January 21, 2018 - 2 Thessalonians 2:13 - 17 - "God's Good News Gathers & Keeps Us Together"

In our worship this past weekend, we saw the importance of Christian community. We weren’t made to be alone. We weren’t made to grow in faith in isolation. Not only is it impossible to find one example in Scripture, but consider how the gospel works. God brought the good news into our hearts and lives to gather us together as a Christian community. He joined us with brothers and sisters locally, which we can see, and with all believers of all time in ways that we can’t see. He gathers us through his gospel, and he keeps us together by it too. It’s more than just our presence that encourages us, although it certainly does. It’s the gospel encouragement that we share which keeps us firm in the faith. Guest preacher, Pastor Ben Zahn, from Myrtle Beach, SC, helps us explore that very profound truth.