A DEEPER FELLOWSHIP
(PART 1). AUG. 22ND.
TEXT: Romans 8:5-8King James Version (KJV)
5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the
flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually
minded is life and peace.
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is
not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Anyone who is in an
intimate fellowship with God never really walks away from that fellowship at
the end of a meeting with other believers. Our fellowship with other believers
is expected to help fan our passion and equip us for a deeper personal walk
with God. When everyone is gone your ability to continue your fellowship with
the Lord is a true test of the Christianity you claim to have.
If we would always live in constant reality of
our fellowship with the Holy Spirit, we would not walk out of His presence into
all kinds of nonsense. Many of the times that we fail to do the bidding of the
Spirit it is because we are so focused on our own fleshy desire. There is the
spiritual dimension of our fellowship and this is the greatest dimension of
fellowship, greater than our fellowship with the brethren. If you do not know
this dimension of fellowship, you cannot have a successful walk with God. Rom.
8:7-8 says the carnal mind is enmity with God, to walk in the spirit you have
to be in the spirit.
Jesus talking to
Nicodemus said except one is born of the Spirit he cannot have fellowship with
the Spirit (John 3:5-6). The spirit man is concerned with what you are made up
of on the inside. You cannot predict what the spirit man will do next because
he is not in control of his life. Jesus said the wind blows where it lists and
that just as no one can tell where it is going or coming from, so is everyone
born of the Spirit. When we walk by the Spirit we do not fulfill the lust of
the flesh. Walk by the Spirit and see the glory of God
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