FRIENDSHIP- FELLOWSHIP IS IT SCRIPTURAL
FRIENDSHIP- FELLOWSHIP
IS IT SCRIPTURAL?
Fellowship is never based on
one’s (friendships) in the church
belonging to the Lord Jesus.
1
Our Fellowship
is with God and
His Son Jesus
Christ
1 John 1:1-7,
“
that which we have
seen and heard we declare to you,
that you also may have fellowship
with us; and truly our
fellowship is with the Father and
with His Son Jesus Christ.”
“
If we say that we have fellowship
with Him, and walk in darkness,
we lie and do not practice the truth.
But if we walk in the light as He is
in the light, we have fellowship
with one another, and the blood of
Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us
from all sin.” vs. 6-7
2
Ephesians 5:1-12
“Therefore do not be partakers with them. For
you were once darkness, but now you are light in
the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of
the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and
truth), finding out what is acceptable to the Lord.
And have no fellowship
with the unfruitful works
of darkness, but rather expose them.”
3
James 4:4
“
Adulterers
and adulteresses! Do you
not know that
friendship
with the world
is enmity with
God?
Whoever therefore
wants to be a friend of the
world
makes himself an
enemy of God.”
4
Jeremiah
6:10-21
5
Jeremiah 6:10-21
They have also healed the hurt of My people slightly,
Saying, ‘Peace, peace!’
When
there is
no peace.
Thus says the LORD:
“Stand in the ways and see,
And ask for the old paths, where the good way
is,
And walk in it;
Then you will find rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk
in it.
’
6
Jeremiah
6:10-21
7
Deutronomy 12:1-4,
“You shall not worship the
LORD your
God
with
such
things.”
•
“These
are
the statutes and judgments
which you shall be careful to observe in
the land which the LORD God of your
fathers is giving you to possess, all the
days that you live on the earth.
•
“You shall utterly destroy all the places
where the nations which you shall
dispossess served their gods, on the high
mountains and on the hills and under
every green tree.
•
“And you shall destroy their altars,
break their
sacred
pillars, and burn their
wooden images with fire; you shall cut
down the carved images of their gods
and destroy their names from that place.
8
Seeking the Old
Paths is the
commandment of
the Lord God of
Heaven. Gal. 6:16,
“
And as many as
walk according to
this rule, peace and
mercy
be
upon
them, and upon
the
Israel
of
God
.”
9
CONCLUSION: Look at Spiritual Israel today?
10
THEY CAN
NOT BE
FAITHFUL
AND SHOULD
BE MARKED
AS BEING
FACTIOUS.
11
Friendship and fellowship in the church, according to scriptural references such as 1 John 1:1-7 and Ephesians 5:1-12, emphasize the importance of having fellowship with God and Jesus Christ while avoiding friendship with the world. The verses from Jeremiah further highlight the consequences of rejecting God's word. Explore the biblical perspectives on true friendship and fellowship based on spiritual connections rather than worldly associations.
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FRIENDSHIP- FELLOWSHIP IS IT SCRIPTURAL? Fellowship is never based on one s (friendships) in the church belonging to the Lord Jesus. 1
1 John 1:1-7, that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. vs. 6-7 Our Fellowship is with God and His Son Jesus Christ 2
Ephesians 5:1-12 Therefore do not be partakers with them. For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. 3
Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. James 4:4 4
To whom shall I speak and give warning, That they may hear? Indeed their ear is uncircumcised, And they cannot give heed. Behold, the word of the LORD is a reproach to them; They have no delight in it. Jeremiah 6:10-21 Because from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is given to covetousness; And from the prophet even to the priest, Everyone deals falsely. 5
Jeremiah 6:10-21 They have also healed the hurt of My people slightly, Saying, Peace, peace! When there is no peace. Thus says the LORD: Stand in the ways and see, And ask for the old paths, where the good way is, And walk in it; Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk in it. 6
Also, I set watchmen over you, saying, Listen to the sound of the trumpet! But they said, We will not listen. Jeremiah 6:10-21 Hear, O earth! Behold, I will certainly bring calamity on this people The fruit of their thoughts, Because they have not heeded My words Nor My law, but rejected it. 7
These are the statutes and judgments which you shall be careful to observe in the land which the LORD God of your fathers is giving you to possess, all the days that you live on the earth. You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations which you shall dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree. And you shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and burn their wooden images with fire; you shall cut down the carved images of their gods and destroy their names from that place. Deutronomy 12:1-4, You shall not worship the LORD your God with such things. 8
Seeking the Old Paths is the commandment of the Lord God of Heaven. Gal. 6:16, And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God. What influence are these scriptures to have on our present age in the Church of Christ belonging to Jesus? 1 Corinthians 10:6, 11 Romans 15:4 1 Samuel 8:1-10, 17-22 1 Samuel 10:17-19 1 1 Samuel 12:12-25, that we might be like the nations round about us 9
CONCLUSION: Look at Spiritual Israel today? How can Jesus possibly be our King when we seek to be like all the churches round about us? Today Spiritual Israel has departed from the Old Paths Jeremiah wrote of in Jeremiah 6:10. Matthew 28:18-20, declares the Authority of Christ overall. Human practices that seem good to Christians. How can our Brethren worship the Lord our God like the churches round about us today and still remain faithful to the Lord? How can the Brotherhood be faithful to Christ when they are seeking to worship the Lord Jesus through the teachings of men and according to their wisdom? Their worship is self centered in all that would please men and their traditions. Matthew 15:1-12 10
THEY CAN NOT BE FAITHFUL AND SHOULD BE MARKED AS BEING FACTIOUS. They are not seeking the Old Paths! Philippians 3:18-19 Romans 16:17-18; Titus 3:10-11 11
