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Fellowship With The Godhead

Fellowship vs. Personal Relationship Series



Fellowship with the Holy Spirit
“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.”
Phil. 2:1-2


We can also have fellowship with the Spirit. How? Well, let’s look quickly before we close our study of fellowship with the Godhead. We are not of flesh but of the Spirit. That the Spirit dwells in us and if any one does not have the Spirit then he does not belong to Christ (Rm. 8:9). 1 Cor. 3:16 lets us know we are the temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in us. We are in communion with the Spirit (2 Cor. 13:14). Paul lets us know that if we have any fellowship with the Spirit that we should be like minded, having the same love, being of one accord and one mind (Phil 2:1-2).   Again the fellowship with the Spirit is dependent on one thing, us obeying God’s commands

 
Concluding Fellowship With The Godhead

We have a companionship, familiar interaction, sharing having or giving a share in the Kingdom with the God head and the body as we are in a cooperate partnership together in Christ Jesus that by our association together we have a mutual aim and interest. Fellowship can be conditional. It is conditional. Fellowship depends on whether or not you will continue to do your part. Your part in Christ is faithfully obeying His commands, the Word. This fellowship is contingent on one thing. We must keep His commandments. Those who keep His commandments are the only ones that God will have companionship with.

 
What We Have Seen

We have seen how we have fellowship with the Godhead. God wanted it to be that way from the beginning and Christ died for it happen. It’s a continual state. When we are immersed into Christ we now, by Christ, have fellowship with the Godhead. We also have fellowship with the righteous, the body. We will look into that more in the weeks to come. This fellowship is simple. We do our part. Our part is keeping his commands (1 John 5:3;  Luke 8:21; Heb. 5:9; Luke 6:46). We do this every day. It is up to us to stay in that fellowship. God is doing His part. Are you?

 
Special Time ?

 What does it really mean when we say that we only fellowship at such and such time? Fellowship is based on us doing our part. Sunday worship and Wednesday bible class is only a portion of that. We walk as He walked (1 John 2:6). Did Christ only walk one day a week or perhaps an hour a week? No! He lived a life, an everyday life of obedience (Heb. 5:8). We are to do the same. Essentially the argument of setting aside time for fellowship means you’re only going to be obedient to God for that time. You’re only going to do His will for that one hour. What’s the point of Monday thru Saturday? Eh, do what you want. Wait a minute that’s not faithfully living. See the danger. The teaching is we only have to be obedient for that time. It also means you are only in fellowship with the Godhead at those times. That is very superficial. What we have seen in fellowshipping with the Godhead alone is much deeper and richer. I don’t think anyone has truly thought that out. The reason why is, no one who has taught this has brought the true meaning of fellowship up. Are you in fellowship with the Godhead and body every day? Or is it just a gathering of the minds once a week?

 
A Lot Of Information

Whew, what a lot of information! Take the time to study and look of this over. There is much to this fellowship. Perhaps we should be very careful how quick we abandoned the concept or replace it. With this information there is a lot at risk if we were to forsake this fellowship. Some may argue that it is a special meeting time or dinner. The fellowship with the Godhead along proves that to be a false thought. Perhaps it’s our fault for not teaching what fellowship really means. Yet, a personal relationship is only a bound built in the time you spend together. You are in fellowship from the time you are in Christ. As long as you walk in obedience you stay in fellowship. We will see this same concept arise as we study fellowship with the righteous and unrighteous. Please make time to continue on our journey. Till next time think about these questions.


Are you in Christ?

Are you in Fellowship with the God head?

What can you do to change or mature in that?

"Fellowship With The Righteous"
http://stevelynnjohnson.blogspot.com/2015/05/fellowhsip-with-righteous.html 

If you would like to look over the material for this section of the study please see these links:

Fellowship Vs. Personal Relationship Defining the Terms: http://stevelynnjohnson.blogspot.com/2015/02/fellowship-vs-relationship-defining.html

Fellowship With God:
http://stevelynnjohnson.blogspot.com/2015/03/fellowship-with-god.html

Fellowship With Christ:
http://stevelynnjohnson.blogspot.com/2015/03/fellowship-with-christ.html

 

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