Fellowship with the Lord-It`s that important

Most of US who are here are truly Saved. We have made our first adjustment to the Justice of God by faith alone in Christ alone for Salvation. Acts:16:31, 4:12, John 3:36, Ephesians 2:8, 9. We are the possessors of Eternal life. We also possess the Righteousness of God the Father, as a matter of fact, we are everything that Jesus Christ is. Bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh and so on.

From the Divine perspective, those who are mature enough, understands that with regards to Salvation, Sin is not an issue but Jesus Christ is. Seeing that it is He who propitiated God the Father when He performed the greatest Sacrifice that freed us from the slave market of Sin. He who knew no sin, was made sin for us all, that we might be made the Righteousness of God in Him.

Sin then becomes an issue after Salvation, life as it were inside the bottom circle which represent our daily fellowship with God and or, experiencial Sanctification.

Whereas the Top circle depicting Positional Sanctification, namely our Relationship with Him and it`s very important that understand the difference between Fellowship and Relationship.

Now, what is about to explain here is Fellowship rather than Relationship. . . Our one day at a time walk with the Lord. From the moment we exercised faith in Christ for Salvation, the Relationship part was settled once and for all. (TOP circle) never to get out again. . . . And please note, whether you accept that or not, it is God`s doing, not yours or mines.

Let us now focus our attention on the (BOTTOM circle) where all aspects of our Spiritual life should take place. Inside that circle is where we truly glorifies our Wonderful Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Outside that circle nothing counts for Him and this is why it is so vital that all members of the Royal family needs to master the mechanics of how to log most of our time inside and to understand how to get back in when we get out!

Scripture references for this will be first John 1:1-10 but emphasis will be placed mostly on verse 9. Also, we will look at first Corinthians 2:11, 15, 16 and Chapter 13:, ch 12: verses 31, 32. As we see in first John 1:6, If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness we lie and do not the truth. . . Did you noticed the word Fellowship and not Relationship?. . even here, the Bottom circle is in view. . . . also pay close attention to the word Darkness-implying that we are outside that circle and need to go bark inside considering the following verse, verse 7. Reasons for us being out could be any of the methods of getting out of Fellowship. . . Namely, Words, Thoughts or Deeds.

I think that we all can agree, there is no way we can accomplish anything worthwhile for Him in that form of Darkness. What this is saying in fact, in that status quo we are minus the filling of the Spirit. . . we are now either quenching or grieving the Holy Spirit and we need to reverse this by the only means possible and available to us in an out of Fellowship condition. which is found in that wonderful Grace apparatus First John 1:9, naming our known Sins privately to Him and the principle of Judging ourselves so that we may no be Judged found in Corinthians.

That verse in first Corinthians 2:11 which the later part of it says. . . even so, the things of God knoweth no man but the Spirit of God. . . This verse does applies to us believers as well when we are out of fellowship. I think we can see now if we did not before, how critically important the understanding and application of this concept really is. . . As a matter of fact this should be one of the first aspect of Bible Doctrine we learn immediately after Salvation. . . . On it hinges our entire Christian orientation to God`s Protocol System. . . . Without it, well, take a look at first Corinthians chapter 3 verses 12 -15. . . the wood, hay and stubble situation. . also interestingly enough the phrase have not CHARITY in first Corinthians 13, same idea. . .

The encouragement here is, let US not be as those beating the AIR to the point of missing the mark-missing the Objective. The Lord did not leave us in the dark. . . He wants us to walk in the light first John 1:7 and He has given us everything we need to accomplish the objectives of Spiritual advance so that we do not perpetuate mediocrity first Corinthians 3:1-5. . . We are Aristocrats and sad to say, sometimes we live like peasants. . not in the sense of what we have or how we dress but in our souls we think like peasants. . . we should have Class. . . Divine Viewpoint should be our way of thinking.

If you are like me, you will have to admit, we spend about 90-95% of our time thinking Human viewpoint and living inside the cosmic system due to the fact that we fail to apply or understand the subject at hand. . . The more often we apply it, the more effective we will be for the Lord and the more capacity we will have for life, love and happiness also the ability to be able to handle one of the greatest test in life: PROSPERITY:. . Yes, we can grit our teeth in Adversity and comes out shining like a rose. . . But our good friend Prosperity, it will mash us up every time if we do not have the capacity for it!. . Again, the importance of sticking with God`s System.

That is all for now!

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