Jesus did not come into the world simply to “save” individuals.  He came to create a new community that lives and moves in union with him by the Spirit. In the new community, we don’t live from a centre in ourselves but from a centre in Christ.  We become part of the new community by simply trusting in Jesus, and that is how we continue living in him.  We always fix our eyes on the one we are united to so that we live and move with him, through him and for him.  And we do so as each one in the community says, “I no longer live, but Christ lives in me”.  However, we do not simply enjoy Christ living in each of us as individuals.  We are his body, in the Spirit, and “From him (Christ) 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 4:16).

This trust in Christ plus nothing is expressed in love as we keep in step with the indwelling Spirit of Christ. The Spirit of Christ creates these Christ-centred communities to live out of the new life the Spirit gives.  In the Spirit, we keep our eyes fixed on Jesus. We see his communion of love with the Father in the Spirit.  We see the love of Jesus as he gave himself for us.  And we aim to be attentive to his command to love one another as he loved us.  So, we are unified by the Spirit of Christ in our pursuit of love as we see it portrayed by Jesus. What counts in this new community is faith expressed in love