2. 1.What is community? 2.What is God’s purpose for community? 3.The hope of community

3. 1. Community is the essence of God (Genesis 1:26) 1. La Comunidad es la esencia de Dios (Genesis 1:26)

4. Genesis 1:26 NKJB Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

5. Genesis 1:26a NKJB Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness…”

6. Genesis 2:18 NKJB And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make a helper suitable for Him.”

7. Helper: Hebrew = ‘ezer

8. 2. God fulfills His purposes through community. 2. Dios cumple Sus propositos por medio la comunidad.

9. Genesis 12:2-3 NKJB I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great 3 I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse those who curse you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

10. 3. The hope of community. 3. La Esperanza de la comunidad.

11. Hebrews 10:24-25 NKJB And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,

12. Hebrews 10:24-25 NKJB 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.