When people look at fellowship through the following kind of legalistic lens it is no wonder Armstrongism is dying off! What idiots! Fellowship is not exclusionary! It is all encompassing, inclusive, welcoming, expanding, and ever growing. Armstrongism excludes, disfellowships, ignores, mark's, and beats down those inside and outside the circle. These nut jobs conveniently ignore the fact that Jesus sat and ate with tax collectors, sinners, the outcast, and those on the periphery of acceptability. Yet, Armstrongism continues to circle the wagons and make the circle smaller and smaller. Pathetic losers!
Most of us who have been in the COGs for a long period of time know that we are commanded to not forsake fellowship with one another. Fellowship is, first and foremost between an individual and God. Secondly, it is between the called out ones. The later, being time spent (but not limited to) iron sharpening iron. Christ and the apostles fellowshipped (taught and trained) others daily, fellowship is not exclusive to the Sabbath or Holy Days. Nor should our fellowship with Christ and the Father be limited to the Sabbath.
Fellowship is an exchange between God and or individuals that brings about repentance, correction, admonishment, understanding, revelations, and teaching which leads to strengthening the body of Christ. When fellowship is watered down to a ‘feel good’ about one’s self and others (the love doctrine) then the body becomes susceptible to disease (false doctrine) and weakens the members. Making the fellowship of little use. If the members of the body of Christ do not have a foundation built upon Him and God the Father, then church services become nothing more than a social club. Something that fills the void of where a relationship with God should be.When fellowshipping is used by those in the church for an excuse for socializing , it is an attempt to fill the ‘hole in the heart’. Without the proper foundation of a true relationship with God though, filling that hole is like filling a bottomless pit. Void of any true value to the one seeking to fill what God has not imparted to them. Why, because He says, “I know you not.”
The only thing this person got right is the comment: "I know you not."
