Tuesday, April 03, 2007
TRUE FELLOWSHIP CREATES COMMUNITY
Pastor Daniel sharing...
- Finance and fellowship causes loneiness.
- True fellowship create community.
- We are design to have solid fabric of relationship.
- There are different fellowship.
John 13:34-35- A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."1. Healthy
community meets our needs for reinforcement.Ecclesiastes 4:9-10- Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!- We cannot go through life alone. We need one another's support.
- We are created to experience touch.
Ephesians 4:14- Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming.2. Healthy
community meets our needs or accountability.- Young people are over confident.Proverbs 27:17- As iron sharpens iron, one man sharpens another.- Solving is more important!! 2 things that causes Christians to fall away:
- Relationship
- Community
- Put words into action. Do beyond saying.
- True community is about sharing of life at gut level.
It means u treat your church people like close family.
- True community isn't just a group of friends, we will correct the sins of theirs in love.
- True community is when conflicts happen.
- When problems come don't run away!! Face it!! Deal it!!
- We live in a community that is egoistic, that is selfish.- Consider others more then ourself.
Romans 14:13- Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother's way.Colossians 3:16- Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.- We need to have the word of God inside us. If not we will handle things with anger.Acts 2:42-47 (You all can go read yourself, i wont post it out coz it's too long.. ^^)
"Koinonia" (Greek) = Fellowship/Participation/Sharing/Partnership/Communion.
1. Participation
They were withnessness to signs and wonders together.
(They had the same spiritual history)
Acts 2:43- Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles.2. Sharing They shared their material possessions together.
Acts 2:42-45- They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need.- Caring is just an emotions that I care for you.
- Fellowship means must take action.
- Stop being a hypocrite!
- If people need help we should help them in what we can, that's what the church is about.
- We should help one another, carry each others burden.
- Do not give because u wan to gain something.
3. Partnership
They worship together.
- We are a worshipping community.
Acts 2:46a-47- Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.- Don't lose patience with people!4. Communion
They shared their lives.
They were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart.
Acts 2:46 - Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts.~Yvonne~
Scribbled by: Child of God @12:48 am
