May 2020 -MONTH OF FELLOWSHIP (PART 2)

Fellowship is a friendly association, especially with people who share one's interests.

1st John 1:3 (NASB): 'And indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.'

We are called to fellowship by God the Father, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. However no man can come to the Father but through the Son. As we already know, it was sin the first man (Adam) committed that broke off the first fellowship between God and man. For this reason, Christ had to come and restore this fellowship by dying for us and giving us a new life.

Therefore, if you have Christ, you are in friendship with God. Then you have fellowship with both Father and Son (Jesus Christ), which is another level of dignity. That means you are dealing with the fullness of the Godhead, for He and His Father are one. In observing fellowship, there is a mutual and daily intercourse and correspondence of our soul and spirit with God.

Apart from fraternity, Koinonia is another Greek word for Fellowship which means "communion" (Galatians 2:9; Ephesians 3:9) and also the Greek word, metochē, which means "partnership" (2 Corinthians 6:14). We partner with divinity.

For further clarification, we share interest and fellowship with:

The divine nature (2 Peter 1:4); God (1 John 1:6); The Trinity (1 John 1:3); Jesus, Son of God (1 Corinthians 1:9);

His sufferings (Philippians 3:10; 1 Peter 4:13); The blood and the body of Christ (1 Corinthians 10:16); His future glory (1 Peter 5:1); The Holy Spirit (2 Corinthians 13:14; Philippians 2:1);

Our fellow Christians, their interests and faith (Acts 2:42; Galatians 2:9; 1 John 1:3, 1:7; Hebrews 10:33; Revelation 1:9; Philemon 1:6, 1:17)

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God bless you kindly,

Pastor EJC SENSE OF GRACE