fellowship

Fellowship is a big fancy word for hang out with your fellow believers. Many of our churches have fellowship halls, fellowship time after church, or use the word frequently to mean, come hang out at church. I think this is a very important thing to do. Most of us love to hang out with friends, we don’t often think why. The bible mentions in a few places that it is really important to hang out with people like you. Those around you will rub off on you. Here in 1st John we are told to hang out together by Paul…
1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all [ Or every] sin.

Yet we are also warned that as good as it is to surround our selves with friends, it is important that we have Christian friends.
2 Corinthians 6:14
Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?

I find this a little troublesome, yet partly true. What do you think? It is really important to have people around you who can support you spiritually. Who can pray for you, go to church with you, and be there for you when you need it. But where do you draw the line? Some churches look down upon marriages between faiths, even between denominations. What do you think “yoked” means?

Discussion Questions:
What if anything from your friends has rubbed off on you?
Do you seek friends that are of the same faith as you?
Do you have friends of other faiths than you?
How do you feel about relationships of different faiths?