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| Hermandad El Propósito de la Congregación es el Amor por las Gentes el cual expresamos a través de la Hermandad Conociendo a los Creyentes |
The Priority of Fellowship:
Relationship with others is of extreme importance, standing next to our relationship with God Himself. (See
Matt. 22:37-39.)
Relationship with fellow believers takes priority and goes deeper than what we are to have with those who
do not know Yeshua. (See Gal. 6:10.)
Adonai's people were never intended to walk the walk alone. Consider phrases which are used to describe
the body of believers in Yeshua:
--"fellow citizens with God's people"
--"members of God's household"
--"in Him the whole building is joined together"
--"family of God"
The Program for Fellowship:
True fellowship transcends the temporal boundaries of age, gender, social status, intelligence, marital
status, and any other distinction which can be made. (See Gal. 3:26-28.) If Yeshua received a person into
a relationship with Himself based on grace, that should be enough for us to extend fellowship to them. The
primary basis of fellowship is our shared life in Yeshua. Everything else is secondary. We need to see
people as they are in Yeshua. Only issues which affect the essence of the Gospel are cause for a break in
fellowship.
The tendency is to be interested in people to whom we are naturally attracted because of common
interests or status in life. The common practice is for congregations to structure along these lines. While
some of this can be healthy, if it becomes the norm we take away opportunity for the essence of true
fellowship. Yeshua died to destroy barriers. (See Eph. 2:11-22.)
To be in fellowship with those different than ourselves will require us to stay in fellowship with God Himself,
to have a good understanding of the meaning of grace, and to love with a supernatural love.
The Process for Fellowship:
Fellowship ("koinonia") is a sharing or participation in that which we have in common.
"koinos" = common
This can take various forms or be expressed in a variety of ways. You will find the word "koinonia" in the
Scripture for each of the areas of ministry.
In Yeshua we are one Body. The objective of fellowship is to become in practice what we are in our
standing in Him.
The Product of Fellowship:
As the early believers devoted themselves to fellowship balanced with truth, and did so with "glad and
sincere hearts," others took notice. (See Acts 2:42-47.)
"And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved" (Acts 2:47).
In addition to fellowship during Shabbat, we have a FREE Oneg lunch, in our fellowship hall
after services. All are invited to join us!
- mankind created for human community (Gen. 2:18)
- corporate aspect in both Old Testament life and in the New Testament Church/Believers (Gen. 12:2;
Eph. 2:19-22) - devotion of early believers to fellowship (Acts 2:42)
- Yeshua's prayer for oneness patterned after the Trinity (John 17:20-23)
- commanded not to forsake relationship with one another which requires that time be spent with one
another (Heb. 10:25) - corporate dimension in the life to come (Rev. 21:2-22:5; Heb. 11:10, 13-14; 1 Thes. 4:16-18; Phil. 3:
20)
Relationship with others is of extreme importance, standing next to our relationship with God Himself. (See
Matt. 22:37-39.)
Relationship with fellow believers takes priority and goes deeper than what we are to have with those who
do not know Yeshua. (See Gal. 6:10.)
Adonai's people were never intended to walk the walk alone. Consider phrases which are used to describe
the body of believers in Yeshua:
--"fellow citizens with God's people"
--"members of God's household"
--"in Him the whole building is joined together"
--"family of God"
The Program for Fellowship:
- first fellowship with God, then with others (1 Cor. 1:9; 1 Jn. 1:3, 6-7)
- extended upon recognition of God's grace in a person's life (Gal. 2:9)
- among believers, not with unbelievers (2 Cor. 6:14; Eph. 5:11)
- if out of fellowship with God, not going to find true fellowship with one another (1 Jn. 1:6-7)
True fellowship transcends the temporal boundaries of age, gender, social status, intelligence, marital
status, and any other distinction which can be made. (See Gal. 3:26-28.) If Yeshua received a person into
a relationship with Himself based on grace, that should be enough for us to extend fellowship to them. The
primary basis of fellowship is our shared life in Yeshua. Everything else is secondary. We need to see
people as they are in Yeshua. Only issues which affect the essence of the Gospel are cause for a break in
fellowship.
The tendency is to be interested in people to whom we are naturally attracted because of common
interests or status in life. The common practice is for congregations to structure along these lines. While
some of this can be healthy, if it becomes the norm we take away opportunity for the essence of true
fellowship. Yeshua died to destroy barriers. (See Eph. 2:11-22.)
To be in fellowship with those different than ourselves will require us to stay in fellowship with God Himself,
to have a good understanding of the meaning of grace, and to love with a supernatural love.
The Process for Fellowship:
- communion --sharing the Lord's supper together (1 Cor. 10:16)
- contribution --sharing materially with one another (Rom. 15:26; 2 Cor. 8:3-4; 9:13; Phil. 4:15)
- communication --sharing our faith with one another (Phile. 1:6)
- community --sharing the whole of our lives with one another on a regular basis (Acts 2:42-47; 4:32-
35)
Fellowship ("koinonia") is a sharing or participation in that which we have in common.
"koinos" = common
This can take various forms or be expressed in a variety of ways. You will find the word "koinonia" in the
Scripture for each of the areas of ministry.
In Yeshua we are one Body. The objective of fellowship is to become in practice what we are in our
standing in Him.
The Product of Fellowship:
- unity among believers (Phil. 2:1-4)
- desire to pray for one another because of genuine concern (Phil. 1:3-5)
- an effective witness to the world around us (Jn. 13:34-35; 17:23)
As the early believers devoted themselves to fellowship balanced with truth, and did so with "glad and
sincere hearts," others took notice. (See Acts 2:42-47.)
"And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved" (Acts 2:47).
In addition to fellowship during Shabbat, we have a FREE Oneg lunch, in our fellowship hall
after services. All are invited to join us!
