First up, we are to consider the call of the entire community, not just our own as individuals, when we think about the way God has chosen us as a people who outwardly are not impressive to bring to shame the wisdom of the world.
But secondly, it is not merely that each individual within the church has a personal relationship with Christ so much as that all of us corporately have that relationship together.
What does this mean?
It means that you get to meet Jesus not just in your individual times with him, but also through seeing him at work through others in the body of Christ.
It means that, as other Scriptures support, we ALL together are meant to reflect the multicolored wisdom of Christ.
It means that if you want to pursue a relationship with Jesus, you will need to pursue a relationship with other members of his Body on earth.
It means that each of us has a responsibility to help others relate to Jesus and know his love.
This is a beautiful insight, just one of many the y’all version may help us all to grasp.
God doesn’t want you to have a personal relationship with him. He wants you to have a corporate one.
And he wants you to share him with others both inside and outside the church.
The heart of being a Christian is to obey the Great Commandments by loving God AND loving our neighbor, and to obey the Great Commission by helping others to learn how to follow Jesus.
We cannot do any of that on our own.
