{"id":140,"date":"2019-06-08T18:42:23","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T23:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/?p=140"},"modified":"2019-06-08T18:42:23","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T23:42:23","slug":"what-is-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/?p=140","title":{"rendered":"What is Fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

1 Corinthians 1:9- God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nterm fellowship is thrown around often in the religious community. \nMany use it in a social respect. Others use it simply as a means to\npromote unity, often in the wrong way. Unfortunately, what the Bible\nmeans by fellowship has been forgotten or if not its meaning, its\nnature. What we will be looking at in this article are the different\nthings Christians have fellowship in and by doing so see what type of\nfellowship we have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. The\n\tmeaning of fellowship: <\/strong>Before\n\twe dive into what Christians have fellowship in, we need to know the\n\tdefinition of the word. In its most basic sense, fellowship is\n\tdefined as sharing or participating in something. So yes there is a\n\ttype of social fellowship. In fact, the Greek word used (koinonia<\/em>)\n\tis used to describe a business partnership between Peter, Andrew,\n\tJames and John (Luke 5:10). But what is it that Christians share or\n\tparticipate in?\n\t<\/li>
  2. Fellowship\n\tin Christ: <\/strong>This is basic\n\tChristian principles. We all share in our love for Christ and in\n\tthe fact He died for all of us. We all share in His blood and\n\tparticipate in the works He has given us to do. This fellowship is\n\tso strong it even connects us with those who have gone on before. \n\tAlso, God is constantly calling us into this fellowship (1\n\tCorinthians 1:9). It is not something that is difficult to gain or\n\tkept from us but one that can easily be found and is given.\n\t<\/li>
  3. Fellowship\n\tin the gospel: <\/strong>How do we have\n\tfellowship in the gospel? Well, to put it simply, we all believe in\n\twhat it says, its power and love for it. Not only that, but we\n\tparticipate in its spreading. We are all workers with the same goal\n\tand the same doctrine (Philippians 1:5). Another way we have\n\tfellowship here is in our obedience to it. With this, our\n\trelationship and fellowship with Christ is strengthened as well as\n\tour love for each other.\n\t<\/li>
  4. Fellowship\n\tin suffering: <\/strong> Many would see\n\tthis and shrink away from this fellowship. However, it is more a\n\tblessing than we realize. While suffering together, we can have the\n\tsupport we need but more importantly we suffer with Christ\n\t(Philippians 3:10). In doing so we become more like Him and become\n\tstronger spiritually. This does not mean that God wants us to\n\tsuffer, but He knows that in so doing we become better as a result.\n\t<\/li>
  5. Fellowship\n\tin the light: <\/strong>By walking in\n\tthe light, we have fellowship with one another and with God (1 John\n\t1:1-7). It is this that binds us and we must stay in this light to\n\thave fellowship with God. If we turn back to the darkness, we lose\n\tthat closeness with Him and cannot reap the benefits of this\n\tfellowship.\n\t<\/li>
  6. Fellowship\n\tin the Lord’s Supper: <\/strong>Most\n\tChristians are aware that there is a fellowship here. In partaking,\n\twe \u201cparticipate in the blood and body of Jesus\u201d (1 Corinthians\n\t10:16). We together share in our remembrance of His death. We\n\ttogether declare in our partaking the allegiance we have to Christ. \n\tWe together reap the benefits of His sacrifice. It is the greatest\n\tfellowship we could ever have and it is boggling how any could\n\tneglect this declaration of fellowship, not only with our fellow\n\tChristians but with Jesus as well\n<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    \tI\nhope now that we have an understanding of what biblical fellowship\nis. It is much more than just a social gathering and spending time\ntogether. That is not to say those times are not needed, but in\nregard to Christian fellowship it is something else. I hope we see\nthat its nature was spiritual and not physical. It is these types of\nfellowship that we need to improve and grow in and what will\nultimately get us to heaven.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    1 Corinthians 1:9- God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. The term fellowship is thrown around often in the religious community. Many use it in a social respect. Others use it simply as a means to promote unity, often in the wrong way. Unfortunately, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions\/141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}