Forceful Fellowship
“But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who dwelt in Damascus, proving that this Jesus is the Christ. Now after many days were past, the Jews plotted to kill him.” Acts 9:22-23 NKJV https://www.bible.com/114/act.9.22-23.nkjv Since fruitfulness in fellowship is synonymous to freedom of expression, unfruitfulness in fellowship often wears the regalia of forcefulness. Immediately after the switch in fellowship by Saul due to his conversion to Christianity, the Jews became confounded by Saul’s increase in strength and productivity in the ministry to the extent of plotting to terminate his life. Considering the resemblance of the principle of forceful fellowship in both private and public affairs, it is better to always emphasize the fruitfulness in free fellowship than the unfruitfulness in forceful fellowship. Unfortunately, believers are often tempted to overstretch theirs boundaries in an effort to attract people into their circles of practices ...