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to reveal and glorify the Son, as well as to
convict of sin.
Secondly, we have fellowship with the
Son. 1 Corinthians 1:9. “God is faithful,
through whom ye were called into the fellowship
of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.”
We have to have Koinonia with the Son
for the following reasons. As the passage
says, ‘Jesus is Lord.’ Why is He Lord Because
the Father has made Him so. Turn to
1 Corinthians 15:20-28 it says for “But now
hath Christ been raised from the dead, the
firstfruits of them that are asleep. For since
by man came death, by man came also the
resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam
all die, so also in Christ shall all be made
alive. But each in his own order: Christ the
firstfruits; then they that are Christ’s, at
his coming. Then cometh the end, when he
shall deliver up the kingdom to God, even
the Father; when he shall have abolished
all rule and all authority and power. For he
must reign, till he hath put all his enemies
under his feet. The last enemy that shall be
abolished is death. For, He put all things
in subjection under his feet. But when he
saith, All things are put in subjection, it is
evident that he is excepted who did subject
all things unto him. And when all things
have been subjected unto him, then shall
the Son also himself be subjected to him
that did subject all things unto him, that
God may be all in all.”
He shall put down all rule and authority.
He shall deliver the Kingdom to God.
He must reign till all enemies are under
His feet.
He shall have all things subject to Him.
And Acts 4:12 says, “And in none other
is there salvation: for neither is there any
other name under heaven, that is given
among men, wherein we must be saved.”
Jesus is Lord! He is salvation. If we do not
have fellowship with the Son, in the very
real sense of the Word, we are in danger
of coming to Him in these last hours and
saying “Lord, Lord, did we not prophecy in
your name, cast out demons in your name,
perform miracles in you name” – And because
we had not ‘koinonia’, no fellowship,
nothing in common with Him, He will say
“I never knew you, depart from Me you
who practice lawlessness.” Think of the
horror of that situation. “I never know you.”
Notice He didn’t say, “You never did works
for me, you never evangelized for me, you
never tithed to me.” “I never knew You”!
You see it’s about fellowship, it’s about relationship,
it’s about communion with Jesus
as your Saviour, ‘koinonia’ with our Lord.
Thirdly, because we have fellowship
with the Spirit, because we have fellowship
with Jesus, we can have fellowship with the
Father. 1 John 1:1-3: That which was from
the beginning, that which we have heard,
David Royle
that which we have seen with our eyes, that
which we beheld, and our hands handled,
concerning the Word of life (and the life
was manifested, and we have seen, and
bear witness, and declare unto you the life,
the eternal life, which was with the Father,
and was manifested unto us); that which we
have seen and heard declare we unto you
also, that ye also may have fellowship with
us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father,
and with his Son Jesus Christ:
Jesus sits at the right hand of the Father,
interceding as our advocate, so we can
come before the Father and be reconciled
through His precious blood and have fellowship.
Why do we need to be reconciled
Because we as human beings were lost in
our Sin and the Father is a Holy God; and
not just Holy… But as Isaiah says in chapter
6 ‘Holy, Holy, Holy.’ The Father is Holy,
the Son is Holy, the Spirit is Holy. Holiness
is the very nature of His being.
And a Holy God required the payment
of our Sin and He knew works could not
cover the debt or the sacrifice of animals.
He needed a perfect sacrifice that no human
being could pay. And so in His love, in His
mercy, in His justice, He sent Him who was
most precious to Him, His only begotten
Son, Yehsua. You see Genesis 1:26 says,
“And God said, Let us make man in our image,
after our likeness: and let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea, and over
the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle,
and over all the earth, and over every creeping
thing that creepeth upon the earth.”
When we see the tri-unity of the Godhead,
we see all that is balanced, wholesome and
lovely in perfect harmony and perfect fellowship.
And He created us for fellowship
too so that we may have fellowship with
Him. From the beginning, that was the way
it was meant to be and now through Jesus,
God sees us as restored, reconciled with
Him if we are in Christ today. And what
fellowship we can have and will have with
Him because He is holy, because He is the
creator, because He is omniscient, omnipresent,
He holds the universe together and
yet, as Psalm 8 says, He is mindful of us’.
And as John 3:16 says, He loves us so much.
Fellowship, Koinonia, with the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit and yes, even
us too. That we should have communion, a
sharing together with them that we may grow
to be more and more like Jesus everyday.
Are we really in fellowship Are we ready
for fellowship Do you now understand
the depth of fellowship God called us too
Let me conclude. In Genesis where it all
began, God spoke forth His creation and on
every level He said “it is good,” the earth,
the trees, the seas, the sun, the moon. But
when He looked at Adam, He said, “it is
not good that the man should be alone, I
will make a helper for him,” in the Hebrew
a counter balance. Marriage was the second
fellowship created, the first was with
God Himself. The next was with families
as the man and woman had children. You
see koinonia rings us balance, koinonia
keeps us stable, koinonia draws us closer
to each other and to God. Do you deserve
Koinonia Isn’t it funny that since the fall,
and particularly within these days, our relationship
with God, within marriages and
with families, the first three created are
ever more being attacked, ruined, decimated
by the father of lies. Why Because
Satan understands more than us the effect
koinonia has. So He wants to your this assembly.
He wants to ruin our marriages. He
wants to ruin the relationship between father,
son, mother daughter, brother, sister. I
have recently been investigating the attack
on marriage by homosexuals and Liberals
with their insistence on the normality of
same sex union. Our cowardly backslidden
government allowing children as young as
five to be groomed for sex changes when
they are older. Satan is at work world wide
and it seems at this time he is winning the
battle for our families.
Next time we will look at who we should
not fellowship with and the barriers to fellowship
along with the issues of marriage
and families. But maybe right now you are
beginning to recognize the importance of
deep fellowship with the triune God. And
maybe you are recognizing that there are
obstacles in its way. And if that’s the case,
are we going to do something about it
May it never be that some of us may one
day hear these words “I never knew you.”
But also, you may recognize right now, that
old Cloven Hooves, has been pitter pattering
around your assembly. Even worse that
through his lies and half truths he has been
waging war on your marriage, on your family.
In that case, again, what are you going
to do about it Are you just going to give
in Are you going to ignore it Or are you
going to fight for your son or daughter
Fight for you husband or wife Fight for
that person in the assembly
How do you fight Well those who have
been around the block once or twice know
how he works. First of all he uses our pride.
“I won’t say sorry.” “I won’t make the first
move.” “I’m right, they’re wrong” Sound
familiar Then he uses our rebellious nature
- even when we know what the word
says, we say “Why should I humble myself”
“Why should I have to go that extent”
Sound familiar Isn’t it funny that
pride and rebellion are the best things that
Satan does next to lying.
Fellowship with God.
Do you have fellowship with the Spirit today
Do you have fellowship with the Son today
16 Moriel Quarterly • September 2012