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Fellowship: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15
“But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us.” — 2 Thess. 3:6 Many times this particular passage is taken out of its context and used as a broad, sweeping command. [...]
Fellowship: Added notes on Romans 16:17-18
An important word in Romans 16:17 is “avoid,” which is a translation of the Greek ekklino. This word is used only three times in the New Testament. The general meaning of the word is “keep away from, turn away from,” according to The Analytical Lexicon of the New Testament. One usage in in 1 Peter [...]
Fellowship: Ephesians 5:11
“And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.” — Ephesians 5:11 Ephesians 5:1 gives us direction as to what God expects of His children. He expects us to be imitators of Him, as beloved children. He expects us to walk in love, using Christ as our example. With this [...]
Fellowship: 1 Corinthians 5:1-13
“I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people. Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. But now I have written to you [...]
Fellowship: Romans 16:17-18
“Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them. For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple.” — Romans 16:17-18 As [...]
Fellowship: Matthew 18:15-17
“Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother. But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that ‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.’ And [...]
Passages concerning breaking fellowship
?3? If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to ?b?wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, ?c?and to the ?1?doctrine which accords with godliness, ?4? he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions, ?5? ?2?useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. ?3?From ?d?such withdraw yourself.
The New King James Version. Nashville : Thomas Nelson, 1982, S. 1 Ti 6:3-5
Facing Our Failure: A review (part 2)
This is the second part of an ongoing examination of Todd Deaver’s book, Facing Our Failure. The first installment is here. It has been several weeks since my first installment of this continuing review of Todd Deaver’s book, Facing Our Failure. Much has transpired with my personal ministry since that time, and I apologize for [...]
Facing Our Failure: A review (part 1)
Deaver, Todd. Facing Our Failure: The Fellowship Dilemma in Conservative Churches of Christ. Todd Deaver sees a problem with the church. In a nutshell, he believes the church’s view and practice of fellowship is wrong and must be changed. In this multi-part review, I will take a look at Deaver’s arguments and address as much [...]
The Lines of Fellowship
A wise preacher once commented that as New Testament Christians, we cannot draw the circle of fellowship any larger–or any smaller–than God Himself has drawn. Lately that “circle of fellowship” has been questioned to a greater degree as Christian bloggers have latched on to Todd Deaver’s new book, “Facing Our Failure: The Fellowship Dilemma in [...]