"If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion then make my joy completeby being likeminded having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose." Philippians 2:1-2

These verses are filled with what is ours because of our union with Christ.
Imagine, we have fellowship with the very Spirit of God! And who are others who have fellowship together?
The Father, the Son and Christians:
"What we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, that you also may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ." 1 John 1:3

Christ and Christians:
"God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord." 1 Corinthians 1:9

Believers:
"But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship one with another.." 1 John 1:7

What is this fellowship? The Greek word for fellowship is Koinonia meaning communion, a sharing in common; a sharing together.

In Scripture we see of Koinonia:
The excellency of brotherly unity in Psalm 133:1-3, "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell together in unity! Vs. 1

Koinonia is based on a common belief:
On the day of Pentecost after the Apostle Peter's sermon many were saved, "And they were continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer." Acts 2:42 "And those who had believed were together, and had all things in common."
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Koinonia has a common conviction:
"To sum up, let all be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit." 1 Peter 3:8

Koinonia holds a common hope:
Hebrews chapter 11 is often referred to as the faith chapter. The last two verses reveal that God intended for those of the Old Testament and us to share in common His promise:
"And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us." Hebrews 11:39-40

What things were shared?
Material things:
Paul gives as an example to the Corinthian church, the Macedonia church's giving in their poverty to other churches, 2 Corinthians 8:3-4, "For I testify that according to their ability, and beyond their ability they gave of their own accord, begging us with much entreaty for the favor of participation in the support of the saints."

Suffering:
In Paul's warning against confidence in the flesh, he says, "...Not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith, that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings." Philippians 3:8-9 (Read Vs. 1-12) "...There should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another. And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it."  1 Corinthians 12:25-26

The ministry of the Gospel:
Paul and Barnabas' meeting with the saints in Jerusalem after 14 years Galatians 2: 7 & 9 says, "...Seeing that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised. Vs.7 And recognizing the grace that has been given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised." Vs. 9

The mystery of the Gospel:
"To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ. And to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things." Ephesians 3:8-9

Thank You Father for Your grace that has joined us together in Christ, that we may be one in fellowship with the Spirit and each other. Amen