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Fellowship with God and One Another

April 23, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - 1 John, Biblical separation, Fellowship, Lord’s Supper

Fellowship with God depends, in part, on fellowship with other believers. Let me offer two short proofs for the claim, one positive and one negative. First, the positive proof is that John says that fellowship with the apostolic circle implies fellowship with God: “that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that

No Murderer Has Eternal Life Abiding in Him (1 John 3:15)

March 19, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 John 3:15, Abiding, Assurance, Fellowship, Perseverance, Transformation

A reader who likes our magazine wrote, asking us to take him off our subscription list: It is with sadness I ask you to remove me from your mailing list. I truly love your materials. But 1 John is fairly clear that there has to be transformation in your life or eternal life simply doesn’t

The Arrogance of Control (James 4:13)

June 29, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - arrogance, Fellowship, pride, spiritual maturity

The Epistle of James was addressed to carnal Christians. James urged them to come back into fellowship with God. “Submit…to God,” he wrote (4:7). “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you” (4:8). Clearly, these believers were far from God. That distance was reflected in their actions, in their speech, and in

Consider One Another, Don’t Make Excuses

November 11, 2016 by GES Webmaster in Blog - Body Life, Church, Fellowship

by Zane Hodges, excerpted from The Journey of Faith: Sermons on Henbrews Let us consider “one another.” “Let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together” (Heb 10:24-25a). Not giving up church. “But Exhorting one another, and so much the more as you

Confession and Fellowship with God

September 1, 2016 by GES Webmaster in Blog - 1 John 1:9, Confession, Fellowship, theology

Confession of sins is a vital element in the Christian’s walk with God. And no verse is more important in this regard than 1 John 1:9. In the following article excerpted from his commentary on 1-3 John, Zane has given us a wonderful explanation of this key verse. Editor. by Zane Hodges If we confess