Southview Baptist Church
Letters to the Church — Called to Fellowship
Pastor Nathan Wakefield resumes our Letters to the Church sermon series. This week, in 1 Corinthians 11:17-34, we learn that unity is supposed to mark the church and so we are called to fellowship in unity. Video of the worship service is available beginning Sunday at 9:30 AM at https://southviewbaptist.org/live.
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Southview Baptist Church
3434 S 13th St, Lincoln, NE 68502, USA
Sunday 9:30 AM
1. Fellowship involves deference and inclusion (17‑22).
• The Gospel transcends traditional boundaries and so should our fellowship.
• Fellowship should not be an opportunity for gluttony and overindulgence.
• The irony of typical church fellowship is that often someone feels excluded.
Action: Look for an opportunity to make your fellowship inclusive and demonstrate deference.
• The Gospel transcends traditional boundaries and so should our fellowship.
• Fellowship should not be an opportunity for gluttony and overindulgence.
• The irony of typical church fellowship is that often someone feels excluded.
Action: Look for an opportunity to make your fellowship inclusive and demonstrate deference.
2. Fellowship should proclaim Christ (23‑26).
• The Corinthian church seems to have had a tradition whereby they concluded a fellowship meal with the Lord's Supper.
• When fellowship proclaims Christ it properly focuses on that which brings us truly together.
Action: Consider your participation in fellowship. Does it proclaim Christ?
• The Corinthian church seems to have had a tradition whereby they concluded a fellowship meal with the Lord's Supper.
• When fellowship proclaims Christ it properly focuses on that which brings us truly together.
Action: Consider your participation in fellowship. Does it proclaim Christ?
3. Fellowship should be taken seriously (27‑32).
• Partaking of the Lord's Supper in a flippant manner risks great judgment.
• But don't let the specific case keep us from the general principle: God should be taken seriously.
• The reality is that sometimes bad things happen in order to catch our attention.
Action: Ask yourself, “Am I treating the sacred flippantly?”
• Partaking of the Lord's Supper in a flippant manner risks great judgment.
• But don't let the specific case keep us from the general principle: God should be taken seriously.
• The reality is that sometimes bad things happen in order to catch our attention.
Action: Ask yourself, “Am I treating the sacred flippantly?”
4. The true purpose of fellowship should be God's glory not human consumption (33‑34).
• Make a point of including everyone when you are engaged in fellowship.
• Take care of individual needs ahead of time so you can focus on God's glory.
Action: Let's practice fellowship that brings glory to God tonight at VBS kickoff.
• Make a point of including everyone when you are engaged in fellowship.
• Take care of individual needs ahead of time so you can focus on God's glory.
Action: Let's practice fellowship that brings glory to God tonight at VBS kickoff.
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