Pastor John,
Is this right, based on what we read today in the Father and Son book?
God was showing us how to have right relationships by humbly sharing His power, love, and kind of life with Jesus because of His desire for fellowship. From the beginning, He desired to bring us close to Him, and that was the entire point of Jesus’ testimony, from beginning to end.
Like was mentioned today, fellowship comes from action and not just believing in the Spirit or in God. Knowing God requires obedience by operating in His Spirit. It’s actively obeying God and being the light of the world by doing works, like putting the truth in motion. When we have obeyed God, we have fellowship with God and Jesus. And, when we obey God, it is always related to building relationships the way He intends. That is the only way we can have fellowship with each other.
That’s why reading together feels so wonderful. It’s more than words; it’s like living out those words through obeying the Spirit that brings fellowship, and that is giving us knowledge together through the feelings of that fellowship with us/God.
Wendy S.
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Hi Wendy.
Yes, that is a good assessment of what we read from chapter 9 this morning.
Isn’t it wonderful!
Pastor John