fellowship? important?
i came upon this particular site ( gotquestions.org) on the net while serving. so decided to ask on the following question. Let's all take a few moment to think and reflect on the answers provided..
*this is a christian site..so feel free to check out the questions and answers there were asked...it does help !
Question : what is the importance of fellowship in church? Why is fellowship necessary in a Christian life? is it really necessary?
Answered by: Steven R.
Answer: First of all let me commend you in your search for truth. I believe you came to the correct website for your answers.
Secondly, when I was reading your question the thought came to me – “you are who you hang out with.” I have heard my parents, teachers and church leaders say this over the past 40 years of my life. I also tell my daughter this from time to time. The ironic thing is…it’s true. We tend to be who we fellowship with. I once heard a man preaching on financial prosperity say, “If you want to be wealthy, don’t hang around poor people – hang around wealthy people and find out how they think.” WOW! That’s a revelation.
Thirdly, it works the same with our spiritual lives as well. You need the body of Christ – plain and simple. The body of Christ needs you – plain and simple. Paul tells the Ephesians in 2:19-21 (New Living Translation), “You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of Gods family. We are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself. We who believe are carefully joined together, becoming a holy temple for the Lord.” Only by meeting together on a regular basis can we experience this reality. In Hebrews 10:25 (NLT) it reads, “Let us not neglect our meetings together, as some people do, but encourage and warn each other, especially now that the day of his coming again is drawing near.”
Fourthly, you can see through scripture that it is imperative for your own well-being and the lives of other believers that you fellowship with your local church – the body of Christ. I have been saying this for the past 15 years – “show me a man who does not fellowship horizontally with the church; and I’ll show you a man who does not fellowship vertically with the Father.”
*this is a christian site..so feel free to check out the questions and answers there were asked...it does help !
Question : what is the importance of fellowship in church? Why is fellowship necessary in a Christian life? is it really necessary?
Answered by: Steven R.
Answer: First of all let me commend you in your search for truth. I believe you came to the correct website for your answers.
Secondly, when I was reading your question the thought came to me – “you are who you hang out with.” I have heard my parents, teachers and church leaders say this over the past 40 years of my life. I also tell my daughter this from time to time. The ironic thing is…it’s true. We tend to be who we fellowship with. I once heard a man preaching on financial prosperity say, “If you want to be wealthy, don’t hang around poor people – hang around wealthy people and find out how they think.” WOW! That’s a revelation.
Thirdly, it works the same with our spiritual lives as well. You need the body of Christ – plain and simple. The body of Christ needs you – plain and simple. Paul tells the Ephesians in 2:19-21 (New Living Translation), “You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of Gods family. We are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself. We who believe are carefully joined together, becoming a holy temple for the Lord.” Only by meeting together on a regular basis can we experience this reality. In Hebrews 10:25 (NLT) it reads, “Let us not neglect our meetings together, as some people do, but encourage and warn each other, especially now that the day of his coming again is drawing near.”
Fourthly, you can see through scripture that it is imperative for your own well-being and the lives of other believers that you fellowship with your local church – the body of Christ. I have been saying this for the past 15 years – “show me a man who does not fellowship horizontally with the church; and I’ll show you a man who does not fellowship vertically with the Father.”
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