Shayne on May 24th, 2006

The question for today’s Church is – to what extent is sharing-fellowship (koinonia) evident?
As Selwyn mentions: “While we thank God for those churches where true koinonia functions, there are far too many where backbiting, gossip, cliquishness and lack of consideration for others rules the day. How sad it is that in so many places hymns [...]

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Shayne on May 23rd, 2006

Today, Selwyn makes reference to another verse (Acts2:42): ‘They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching … to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread.‘  “The term ‘breaking of bread’ is almost certainly a reference to what we now call the Lord’s supper.  … The breaking of one loaf (of bread), practised by the Early Church, was [...]

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Shayne on May 22nd, 2006

Selwyn continues his discussion on unity, going into detail on a third unity: ‘unity in their (the Early Church) attitude to material possessions’.
“The unity of the Spirit resulted in a unity of economic interests and goods. Today some Christians attempt to create the ‘koinonia’ by getting together in a community and voluntarily sharing their possessions. [...]

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Shayne on May 21st, 2006

Selwyn continues his study on unity in the Early Church. He states that; “A unity was created by the Spirit that was quite phenomenal. At least four aspects of this unity can be observed oin the Church that was established on the Day of Pentecost. The first unity, of course, was unity with God. If [...]

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Shayne on May 20th, 2006

Today, Selwyn continues with his study of the meaning of the Greek word ‘koinonia’ (shared fellowship), as part of a wider discussion on a characteristic of the Early Church; a deep sense of community and fellowship.
I like his summary of what it is, we share: “First, we share in the same inheritance – our eternal [...]

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Shayne on May 19th, 2006

Selwyn continues with his discussion on ‘the deep sense of community and fellowship’, evident in the Early Church.
He states that he believes that ‘many in the contemporary Christian Church do not know the rich, deep fellowship experienced by the first-century Christians. Anyone, … can see that there is a world of difference between the way [...]

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Shayne on May 18th, 2006

In today’s study, Selwyn moves on to consider another distinctive of the Early Church: a deep sense of community and fellowship.
I’ll repeat a fair bit of what Selwyn writes about this topic, because on looking forward it’s a topic, which will be looked at over the next few days.
The Greek word ‘koinonia’ (pronounced coin-own-ia) used in [...]

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