What Constitutes Partnership

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The Practice of Discipleship
What Constitutes Partnership?
Religion can be the enemy of God. It's often
what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the
building. A list of instructions where there was
once conviction dogma where once people just did
it a congregation led by a man where once they
were led by the Holy Spirit. Discipline replacing
discipleship.
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The Practice of Discipleship
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Luke 57 (HCSB) "So they signaled to their
partners in the other boat to come and help them
they came and filled both boats so full that they
began to sink."

• metochos /metokhos/ 1. sharing in, partaking.
  2. a partner (in a work, office, dignity).

Important Word in the Book of Hebrews
Hebrews 19 ...You With the oil of gladness above
Your   companions ... Hebrews 31 ... Therefore,
holy brethren,   partakers  of a heavenly
calling, consider Jesus, ... Hebrews 314
...deceitfulness of sin. For we have become  
partakers  of Christ, if we hold fast ...
Hebrews 64 ...the heavenly gift and have been
made   partakers  of the Holy Spirit, and ...
Hebrews 128 ...without discipline, of which all
have become   partakers , then you are
illegitimate children and not ...
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The Practice of Discipleship
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Luke 510 (HCSB) "and so were James and John,
Zebedees sons, who were Simons partners. Dont
be afraid, Jesus told Simon. From now on you
will be catching people!"

• koinonos /koynonos/

• 1. a partner, associate, comrade, companion. 2.
  a partner, sharer, in anything.

1 Cor 1018 are not those who eat the sacrifices
sharers in the altar? 1 Cor 1020 and I do
not want you to become sharers in demons. 2
Cor 17 firmly grounded, knowing that as you are
sharers of our sufferings, so also you are
2 Cor 823 As for Titus, he is my partner
and fellow worker among you as Philem 17 If
then you regard me a partner , accept him as
you would me. Heb 1033 reproaches and
tribulations, and partly by becoming sharers
with those who were so treated. 1 Pet 51 of
the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker also
of the glory that is to 2 Pet 14 so that by
them you may become partakers of the divine
nature, having escaped
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John 1515 (NIV) "I no longer call you servants,
because a servant does not know his masters
business. Instead, I have called you friends, for
everything that I learned from my Father I have
made known to you."

• Of all of Christs Apostles, none understood
  this concept better than Paul!

• sunergos /soonergos/ - 1. a companion in work,
  fellow worker

Rom 163 Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow
workers in Christ Jesus, Rom 169 Greet
Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and
Stachys my Rom 1621 Timothy my fellow
worker greets you, and so do 1 Cor 39 For we
are Gods fellow workers you are Gods
field, 2 Cor 124 lord it over your faith,
but are workers with you for your joy for in
2 Cor 823 Titus, he is my partner and
fellow worker among you as for our Phil 225
to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow
worker and fellow soldier, who is Phil 43
Clement also and the rest of my fellow
workers, whose names are in the Col 411 is
called Justus these are the only fellow
workers for the kingdom of God 1 Thess 32 we
sent Timothy, our brother and Gods fellow
worker in the gospel of Christ, to Philem 1
brother, To Philemon our beloved brother and
fellow worker, Philem 24 Aristarchus, Demas,
Luke, my fellow workers.
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Matthew 548 (HCSB) "Be perfect, therefore, as
your heavenly Father is perfect."
Matthew 1921 (HCSB) "If you want to be
perfect, Jesus said to him, go, sell your
belongings and give to the poor, and you will
have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me."

• teleios /telios/ 1. brought to its end,
  finished. 2. wanting nothing necessary to
  completeness. 3. perfect. 4. that which is
  perfect. 4a consummate human integrity and
  virtue. 4b of men. 4b1 full grown, adult, of full
  age, mature.

Rom 122 that which is good and acceptable and
perfect . 1 Cor 26 do speak wisdom among
those who are mature a wisdom, however, not
of this 1 Cor 1310 but when the perfect
comes, the partial will be done away. 1 Cor
1420 be infants, but in your thinking be
mature . Eph 413 of the Son of God, to a
mature man, to the measure of the stature
Phil 315 us therefore, as many as are
perfect , have this attitude and if in anything
Col 128 we may present every man complete
in Christ. Col 412 prayers, that you may
stand perfect and fully assured in all the
Heb 514 But solid food is for the mature ,
who because of practice have their senses Heb
911 He entered through the greater and more
perfect tabernacle, not made with hands,
James 14 And let endurance have its perfect
result, so that you may be result, so that
you may be perfect and complete, lacking in
nothing. James 117 Every good thing given and
every perfect gift is from above, coming down
James 125 But one who looks intently at the
perfect law, the law of liberty, and James
32 what he says, he is a perfect man, able
to bridle the whole 1 John 418 There is no
fear in love but perfect love casts out
fear, because fear