I like what Jim Davis has written about Christian fellowship:
Church attendance is often substituted for fellowship. To some fellowship is like a jar full of marbles. The marbles are in the same jar but there is little togetherness. The marbles have little effect on each other as they roll around in a jar. They just bump into one another. But real fellowship is more like a jar of grapes that bleed on one another. Fellowship should allow our faith to rub off on one another. The first believers had real spiritual needs that led them into fellowship with others. As they came into this fellowship of other believers with the same needs, they naturally bled on one another.
Too often church attendance turns us into iceberg Christians where we just float around and bump into one another. One fellow visited a church and gave his description of those in attendance. He said, "I don't want to say that it was a cold church, but the ushers had on ice skates." The first fellowship meeting had little to do with church attendance and everything to do with togetherness.
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I hear much on preaching the gospel, reaching the lost and missions. These subjects are of great importance - carrying out the commandment of the LORD in preaching the gospel to the whole world. The sad part is the other parts of the bible especially the encouraging of your brother, lifting each other up, burying each other burdens is LOST today in the American Church! I hear little on the importance of fellowhip, accountability with each other and being involved each of one's lives. The American church (in regards to being involved with each other) is a Joke! Preaching the Gospel is of high importance but the message you get from our American Churches is who cares about the individual christian. Who cares if your struggling with a family and you have NO discipleship, NO mentoring and especially NO equipping the saints for the work of the ministry! I go to Churches that you can't even get the Pastor to give you a phone call at home, or even talk to you on Sunday morning. Get Real! When will men of God step up and be involved with other families. Every one has the American Dream -hoard everything!
I hear much on preaching the gospel, reaching the lost and missions. These subjects are of great importance - carrying out the commandment of the LORD in preaching the gospel to the whole world. The sad part is the other parts of the bible especially the encouraging of your brother, lifting each other up, burying each other burdens is LOST today in the American Church! I hear little on the importance of fellowhip, accountability with each other and being involved each of one's lives. The American church (in regards to being involved with each other) is a Joke! Preaching the Gospel is of high importance but the message you get from our American Churches is who cares about the individual christian. Who cares if your struggling with a family and you have NO discipleship, NO mentoring and especially NO equipping the saints for the work of the ministry! I go to Churches that you can't even get the Pastor to give you a phone call at home, or even talk to you on Sunday morning. Get Real! When will men of God step up and be involved with other families. Every one has the American Dream -hoard everything!
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