It recently occurred to me that the church is advocating
Jesus + something else even without realizing it. Obviously many churches teach
Jesus + something else through the prosperity gospel and things of that nature,
but what I am referring to is small groups, often called community. It is as if
the church is advocating that Jesus is not enough; therefore, we need
community. I do not deny that community among believers is important, but to
make it seem as if one is wrong and living in sin for not finding community
among believers is equally as disturbing as any other false gospel in existence
today. Either Jesus is enough, or he is not. We should present community among
believers as something that helps us but not as something that is sinful if we
do not take part in it. It is indeed sad that we have come to the point where
we take something intended for good (small group community) and treat it as if
it is a biblical command. It is not. Let us get it through our thick skulls that
Jesus + nothing = everything.
