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the experience of the cross deepens both our horizontal and our vertical fellowship in the divine life

December 16, 2010 by aGodMan 12 Comments

These days we are enjoying many portions in the Bible regarding the fellowship of the divine life, which is the fellowship of the Spirit, the fellowship of the apostles, and the fellowship in spirit. This fellowship has two aspects: the horizontal aspect (between us and the other believers) and the vertical aspect (between us and the Triune […]

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our horizontal fellowship with other believers depends on our vertical fellowship with the Lord!

December 7, 2010 by aGodMan 9 Comments

We have seen previously that once we were regenerated, we received the divine life – and this life brings us into the fellowship of life, the fellowship of the apostles, the fellowship of the Spirit, which is the unique fellowship in the Body of Christ. On the one hand, we have fellowship with the apostles […]

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we were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ

November 27, 2009 by aGodMan 1 Comment

1 Cor. 1:9 says God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Our God is a faithful God – He called us into the fellowship of His Son – He called us and placed us in the vine, Christ as the embodiment of God! Here […]

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