2. Fellowship is Crucial to Christian Life!

3. Koinonia = the act of sharing in the activities or privileges of an intimate association or group

4. Fellowship is Crucial to Christian Life! Ac 2:42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 1 Co 1:9 God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful. 2 Co 6:14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? Ga 2:9 James, Peter and John, those reputed to be pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the Jews. Php 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, Heb 13:16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

5. Fellowship is Crucial to Christian Life! Six reasons why fellowship is crucial 1)Fellowship is the Goal of preaching the Gospel 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.

6. Fellowship is Crucial to Christian Life! 2) Fellowship is the Goal of Jesus mission Ezekiel 37:26–28 I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and increase their numbers, and I will put my sanctuary among them forever. 27 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people. 28 Then the nations will know that I the L ORD make Israel holy, when my sanctuary is among them forever.’ ”

7. Fellowship is Crucial to Christian Life! 3) Fellowship is the Witness the world observes The signature recognized as “follower of Jesus” John 13:34–35 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” The proclamation to unbelievers that God loves them John 17:20–23 20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: 23 I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

8. Fellowship is Crucial to Christian Life! 4 ) Fellowship is repeatedly commanded, encouraged and protected Romans 12:10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. Romans 12:16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited. Romans 15:7 Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. 1 Corinthians 1:10..... all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought. Ephesians 5:21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

9. Fellowship is Crucial to Christian Life! Colossians 3:13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Hebrews 3:13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. Hebrews 10:25 Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. 1 Peter 4:9Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. 1 Peter 5:14 Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ. 1 John 4:11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

10. Fellowship is Crucial to Christian Life! 5) Fellowship is God’s method of building Temple – 1 Peter Body 1 Corinthians 12:18 But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19 If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

11. Fellowship is Crucial to Christian Life! 6) Fellowship is your connection to life, Eph 4:16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. 1 Corinthians 12:21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!”

12. Fellowship is Crucial to Christian Life! Fellowship 1.is the Goal of preaching the Gospel 2.is the Goal of Jesus Mission 3.is the Witness the world observes 4.is repeatedly commanded, encouraged and protected 5.is God’s method of Building 6.Is your Connection to life