~ Are You Truly Fellowshipping With
God? ~
Fellowship
with God ~ Because
of the blood of Christ Christians are able to fellowship with all three members
of the Trinity. The death
of The Messiah on the Cross paid for our sins and secured fellowship—a restoration of relationship—with Him and also with the Holy Spirit and with God
the Father.
Fellowship
with The Father ~ “That which we have seen and
heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and
with His Son Jesus Christ. And these
things we write to you that your joy
may be full” (1 John 1:3-4).
Fellowship
with The Son ~ “That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and
the fellowship of His sufferings,
being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the
resurrection from the dead” (Philippians 3:10-11). “That which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also
may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and
with His Son Jesus Christ. And these things we write to you that your joy may be full” (1
John 1:3-4).
Fellowship
with The Spirit ~ “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God,
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,
be with you all” (2 Corinthians 13:14). “Therefore
if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection
and mercy, fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of
one accord, of one mind” (Philippians 2:1-2).
The Bottom Line ~ “Then they drew near to the village where
they were going, and He indicated that He would have gone farther. But they constrained Him, saying, ‘Abide with
us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent.’ And He went in to stay with them” (Luke
24:28-29). Take note of a couple of
things. (1) The disciples asked Him to stay with them. He does not force Himself on anyone. Jesus Christ does not play favorites with His
children—but He allows us to choose
to be intimate with Him. (2) The reason
we are not more intimate with our Savior is because of our own choices! (3) By busying our lives with other
activities, instead of fellowship with Christ, we miss blessings. (4) All of our life should be in constant
communion with Him—regardless of whatever else is occurring. That would be a “normal” (versus “average”)
Christian life.
Continuing in that same
passage we find that the
resurrected, glorifed Lord Jesus Christ wants to fellowship with those who are
His own. But only His own—He only
fellowships with those who believe in Him and seek Him! “And they said to one
another, ‘Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road,
and while He opened the Scriptures to us?’
So they rose up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found the
eleven and those who were with them gathered together, saying, ‘The Lord is
risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!’
And they told about the things that had happened on the road, and how He
was known to them in the breaking of bread” (Luke
24:32-35).
the key question:
“Who do you say that I am?” (Matthew 16:15). This is the most important
question you will ever answer. If you do not answer it, or answer it
incorrectly, you have made the biggest mistake anyone can make!
~ Robert
Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE
NOW
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