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4:10 -12
10 If one falls down, his friend can
help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no-one to help him up. 11 Also,
if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone?
12 Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three
strands is not quickly broken.In this study we will examine verses from the bible to bring to the fore the advantages of Christian fellowship. We will make some time to touch on fellowships we should avoid. Let us remember that where we fellowship, how we fellowship when we meet together is what will make it loving, attractive and long lasting.
Read the scriptures below and discuss what Christian fellowship is all about.
1. Heb 10
23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on towards love and good deeds. 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.
17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.18 He who tends a fig-tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honoured. 19 As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.
3. Acts 2:
1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
4.
Matth 18:
10 "See that you
do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels
in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.12 "What do you
think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not
leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered
off? 13 And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he is happier about that one
sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. 14 In the same way
your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be
lost.
15 "If your
brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of
you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. 16 But if he will
not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be
established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.' 17 If he refuses to listen
to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church,
treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
18 "I tell
you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever
you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.19 "Again, I tell you that if
two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you
by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three come together in my name,
there am I with them."
11 It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12 to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fulness of Christ.
14 Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. 15 If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 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.
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!" 22 On the contrary, those parts of the body that
seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and the parts that we think are less
honourable we treat with special honour. And the parts that are unpresentable
are treated with special modesty, 24 while our presentable parts need no
special treatment. But God has combined the members of the body and has given
greater honour to the parts that lacked it, 25 so that there should be no
division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each
other. 26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is
honoured, every part rejoices with it.27 Now you are the body of Christ, and
each one of you is a part of it
17 In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good. 18 In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it. 19 No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God's approval.
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? 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people."17 "Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you."
9 I have written to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people- 10 not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. 11 But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.
14 If anyone does not obey our instruction in this letter, take special note of him. Do not associate with him, in order that he may feel ashamed. 15 Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that does not occur even among pagans: A man has his father's wife. 2 And you are proud! Shouldn't you rather have been filled with grief and have put out of your fellowship the man who did this? 3 Even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit. And I have already passed judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present. 4 When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, 5 hand this man over to Satan, so that the sinful nature may be destroyed and his spirit saved on the day of the Lord.
Math
18:15-17
15 "If your
brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of
you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. 16 But if he will
not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be
established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.' 17 If he refuses to
listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the
church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
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