FELLOWSHIP WITH THE FATHER

Sunday Morning: February 21, 1999

Text: 1 John 1:2-3 "(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show unto you that eternal [agelasting] [the] life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

FELLOWSHIP THROUGH WORSHIP

John 4:23-24 "But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit (sonship) and in truth (the Word): for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit (of sonship) and in truth (the Word)."

FELLOWSHIP THROUGH THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH

John 14:26 "But the Comforter [paraklhsiv, exhorter], which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."

FELLOWSHIP IN CHASTENING

Hebrews 12:7 "If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?"

THROUGH WISDOM AND REVELATION

Ephesians 1:17-18 "That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge [ejpi>gnwsiv, knowledge upon knowledge] of him:

FELLOWSHIP THROUGH THE SPIRIT OF HIS SON

Galatians 4:6 "...God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father."

FELLOWSHIP THROUGH PRAYER

Luke 11:2 "And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father (Abba) which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth."

FELLOWSHIP IN HOPE

1 Peter 1:3-4 "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,