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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Fellowship with God


The word ‘fellowship’ reminds me of donuts and coffee after church. So, I was a bit confused when I read the following verse:
“Your fellowship with God enables you to gain a victory over the Evil One.” (1 John 2:13 MSG)
I can’t imagine that hanging out and eating donuts—even if it is with God—would defeat evil!
The real meaning of fellowship is: friendship, communion, partnership, intimacy.
Our loyal partnership and intimate relationship with God enable us to gain victory over the Evil One.
A loyal partnership takes commitment, mutual understanding, a shared mission, and an alignment of priorities. An intimate relationship involves time, trust, respect, transparency, love, and grace. If we had such a close friendship with God, we would be able to defeat evil. We would be so in tune with God and would be fighting right alongside Him—evil would be no match for such fellowship.
“Remain in fellowship with Christ so that when he returns, you will be full of courage and not shrink back from him in shame.” (1 John 2:28 NLT)

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