Fellowship and Your Life in Christ (the Wheel, Part 4) Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Fellowship and Your Life in Christ (the Wheel, Part 4) ------------- Date: 02/09/1999 Keywords: "Christ” “fellowship” “wheel” Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. This is the fourth part in a six-part series on the “Wheel Illustration” (a link to a picture of the Wheel can be found later in this study). The Wheel depicts how Christians can experience the full life Jesus promised to his followers in John 10:10 (“I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”). For folks struggling with Internet porn, the illustration shows one more thing: how to give the slip to smut. This study looks at one spoke of the wheel, fellowship. Click for---Part 1 (Christ the Center)---Part 2 (The Bible)---Part 3 (Prayer)---Part 5 (Witnessing)---Part 6 (Obedience to Christ) Passages Matthew 18:20* For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them." Hebrews 10:24-25* 24. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. 25. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another — and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Questions 1. What makes for Christian fellowship?   2. What are two fellowship goals (see Hebrews 10:24)?   Practical help In preceding studies, we reviewed three key truths: 1. Jesus inhabits you. If you're a Christian, he occupies the hub of your life. See the Wheel, Part 1. 2. Jesus empowers you with wisdom from the Bible. The Scriptures are how Jesus talks to you. Like a wheel spoke, they radiate power from the hub. See the Wheel, Part 2. 3. Jesus hears your prayers. Prayers are how you communicate to Jesus. Like the Bible, they're a wheel spoke connecting you to Jesus. See the Wheel, Part 3. Now for a fourth critical truth: Other believers can help you stand strong in the faith. They spur you to love and good deeds (Hebrews 10:24). Isolated from other believers, however, your faith and courage dim. For Christians struggling with Web porn, fellowship with believers provides acceptance and accountability. It's yet another spoke connecting you to Christ's wisdom. Apart from fellowship, strugglers soon enough learn that it's harder to stand strong. So if you're tempted by porn, there's hope and help available through Christian fellowship. Seek out other believers, and ask them to help you stand strong. Click here to see a picture of the "Wheel Illustration." Click here if you're not a Christian or are unsure. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 1999 by eXXit *Scriptures are from The Holy Bible: New International Version, © copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved.