- Fellowship with God
- How established?
- Through Jesus
- Romans 3:23, 20; 10:4 – Fellowship with God is impossible without Jesus.
- By man appreciating and honoring what God has done.
- Luke 6:46; Matthew 7:21
- Acts 17:30 – Repentance is necessary.
- Romans 10:10 – Confession is necessary.
- Acts 2:38 – Baptism is necessary.
- Galatians 5:6
- Mark 16:16
- By faith
- Through Jesus
- How maintained?
- Through Jesus
- Matthew 7:21
- We must continue to show that Jesus is our Lord.
- I Corinthians 15:58; Philippians 3:14
- I John 1:8-10 – We must continue to repent of further sin.
- Isaiah 66:2
- I John 1:9 – We must continue to confess our sins and pray for forgiveness.
- By faith
- Through Jesus
- How established?
- Fellowship with other saved men
- A special relationship where men jointly participate in serving God
- How can we disagree about some things and still have fellowship?
- One cannot have fellowship (jointly participate) in ANYTHING he believes to be wrong.
- But we can disagree on some things and still work together in a local church.
- Things that do not matter to God.
- Eating meat, esteeming certain days, matters of personal preference
- Things that do matter to God
- Things that do not matter to God.
- However, there are some things that must cause a severance of fellowship.
- I Corinthians 5
- Romans 16:17
JJ
January 21, 2018
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