Fellowship
Category: New Testament Ministry
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How Should We Respond When Standing for Grace Causes Division in Our Relationships?
## When Standing for Grace Breaks Relationships Standing firmly for the simple gospel often brings unexpected relational challenges. Declaring, “No, it’s not faith *plus*; it’s Christ *finished*,” can...
What did Jesus mean when he said “He who loves me will keep my commandments”?
Learn about the meaning behind Jesus’ statement “He who loves me will keep my commandments” and the new commandment in 1 John. The new commandment is not an outward demand, but so...
The Profession of Faith: Foundation of Christian Fellowship
We have Faith of Jesus Christ and fellowship with other believers where we recognize the sons of God and love them. That’s our profession. Our fellowship is based on profession. There are ...
Clarifying Legalistic Misunderstandings of Discipleship, Discipline, Fellowship, and Obedience
DIscipleship Traditional, legalistic concept: Based primarily on Synoptic Gospels, a Pre/Cross – Pre/Resurrection instruction consists of “following” Jesus according to outward command...
From Philippians: The Fellowship of Christ's Joy and Suffering
1 – (1:1-8) Taking the Religion out of Philippians – Christ as Satisfaction I love to go to these books that are usually presented in a religious way and bring a fresh perspective to them. Us...
From Philippians: The Mind of Christ and the Source of True Unity (2:1-9)
Php 2:1-9 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, (2) Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having...
From Philippians: Genuine Concern and the Source of Spiritual Fruit
No Comparisons and Demands In the last message we covered what it really means to “Work out your salvation”. Again, Paul is not talking about Eternal Salvation. He is speaking of Christ operating i...
From Ephesians: The Apostolic Word and the Fellowship of God's Household
How does seeing God’s economy impact us? What we see is what we will to gravitate towards. In the Old Testament, Abraham had a vision of a city whose builder and maker is God (Heb 11:10) whi...
The Divine Command to Separate from a Corrupt Church System
Increasingly, the visible Church today is not the bride of Christ, but an antichrist counterfeit Kingdom – a great tree with branches spreading to cover the whole earth. These branches are the syst...
When Is Division Necessary? The Misuse of Unity to Suppress Truth
Much of the stigmatization against discernment comes in the name of unity. Those who do not go along with the “flow” are considered to be divisive. One of the more popular quotes is from Augustine ...