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The Living Waters Podcast

Ep. 348 - Exploring Healthy Biblical Community

The Living Waters Podcast

Living Waters

Evangelism, Apologetics, Jesus, Spirituality, Religion, Christianity, Gospel, Creation, Religion & Spirituality, Salvation, Prolife, Faith, Witnessing, Theology

4.93K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Ray, E.Z., Mark, and Oscar dive deep into the heart of what the church is meant to be—a community of believers called to love one another. In our modern age, this calling is often lost, with church being reduced to a building or a weekly event rather than a gospel-centered community. The guys highlight the loneliness epidemic plaguing our culture, noting that no other community can fill the void we feel except the one we were created for: God’s family. From Genesis 2:18 to the Trinity itself,...

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When you're kind of isolated by yourself, you have no plan and you think that I'm an island onto myself.

0:06.7

You're just being teed up for the enemy.

0:09.6

It's easy to grab the one who's wandering by themselves.

0:14.1

The enemy doesn't come along necessarily in Sierra.

0:16.4

Here's 30 sheep that are over here.

0:18.9

Let's just go for one of them.

0:19.9

When there's one over here by himself,

0:21.5

he's going to look for the weakest one. Are you hitting for a Spurgeon quote?

0:25.5

Well, some Christians try to go to heaven alone in solitude, but believers are not compared to bears

0:31.8

or lions or other animals that wander alone. Spurgeon went on to say, those who belong to Christ

0:36.9

are sheep in this respect

0:38.0

that they love to get together. Sheep going flocks, and so do God's people. I just stole that from

0:45.7

Ray. Isn't that cool? Who stole it from Spurgeon? Okay. Parvice 181, whoever isolates himself,

0:51.5

seeks his own desire, he breaks out against all sound judgment.

0:56.4

So your spiritual strength is tied in your spiritual circle.

1:00.7

Yeah.

1:01.7

Your spiritual strength is tied in your spiritual circle.

1:06.0

Who are you hanging out with?

1:07.6

Discipleship, it's so important.

1:09.2

You should be discipling and get

1:11.3

disciplesed at all times.

1:17.0

Memories.

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