FELLOWSHIP

TWO SENSES

1 JN 1:1-4

· WITH THE FATHER AND HIS SON

· WITH BRETHREN

A BIG DIFFERENCE!

· THE LORD KNOWS WHO ARE HIS

JN 10:14; 2 Tim 2:19

· WE ONLY JUDGE WHO ARE HIS

1 COR 4:1-5; 1 TIM 5:24; REV 3:1,4

BEGINNING FELLOWSHIP

· PAUL JUDGED LYDIA FAITHFUL BY HER BAPTISM ACTS 16:14-15

· JERUSALEM CHURCH JUDGED PAUL FAITHFUL BY BARNABAS’ REPORT OF HIS REPENTANCE ACTS 9:26-28

· JAMES, PETER, AND JOHN JUDGED PAUL FAITHFUL AFTER HEARING HIS GOSPEL GAL 2:2; 6-9; ACTS 15:12

· CORINTHIANS JUDGED APOLLOS FAITHFUL BY LETTER FROM EPHE-SIANS (INCLUDED PRISICLLA AND AQUILA) ACTS 18:1, 24-28, 19:1

· SIN AGAINST BROTHER MT 18:15-17

· IMMORALITY 1 COR 5:9-13; EPH 5:3-11; 2 THESS 3:6, 11-14

· FALSE TEACHING ROM 16:17; 2 JN 9-11

· FACTIOUS TIT 3:10-11

WHAT ABOUT ROMANS 14?

· GOD ACCEPTS ONE WHO DOES AND ONE WHO DOES NOT VS. 1-3

· NOT SPEAKING OF ACCEPTING EACH OTHER WHERE SIN IS INVOLVED

· IS SPEAKING OF ACCEPTING ONE ANOTHER WHEN A BROTHER’S CONSCIENCE WON’T LET HIM DO WHAT GOD SAID IS ALRIGHT TO DO

OUR GOAL: PROPER JUDGMENT

· NEITHER HASTY NOR PARTAKERS IN THE SINS OF OTHERS: KEEP OURSELVES PURE 1 TIM 5:22

· WHEN THE LORD JUDGES, HE ALLOWS:

· TIME TO LEARN HEB 5:11-14

· TIME TO REPENT REV 2:21

· YOU CAN FELLOWSHIP ONE JESUS DOES NOT! REV 2:20

· YOU CAN SEVER FELLOWSHIP WITH ONE JESUS HAS NOT! 3 JN 9-10

GOING TOO FAR!!

2 JN 9-11

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