God’s Ingenious Design for “Community”I. The Striking Distinction of Soul-Connected Community The wonder of “koinonia” All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.Acts 2:44-47II. The Barriers that Keep Us from Soul-Connected Community Fear, Masks, & Pretense Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”Genesis 3:8-10III. The “Level 3 Honesty” of Soul-Connected Community Loving Deeply, from the Heart (1 Peter 1:22 ) The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters, but one who has insight draws them out.Proverbs 20:5IV. The Profound Impact of Soul-Connected Community Growth, Belonging, & Witness Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.Ephesians 4:15-16