1. Grace Bible Church Glorifying God by Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

2. Fellowship: Life Within the Church Selected Scriptures

3. Glorifying God by Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Communicate New Life in Christ - Evangelism
Care for New Life in Christ - Fellowship
Cultivate New Life in Christ - Edification
Celebrate New Life in Christ - Worship

4. Care for New Life in Christ Fellowship
Fellowship is basic, and yet it is often (if not usually) misunderstood
Too many things are substitutes for True Christian Fellowship
True Christian fellowship is used by God to help us change into what He wants us to be.

5. Gastronomical Opinionated Sports Minded Social Intellectual Partisan
False Fellowship
Gastronomical
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Sports Minded
Social
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6. Gastronomical Opinionated Sports Minded Social Intellectual Partisan
False Fellowship
Gastronomical
Opinionated
Sports Minded
Social
Intellectual
Partisan

7. The Common koinovV / koinos = Common
Christians have in common:
Same God: Ephesians 4:6
Common Salvation: Jude 3
Common faith: Titus 1:4
Early Christians held all things in common (Acts 2:44; 4:32)

8. Share in Common
koinwniva / koinonia = Translated as “fellowship” or “communion”
“to share with someone in something”
We share common fellowship with:
God – Ephesians 4:6
The Son – 1 Corinthians 1:9
The Holy Spirit – 1 Cor. 12:13; 2 Cor. 13:14; Phil. 2:1

9. Share in Common
We share common fellowship:
In the gospel (Philippians 1:5)
Of the blood of Christ (1 Cor. 1:16)
Of the crucified Christ (Gal. 2:20)
With other believers (1 John 1:3, 7)

10. Fellowship in 1 John 1:1-7
The foundation of our fellowship is a common relationship with God the Father and God the Son
A claim to fellowship could be false
Walking in the light is the evidence of true fellowship with God & other Christians

11. Fellowship in 1 John 1:1-7
If Fellowship with God - He is father, I am His child. I walk with Him
If Fellowship with Jesus - I partake in His crucifixion & resurrection. He lives through me.

12. Fellowship in 1 John 1:1-7
If Fellowship with Holy Spirit - He lives within me to guide me. I yield to Him.
True Fellowship with God results in my obedience to Him - that is “walking in the light”

13. One Another Verses
Love one another
Members of one another
In honor preferring one another
Like minded with one another
Not judging / condemning one another
Edifying one another
Admonishing one another

14. One Another Verses
Care for one another
Serve one another
Bear one another’s burdens
Forebear with one another
Be kind, tenderhearted to one another
Submit to one another

15. One Another Verses
Be subject to one another
Comfort one another
Confess sins to one another
Pray for one another
Summary: Be involved with one another

16. True Christian Fellowship
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17. True Christian Fellowship
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18. Caring for New Life in Christ Christian Fellowship
True Christian fellowship is based in a relationship with God that extends to other people. It is prompted by the Holy Spirit and results in personal interaction that God uses to change lives into the image of His Son.

19. Caring for New Life in Christ Christian Fellowship
False fellowship is based in trying to maintain pleasant relationships with others. The result is superficial interaction and a lack of conformity to Scriptural principles.

20. Caring for New Life in Christ Christian Fellowship
Do you have True Christian Fellowship, or the shallowness of some substitute?
Is your “fellowship”
PRAISE or
GOSSIP ?
Don't "do lunch" - instead, have lunch and do the one anothers

21. Grace Bible Church Glorifying God by Making Disciples of Jesus Christ