Saturday, April 11, 2015

Purposes of sharing real life

The life that is real begins with sonship and continues in fellowship.  First, we are born of God, then we walk (live) with God.  Real life is to have a genuine fellowship with God and with one another.  It is a life of victory.  And once we have experienced this exciting life that is real, we will want to share it with other people.
Witnessing is not wrangling but sharing our spiritual experiences with others - both by the lives that we live and by the words that we speak.  The purposes for sharing is :-
a) that we may have fellowship (1 John 1:3)
    Fellowship is Christ's answer to the loneliness of life. 
b) that we may have joy (1 John 1:4)
    Joy is Jesus Christ's answer to the emptiness of life.  David said, " ...  in Thy presence
    is fullness of joy" (Psalm 16:11 KJV
c) that we may not sin (1 John 2:1)
    As we walk in fellowship with God and in obedience  to  His  Word,  He gives us ability
    to resist and to have victory over temptation.
d) that we may not be deceived (1 John 2:26)
    We need ability to distinguish between right and wrong, between truth and error.
e) that we may know we are saved (1 John 5:13)
    The life that is real is based on knowledge of solid facts.