There are Delights in Good Fellowship & Dangers in Bad Fellowship!
I. The New Testament Model - The “one-anothers”
1. We are competent to counsel - Romans 15:14
• Not written to church leaders
2. We have different levels of competency - Exodus 18:13-27
• The Proverbs (father/mother)
3. *Communicating w/ one another (Words hurt/Words heal - Proverbs 12:18; 15:4; 18:21
• Proverbs 6:16-19; 15:1-2
• Matthew 5:37; 12:33-37
• Ephesians 4:15, 25-33
• Colossians 4:5-6
• James 1:19-20
• James 3:1-12
4. Bearing one another’s burdens - Galatians 6:1-5
• The Context - Gal. 5:13, 15, 26
= Seeing others humbly - vv. 1-2
= Seeing ourselves honestly - vv. 3-5
= Seeing our leaders gratefully - vv. 6-10
= Seeing the cross clearly - vv. 11-18
