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1 Corinthians 12:27 tells us, “Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.” That’s what we’re talking about the next four weeks.

... it is through this connection with God that we become connected with one another, and when we are connected to one another, we become what the bible calls the church. And thus the church is “me,” but it is so much more than just me, it is “we.”

We are Canadians and Americans, and Camericans like my family!
We are young and old,
men and women,
rich and poor,
Red and yellow, black and white, and some even have the orange tan thing.
We are educated and uneducated,
left brained and right brained and no brained,
capable and handicapped.
We are Liberals and Conservatives.
We are athletes and book worms.
Leafs fans and Senators fans, and maybe even some of us who care way more about football.
We are the mature in faith, and new in faith,
traditional and contemporary,
Orthodox and Catholic,
Reformed and Wesleyan,
Baptist and Anabaptist.
We have been monks, and social activists.
We have conscientiously served, and we have conscientiously objected
We have built a city on a hill, and we have entered into the city to heal
We have sinned greatly, and have been greatly forgiven
We have been given much, and we have much still to give
We have loved much, and have many more to love!

We are the church and we are every person, in every corner of the world, who has died, who lives, who are yet to be born, who are IN JESUS CHRIST. That’s it, that’s the primary definition of the church- We are the gathering of everyone who has lived or now lives in Jesus Christ- every person who puts their life in Jesus....

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