RESTORING FELLOWSHIP WITH THE LORD!

EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 15, 2020.

SUBJECT: RESTORING FELLOWSHIP WITH THE LORD!

Memory verse: "God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” (First Corinthians 1 vs 9.)

READ: First John 1 vs 3 - 9:

1:3: 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.

1:4: And these things we write to you that your joy may be made full.

1:5: This is the message which we have heard from Him and declared to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. 

1:6: If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 

1:7: But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

1:8: If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

1:9: If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

INTIMATION:

Fellowship is friendship, association, company, partnership with someone. Therefore, in our fellowship with Christ, we become friends, associates, partners, and compassions. The conditions for remaining in a covenant fellowship with the Father and Son are to confess the Son, and to remain in the truth of the incarnation of the Son. When one confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, and thus, allows his or her life to be directed by this confession, he or she will have life. 

However, the fellowship is impaired as a result of sin. All people are sinners by nature and by practice. At conversion, all our sins—past, present, and future—are forgiven. Yet, even after we become Christians, we still sin and still need to confess. This kind of confession is not offered to gain God’s acceptance but to remove the barrier to fellowship that our sin has put between us and Him. Impaired fellowship does not break the relationship, but it mars it and robs that relationship of its richest blessings and benefits. 

Christ is the light of the world (John 9 vs 5), and as long as you are in fellowship with Him, you are in the light. As long as we walk in the light—as long as we are in fellowship with Him—the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses all the blunders and mistakes that we make. But sin impairs our fellowship with Him. The moment we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, cleans us from all unrighteousness, and restores our fellowship with Him. We need not fear confessing our sins to the Lord, He knows them already. He will not push us away, no matter what we have done. Instead, He will draw us to Himself. 

Restoring fellowship is restoring joy; restoring power with God, and working in love with God which is the greatest commandments. The richer the fellowship, the deeper one gets into the Word. Deep, rich fellowship means that we go far below the surface in this mine of wealth—the Word. To walk in love is to walk in fellowship. To live the love life is to live the fellowship life. It is bringing joy to the heart of the Father. This fellowship with Him is the sweetest, biggest, and richest thing the world ever knew.

There will be no growth in faith, in grace, in knowledge, nor growth in joy, with impaired fellowship. Every person who has lost power with God has lost it through loss of fellowship. If their faith has been impaired so is their prayer life, and it is because fellowship has been broken. If joy has all seeped out, it is because the vessel that held it—fellowship with the Father—has been cracked. When their usefulness and testimony has lost its grip and power, it is mere empty words; it is because fellowship has been impaired. If you want your testimony to be rich and full, then you must have fellowship that is rich and full. Fellowship in full with the Father puts the world in your pocket. 

Prayer: Abba Father, My desire is to continually be in fellowship with You. Though the human factor may cause the fellowship to be impaired from time to time, I pray that You endue me with the spirit of confession and repentance of any sins I may commit, that You will restore my fellowship with You, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!