Called unto Fellowship

“God is faithful by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.” 1 Corinthians 1:9

God is faithful in all areas of life. He can be trusted to do what He states in His word. We are called unto fellowship with Jesus Christ our Lord. This fellowship is not just the body of the church, but it is the partnership and communion that we have with the Father God, and His son Jesus Christ. It is Christ that has restored us to fellowship with God. Christ has given us the spiritual connection through the Holy Spirit, yet many Christians ignore the part the Holy Spirit has in their life.

“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you;” John 14:16

Jesus prayer to the Father is that we would have a comforter who abides within each individual who is a follower of Christ. Are you plugged in to the source? Called unto fellowship is to abide in the vine of Christ where the father is the vinedresser [see John 15:4]. The vinedresser is one who cultivates and prunes grapevines. Listen to what Jesus said in the following scripture.

“Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.” John 15:4

“I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.” John 15:5

Abiding in the vine is being plugged in to the electrical circuit where the current is flowing for a purpose. If we are not plugged in, we lose the strength that we have in Christ. The connection is broken, and we will die because we have separated ourselves from the vine. The branches are dead and are taken away to be burn. If there is no fruit growing, it is pruned/cut and also taken away for burning. Bearing fruit is a Christian that is growing towards maturity in Christ. He is not doing the works of the Lord by himself. He is plugged into the vine daily and gaining wisdom, experience, and patience to grow into the character of Christ. Being plugged into the vine means daily cleansing of our mistakes, manifestation of the Holy Spirit in our life, and obedience to the word of God.

It is through Jesus that we have been reconciled to God [see Romans 5:10]. We must surrender all to God in order to stay plugged into the vine and have fellowship. The Greek word for fellowship is “koinonia,” which means a shared joint spiritual partnership. It is a oneness of the heart in unity. “Can two walk together, except they be agreed?” [see Amos 3:3]. You cannot walk with God or have fellowship with God unless you agree to what is He has written in the Holy Bible. Jesus prayed to the Father that those who believe would be one in the Father and the Son, [see John 17:21].

“I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.” John 17:23

Every day is a day that the Lord has made. Every day we are growing to be a vessel for good works and not evil. Every day we should fellowship with God and be made perfect in the image of His Son. Every day we must realize we cannot live in our own strength but in the strength in the Lord. All things are possible with God. Our fellowship is in the Gospel of Christ in that God will perform it in our life until the day of Jesus Christ. Let us not deny the inner workings of God through the Holy Spirit who manifest the work of divine healing into our physical body to the glory of God.

Those who abide in the vine do not sin, for they have given their body to the Lord. They know him and have placed their life within the hands of the Lord. Through constant prayer all self-will and evil desires are brought before the Father in the name of Jesus and resisted.

““Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4:7

Withstand evil and do not enter its path, [see proverbs 4:14]. We are not to have fellowship with unfruitful works of darkness, but we can reprove them [see Ephesians 5:11].

“If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth.” 1 John 1:6

We are separated unto the Father in the name of Jesus and therefore have no fellowship with darkness. We walk in the path of light and all sin is under the blood of Jesus Christ.

“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.” 1 John 1:7

Find a place to be alone with God to pray and submit yourselves to God. Surrender to him and allow him to change your heart and soul. Ask the Father to do the work in changing you and those around you into the image of Christ. Lay all at the foot of Jesus and you will find His peace and rest for your soul.