Six Marks >> Developing Spiritual Friendships
Hebrews 10:25 is an important verse that any believer ought to understand and spend some time thinking through the implications of this verse. "Let us not give up the habit of meeting together, as some are doing. Instead, let us encourage one another."
WHY IS FELLOWSHIP SO IMPORTANT?
If you read through the New Testament, you'll notice that the word brothers and sisters and father and children are used quite a few times. It's because there is a familial relationship between us and our father who is in heaven. In fact, Jesus says of His disciples that you are my brothers. If you have a brother and sister, it's a special relationship. Your Christian brothers and sisters are actually closer in reality than those physical brothers and sisters. We ought to be related to one another in such a way that we can relate as brothers and sisters in the most intimate sort of way ‑- sharing with one another, praying with one another, caring for one another. We have the same Father. And that Father has drawn us together in one family. We really need each other.
Galatians 6:10 "Let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers."
Ephesians 2:19 "You are a member of God's very own family and you belong in God's household with every other Christian."
Romans 12:5 "So in Christ, we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others."
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