Let’s get together and fellowship…

What is fellowship? I took this definition and stuff from sermon notes from Stuart Greaves.

“And they continued steadfastly in the apostles doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.”  (Acts 2:42)1.  Apostles doctrine – study of the word, small group bible study

2.  Fellowship – strengthening the saints, encouraging, exhorting, comforting in truth flowing in the gifts of the Holy Spirit

3.  Breaking of bread – remembering his broken body and shed blood for the new covenant

This to me was convicting, of not necessarily my definition of fellowship but more the way I spend time with friends. Generally when I get together with friends we do thing, but rarely do we ever fellowship, and so I have found that I often feel lonely. And I will tell you now that hanging out with friends more or having more friends or getting married or anything of the such will not help the loneliness. The reason why I feel lonely is because I am not communing with the one I was made to commune with.

And I believe that even if I did spend more time in prayer and the word I would still feel somewhat lonely because Adam did, but time in true fellowship with friends, would be edifying, and I would not be suffering from loneliness.

But I feel that I must say that how is your heart with God?

Because you HAVE to have a yes in your heart to God. Because often times we may feel Gods love and we back away, and we say no, because it costs something. You may love God but you do not hate wickedness. It may appear to others as well as yourself that you are doing everything right but there is not a full yes in your heart, and you feel lonely or you feel somewhat empty and it is because you do not HATE wickedness and you have not living a full yes in your heart.

I believe that wehn we live with a full yes in our hearts and we have true fellowship with others around us, we will begin to experience a true fullness and joy in life.