1. FELLOWSHIP

2. What Is Fellowship?
From Greek KOINONIA fellowship Acts 2:42, communion 1 Cor. 10:16, communication Philemon 6, contribution Rom. 15:26, distribution 2 Cor. 9:13
KOINONEO partakers Rom. 15:27, share Gal. 6:6
KOINONOS partner Luke 5:10, companion Heb. 10:33, partaker 1 Cor. 10:18,20
KOINONIKOS 1 Tim. 6:18 willing to share
Definition: “The laying aside of personal interest and joining with others for a common purpose.”

3. Components of Fellowship
Common purpose or goal Eph. 4:11-12
Willing submission Phil. 2:1-4; 1 Cor. 14:27-33
Common relationship 1 Cor. 12:12-13
Common action 1 Cor. 16:1-4
or cooperative action 1 Cor. 12:14-26, 14:26
Sharing benefits 1 Cor. 12:26, Rom. 15:26-27
Sharing burdens (responsibilities) 1 Cor. 12:26
Fellowship with God 1 John 1:3-4,7; 5:13 Eph. 4:15, Acts 2:38,41
Fellowship with each other Eph. 4:16, Acts 2:42

4. Fellowship with God Offered to everyone conditionally Titus 2:11-14
Through faith 1 John 5:13, repentance 1 John 1:8-10, and obedience to the gospel Rom. 6:17
Made partakers of the divine nature 2 Pet. 1:2-4
We will strive to be like Christ 2 Cor. 3:18
We love others because God loves others 1 John 4:7-11, 20-21
We will not seek friendship with the world James 4:1-4

5. Fellowship with Christians
Based on mutual fellowship with God 1 John 1:3
God intended to make two become one in Christ Ephesians 2:11-22
The moment one breaks fellowship with God, he loses fellowship with those who have fellowship with God
One sin can break fellowship with God by a refusal to repent and a persistence to continue in sin 1 John 1:6-2:2, Rom. 6:1-11
Repentance for fellowship Acts 2:38, 8:18-24