Biblical Fellowship = participation, sharing

Romans 12:15

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.

Solo PieceEcclesiastes 4:9-12

• A greater return• A help up, encouragement• Warmth, comfort• Security• Strength

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

Broken PieceLuke 5:31-32Missing PieceLuke 19:10• Will they accept me?• Will they befriend me?• Will they value me?• Is there a benefit to connecting?• What are their expectations of me?

Luke 5:31-32

Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

Luke 19:10

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.

New & Connected Pieces2 Corinthians 5:17-21• He makes us new and removes the old.• He connects us to Him (the Head) which

means He places us in His body.• He forgives us of our sins.• He connects us all to the same mission.

New & Connected Pieces2 Corinthians 5:17-21• He makes us His highest ranking

representative and makes His appeal through us.

• Our message is the message that gave us a new start, forgave us of our sins, connected us to God and His people and gave us His mission.

New & Connected Pieces2 Corinthians 5:17-21

• JESUS!!!

2 Corinthians 5:17-21

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them.

2 Corinthians 5:17-21

And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

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Luke 14:16-23

Luke 14:16-23

Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’

Luke 14:16-23

“But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’ Another said, ‘I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’

Luke 14:16-23

“Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’ The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’

Luke 14:16-23

“‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.’ Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and make them come in, so that my house will be full.