What is fellowship?

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What is fellowship?

Last week we showed that each of the Philippians who contributed to Paul’s support had fellowship with him, and God credited it to them (Phil. 4:17). The word fellowship means sharing in common. Some smell coffee when they hear the word, but Scripture does not use it that way. Generally, it refers to spiritual participation, but it refers to Simon’s “partners” in the fishing business (Lk. 5:10). There are things we may do together, such as fishing, that are not works of the church, and we need to be careful about misusing the word fellowship to justify what we want. We are to “walk in the light” in order to have fellowship with God and brethren (1 Jn. 1:6,7). Some claim not to go along with unscriptural things, but by participating, they are going along with what they don’t go along with!