The eggs will never be the flour. None of them make up the cake alone. Yet together, all those ingredients make a delicious cake. It is like that with fellowship. All of us together show the glory of God.
We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith. No matter where we are in our faith, fellowship provides us with strength. Being around other believers gives us the chance to learn and grow in our faith.
It demonstrates to us why we believe and sometimes it is the excellent food for our souls. When we deal with a hard-hearted world, it can become easy to fall into that hard-heartedness and question our beliefs. For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them. We all have bad moments.
If we go too low, it can lead to anger and a feeling of disillusionment with God. It's great to be out in the world evangelizing to others , but it can easily make us hard and eat away at our strength. When we deal with a hard-hearted world, it can become easy to fall into that hard-heartedness and question our beliefs.
It's always good to spend some time in fellowship so that we remember that God makes us strong. For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them. We all have bad moments. Whether it's the loss of a loved one , a failed exam, money problems, or even a crisis of faith, we can find ourselves down. If we go too low, it can lead to anger and a feeling of disillusionment with God. Yet these low times are why fellowship is important. Spending tie with other believers can often lift us up a little bit.
They help us to keep our eyes on God. God also works through them to provide us what we need in darker times. Coming together with others can aid in our healing process and give us the encouragement to move forward.
Hebrews "Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near. Coming together with other believers in worship and conversation helps to remind us that we are not alone in this world.
There are believers everywhere. It's amazing that no matter where you are in the world when you meet another believer, it's like you suddenly feel at home. That's why God made fellowship so important. He wanted us to come together so that we always know we're not alone. Fellowship allows us to build those lasting relationships so we're never by ourselves in the world. Coming together is a great way for each of us to grow in our faith.
Reading our Bibles and praying are great ways to get closer to God, but each of us has important lessons to impart to one another. When we come together in fellowship, we teach each other things. God gives us a gift of learning and growing when we come together in fellowship we show each other how to live as God wants us to live, and how to walk in His footsteps. When you meet together, one will sing, another will teach, another will tell some special revelation God has given, one will speak in tongues, and another will interpret what is said.
It is important to understand, however, that non-essential does not mean unimportant. Philip Melanchthon challenged believers to give varying levels of Christian freedom to one another in these areas.
Depending on the clarity of scriptural teaching on any given subject, believers should show humility and understanding to those holding different perspectives. I suggest three categories of non-essentials to guide our understanding of biblical fellowship. They are matters of conviction, matters of conscience, and matters of choice. Matters of conviction involve issues of moral or theological importance that the Bible addresses in what you believe to be clear or unmistakable ways.
Whereas these are not issues that are as foundational as, say, the validity of the resurrection, they are incredibly important. As such, though we should extend liberty to other Christians, we may sometimes have a sharp disagreement on issues such as these with professing believers who maintain alternative positions.
Even the apostles had forceful discussions, so confrontation cannot always be avoided Gal. Matters of conscience involve those things either not specifically addressed in the Bible or that are not absolutely clear in Scripture due to nuances of language, cultural considerations, or challenges of interpretation.
These are issues about which, while important, even mature and devoted believers sometimes disagree. In New Testament times, circumcision Gal. Because these are matters of conscience, believers should know, uphold, and discuss their positions on these issues, while patiently giving love and honor to those who differ with them 1 Cor.
Matters of choice are those issues that fall outside of explicit biblical commands. These are things on which Scripture is silent and about which believers must exercise discretion and discernment. In this case, believers are dealing with preferential and permissible matters. These include both issues of no serious consequence and things that are minimally to moderately important, but are not concerns that rise to the level of doctrine Col.
These include basic lifestyle decisions and personal issues of taste. Included in these matters of choice might be some selections of clothing, hygiene and grooming, personal appearance, Halloween participation, the role of Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny in holiday celebrations, civic involvements, dietary choices, and various advocacy efforts. These are all things about which some believers have strong opinions, yet they remain matters of choice and, as such, they have been historically considered areas of Christian liberty.
Biblical Christian fellowship is an important issue for Christians and the leaders who equip them.
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