KOINONIA AND THE ALLELOUS PRINCIPLE

This book is written to explain koinonia: its meaning and significance to Christian believers in these final days. Without koinonia our faith will be stressed beyond measure. Koinonia is far more than a Sunday gathering. The early church was empowered by it because koinonia became a mutual support network set up to minister to physical and emotional needs as well as spiritual. Koinonia was the Spirit at work using one to ministering to another; it was a sharing, elevated by a passionate interest in giving. Koinonia was a mutually loved familial interest among believers, a desire to exercise their privilege as a citizen of heaven because they had the Arrabon, 'the earnest of the Spirit in their hearts' [2 Corinthians 1:22]. Through koinonia we support each other’s desire to stay prepared and alert for our Lord’s return!! When we assigned the task solely to the preacher to oversee our faith we lost koinonia. Koinonia is part of the new covenant; it is a mutual participation, adding our voice to others around the circle in exciting affirmation that our Lord is on His way back. Koinonia embraces the multifold ministry of Ephesians 4 & Romans 12. But how do we maintain koinonia? We review the scriptures that speak of Christian interaction or how we relate to 'one another' [allelous].This is the burden of this book. We will look into the apostles’ use of allelous, 'one another,' as attributes of or characterizing koinonia.