Our Fellowship with the Apostle John, with the Father, with the Holy Spirit, and you in the first four verses of first John has been wonderful. Our joy has been full. (1 John 1:1-4)
Now is the time to move on - to see the conditions that led to that fellowship. This then is The message: "God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all", from verse five.
What fellowship does light have with darkness? The answer is obvious; none. The old adage still holds, that before you agree to have fellowship with a person, you better make sure what ship that fellow is in.
Joy that we experienced by fellowship in the spirit with our Savior comes only when we are free of the darkness of the old man that was our life before salvation. Sin nature separates us from the joy of walking in the spirit and in the light of our Lord.
We, little children of God, have had our sin natures nailed to the cross with Jesus, and sin no longer has dominion over us. We cry with Apostle Paul, "I am crucified with Christ", and agree with him that " sin shall not have dominion over you."
When we obey God and come to see ourselves IN Christ more than Christ in us, we begin to let Christ live His eternal life through His child. This is fellowship in the light.
Monday, October 19, 2009
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