About Fellowship

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What Does the Bible Say
About...

• About Fellowship?

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Fellowship Defined

• Koinonia - fellowship, association, community,
  communion, joint-participation, intercourse
  (Thayer's Lexicon)
• Most often fellowship or communion
• Paul defines fellowship in Col. 21, 2
• Hearts knit together in love is what fellowship
  is about

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The Importance of Fellowship

• Strengthens our faith (Rom. 111-12)
• That I may be encouraged with you
• Each of us by the others faith
• Strengthens the church (Eph. 415, 16)
• Strengthens our relationships
• With each other
• With God/Christ (Matt. 1820)

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Fellowship in Worship

• And let us consider one another to provoke unto
  love and to good works Not forsaking the
  assembling of ourselves together, as the manner
  of some is but exhorting one another and so
  much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
• Hebrews 1024-25

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The Lords Supper

• Often called Communion
• Paul uses Koinonia for communion
• The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not
  the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread
  which we break, is it not the communion of the
  body of Christ?
• 1 Cor. 1016

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Contribution Rom. 1526-27

• Koinonia translated contribution
• Koinoneo translated partaker in v. 27
• From the same root as Koinonia
• To enter into fellowship, join ones self to an
  associate, make ones self a sharer or partner
  (Thayers Greek Definitions)
• Contribution constitutes fellowship
• Consider warnings in Eph. 511 Gal. 29

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Preaching- Philippians 15

• Koinonia translated fellowship
• For your fellowship in the gospel
• Joint participation whether by
• Financial support
• Moral support
• Spiritual support
• Like the Bereans, who searched the scriptures
  daily (Acts 1711)

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Singing

• Koinonia not used in reference to singing
• Three passages imply fellowship
• Eph. 519 Speaking to yourselves
• Eph. 521 Submitting yourselves one to another
• Col. 316 Teaching and admonishing one another
• Reciprocity of exhorting and admonishing

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Praying

• Koinonia not used in reference to praying
• Fellowship is implied in James 516
• Confess faults one to another
• Pray one for another
• Primary fellowship with God
• Secondary fellowship with brethren

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Fellowship in theChristian Community

• We walk together (1 John 17)
• We strive together for the faith (Phil. 127)
• We care for one another (1 Cor. 1224-26)
• We serve one another (Gal. 513-16)
• We live together (Acts 242)
• Doctrine
• Eating
• Prayer
• Fellowship

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Limits to Fellowship

• No fellowship with darkness (Eph. 511)
• Makes one a partaker (2 John 110, 11)
• Not to be partaker in others sins (1 Tim. 522)
• Approval of ones sin is fellowship (Rom. 132)
• Commanded to reprove sin (Eph. 511)
• Christian fellowship contingent upon walking in
  the light (1 John 17)
• Fellowship withdrawn from the disorderly
• (1 Cor. 511-13)

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