ship

1
ship
2
Did you know?

• That you must be in fellowship to be saved?
• That we may be in fellowship with people who we
  do not know are Christians?
• That we may not be in fellowship with people who
  we think are Christians?
• That how we treat on who has been marked by the
  church is a matter of fellowship?
• That what church you choose to assemble with is a
  matter of fellowship.?
• And a host of other issues

3
Fellowship

• What its not.
• What it is.
• What its based on.
• Why it matters.

4
WHAT ITS NOT.

• Fellowship

5
(No Transcript)
6
(No Transcript)
7
(No Transcript)
8
(No Transcript)
9
(No Transcript)
10
Fellowship is not

• Coffee and donuts cf. Romans 1417
• Never refers to social gatherings, per se.
• Discussing Scripture, necessarily
• Acts 2425 2627-29 (Paul with Felix, Agrippa)
• Deciding who goes to heaven.
• Not sectarian, denominational, creedal concept.
• Directories not roll of those in fellowship.

11
WHAT IT IS.

• Fellowship

12
koinonia, n. (koinos, common koineo, v., to
share)

• Association, Fellowship, Communion,
  Partakers, Common, Partnership, Joint
  Participation.
• Acts 242 I Cor. 19 1016 II Cor. 614-16
  Gal. 29 Phil. 415

13
Fellowship is

• A state or condition of being a relationship.
• I Cor. 19, called into fellowship.
• A partnership, commonality based upon the
  existence of that state or condition.
• The horizontal dimension requires the vertical
  dimension. I Jn. 16-7
• Analogy Marriage a state of union joint
  participation.

14
WHAT ITS BASED ON.

• Fellowship

15
Truth John 831-32
16
All Truth
I John 11-7 II Tim. 316-17
17
An Aside Reductionism
Deciding that our fellowship with God and others
is based on something less than all
truth. E.g., Gospel vs. Doctrine Core
Message Polar Stars W. Carl Ketcherside love
of the brethren walking in the light. Edward
Fudge The heart of faith doing your
best. Rubel Shelley Heart of the gospel
?? Bill Love, The Core Gospel ??
18
The implications of reductionism on fellowship.
Many in Fellowship
Less Than All Truth
19
As adherence to truth grows, fellowship shrinks
Some in Fellowship
Core Gospel
20
Few in Fellowship Mt. 2214 713-14
All Truth
21
WHY IT MATTERS

• Fellowship

22
Fellowship defines/affects

• My personal relationship with God.
• When does fellowship begin? End?
• Our acceptance of each other who is my
  brother/sister in Christ?
• Our work for Christ in the local church.
• How I manage disagreements with brethren.
• What church I choose to attend and the level of
  my involvement with my brethren.

23
Practical Questions

• How does an understanding of fellowship affect my
  confidence in my salvation?
• What is the impact of division on the church and
  who causes it?
• Can one DE-fellowship himself from his
  brethren?
• How does fellowship affect how we treat each
  other?

24
FELLOWSHIP OF THE UNASHAMED

• Dr. Robert Morehead