PSALM 55:13-14 -- But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend, with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship as we walked with the throng at the house of God

FELLOWSHIP

PSALM 55:13-14 -- But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend, with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship as we walked with the throng at the house of God.

Synonyms for Fellowship:

companionship

camaraderie

comradeship

friendship

friendliness

partnership

Give me some examples of worldly fellowship:

Sports Teams

Women’s Teas

The ‘office’

Father and Son doing things together

Parties

Evenings Out

………………………

Now give me some examples of Spiritual fellowship:

SHOULD BE ALMOST THE Same as above

Let’s put fellowship in our spiritual lives, with our spiritual friends, more than we do with our worldly friends!!!

ACTS 2:42 -- They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

What good is Fellowship?

Bonding…..becoming ONE.

Galations 3:28 -- There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Remember what Jesus said about the parts of the body

READ…..1 Corinthians 12:1-27

How do different parts of the “body”, referring to “US” in the Church, affect other members of the “body”?

Another important reason to WANT to fellowship, to WANT to be part of the body is because God has TOLD us to . Turn to….

1 CORINTHIANS 1:9 -- God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

Is fellowship with each other all that we should be doing? Who else should we fellowship with?

Non-disciples

God

Jesus Christ

Holy Spirit

2 CORINTHIANS 13:14 -- May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

1 JOHN 1:3 -- We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

Is fellowship always FUN? NO…..explain. Fellowshipping with Christ is sometimes PAINFUL, HURTFUL, SORROWFUL, …..what else? HOW?

PHILIPPIANS 3:10 -- I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,

What about people that CLAIM to have fellowship, but are really putting on airs? Those that really don’t WANT to be friends with others…because of differences like: age, race, interests, appearance. Are you every ASHAMED of being with someone because they LOOK different than you? Would you RATHER be ‘fellowshipping’ with someone else? AND, what about people that PRETEND to have fellowship. Those who come together all friendly and such on Sundays and Thursday evenings, yet, the rest of the week, disregard Jesus completely and live their life the way THEY want to. Not sharing, not reading the Bible, not praying, being selfish, lying, lusting, adulterous, slanderous, etc. What becomes of people like that?

1 JOHN 1:6 – 7 -- If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

SUMMARY

All of us need to repent from anything preventing us from having good fellowship with each other. What do YOU have to repent from?