between two different people groups, and how God's ultimate plan is the reconciliation of people unto Himself and to one another.

Bonhoeffer once wrote, “Let him who cannot be alone beware of community... Let him who is not in community beware of being alone...Each by itself has profound perils and pitfalls. One who wants fellowship without solitude plunges into the void of words and feelings, and the one who seeks solitude without fellowship perishes in the abyss of vanity, self-infatuation and despair.”

We, as humans, were made for community, and yet, sin broke that bond. So it requires the work of the Holy Spirit to continue to be bound together in unity as God builds His people into His masterpiece.