Matthew 18.20Things that keep us from valuing community:Preference/PriorityPeoplePhonesPhearThree Main Points to the Passage What is Community? (Matthew 18.20)2.Why Do We Value Community? (Matthew 18.20a) John 15.4-6, 12 “Christianity means community in and through Jesus Christ.” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer Matthew 18.15-20 Genesis 1.26-27 Genesis 2.18 “God created us with a hunger for relationship - for relationship with him and with our fellow people. At our very core we are relational beings.” - Henry Cloud Genesis 2.253. One Caveat: We Value Christian Community (Matthew 18.20b)Genesis 3.6-13 1 Peter 5.8