Fellowship - the Reality and the Experience of Oneness
Text: John 17:20-23 & 1 John 1:1-7
New Realities lead to New Experiences
An example from the past:
The New Reality The New Experience
The incandescent Social order after sundown light bulb and safe travel at night
Some examples from the present:
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The cell phone The ability to have unlimited
The smart phone access to people and The internet information
The Global Positioning Never be lost again! System (GPS)
Every New Reality ushers in a New Experience of life
Jesus’ prayer for a New Reality:
John 17:21 “That they may all be one.”
John 17:22 “That they may be one, just as we are one.”
John 17:23 “That they may be perfected in unity.”
The New Reality The New Experience
We have heard
We have seen
We have touched Fellowship with
The Word of Life the Father and
The Word made Flesh with the Son
Eternal Life
(The Gospel of Jesus)
Footnote: 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.
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Walk in the Light Fellowship with
One another
Footnotes:
1 John 1:4=7
What does it mean to walk in the light.
Personal holiness, and fellowship with God
Dispel the darkness by the presence of your light.
Not calling out the darkness.
Telling people in darkness to avoid darkness is fruitless, because they cannot see in the dark.
Matthew 5:16
Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
The New Reality The New Experience
Made a part of A life of community
the body of Christ and interdependence
Footnote:
See 1 Cor. 12:11-27
Failure to embrace the New Experience
Calls into question
The certainty of the New Reality