FELLOWSHIP WITH THE FATHER

Sunday Morning: February 14, 1999

Text: 1 John 1:3 "That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ."

I WILL BE A FATHER UNTO YOU - Verse 18

2 Corinthians 6:17-18 "Wherefore come out from among

them,

v. 14 unfaithful - lawless - darkness

v. 15 worthless - unfaithful

v. 16 idols

Colossians 3:5 "Mortify therefore your members ...; fornication (porneia), uncleanness (impurity), inordinate affection (uncontrolled passions), evil concupiscence (desire for the forbidden), and covetousness (greediness), which is idolatry:"

Psalms 1:1 "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful."

and be ye

v. 14 righteous - in light - faithful

v. 15 Christ - faithful

v. 16 The temple of God: holy and separated

Psalms 1:2 "But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night."

separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 18. And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."

FELLOWSHIP WITH THE SON

1 Corinthians 1:9 "God (the Father, v.3) is faithful, by whom (the Father) ye were called unto the fellowship of his (the Father's) Son Jesus Christ our Lord."

SO WE CAN COME TO THE FATHER

John 14:6 "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

THE FATHER AND THE SON WILL COME

John 14:21,23 "He that hath [e]cw, esteem] my commandments, and keepeth (to keep your eye upon them rather than to guard) them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. ...

23. Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man (an individual) love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him (an individual), and we will come unto him (an individual), and make our abode with him (an individual)."

PAUL ABODE WITH THEM

Acts 18:3 "And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers." TALKED SHOP

HOW WILL THEY COME?

John 14:26 "But the Comforter [paraklhsiv, exhorter], which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."

John 14:17 "Even the Spirit of truth; ...shall be in you."

THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT

John 15:26 "But when the Comforter [paraklhsiv, exhorter] is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of [the] truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:"

John 16:13 "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of [the] truth, is come, he will guide you into all [the] truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear (from the Father), that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come (kingdom)."

SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND REVELATION

Ephesians 1:17 "That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father [nominative case, subject] of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge [ejpi>gnwsiv, knowledge upon knowledge] of him:"

Matthew 16:15-17 "He saith ..., whom say ye that I am? 16. And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17. And Jesus answered ..., Blessed art thou, ... for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven."

JESUS ANSWERED THE FATHER

Matthew 11:25 "At that time Jesus answered (there was no question in the context) and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes."

SPONTANEOUS RESPONSE

Luke 10:21 "In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes ..."

BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT

Ephesians 5:18 "And be not drunk; but be filled with the Spirit;"

Ephesians 5:19 "Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;"

Colossians 3:16 "Let the word of Christ (kingdom) dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord."

FELLOWSHIP THROUGH WORSHIP

John 4:23-24 "But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit (sonship) and in truth (the Word): for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit (of sonship) and in truth (the Word)."

THE SPIRIT OF SONSHIP

Romans 8:15 "For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption (sonship), whereby we cry, Abba, Father."

Galatians 4:6 "...God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father."

Galatians 5:22-23 "But the fruit of the Spirit (of sonship) is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23. Meekness, temperance..."

SUBMITTING TO THE FATHER

Mark 14:36 "And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt."

FELLOWSHIP IN CHASTENING

Hebrews 12:7 "If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?"

FOR REVERENCE AND SUBMISSION

Hebrews 12:9 "Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits [spiritual ones], and live?"

BE SOBER

1 Peter 1:13,14,17 "Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

14. As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 17. And if ye call on the Father (abba, spirit of sonship), who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear (respect):"