Jesus' command to love one another as He loved us demands understanding our membership and function in His supernatural community. The church is a supernatural community with a divine origin, a chosen group, authenticated by convincing proofs, and a period of 40 days. It has a supernatural agenda, a mission to love one another and reach out to people outside the kingdom. To fulfill this mission, believers must come before God, do life in community, and be on mission, which is represented by the acronym BIO.
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