“They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” – Acts 2:42
In an article entitled “A Relationship Among Fellows”, Pastor Stuart Strachan Jr. writes:
“Did you know that the history of the word ‘fellowship,’ is, rather simply, a relationship among fellows? The idea of a fellowship being that two or more people have been bonded together in some significant way.
For obvious reasons, this idea of fellowship, or ‘koinonia’ in the Greek, came to signify the life of the early church. Why? Because of the unique power of the bond of Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit. This bond made through Christ enabled deep roots and ennobled the community of faith to the kind of rich, sacrificial life that Jesus himself modeled in the gospels.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in his classic book on Christian community, ‘Life Together’, argues that Christian community is unlike any other community because of this unique bond, a bond that exists between each of us through Christ. When Jesus is at the center of our fellowship, the world is radically transformed. So, may the church be a relationship among fellows, a fellowship bound not by ethnicity, social class, or status, but by the redeeming power of Christ at work in us through the Holy Spirit.”
Are you in fellowship with other Christian believers? Today in prayer, thank Jesus for other believers and seek to draw closer to Christ by being in fellowship with other Christians.
“Behind every saint stands another saint.” – Friedrich van Hugel
God’s Word: “Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” – Hebrews 10:25
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