We can’t go it alone as Christians. Christ stressed the necessity of being with fellow followers, both in his life and in his resurrection. Hear what Dietrich Bonhoeffer said:
“Christians need other Christians who will speak to them the word of God. They need them again and again when they are uncertain and downcast, for on their own they cannot help themselves without deceiving themselves about the truth….Christians come to each other only through Jesus Christ. Among people there is conflict, but ‘he is our peace’ (Eph. 2:14), says Paul of Jesus Christ, in whom the old, divided humanity has become one. Without Christ there is discord between God and humankind and among people. Christ has become the mediator and has made peace with God and among people. Without Christ we would not know God and could not call upon him or go to him. Without Christ, however, we would not know our fellow human beings, either, and could not go to them. The way to them is blocked by our own ego. Christ opened the way to God and to our sisters and brothers. Now Christians can live together in peace. They can love and serve one another, and they can become one. Only in Jesus Christ are we one. Only through him are we bound together.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, I Want to Live These Days with You
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