No Man Is An Island

In 1624 a man named John Donne wrote a poem it goes like this: No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as any manner of thy friends or of thine own were; any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind. And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

This is speaking about community, our dependence on God, and our responsibility to others. There are several lessons that we can learn from this. In this lesson I’d like to speak on the subject beginning with the understanding that – we were created to have connection with God and with one another. That God never designed us to live in isolation. Consider what God said in the beginning, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” – Genesis 2:18.

The Church as we have studied, is not an afterthought, it is the Body of Christ (Col. 1:18, 24). When one is baptized the Lord adds them to His body where salvation is (Acts 2:47; Gal. 3:27-28). In the body, the church, each person matters and each person must contribute. 1 Corinthians 12:12–27…