Fellowship with God (2 of 7)
Series: 1 John
Dr. Jerry Branch
1 John 1:3
One thing we can expect to experience: Fellowship with God
1 John 1:3. Pg 53; 63
1 John 1:3 (ESV) 3 that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.
As we progress forward looking at 1 John 1 and how it can help show us how to live lives that more and more demonstrate or reflect us BEING IN Christ, today we are going to look to verse 3.
I find that there is really a lot of deep stuff in just this one verse...
But what is even more compelling, is that I find that verse 3 is closely TIED to verse 4, where John wrote that 'our joy may be complete.'
So what God is showing us here is that IF we really do want to find out HOW to EXPERIENCE absolute true joy, then we'll find the answer in verse 3 which gives us the answers that HOW question...and that is that it take FELLOWSHIP with God
OK...According to verse 3, ...and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.
Well, I think we'll all agree that 'fellowship' with God is definitely something we want...and guess what?
But get this...this thing of fellowship IS in fact something we Christians do have.
We came into fellowship with God and His Son, Jesus Christ, the moment we were saved...the moment we were born-again...
But just having fellowship with God isn't where this stops...that's because there is something that COMES OUT of that fellowship...and it has to do with sharing our faith so that OTHERS might know.
That being the case, then what does this say to us in regards to how we're to help make a difference in the world?
Well, since we've just entered 2017, a new year now...
Isn't this an excellent time for us to think about this and try to answer it so we can apply it throughout the entire year? I think so.
You see, it doesn't take a ...
Series: 1 John
Dr. Jerry Branch
1 John 1:3
One thing we can expect to experience: Fellowship with God
1 John 1:3. Pg 53; 63
1 John 1:3 (ESV) 3 that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.
As we progress forward looking at 1 John 1 and how it can help show us how to live lives that more and more demonstrate or reflect us BEING IN Christ, today we are going to look to verse 3.
I find that there is really a lot of deep stuff in just this one verse...
But what is even more compelling, is that I find that verse 3 is closely TIED to verse 4, where John wrote that 'our joy may be complete.'
So what God is showing us here is that IF we really do want to find out HOW to EXPERIENCE absolute true joy, then we'll find the answer in verse 3 which gives us the answers that HOW question...and that is that it take FELLOWSHIP with God
OK...According to verse 3, ...and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.
Well, I think we'll all agree that 'fellowship' with God is definitely something we want...and guess what?
But get this...this thing of fellowship IS in fact something we Christians do have.
We came into fellowship with God and His Son, Jesus Christ, the moment we were saved...the moment we were born-again...
But just having fellowship with God isn't where this stops...that's because there is something that COMES OUT of that fellowship...and it has to do with sharing our faith so that OTHERS might know.
That being the case, then what does this say to us in regards to how we're to help make a difference in the world?
Well, since we've just entered 2017, a new year now...
Isn't this an excellent time for us to think about this and try to answer it so we can apply it throughout the entire year? I think so.
You see, it doesn't take a ...
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