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Week 12
Lessons 78-84 Introduce the next big relationship with other Christians: Koinonia.
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Overview:
- Biblical Koinonia
- Communion / Contribution
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Memory Verses
Primary Verse:
But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Matthew 6:6
Secondary Verse:
Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.
Mark 1:35
Daily Lessons
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Today we mark a significant change in this study. As you can see, we have added a new word to the outline on a spoke in the horizontal position. This has tremendous significance. While God’s Word & Prayer are the two keys to making our “vertical” relationship work with God, our life isn’t one of an ascetic or monk – off by ourselves for the rest of our lives, reading the Bible and praying until Je...
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1 John 1:1-3. “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so th...
Fellowship
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1 John 1:6-7 “If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 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 sin.”...
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1 Corinthians 1:4-9 “I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. For in him you have been enriched in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge— God thus confirming our testimony about Christ among you. Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. He will also keep you firm to the end, s...
Fellowship
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2 Corinthians 6:14-15 “Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial[a]? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?”[a] name of a common local deity or “god” that the Corinthian people were familiar with. Answer Paul’s questions with...
Fellowship
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2 Corinthians 13:14 “May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” Philippians 2:1-4 “Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, b...
Fellowship
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CONTRIBUTION kon-tri-bu’-shun (koinonia, “communion” or “fellowship,” Romans 15:26, 2 Corinthians 9:13): The meaning “contribution” is drawn from the context, rather than from the Greek word. The phrase in the passage cited, literally rendered, would be “to exercise” or “put fellowship into activity.” ...