Reception

Reception! Along with baptism and election, it is one of the most debated scriptural topics. Therefore, we expect this book of 11 chapters to be challenging and enlightening. We will see that requirements for assembly fellowship were revealed to a greater extent as outward conditions in the Church changed from the time of Acts to 2 Timothy, Paul's last epistle. One chapter shows how associations affect Reception and another is on so-called occasional fellowship. A further chapter asks and answers questions that a person interested in remembering the Lord in the breaking of bread might ask. There are two appendices for those desiring a deeper study.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. The Breaking of Bread
3. Questions Regarding Reception
4. Reception, Fellowship and Breaking Bread in the Early Church (AD 30)
5. A Christian Excluded from Fellowship in the Corinthian Local Assembly (AD 55)
6. The Effects of Associations
7. 1 Corinthians Nor Current Conditions: See 2 Timothy
8. 2 Timothy 2:19-22 - Final Conditions for Reception
9. Occasional Fellowship
10. So You Want to Break Bread?
11. The Use of the Old Testament
12. Meetings of the Assembly
13. Appendix A: The Inspired Meaning of the Word "Turn Away"
14. Appendix B: Adikia in the New Testament