Text: Acts 2:44-45
And all the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had.
45
NLT:They sold their property and possessions and shared the money with those in need.
Memorize: Heb 10:25
And let us not neglect our meeting together,
Message: Engineer Emmanuel Ayeni
God created man to have fellowship with Him. In Genesis God used to come to the garden in the cool of the day - Gen.3:8; to commune with man.
Apart from God, man also commune with each other. So, man is a creature of fellowship.
Man was not made "a-loner". Even after the fall, men still herded together, drawn by different things like blood relationship, social status, profession, political associations, unionism, clubs, etc.
When the Church started after the day of Pentecost, Acts 2:42 shows us that there were four major activities on which the Church stood. These are :-
1. Apostles doctrine (teaching the Word)
2. Fellowship,
3. Breaking of bread,and in
4. Prayers.
Coming immediately after doctrine, which teaches us how things ought to be done, is fellowship, which is like a platform for every other activity of the assembly.
Without fellowship for example there cannot be breaking of bread etc.
What does fellowship involved
1. Assembling of ourselves
2. Sharing in the word and edifying one another Col.3:16; Eph.5:19
3. Giving Jh3:16, Act 2:44-45; Our fellowship can never be complete without Giving
4. Being your Brothers keeper Gen4:9; Gal6:1-2 Fellowship involves cater for our brothers not just meeting in the Church
5. Other accept of fellowship Rm. 12:15, 1Cor12:26; 1Thes 5:11; Phil.2:3-4; Eph5:21
Fellowship could be said to be the expression of companionship, comradeship, communion, etc. between fellows that have something in common
Note:
Fellowship involves sharing and partaking together. Fellow in fellowship care for each other and share their lives together and their Joy and Sorrow
Prayer:
Oh Lord restore our church to what she's suppose to be in jesus name.
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