FELLOWSHIP – PART I (SPIRITUAL)

INTRODUCTION:

It is very important for all of us those who have got saved by the blood of Jesus to Have defined fellowship spiritually and materialistically.
As written in I john 1: 3 “That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.”, we need to have our fellowship with the Father and his son Jesus Christ.

APOSTLE’S DOCTRINE AND HOLY SPIRIT:

This above said is only feasible when we are bound to the Apostle’s doctrine and having received Holy Spirit in us. Because we know that the purpose of Holy Spirit is to teach and bring remembrance of all things said by Jesus Christ. This was said in John 14:26 as:

John 14:26 : “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you”

As written in John 16: 13, Holy Spirit will guide us in THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH

John 16: 13: “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come”

We can attain HOLINESS only through the Holy Spirit. Because the scripture says God loves holiness

Malachi 2:11 – “Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god”

I Peter 1:15 – “Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.”

REJECTED IN THIS WORLD???:

Friends when you are rejected or disappointed in this world, remember that Jesus was also rejected in this world prior to us. Since we are his children, the world will obviously reject us.

John 15: 18-19 – “If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.”

But be strengthened by his holy spirit for he will not put us in shame. This is what said in Romans 5: 5.

Romans 5:5 – “And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.”
John 15:3 – “Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.”


FAITH IN JESUS:

We need to be careful on our faith upon Jesus. Men those have faith in Christ only for the purpose of their present material life are considered most miserable as per the scripture.

I Cor 15:19 – “If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.”

Our faith in Christ should be always seeking his kingdom and his righteousness. Because we know that when seek that all things needed in this material life will be added unto us.

Mathews 6:33 – “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”

Also, we know that the definition of faith as per the scripture is:

Hebrews 11:1 – “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” which is nothing about the eternity. So have your faith on eternal things promised by our God.

As the below scriptures says, we need to fight of faith to attain the eternal life.

I Timothy 6:12 – “Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.”

MAN IS SPECIAL THAN ANGELS IN GOD’S VIEW :

God has created Men in very special way in such a way that angels are also curious about it. Also, God has made the angels to minister us as said in the following verses

Hebrews 1:14 –“Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?”
Psalms 91:11, 12 – “For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.”
As written in Daniel 9:21 – “Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.” The angel ‘Gabriel’ was ministering Daniel after his prayer.



CONCLUSION:

Coming back to the fellowship, once we are into Christ and stand firm through Apostle’s doctrine and Holy Spirit, we will then become fellow citizens of saints and household of God as written in below verses :

Ephesians 2: 18 to 20 – “For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God; And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;”

To stand firm in the above said fellowship until we attain the eternal life is feasible only when we have love in Christ. Love in Christ can be possible only when we keepeth his commandments. With this we are also loved by Father and Holy Spirit in us will be of joy obviously as told in the below verses:

John 14:21 to 23 – “He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.”


Jesus also said that the doctrine is not from his own and its from the father, so only father loves whoever accepts the doctrine and love Christ as said below:

John 7:16, 17 – “Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.”

PRAISE THE LORD JESUS !!!!!!!

AMEN !!!!!