Fellowship Is a Spiritual Tool

Brethren, it is such a blessing to be able to meet together. Many places are not able to do so. And here we can have on the Sabbath day, which God separated, he said there would be a holy convocation. He chose his ministry to preach the word, to teach it without adding or taking away from it. And we're so blessed with the knowledge that God has provided for us. As we covered last Sabbath, one thing God tells us not to neglect is having fellowship with a brethren. It is a spiritual tool that we should use, just like prayer, Bible study, meditation, and occasional fasting. So we could call fellowshiping the fifth spiritual tool that we have. Because we're not spiritual hermits that just have our Bible and go off someplace and get in a cave. And then it's just me, the Bible, and God. No, he wanted us to be able to have fellowship. And this message today is the second part, and it actually goes even deeper than what we went through last week.

Now, this is something new that I learned. I didn't ever think of fellowship being as a spiritual tool. But that's something that from the Scriptures you can find out. And it is another gold nugget that we can keep as we prepare for the coming Kingdom of God, that golden nugget of truth. Remember, the word fellowship, which the Greek word is koinonia, means the sharing of time and your means. That's with your goods, with what you can share with others of the faith. We can do that in worship services, conversations, with the breaking of bread, which is when we snack or eat together.

And all of this subject of fellowship actually begins by learning first to have true fellowship with God the Father and Jesus Christ. In other words, it's not just a horizontal relationship. No, it's a vertical. We have to establish the vertical relationship and then we can extend it outward to others of like-minded Christians. Now, how do we have fellowship with God the Father and Jesus Christ? Certainly, it's not something that we can do just physically, but they are spirit beings. They are persons and they want to have fellowship with us.

So, we do it through first prayer, which is talking to God. That's the way we converse. The term, fellowshiping, is sharing your words, your actions, what you have with someone else. And so, prayer is a way that we have fellowship. Bible study is the second way we can have fellowship, because when we pray to God, we're talking to God. And when we study the Bible, God is talking to us. So, that's the way we have a dialogue between God and ourselves. Now, he could have done it differently and he could speak to us directly, but then you wouldn't need faith, would you? Because then that was an absolute reality and you wouldn't walk by faith, which is trusting in God. A being that says for us to believe in Him. And that way, there are people that don't believe in God. Now, if God spoke to every person and had an angel there, you wouldn't have any atheists, would you? You wouldn't have anybody, but then it was something that didn't take much effort to do. And so, God does want us to put the effort to develop that relationship. And you learn to grow closer to Him, that He does listen to our prayers, that He does act and intervene. And that you spiritually become stronger. It's like charging a battery. You connect with God, you talk, you share your joys, your concerns, your trials, your achievements. And something happens where He draws closer to us. We feel spiritually stronger. And that's a type of fellowship that we have. The Bible study is the way that we learn God's will. Again, He could have done it. He could have had an angel accompany us, and he says, this is what God wants you to do. But again, that wouldn't be much of an effort, then, to trust, to have faith, to do it because of your conviction, not because it's something already given, because you can see God or angels. There's another way to have fellowship with God, and that is by praising Him. Praising God is a way of thanking Him for what He is, for what He's carrying out, and also giving Him the glory. We're going to go into a little bit more about that in a moment, about praising Him. Another way to have fellowship is worshiping on the Sabbath and Holy Days. These are holy convocations. He gets all the brethren together, and we're able to share time. God is present in spirit, just like Jesus mentioned in Matthew 18 and 20. He said, wherever two or three are meeting together in My name, that, of course, has to do with doing God's will and following the truth of God. But wherever that truth is, and the people are following Him, He says, I will be there. Jesus said He would be there. He's with us here. He is looking. He is fellowshiping in the sense of being present with us, inspiring and helping us. Remember, it's not our church. It is God's church, God the Father and Jesus Christ.

And so we fellowship with those that are like-minded, rehearsing what we have done and learned and showing care and love toward each other.

So where does this principle of fellowshiping with God begin? It begins with a principle found in Amos chapter 3 verse 3 that says simply, can two walk together unless they are agreed?

So this is the principle of walking with God, praying, sharing your life, dreams, trials and celebrations. It's also walking with others of the same faith. Just think about the privilege we have of keeping God's feasts every year. Boy, talk about the fellowship and being able to be with the brethren during that time. That's fellowshiping, establishing and fortifying the bonds that we have among ourselves. Notice in Genesis chapter 5 verse 24, it says simply about Enoch, and Enoch walked with God. Now how can a person walk with God? It doesn't mean that God physically is going to present himself, but Enoch followed God's way day after day. Day after day, it says that can two be walking together unless they be agreed? So Enoch agreed to follow God's way, and so God spiritually walked with him. The same thing occurred a little later in Genesis 6.9 where it says about Noah. Noah was a just man, and then the last part says, Noah walked with God. It means that you are no longer walking by yourself in this life. God is there with you. You take him into consideration. You take him into your life and decisions that you're going to make. You ask him, God, am I doing the right thing? Should I be going out with these persons? Is this what you want me to do in my career? Those are the things that we have God accompanying us.

Abraham also walked with God. In Genesis 18 verses 17 through 19, I'm going to read it from the Brenton translation. It says, and the Lord said, shall I hide from Abraham my servant what things I intend to do? But Abraham shall become a great and populous nation, and in him shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. For I know that he will order his sons or children and his house, which is talking about his descendants after him, and they will keep the ways of the Lord to do justice and judgment that the Lord may bring upon Abraham all things whatsoever he has spoken to him. So you see, walking with God is walking his path of life, accompanying God in the way that we lead our lives. We don't lead them anymore by what we think we should do. No, we are asking God to guide us, to lead us, to show us the way day after day. We have trials, we have struggles, we have decisions to make, and if we walk with God, we're going to take him into account. So, once we understand what walking with God means, we can also understand about praising him as a type of fellowship. Notice in Hebrews chapter 13, verses 15 through 16. I'm going to read it from the Good News Bible. It says, Let us then always offer praise, so this includes thankfulness and glorify him, to God as our sacrifice through Jesus, which is the offering presented by lips that confess him as Lord. Do not forget to do good and to help one another, because these are the sacrifices that please God. So, again, we're not now offering physical sacrifices. We're not killing lambs and goats, but with our time, with our effort, as we praise him, as we do good works toward the brethren and be able to do things that are pleasing to him, it's like a sacrifice that we are fellowshiping with God. We are pleasing him.

Now, we praise him when we sing psalms, as we have done, when we marvel at a flower, like here, we have some beautiful roses, and when we look at the flowers and we look at all the beautiful creation, do we just take it for granted or not? Just think what it took God to create a beautiful rose like that. Did you know that the rose, just like the sunflower, also the petals are all organized and arranged according to the Fibonacci spiral, which has to do with a mathematical formula, so they all open up in a way that it's all geometrically and symmetrically even, and everything is distanced in the right way for that blossom to just open up that way. We look at it, we think, oh, how pretty, why is it pretty? Because it is harmonious, it's symmetrical, and it follows mathematical measurements. So this is a way we look and say, God, thank you. These beautiful flowers that you make, look at the aroma, the fragrance of the rose, that is to please us. All of these things are a way to praise Him, to open our eyes for the when we see the creation around us and thank Him for it.

So we have covered the first two points about fellowshiping as a spiritual tool last week. I'd like to just reiterate it quickly. First, it provides encouragement to other brethren. Some can only see each other once a week, and so, fellowshiping is a way to provide encouragement. Many times we don't receive much encouragement from the people in the world. We don't see people that are happy to see us and want to serve us and want to make us feel better, but that's what we do, receive, and should receive when we get together. Hebrews 10 verses 24 and 25 in the contemporary English version. I'm going to read it. It says, we should keep on encouraging each other to be thoughtful and to do helpful things. Some people have gotten out of the habit of meeting for worship, but we must not do that. We should keep on encouraging each other, especially since you know that the day of the Lord's coming is getting closer, and it certainly is.

A lot of prophetic signs are out there that things are getting closer to the coming of Jesus Christ. So, when we meet, do we provide encouragement? How do we come across to others? Is it positive or negative? What effect do we leave behind after we have talked with a person? Is it positive or negative? Do we encourage them or do we discourage them? It's all in our power to do one thing or the other with our words. Secondly, as we covered last week, we should admonish one another. And remember, that definition is to warn someone of something to be avoided. Yes, we are our brother's keeper. As it says in 1 Thessalonians 5.14, God's word version, says, we encourage you, brothers and sisters, to instruct those who are not living right. Cheer up those who are discouraged. Help the weak and be patient with everyone. That's an advice that is timeless. It applies now as it then and it will apply in God's kingdom as well. In Galatians 6, verses 1 and 2, it also tells us a way of admonishing, caring for your brother and sister. It says, brothers and sisters, if a person gets trapped by wrongdoing, those of you who are spiritual should help that person turn away from doing wrong. Do it in a gentle way. At the same time, watch yourself say that you also are not tempted. Help carry each other's burdens. In this way, you will follow Christ's teachings. Of course, it's such a blessing sometimes when you've been able to help someone or several that were getting into trouble and you were able to write in things and they went the right way. We can do that if we have that spirit of love and concern. In Titus chapter 3, verses 10 and 11, tell us another way we should admonish each other. In the Good News Bible version, it says, have nothing to do with people who continue to teach false doctrine after you have warned them once or twice. You've admonished them. Look, I don't want to hear this other thing. It's not part of our teaching. It's not biblically sound.

You know that people like this are corrupt. They are sinners condemned by their own actions. So people sometimes stray and they start going off the deep end doctrinally. But don't follow them. Don't go ahead and drown with them. We can certainly get into a lot of trouble by that.

And let us always remember about admonishing one another to have the spirit of humility, to accept correction. Like David mentioned in Psalms 141 verse 5, about having humility when being admonished because he made mistakes. But you see his attitude, he was humble. He was close to God. It says in the easy to read version, he said, if good people correct me, I will consider it a good thing. If they criticize me, I will accept it like a warm welcome. But my prayer will always be against the wicked and the evil they do. So I will accept correction, but I'm not going to go down the wrong path to follow them. And now we're ready to go to point three. This is the new section that I'm going to cover about some of the best parts of this topic. Here's the third way of fellowshipping, which includes serving each other. We have so many areas of service, and it requires sacrifice. A lot of people come here very early. They set up. They have to have everything in order. Do you know that's a way of fellowshipping, showing love and service and concern toward others? They might not talk to you during this time, but you know they are there, and they're showing love toward you by willingness to sacrifice and to help out. Because without all of these accoutrements and instruments that we have, we couldn't project the message that's out there. And approximately about 45 different brethren here from the congregation, they're listening in. But I can't do that. I need people to have that spirit of service. And so fellowship includes serving each other. Each year, we wash each other's feet during the Passover ceremony. In John chapter 13, John chapter 13 in verse 12, Jesus Christ talked about that spirit of service that we are willing to do throughout the year. That's what the symbol of washing each other's feet means. In John chapter 13 in verse 12, it says, So when he had washed their feet, taken his garments, and sat down again, he said to them, Do you know what I have done to you? You call me teacher and lord, and you say, well, for so I am. If I then, your lord and teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. So obviously, he's giving a new law, a new command, that the following Passover, he wasn't going to be around. But his disciples were, and they washed each other's feet. For I have given you an example that you should do as I have done to you. Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, not in the church, and it won't be that way in God's kingdom, because they all are going to have that spirit of service. Nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. So there's not a ranking here of people that are going to be lording over others. That's not the spirit. It says, if you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

And then it goes on to tell us in verse 34, he says, a new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this, all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. And how are we going to be able to have that love if we don't have fellowship? We don't have concern if we don't want to be able to share with each other. How can we actually extend that love? A way of doing it is through fellowshiping and getting together and breaking bread together, as it was mentioned in the Bible so many times. In 1 Timothy chapter 5 verses 9 and 10, it tells us here what the symbol of foot washing also is all about. In 1 Timothy chapter 5 and verse 9, talking about the widows in the church, it says, do not let a widow under 60 years old be taken into the number. It's talking about that they will receive sustenance and help from the church. So it's talking about a list. And he's saying here are the qualifications. He says, and not unless she has been the wife of one man. So she can't be out there having other relationships. And so it says in verse 10, well reported for good works if she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the saint's feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work. Notice this is in the easy reading version. It says, to be added to your list of widows, a woman must be 60 years old or older. She must have been faithful to her husband. She must be known for the good she has done, raising children, welcoming travelers into her home, serving the needs of God's people. That's what washing the saint's feet is all about. Serving the needs of God's people, helping those in trouble, and using her life to do all kinds of good. And we do have very fine examples of such widows here in the church. Fourthly, fellowshiping includes giving, sharing, and being generous. God says he loves a cheerful giver, and that is also an attitude toward one another. In Romans chapter 12, verse 1, the easy reading version, says, So I beg you, brothers and sisters, because of the great mercy God has shown us, offer your lives as a living sacrifice to him, an offering that is only for God and pleasing to him, considering what he has done. What has God done? He sent his son. He sacrificed his son so we could be forgiven, so that we could have a new life, so we could receive God's Spirit, so we could be put into God's church to learn and prepare for that coming kingdom. Consider, it says, what he has done. It is only right that you should worship him in this way. And it goes on to say in verse 5, in the same way, we are many people, talking about in the church, but in Christ we are all one body, like a one big team. We are the parts of that body, and each part belongs to all the others. Romans 12, verse 7 and 8 says, Whoever has the gift of serving should serve. So it is a gift. Not everybody has it. We should ask God to give us that gift of serving. Whoever has the gift of teaching should teach. Whoever has the gift of comforting others should do that. Some people are very empathetic. They know how to help people in need. Whoever has the gift of giving to help others should give generously. And some of the most generous people that I've ever known were not people that had much money, didn't have much goods, but they just had a very giving heart. And they share whatever they have. Maybe they don't have much, but they just love to do that.

Whoever has the gift of leading should work hard at it. And it is hard work to lead, to guide, to serve. And whoever has the gift of showing kindness to others should do it gladly. So showing kindness is also a gift. I wish everybody could have all of these. Wouldn't it be wonderful? But we can work at it. God gives to those who put an effort as well. So, fellowships include giving, sharing, being generous as we can.

The fifth way, fellowships include forgiving one another. Sometimes we can offend. It's unavoidable to make mistakes, but we shouldn't hold grudges.

We should invest in that long-term relationship. That's something very pleasing to God. Notice in Colossians chapter 3. It says, Therefore, as the elect of God, those chosen to be part of the church, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering, bearing with one another, and forgiving one another. If anyone has a complaint against another, even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. Just remember how much God forgives us. We should also forgive others.

Lastly, the sixth point, of course, is that fellowship includes our conversations with one another. This requires having balanced conversations. I never will forget my experience when I went to Big Sandy, Texas Ambassador College campus there as a young man of 18 years old. I just came into the church. I guess it was in March of the year 1971 when I was baptized in March and then headed off to Ambassador College. I didn't want to go to the other university. I gave up going to other places and just wanted to go and learn God's way. So, with a companion of mine from that little town of Murphy, North Carolina, we took the trip and his brother drove us in one of these big old cars, GTO type cars and big old motors. We just zoomed over to Texas. He left us off there. That was back in like maybe July or August. I was very excited to know how college was going to be like. Now, I had a friend. My friend was also with me. He had been a Southern Baptist before coming to church. For him, everything was about the Bible and God. It was almost 24-7, so he saturated me with that. I started feeling that way, but I remember it must have been the first couple of weeks. I don't even remember we had already started school because we came in a little earlier.

I was invited, I don't know if he was there or not, to one of the ministers' homes on Friday night for a Bible study. I'd never been to a minister's home before. I thought, oh, we're going to touch the Bible and we're going to open it up and everything's going to be Bible study. It wasn't that way at all. We had a very nice dinner. We all sat around. We talked. People shared experiences. We just had kind of a brief Bible study, but I'll never forget how shocked I was that things weren't just all centered in the Bible.

But it was a very natural and pleasant way to be there. It was an example of service, of sharing, of showing kindness, and due deference toward others. In other words, a minister just wasn't there and just preaching away and teaching. No, he was there and we all had a very enjoyable time. And I remember when I walked out of it, I said, boy, do I need to change and straighten out my personality and be balanced about things. And so I learned I was not balanced at that time. And so you learn. Fellowship means having balanced conversations. Notice what it says in Colossians 4 and verse 6.

It says, Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one. The New Living Translation puts it, Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone. And I remember having the honor before we graduated from Ambassador College here in Pasadena, we were invited to Mr. Armstrong's home for a dinner. Must have been about 11 of us that went. We were all the ones that are going to be graduating that year.

I don't know how many groups Mr. Armstrong had, but I think at least we were like 70 or 80 in our class. And I remember how pleasant it was. He didn't just, he didn't talk to us about the Bible. He talked about the things that were happening around us. And he made jokes and just very nice conversation. He also talked about serious things. And asked us, what do you think about this?

I will share one little comment on this. He asked, he said, What would you do if you were not in agreement with something that the church taught? And so we had the lead man there. I think there were like six men and six women that were there. And he was the lead guide. And he said, Well, Mr. Armstrong, I would just keep quiet about it and just pray to God about it. And Mr. Armstrong looked and said, No! Boy, everybody said, I'm glad I wasn't the one that answered that.

He just shrunk the fellow there. And Mr. Armstrong said, No, that is why church government exists. If you have something that you don't agree with, go to the person that's your superior, that's in charge. Talk to him about the situation. And he's the one that has to come and give you an answer, an explanation. And if you're not happy with that, then he can go to his superior. And if they don't have the answer, he said, they will come to me.

And then he said, And if I don't have the answer, I'll have to take it to Christ and we'll have to wait for that answer. In other words, he chuckled because it wasn't like, Oh, yeah, I'm the head in charge here and I have all the answers. No, he said, No, if I don't know the answer, I'll go to Christ and God the Father. But it has to be in an orderly way. We can't all just be taking and picking what doctrines we want to go and choose between them or else we're going to have chaos.

And that's what has happened in so many ways. So the point here is that our conversations should be such that they're balanced, they're enjoyable, they leave a good taste in our mouth. So I'd like to summarize in these action steps what we can do to develop true fellowship.

First of all, be friendly. Let your light shine. Don't get together and just have this morose and down spirit. How are you doing? Oh, terrible! And just immediately just unload on the person. Well, of course, we do have moments when we would like to share it with the person and we can be downhearted because of different things. But I'm talking about the general attitude of a person. Going week after week, you know, let's be friendly. Let your light shine. Number two, be kind.

Be considerate of others' interests and time. Don't focus on ourselves so much. Think about being kind to others. Number three, be discerning. That means don't be gullible, but prudent and wise. Just because a person's here at church doesn't mean that you're going to trust and fully go along with everything. No, be discerning because there are such things as brethren that show up and the Bible calls them false brethren or people that are here but they're not converted and they're not here. They're not converted and they can cause a lot of damage. So don't just follow anybody because he's a church member. Don't lend money to a person just because they're a church member. Direct them to me first. If anybody needs funds, direct them to me because that way we can be in charge that they can be distributed evenly and fairly to others. That's part of the responsibility of a minister. Number four, be forgiving. Don't be so prickly, easily offended by careless comments or actions. As it says in the Bible, nobody can fully control their tongue. We all make mistakes. We step on people's corns, right? We step on their corns on their foot and that hurts a lot. But we don't mean to and we need to be forgiving. The fifth is keep that long-term relationship in mind.

Let's remember that fellowshiping with that person. They're our brother or sister in the faith. And we need to make that relationship positive. The sixth, remember God is testing and evaluating us.

How we deal with other brethren around us. Are we harsh or loving? Let's go to Romans chapter 12. Romans chapter 12. Here's one of the classical scriptures from the apostle Paul about how to deal with each other.

It says here in verse 15, Romans 12, it says, By the way, that's what a psychologist would say you should do. Have empathy. Understand where the person is, how they're feeling, and be there with them. And then it says verse 16, Do not be wise in your own opinion. Yeah, don't form cliques and that this idea of birds of a feather flock together. And so you're just there with the people that you feel comfortable around. But remember to associate with the humble people. Because God places a lot of humble people in the church. And that we should all be considerate toward them. Give them the time that they need, that they feel they're accepted and loved by us.

God is testing and evaluating us. We can't do that. Do you think we can do that in God's kingdom very well? Is he going to give us a position where we have to deal with people? And that we're going to be exclusive and we're going to separate and we just care for those that are important people. And leave the people that are insignificant and humble behind. No, he wants us to treat everybody fairly.

And then the seventh, let's keep the big picture in mind. Because ultimately, we're all preparing for that true fellowship in God's kingdom. Right now, again, this is just a dress rehearsal. It's a preparation for the future. You know, one day we're going to be the biggest church on earth when Christ comes back. And guess what? There's not going to be any competition very long. It's going to be one way. People are going to keep the Sabbath. They're going to keep the food laws. And they're going to be keeping the holy days. They're all going to be giving tithes to God. It's going to be God's way, not our way. Just like it says here in Isaiah 66. Always good to remember, the very last chapter of Isaiah 66 gives us a description of that coming kingdom of God. And what kind of laws are people going to be keeping at that time when Christ establishes his kingdom? All you have to remember is Isaiah 66.

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It says in verse 16, it says, For by fire and by his sword the Lord will judge all flesh. So he comes back. He's going to judge everybody that's on earth. He says, And the slain of the Lord shall be many. Many will die, as we know in Armageddon. All of these battles against him. And it says, Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves to go to the gardens. Those are the ones where they have their idols in these high places where they meet. It says, After an idol in the midst eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, which has to do with shellfish, and the mouse. So all of these are unclean animals. And here, God says, He's going to punish. That this is something He's going to establish the prohibition. So if you eat swine's flesh, which is pork, if you're eating shellfish, the abomination, which is kind of like this pot full of all kinds of shellfish, and the mouse, which is a type of rodent. People eat rabbits, hairs, which are type of mice. Because they're all from the same rodent family. It says, Shall be consumed together, says the Lord. And then He says in verse 22, it says, For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, says the Lord. So shall your descendants and your name remain, and it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another. So here, God's calendar is still respected. We're not going to have the Roman calendars with all of these dates and months that have nothing to do with the new moon. It says, From one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, all flesh shall come to worship before me, says the Lord. And they shall go forth and look upon the corpses of the men who have transgressed against me. For their worm does not die, which means that they're going to decompose. There's nothing going to stop that decomposition. And their fire is not quenched. They shall be abhorrent to all flesh because they won't be buried, which is very humiliating. All of these armies that come against them. So again, our fellowship has to do with preparing for that coming kingdom of God. In Matthew chapter 8, verse 11, the God's word or the God, the Good News Bible says, Many people will come from the east and from the west. This is when Christ returns. These people will sit and eat with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in God's kingdom. Of course, this is characteristic. This is the first resurrection. How would you like to be there in that banquet when Christ invites everyone and you're going to see Abraham resurrected? You're going to break bread with Abraham one day. You're going to have fellowship. We're going to be able to talk with them. And he's going to say, boy, and look at the world that you had to go through. People running around with metal boxes and with wheels and all these metallic birds in the sky and all of that. You're going to be able to talk to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. Of course, all the prophets, all of God's people. That first resurrection, that's when we're really going to break bread in that kingdom. Notice one scripture in Luke chapter 13.

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Luke chapter 13. And he gave a parable. Oh no, it's Luke chapter 14 and verse 15. Luke chapter 14 verse 15 says, now when one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said, blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. And Christ then explains, well, that's great, but many that want to are not going to do it because they're not following God's laws and his way of life. But it is going to be blessed to eat bread with Christ, with all of those Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the faithful. Isn't that going to be wonderful? We're not going to just be little groups. We're going to have the whole earth with the resurrected saints having fellowship together. Let's finish in Revelation chapter 22 and verse 3. Revelation chapter 22 verse 3 through 5. This is the ultimate. This is the maximum fellowshiping we can ever long for and desire. It says in Revelation 22 verse 3, it says, and there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it in this new Jerusalem, and his servants shall serve him. So we will all be together there serving God. They shall see his face and his name shall be on their foreheads. That's a sign of belonging. See his face. We're going to be able to fellowship directly with God the Father, Jesus Christ, with the angels that surround him as well. It says there shall be no night there.

They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light, and they shall reign forever and ever. Fellowshiping together for eternity. That's what God is offering us, and that's why fellowshiping is a very important spiritual tool that we should remember to always, during our lives, treasure, cherish, and practice.