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I was raised in different communities since moving to Jogja. A community is about looking the "self-identify", and "self-proud", and "this is what am I", like what you identify is. Joining a new community means you have found what you identify then growing up yourself and with your friends, that's together, all about a community. You are going from the first community-- family-- to a tough journey with several communities, to find what a second community can be grown better, and to find what are you. It can be school, university, workplace, or anywhere you are. If you love football, you can join NFL Fans Indonesia, a community where you'll get more information you needed, like where will you play football with your friends, watch a football game together, and Super Bowl. It as does to you love traveling, you can invite your friends and make a plan, maybe you want to go to Bali, and you can invite your friends to get on vacation in Bali.
Jesus made a community. He chose the twelve of Christ. A question, why He needs a community and chose a kind of more special, twelve only? Jesus knows he can't go by himself, and Jesus chose the twelve whom he met and baptized. This is special. No one can change the twelve only. It can't be random as He knows who they are, as deeper as he knows much. We are going to see Luke 6: 12-16, which detailed who they are chosen to minister to and witness God. Jesus named a community he made "apostles". Apostles, in Christianity term, is defined as the chosen, and in Greek, apostolos, the person sent.
However, Jesus isn't looking easy to build a healthier community because several apostles deny Him (the Apostle Peter denied three times), didn't believe He rose, and became a traitor. So, we are going to see why in John chapter 13 and have a deeper question, "Jesus answered, "What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand." Jesus knows that he has proved that he doesn't need to prove himself anymore. This is why and we see why. Jesus doesn't need to prove "why", but he has been.
At one point, we have another why, you know that Judas became a traitor, and the one rest is the chosen, a man who you know? Matthias. Who is he? Let's read the Bible in Acts 1: 12-26 and Luke 5: 27-28. Matthias was who a man witnessed his resurrection and was willing to leave his job to follow him. Even though, Jesus is at the same time at saying, "Follow me", no one wanted to follow him in Luke 9: 57-62. Some people received his calling, therefore, to bury their father and say goodbye to his family. If you get logical, if you get your boss calling, you follow him to attend a meeting that is crucial for your company, as same as when you received God's calling, just follow him and go with him. This is special.
Jesus made a community, which is REAL, in which is a community deeper knowing God and placing God, the first. You definitely want to go somewhere people pray for you, serve with, and learn together. Come and grow up better, work in your faith. This is a community that was created knowing God. Looking at how Jesus made a community and encouraged his disciples to get closer to God, we are supposed to build the same what He did and see 1 Thessalonians 5: 11.
The real community that places you to find what you identify is, safely and freely. Which is all about you needing God and people to pray for you. This is your community, as this is special. To express what you come for and what you have concerned about, as this is how we work together as a community.
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