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Luke 8:38-40 challenges the idea that faith is meant to be lived alone. While personal time with Jesus is essential, Scripture reveals that discipleship was never meant to stop in solitude. Jesus sends the healed man back into community to testify, serve, and live transformed among others. This study explores why “me and Jesus” Christianity falls short and why we are called to be the Church together, as one body, one Spirit, and one witness.

Churches rarely lose spiritual life overnight. Decline happens slowly through neglect, misplaced priorities, fractured unity, and a shift from Christ-centered mission to personal preference. Drawing from Scripture, church history, and lived experience, this reflection exposes the subtle warning signs that weaken a local body and harm real people. This is not an attack on the church, but a call to repentance, renewal, and faithfulness to Christ, who alone sustains His body.