The Want of Fellowship

The desire to be in relationship with God is an inborn sense that every person has.  The search for a savior has never ceased from the mind of mankind.  The “idea” of “family” is not a new one; it has always been part of the “plan” of God for His people.  Fellowship should be one of the greatest opportunities that we have to communicate the goodness of God and His love toward man.  The “tool” of evangelism that can be used to the best means of winning a soul is always simple “fellowship” and ultimately, communication.  Every person desires fellowship with the Lord.  As the Word of God is opened to you there is quite the paradigm set before your eyes:  God placed man on this earth for the purpose of fellowship.   He described the purpose through His Word: “And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. Deut. 6:5 The time we have on the earth is not something that should be viewed as a struggle and overloaded with problems.  It is a time to establish relationships and to reestablish communication with the Lord.  Mankind seeks to be in fellowship and spends most of His life seeking a “spiritual” relationship with God.  The “god” of this world has a task also: That is to destroy the “fellowship” that man seeks to have with God…in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 2 Cor. 4:4 If he, the enemy of our soul, can keep a break in communication and establish reason in the “mind” of mankind, that God does not exist and if He does exist He is cruel and unmerciful then “fellowship” cannot be established.  But God, who is rich in mercy, and has given us His Son to give us life and that life more abundant has broken down also the wall of separation – that wall of sin.   He has also made it possible for mankind to have fellowship with one another…For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one, and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall, Ephes. 2:14 The want of fellowship is not an oddity or a complicated desire that is impossible to understand.  It is the natural heart of mankind to establish fellowship with God and with one another.  He has made it possible and we have to make the choice…which is it?

Dennis

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