COMMUNITIES
GOSPEL IN NEIGHBORHOODS
Jesus was clear that anyone we come in contact with is our neighbor. We must be looking for ways to love
and serve the people around us. So while “neighbor” is a broad term, the best place to begin is with your literal neighbors: the people who live in your neighborhood. This is the most effective place to love your neighbor as yourself—including both the believers and unbelievers who live near you. Within their neighborhoods, believers ought to gather to encourage one another to remain focused on the goal and mission of God. They are there to
call one another to a life in which the gospel can be accurately displayed through both word and deed. They are
to serve one another in such a way that unbelievers in that neighborhood will see and hear them reflecting God. By practically living as a gospel community in our neighborhoods, we allow the unbelievers around us to under-stand the truth and impact of the gospel and to respond in love and worship to God. It is in our neighborhoods that our love for God and for His purposes ought to become evident and increase as we live out the life-changing truths of the gospel.
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