Jesus not only calls us to live as a community, he instructs us how to live as one. The Bible is filled with such instructions that we at Beacon have called the “one anothers.” Eveyone who becomes a member at Beacon signs a covenant to live out these “one anothers.” In Matthew 18, Jesus instructs us to not only forgive one another, but to lovingly confront one another as well. Do we have the heart to confront in love? Do we have the courage to accept such confrontation? What Jesus asks is not easy but it is absolutely essential if we are to be the kind of life-giving community that he desires.
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