God has had much to say through the prophets, and the gospels, and throughout Acts and the Epistles and the book of Revelation about his desire to have a PEOPLE who TOGETHER by His Spirit overcome satan and the sin and evil that have so corrupted the world. If we're honest, we have to admit that this has been a mostly ignored topic in most christians' experiences, with verses such as:

 Matt. 16: 17-19 Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

Mark 10: 29-31 So Jesus answered and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel’s,  who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.  But many who are first will be last, and the last first.

Eph. 3: 8-11 To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,  and to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things through Jesus Christ; to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places,  according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Cor.12: 20-22  But now indeed there are many members, yet one body. And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.

Heb. 3: 12-14 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God;  but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end,

These are but a few of a host of other scriptures largely dismissed as referring to nothing more than "attending services" on Sundays. And those who have recognized that it was never His intent to have a bunch of individual Christians just doing the best they can until He returns have often attempted to implement faddish ideas and programs that have fallen in and out of fashion over the years ("Church Life," "Body Life," "Cell Church," "House Church," "Life Groups," etc.). So what does it look like when Jesus' teachings in Matthew 5-7 are lived out in His people? What kinds of challenges and rewards can we expect along the way?