What seems as if everyone is talking about the value of community, including non-Christians,

however, the world's idea of community is very different from the kind of community produced by the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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And on this memorial day, we pause to remember the lives

of all the brave Americans who made the ultimate

sacrifice in service to the United States. We pray for all the families that are

still mourning their loved ones, their service to our country will never be forgotten.

In this message today from Matthew 18, David Platt identifies some important aspects of the

kind of community that characterizes the kingdom of God.

Entering God's kingdom is not about being strong or proud, but dependent and childlike.

And the community of God's people, the Church, is to be a context in which we love, protect,

restore, and forgive one another.

For brothers and sisters in Christ who fall into sin, God has given us a process of church

discipline that aims at their restoration and the good of their soul.

Even when members must be removed due to unrepentant sin,

God promises to be with us as we act for his glory and for the purity of his church.

Here's David Platt with a sermon titled Kingdom Community from Matthew Chapter 18.

If you have his word, faith, family, those notes that you received, and

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