Growing Warmer Through Fellowship

Series: Marks of a Healthy Church

Acts 2:42-47
Eddie Byun

* Fellowship is ultimately ______________________________________ God’s family

1Pe 2:17
Show proper respect to everyone: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God,
honor the king.
1Jn 4:21
And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his
brother.

We grow warmer through fellowship …

When we help people _____________ God’s
family
Ac 2:47
praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their
number daily those who were being saved.

- Strong fellowships have an ___________________________ of love

- Strong fellowships offer ______________________________ of love

Jn 13:34
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must
love one another.

Jn 13:35
By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

We grow warmer through fellowship …

When we help people _____________ God’s
family
Ac 2:46
Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread
in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts,

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Ac 2:47
praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their
number daily those who were being saved.

Level 1 of fellowship:
________ ____________ __
Ro 12:5
so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the
others.

Level 2 of fellowship:
________ ____________ __
Ac 4:32
All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his
possessions was his own, but they shared everything they had. Ac 4:33 With great power
the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and much grace
was upon them all.
Ac 4:34
There were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who
owned lands or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales Ac 4:35 and put it at
the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone as he had need.

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 NIV

Level 3 of fellowship:
________ ____________ __
Eph 4:16
From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament,
grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

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Level 4 of fellowship:
________ ____________ __
Ro 12:10
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.

Areas to grow in …