What is important to Jesus? Fellowship: being present, and eating a meal together. Me and Him, us together.
Fellowship: Koinonia: what is shared in common on the basis of fellowship; partnership community.
Joint participation
One another: The intimate bond of fellowship which unites Christians absolutely (Phil 2:1-5)
With our God, Himself: The fellowship of Christians with the Father and Christ (1John 1:3, 7)
Partakers of the same mind as God and Christ and of the blessings arising therefrom (1Cor 2)
How do we know? God likes food and fellowship
Genesis 2:8-9 8Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. 9The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food.
Psalm 23 (Ps 104:14-15)
Revelation 19:6-10 The wedding feast of the Lamb
Luke 22:15 Jesus said, “I have been very eager to eat this Passover meal with you before my suffering begins.”
That we would remember Him by the meal that He eagerly ate with His disciples
Acts 2:42-47
Not only with one another but with Him: taking time to be present and eat of the Bread of Life and drinks of the Fountain of Living Waters (Isa 12:3; 49:10; 55:1; 58:11; John 4:13-14; 6:35, 48-58; 7:37-38; Rev 7:17)
Revelation 3:20 “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.”
True Fellowship: taking time to be present with Jesus to eat and drink of and with, Jesus, by His Spirit; and to come together with the saints.
Word
Prayer
Worship
Breaking bread
Giving generously
Serving humbly and graciously
And today, we come to eat and drink, together, with Him and one another
1Corinthians 11:23-26
Matthew 26:26-30
