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by dwight92070 » Mon Oct 18, 2021 11:39 am
"God made us for Himself, that we might know Him, live with Him, and enjoy Him forever." A.W. Tozer
"... what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.
We cannot have fellowship with God without having fellowship with His Son. Jesus said, "If God were your Father, you would love Me ..." John 8:42 "...and the one who rejects Me, rejects Him who sent Me ..." Luke 10:16 So, in one sense they are inseparable.
But if Jesus is not God, then we find ourselves having to fellowship with One who is NOT GOD -Jesus, IN ORDER TO fellowship with He Who IS GOD - the Father. This is a huge contradiction.
Imagine the Father asking us: "Do you want to fellowship with Me? That's good, but you can't do that unless you fellowship with this man, WHO IS NOT ME." That sounds ridiculous, because it is.
Remember, we're not talking about fellowship with other believers here, which of course, pleases God. We're speaking of fellowship with God Himself and the Bible tells us that we do that ONLY, by FELLOWSHIPPING WITH HIS SON. If the Son, Jesus, is not God, then this makes no sense. THOSE WHO REJECT THE SON AS GOD, ARE REJECTING THE FATHER AS GOD.
Remember the apostle John said of Jesus, that He "was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God." John 5:18