What does it truly mean to be part of a church? Not just attending, not just watching online, but genuinely belonging to a community on mission together? This message cuts straight to the heart of that question by drawing a striking contrast between cohabitation and covenant. Just as a relationship of convenience looks similar to a marriage from the outside but lacks the depth of commitment, many of us have been treating the church the same way, showing up when it suits us, drifting when life gets busy, and never fully planting ourselves in the family God designed for us. The message anchors itself in the early church described in Acts 2, where five unmistakable marks of a genuine church emerge: a commitment to the gospel, gathering for worship, growing together in community, going on mission, and giving generously of time, talent, and treasure. These are not optional extras. They are the DNA of what the church was always meant to be. And when we understand that Jesus himself founded, owns, and sustains the church, declaring that even the gates of hell will not prevail against it, we realize we are not joining a human institution. We are enlisting in the most consequential mission in history.