Sharing freely

Ancient koinomia(fellowship) must have been something to behold. As I try to form a mental picture of it, I come up with this description: Koinomia is expressions of authentic Christianity freely shared among members of God's family. It is mentioned about twenty times in the New testament, and without expectation it is in invariably expressed in two directions.

First, it is used in the sense of sharing something with someone such as food, money, supplies, encouragement, time, and concern. And second, it is used in the sense of sharing in something with someone, like a project, a success, a failure, a need, a hurt.

The significance of all this is that biblical koinomia is never something done alone. In other words, God's desire for his children is that we be personally and deeply involved in each others lives.