Church In The City, Chicago Il

God's intent is not just to raise us from the dead as a new man (singular) but into a new people (plural). Salvation brings us into the new people of God - we are citizens of His Kingdom, members of His family, bricks cemented together to form the temple of God where He dwells by His Spirit. This is counter-cultural. We limit the presence, power and work of God in our lives to the degree to which we isolate ourselves from healthy Christian community.