The nature of Christ-ians

Philippians 2:1-11, is one of my favorite Bible passages. Just read it and you will see why:
So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, 2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

This passage makes it clear how we can be encouraged and comforted, and that's through Christ.
It tells us how Christians should treat each other by looking at Christ as our example.
A week or 2 ago, I posted a question of facebook about what makes us brothers and sisters in Christ. Is it Christ? Community? Both?

Someone responded with this passage. And I have to agree. We are united through the blood of Christ. But what most Christians fail at, is they only favor their own communities. If a brother and sister from their own church or circle needs help, they would not hesitate to lend a hand. But if it was someone from another community or a brother or sister they don't know, they would usually think twice about helping.
We all have a responsibility, but do we only have a responsibility to only our home church or do we have a responsibility to everyone within the Body of Christ? The answer is simple, but the action isn't.

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Php 2:1–11.