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The Power of Fellowship

1 Corinthians 11:17-34. The Power of Fellowship. The Astounding Early Church. 22% Annual Growth for 2 Centuries. “throughout the cities of the world… barbarians, Greeks, nomads, vagrants, herdsmen…”. Nero: 64ad “Multitudes are embra-cing the new religion!”.

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The Power of Fellowship

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  1. 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 The Power of Fellowship

  2. The Astounding Early Church 22% Annual Growth for 2 Centuries “throughout the cities of the world… barbarians, Greeks, nomads, vagrants, herdsmen…” Nero: 64ad “Multitudes are embra-cing the new religion!” Tacitus: “Nero martyred immense multitudes.” Source: R.ColemanMaster Plan of Discipleship, p.32

  3. The Astounding Early Church Greet Andronicus and Junia…highly respected among the apostles… Romans 16:7 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:28 Despite: • BIG Cultural Barriers • Social Roles Toppled • Gender Roles Toppled • Massive Persecution • No Armies, Swords… • No Advertising Agencies • Informal Organization

  4. The Amazing Christian Meeting • In homes, schools… • No dedicated buildings. • Not institutional, formal, ritualistic. • “Love Feast” • Communion • Reading and teaching for 4 hours! • Corporate prayer, singing

  5. The Amazing Christian Meeting • Not Automatic (1 Cor.11:17f) “But in giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.”

  6. The Amazing Christian Meeting v.18 First, I hear that there are divisions among you when you meet as a church, and to some extent I believe it . v.19 But, of course, there must be divisions among you so that you who have God’s approval will be recognized . • Not Automatic (1 Cor.11:17f)

  7. The Amazing Christian Meeting v. 20-21 Therefore when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper for in your eating each one takes his own supper first; and one is hungry and another is drunk. • Not Automatic (1 Cor.11:17f) v. 22 What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God, and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise you. one is hungry and another is drunk.

  8. The Amazing Christian Meeting • Not Automatic (1 Cor.11:17f) “When you come together as a church…” ekklesia “called out ones”

  9. The Amazing Christian Meeting James 2:3 you pay special attention to the one who is wearing the fine clothes, and say, "You sit here in a good place," and you say to the poor man, "You stand over there, or sit down by my footstool," James 3:15: “This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic.” • Not Automatic (1 Cor.11:17f) James 2:4 have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil motives? From the World

  10. The Amazing Christian Meeting Koinonia - “Fellowship”, “Share”, “Make Common”,“communion” Acts 2:42 “And they were continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” • Not Automatic (1 Cor.11:17f) Contributing / Investing…

  11. The Amazing Christian Meeting 33 So, my dear brothers and sisters, when you gather for the Lord’s Supper, wait for each other.34 If you are really hungry, eat at home so you won’t bring judgment upon yourselves when you meet together. For if you eat the bread or drink the cup without honoring the body of Christ, you are eating and drinking God’s judgment upon yourself. 1 Corinthians 11:29 30That is why many of you are weak and sick and some have even died.31 But if we would examine ourselves, we would not be judged by God in this way. • Not Automatic (1 Cor.11:17f) v. 20 Therefore when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper… 32 Yet when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned along with the world. That is why many of you are weak and sick and some have even died. 1 Corinthians 11:30

  12. Koinonia:Sharing Together 23-26 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke it, and said, "This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.“ In the same way He took the cup also, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.“ For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes.

  13. Koinonia:Sharing Together • Remembering Christ’s Death on the Cross. • Appreciation and worship. • Rejecting “ME FIRST”. • Our Basis for Koinonia. • Proclaiming our unity. 1 Cor. 10:16-17 Is not the cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread which we break a sharing in the body of Christ? Since there is one bread, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one bread. "This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. John 15:12

  14. The Astounding Early Church 22% Annual Growth for 2 Centuries Nero: 64ad “Multitudes are embra-cing the new religion!” Source: R.ColemanMaster Plan of Discipleship, p.32

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