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Hi AP and thanks for your comments, which I always find moving! The phrase "shut up" always reminds me of when God shut Noah and his family in the Ark to keep them safe from the people and flood waters (Gen 7:16). Same now for believers in Christ, He keeps us safe from our sin nature and from...

For the last century or so it has become increasingly difficult to find an outward distinction between Law and Grace within contemporary Christendom, hence the hypocritical appearance of many who profess faith in the Lord Jesus. It’s my suspicion that the major cause here is not practical...

Appreciate your input Far, and God bless!

Being at the foot of the Cross of Christ in faith secures “eternal salvation” (Heb 5:9; 2Ti 2:10), and progressing onward from there secures a life of manifesting it. It is said that “saints are saved from something, for something.” From death in self—to life in Christ. It is one thing to be...

Hi Far - Thanks for the holy greeting, and God be blessed!

Amen, and it's good to point out the importance of love to one another, which is what all believers fellowship in. Many may not realize that our love to one another determines our love for God, regardless how great the desire to love Him. As it is well known among Word-wise believers, apart from...

The more mindful we become of the Father and Son in heaven, the greater are the encouragements during the times of fellowship with other believers! We can exhort one another in knowing that the present position of those reborn cannot be any greater, even in the “New Heaven,” concerning their...

True. We can love without fellowship, but there can be no fellowship without love among those to whom we're to have union.

Thanks and well put! I agree, all are to be loved the same, though there are varying degrees of favor and fellowship that are commensurate with how we know one another, as you've mentioned. It's acceptable to favor (in fellowship but not in love) one differently among those we love as shown by...

True, but we can want to still have love for others we don't know (even without fellowship), in being ready to forgive and treat them the same as we are to treat all.

Yes, I strongly agree, because it's always about how we relate to others concerning love for them, which is the determining factor of how we relate to God in showing our love for Him (Jhn 15:12; 1Jhn 4:20).

One must first be willing, before there can be doing, and depending upon one’s understanding and maturity there can be quite a time elapse between the two! Of all that God reveals in His Word concerning obedience, nothing is of greater significance than that of love to others, esp. the agape...

Hi Far, and thanks for the reply and comment. Though I believe the fellowship of the saints (He 10:25) is necessary for close fellowship with God, the article concerns the saints fellowship with God via of course the Foundation of the Lord Jesus (1Co 3:11). It's my understanding that how a...

It is a wonderful thing (when understood) to see how by the Cross we pass out of our old relationship and standing in Adam (Jhn 5:24; 1Jo 3:14), with the penalties and consequences of sin which rested upon us as connected with the man who fell. Death has done this. By the death of the Last Adam...

Hi BG, and appreciate your replies and compliments! Blessings!

Hi, thanks for the reply, and I know what you mean. Many of the writers from 300-400 years ago (esp. Plymouth Brethren) where well used in teaching Biblical growth truths that most in Christendom in the last century or so are not familiar with. Darby is the one known as the father of...

It is a blessed fact that, wherever the Blood is relied on, God cannot see a single sin! He would have to deny the efficacy of the Blood if He did not pass over it (Exo 12:13). What protected Israel was not their seeing the Blood but God seeing it. Many souls are saying, “I do not know whether I...

True, and this can also get inverted. We can also attempt to walk in a faith-truth that is not "according to knowledge" (Rom 10:2), e.g. not knowledge containing actual truth, which is usually a truth not yet correctly understood (lots of that today). This is not a negative thing if we're being...

Yes, and the point is to continue onward into ever deeper understanding God gives us in His Word (Hebrews 6:1-3). Of course knowledge is only potential, which is to be accompanied by understanding and application, all by the Holy Spirit, thus increasing the amount of fellowship in more things He...

As it is seen from this writer’s article, our death with Christ was not physical like His, but our “death with Christ” (Rom 6:8; 2Tim 2:11) is a reality applied (imputed) in the believer upon the reception of faith in Him. This article points out the importance of understanding that what those...