The Church's Purpose to Love People Is Expressed Through Fellowship

Getting to Know & Love One Another as Fellow Believers
 

The Priority of Fellowship:

• Go To: Fellowship a Priority?
   
  

The Program for Fellowship:

• first fellowship with God, then with others (1 Cor. 1:9; 1 Jn. 1:3, 6-7)
• extended upon recognition of God's grace in a person's life (Gal. 2:9)
• among believers, not with unbelievers (2 Cor. 6:14; Eph. 5:11)
• if out of fellowship with God, not going to find true fellowship with one another (1 Jn. 1:6-7)
   
  

The Process for Fellowship:

• communion --sharing the Lord's supper together (1 Cor. 10:16)
• contribution --sharing materially with one another (Rom. 15:26; 2 Cor. 8:3-4; 9:13; Phil. 4:15)
• communication --sharing our faith with one another (Phile. 1:6)
• community --sharing the whole of our lives with one another on a regular basis (Acts 2:42-47; 4:32-35)
   
  

The Product of Fellowship:

• Go to: Results of Making Fellowship a Priority (upcoming post)