Francis Chan BASIC Series (DVD and Discussion)

Session 4 – 7/06/2017: Fellowship

Disclaimer: I am not a professional… or a biblical scholar/theologian. We will play it straight defaulting to the basic Bible text. Leave no man behind…. Respect each other; everyone is at their own place on this journey and in developing the Third F (Faith).

Goal: Understand biblical principles and apply them

Warm Up: Welcome, Introductions, and Brief Overview of the Francis Chan BASIC DVD Series and Review of Sessions 1-3 (Fear God; Follow Jesus; Holy Spirit)

The Thang:

DVD Clip (Francis Chan) – See embedded URL below in this backblast.

Acts 2:42-47English Standard Version (ESV)

The Fellowship of the Believers

⁴² And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. ⁴³ And awe^[a] came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. ⁴⁴ And all who believed were together and had all things in common. ⁴⁵ And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. ⁴⁶ And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, ⁴⁷ praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.

Explored the verses in the Bible that described the the fellowship experienced by the believers in the early church.

Contrasted the descriptions of unity and fellowship in the Bible with what we sometimes call fellowship in the church today and noted that true fellowship is a much deeper thing.

Discussed the mission of the early Christ followers and how important it is to have a mission and purpose for life.

Discussed that the church isn’t really a physical address or building, but rather the community of believers, serving one another and living out Christ’s commands – offending each other from time to time, but forgiving and reconciling.  This is to serve as a magnet to draw others to the Lord.

Reflected on the fact that it was never Jesus’ intent for us to follow Him alone.  We aren’t to have our own private relationship with God and forego interact with the rest of the community of faith.  We are to do church together.

Read other verses.  Reflected.  Great discussion and build on the previous topics in the series.

Wrap Up:
•Name-o-Rama
•COT
•BOM
•Announcements

Next Week: Will continue meeting on Thursday nights for the remainder of this series.  Next session is on “Teaching”, Session 5.