Rejoicing In Fellowship
Luke 1:39-45, 56-57 A few days later Mary hurried to the hill country of Judea, to the town where Zechariah lived. She entered the house and greeted Elizabeth. At the sound of Mary’s greeting, Elizabeth’s child leaped within her, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. Elizabeth gave a glad cry and exclaimed to Mary, “God has blessed you above all women, and your child is blessed. Why am I so honored that the mother of my Lord should visit me? When I heard your greeting, the baby in my womb jumped for joy. You are blessed because you believed that the Lord would do what He said…” Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months and then went back to her own home. When it was time for Elizabeth’s baby to be born, she gave birth to a son. And when her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had been very merciful to her, everyone rejoiced with her.
_____________, means purposeful fellowship, association, or participation, in a special bond with others in Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:9 God has invited you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord
Think of ways that Elizabeth and Mary had a fellowship.
Koinonia is an intimate, _______________ response to fellowship and participation with Christ and with other believers.
1 John 1:6-7 We are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness, we are not practicing the truth. But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin.
Rejoice in how you have fellowship with other believers.