Oneness #9
Fellowship
Sunday evening
Brian Kocourek
PHILIPPIANS.1:3
I thank my God
upon every remembrance of you, 4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all
making request with joy, 5 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day
until now; 6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a
good work in you will perform [it] until the day of Jesus Christ:
For your fellowship in the Gospel: Why did he pray for
their fellowship in the Gospel? What is so important about fellowship?
KOINONIA:
A communion, fellowship, a sharing in common, communication, and that which is the outcome of fellowship
which is a contribution.
Fellowship comes by one avenue and that is the Word of
God, unbroken.
There are various types of fellowship :
Fellowship of the Spirit and of Love PHIL 2:1
The fellowship of His sufferings PHIL
3:10
The fellowship of the mystery of Christ Eph
3: 9
I.JOHN.1:1
That which
was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes,
which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; 2 (For
the life was manifested, and we have seen [it], and bear witness, and shew
unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto
us;) 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. 4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full. 5 This
then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God
is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship
with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 7 But if we walk
in the light, as he is in the light, we
have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son
cleanseth us from all sin.
36 ONENESS
-- JEFF.IN -- V-10 N-2 -- 62-0211
Now, the first human beings dis-fellowshipped
themself from believing God, by disbelieving His Word and listening to a lie of
the Devil. Now, that's the first thing that dis-fellowshipped this
wonderful union. Now look, Adam and Eve in a position to never die, in a
position to never be old, to never be sick, to never have a worry. You say, "I sure wish I could be like
that." Let me... I got news for you, you are in the same position. God
places that to every creature on the earth, in the same position.
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38 ONENESS
-- JEFF.IN -- V-10 N-2 -- 62-0211
" What was the agreement? "If
you'll keep my Words! If, My Word, if you'll keep It, believe It and act upon
It!" But the very first time that Eve disbelieved, took one Word away
from what God said, it broke off
fellowship with that great union. And the minute that the church disbelieves
any one Word of God's Bible, and places It somewhere else, then they break off
that wonderful fellowship that's offered to them, and to be separated.
" " As soon as she did that, death set in her mortal being. Not only
her mortal, but her spiritual being. She broke off relationship with God, the
minute she disbelieved. And no man can believe... Here it is! No man, no woman
can--can believe the Devil's lie until they have disbelieved God's Truth. No
one can believe the Devil's lie until they have disbelieved God's Truth. So,
you see, Eve, Adam, where it places us this morning."
EPHESIANS.5:6
Let no man
deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of
God upon the children of disobedience. 7 Be not ye therefore partakers with
them. 8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord:
walk as children of light: 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness
and righteousness and truth;) 10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. 11
And have no fellowship with the
unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove [them]. 12 For it is a
shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
We see then that by believing the same thing actually
brings us into common ground, and that is the
II.CORINTHIANS.6:14
Be ye not
unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 16 And what
agreement hath the
So we see that we are to be gathered together, but not
just for gathering sakes.
MAL 3: 16 - 18
(read)
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II.THESSALONIANS.2:1
" Now we
beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and [by] our gathering together unto him, "
MATTHEW.3:11
I indeed
baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier
than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy
Ghost, and [with] fire: 12 Whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will throughly
purge his floor, and gather His wheat
into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
EPH
We see the early apostles coming together in this
atmosphere of sharing out of necessity.
ACTS.2:41
Then they
that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added
[unto them] about three thousand souls. 42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' (1) doctrine and (2)
fellowship, and in (3) breaking of bread, and in (4) prayers. 43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by
the apostles. 44 And all that
believed were together, and had all things common; 45 And sold their
possessions and goods, and parted
them to all [men], as every man had need. 46 And they, continuing daily
with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and
singleness of heart, 47 Praising
God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the
church daily such as should be saved.
The more they sought the power of God, the more they
assembled for fellowship around the doctrine. The more they assembled around
the Word the more power of God began to dsiplay itself among them.
1 COR 1: 4- 10
ESP. (9)
HEBREWS.10:22
Let us draw
near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled
from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold
fast the profession of [our] faith without wavering; (for he [is] faithful that
promised;) 24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: 25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the
manner of some [is]; but exhorting [one another]: and so much the more, as ye
see the day approaching. 26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received
the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
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39 ONENESS -- JEFF.IN -- V-10 N-2 -- 62-0211
Now let's think seriously, because we never
be able to think anymore after this, after this mortal life is over. Your
thinking is now. You cannot choose after this, you must choose now, for this is the day of choosing, making
your choice. Now she, one Word, not a whole Decalogue, just one Word, she
questioned God because it was presented to her in that light that that Word was
questionable. God's Word cannot be questioned, He meant just what He said. But
she questioned It because it was presented to her, "Oh, God surely didn't
mean that." But He did mean that!
God means every Word He says. And It
doesn't need any private interpretation. It's just the way He said It.
40 ONENESS -- JEFF.IN -- V-10 N-2 -- 62-0211
Well, you say, "How do you know about the Bible?" I
believe that my God has guided this Bible, He watches over His Word. He knowed
that atheists and infidels would rise in the last days, so He's watched over
It. This is exactly the way God meant It. It's the way It's to us now. Now we
must believe It. One Word off of It, and
we lose our fellowship, go off into--to death, Eternal separation from God, just as Adam and Eve did. We must
believe God's Truth. 2 Thes
1: 7, then 8 - 9 these fall away, but the rest go on to Glory. vs 10 -12
41 ONENESS -- JEFF.IN -- V-10 N-2 -- 62-0211
Let
me make that again. Do not disbelieve any Word of God's Bible. But just don't
say, "Yes, I believe It." Say "but?" No, there's nothing
about that. You believe It, you'll accept it. If you lay It aside, say,
"Well, my church don't believe It that way," then you do not believe
It's God's Word, and you'll walk away under the same condemnation that Eve went
away under. You separated yourself from
the Eternal when you had a chance to be united with Him. Now, remember,
That cannot be questioned, because It was one Word, that, in God's Word.
42 ONENESS -- JEFF.IN -- V-10 N-2 -- 62-0211
And, now, if God had just a--a few Words
there that people must obey, and in them few Words one of them was
misrepresented, caused death, look at
the Words we got today! See? We must
re... receive every one of them, hold onto them and enter into them as promises
from God. And a true wife of God will do that, true engaged espoused-one.
Now, I hope these little things go down deep now so we can catch them.
43 ONENESS -- JEFF.IN -- V-10 N-2 -- 62-0211
What was the first thing that caused Eve to
disbelieve God's Word? It was because Satan promised her more wisdom, "You
will be wise." Now, you see, the human race is always reaching after
something. And Eve was reaching after more wisdom.
44 ONENESS -- JEFF.IN -- V-10 N-2 -- 62-0211
Now let's stop just one minute. Isn't that
the condition of the world today? They want more wisdom, better class, higher
educated, wanting something that's different, more wisdom. That's what Eve
wanted. But let me say this also, that there is no wisdom can surpass God's,
yet It--It's in such a humble form that people miss It.