James A Littles Jr PhD Oneness and Fellowship Living as Spirit filled people Acts 242 Apostles Doctrine Fellowship Breaking of Bread Prayers Share according to needs Commanded Love ID: 598286
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Living Oneness
James
A. Littles, Jr., Ph.D.Slide2
Oneness and Fellowship
Living as Spirit filled people (Acts 2:42):
Apostles Doctrine
Fellowship
Breaking of Bread
Prayers
Share according to needsSlide3
Commanded Love
Required love is paradoxical or oxymoronic for our world.
John 13:34-35
“A new commandment I give unto you, that you love one another; as I loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.”Slide4
Commanded Love
Based on modeled love
Becomes sign of discipleship for the world
Jesus’ day was a culture of honor and shame.
Identity was based on gender, geography, and genealogy.
People protected their own honor while trying to bring same to othersSlide5
Radical Jesus
Christ
became
shame to give us honor with Him!
He then called us to model transformed nature in the world.
A hard pill to swallow: Luke 17:3-5
Rebuke
Repent
ForgiveSlide6
Real Oneness Fellowship
More than just relating …
And more than believing the same thing.
Fellowship (or communion) is sharing and participating in the lives of othersSlide7
Four Movement of Communion
Jesus took
Jesus blessed/gave thanks
Jesus broke
Jesus gave/sharedSlide8
‘Communion’ Examples
Feeding of the 5,000
His own body and blood
Repeated by Paul in Acts 27:35
We share in Christ.Slide9
Fellowship Shares In…
The Spirit (Phil. 2:1-4)
Privileges of inheritance (Ro. 11:17)
Christ’s suffering (Phil. 3:10)
Suffering of others (Phil. 4:11-14)
Building confidence (Phil. 1:3-6) Slide10
Fellowship Leads to Holiness
I John 1:3, 6-10
A direct relationship exists between fellowship with God and fellowship with others.
Fellowship is a part of walking in the light.
Fellowship is linked to “the blood of Jesus Christ his Son [which]
cleanseth
us from all sin.”
Grace works
through
parts of the body.Slide11
Oneness Mission
Love makes us known in the world.
Fellowship is a part of the work of reconciliation (II Cor. 5:17-21)
Fellowship with one another leads to hospitality with the world.
Not entertainment
Jesus and Zacchaeus (Lu. 19:7)
Jesus on Emmaus’ Road (Lu. 24:29)Slide12
Hospitality Required
Of saints (Ro 12:13)
Of bishops (I Tim. 3:2)
Of godly widows (I Tim. 5:10)
Of the whole church! (Hebrews 13:2)
“Use hospitality one to another without grudging.” (I Pt. 4:9).Slide13
One God Believer?
Balanced living is possible.
Grace filled family relationships should be the norm.
Living in fellowship with God and one another will continue to produce transformation.