"We Are Family" is a sermon series that challenges the American church's individualistic and consumer-driven mindset, calling believers back to the biblical truth of being the "Body of Christ." The gospel of Jesus Christ transforms us from self-centered individuals into a unified, diverse, and interdependent family. Embracing this identity leads to greater diversity, belonging, humility, and shared joy, empowering us to live out our faith not for ourselves, but for the good of one another and the world. Join us as we learn to live, love, and serve as the family God intended.
This sermon asserts that the church, as the body of Christ, is a unified organism designed by God to combat cultural individualism and consumerism by fostering a greater sense of diversity, belonging, humility, and joy among its members. It emphasizes that this biblical model of the church is made possible by Jesus's sacrificial work on the cross, which enables believers to move beyond self-interest and become interdependent agents of His grace.
This sermon argues that the gospel calls believers to see themselves as a family united by Christ's grace, not as a collection of self-sufficient individuals. It emphasizes that this familial bond, based on God's unearned acceptance, frees believers to be vulnerable and to love one another genuinely, even to the point of confronting sin for the purpose of mutual sanctification.
