Worship & Fellowship
Matthew 4.10; 1 Corinthians 11.17-34; Acts 2.42-47; Acts 20.7

I am writing to the Christians to day and if you aren’t, I pray this will help you to decide to become a part of the family. Have you thought about what is worship? What we do each Sunday, Coming before God in humility, reverence, respect in a series of activities that praise and honor God in accordance with His sacred instructions. The Hebrews' writer tells us to "not forsake such assembly worship, as the habit of some Christians has become."

That worship that has to do with serving God on a daily basis. That worship best described by Paul in Romans chapter six and twelve where he contends that we are to become instruments of righteousness and living sacrifices.

You see the way we live the things we do day-in-day-out… are either serving God or serving Satan! Which is it in our life? We must be found behaving as Jesus demanded in His wilderness temptation "It is written, worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only."

We've examined the place of prayer in our worship, Along with Singing, Communion, And Giving. Worship is a fellowship event.
And if there is something wrong with our fellowship, it ceases to be worship. This idea is explain by both Jesus and Paul. Jesus said in Matthews 5.23 & 24 "If you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift."
Paul's statement is from First Corinthians 11: where he is correcting the Corinthian church's worship during the Lord's Supper. 4 times, Paul makes the point that this is a fellowship event. That it is to be done when they come together as a church. And than if we are not in fellowship with one another, we are not worshiping correctly. In fact, he says that we bring spiritual harm upon ourselves, along with a judgment from God, Read also, Verses 17, 18, 20, 29, 30, and 31.

My friends there are no doubt that Assembly, first Day of the week worship, is to be a fellowship event? An event where we are mindful of others in our church family and our relationship to them. Biblical fellowship means to share something with another. For instance, if you are without something that you really need, and I share mine with you, we have fellowship.

Secondly, the term means that we share in something. If some of us are going through an emotional experience, a pain, a problem, a loss or joy, celebration; and another joins with us in those experience, then by definition we have had fellowship with one another.

Fellowship is a participation together in an effort in a work in a purpose with others. If I have work to do a purpose to accomplish, and you come alongside me and assist me in that work by adding your talents, abilities, your gifts... then we have jointly participated in fellowship. We serve God by joining our talents together

Fellowship is belonging to one another. Romans 12.4 & 5 says "Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, in Christ. God, the Bible knows nothing of solitary saints, spiritual hermits, isolated Christians, independent believers, Lone Ranger Christians! We are family, God’s family, relationship to God is personal but never intended it to be private. We are the family of God.

Walk in Love, Sue Shipp

Sueshipp_outreachministries@yahoo.com