Fellowship And Relationship

FELLOWSHIP AND RELATIONSHIP

GOD is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of Jesus Christ our Lord. 1 Cor. 1:9. The entire plan of Redemption heads up in this
wonderful word, “Fellowship” for what would Redemption and a New Creation mean if He had no fellowship with His Children?

The secrets of the Lord are with those who are in fellowship with Him. The reason why “Believers” are unable to get into the Word and enjoy the fruit and privileges in Christ is because their fellowship is either broken or they have a very low type of fellowship.
The happiness of the home is in the fellowship between the members of that household.

The real fruit of life is fellowship. There would never be a divorce if fellowship had not been broken by the husband and wife. When they are in fellowship, they desire children. When they are out of fellowship, they shrink from the very thought of it. When fellowship is broken, they simply live together; they endure each other.

The desire for fellowship is the reason for marriage, and the joy of fellowship is the fruit of marriage. When one is born again and becomes a New Creation, the highest joy that the spirit has ever known comes from his fellowship with the Father and with Jesus and the Word.

The thing that breaks fellowship in the home is the thoughtless acts and unkind words or looks. It wounds the heart; it bruises the spiritual nature. Fellowship is not a mental thing; it is spiritual. The mind comes into harmony with the spirit and enriches the fellowship.
When fellowship is broken with the Lord, the Bible becomes a closed book and it only condemns and hurts.

That is the reason that people who are out of fellowship have no appetite for the Word. They have no desire for prayer. They cannot use the Name of Jesus with any degree of felicity or joy. Their spirit nature is benumbed just like a paralyzed hand. The Spirit says, “That which we have seen declare we unto you, that we may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.

These things write I unto you that your joy may be made full.” 1 John 1:3-4).
Do you understand the difference between “happiness” and “joy?” Happiness comes from the right association. Joy comes from fellowship with the Father through the Word.
It is a strange, sweet experience, having prayer answered, to know that in the Name of Jesus, you can cast out demons, you can set men free. You can bring joy to the heart of the Father and joy to your own heart.

“If we say that we have fellowship with Him and walk in darkness, we lie and do not the truth, but if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.” Our fellowship is threefold; with the Father; with the Word and with one another and I might also add with our own selves.

When your fellowship is broken, you know that you have lost something and you quarrel with your own mind and accuse yourself of having done something to break your fellowship and to forfeit your joy.

If we are so unwise to say that we have not sinned or done anything to break our fellowship, we are telling the un¬truth for the Father never withdraws his fellowship from anyone who is walking in the light. (1 John 2:8-9.) “He that sayeth that he is in the light and hateth his brother is in darkness until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light and there is none occasion of stumbling in him, but the man who walks in darkness knows not where he is going.” (His spirit is in darkness.)

But I John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just or righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” In 1′ Juhn 2:1, “These things write I unto you, that ye sin not, and if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.”

The moment that you break fellowship, you should say “Father, in Jesus’ name, forgive,” and your Advocate or Law¬yer seated at the right hand of the Father takes up your case and restores your broken fellowship. It is not safe to be out of fellowship for a moment, for when you are out of fellowship, you are in Satan’s fellowship, without protection. You see that you are in the darkness and you cannot make wise decisions; you cannot get His Will.

You will never be led into false teaching as long as you are in fellowship with Him.
When you break your fellowship; it does not mean that you have broken your relationship; you are still his son. He alone can break your relationship. You alone can break your fellowship. It is of vital importance that you know this lesson and walk in the light of it, for you never know when you will need the ability to approach the Father without fear for yourself or for some loved one, so walk in the light as He is in the light.
No one can use the Name while out of Fellowship, it is vitally important that one keep in the fullest fellowship every moment.

The Wonderful Name of Jesus – E. W Kenyon
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