Protocol for true Christian fellowship
Since most believers
are not literally and practically applying the word of God with regards to
worship the One and only true God because they believe that, they can have
fellowship with God at any time and anyhow may not even be aware that there is
a protocol on how we ought to worship and have fellowship with Him which is
stated as follows: “Give to the LORD, O families of the peoples, give to the
LORD glory and strength. Give to the LORD the glory due His name; Bring an
offering, and come before Him. Oh, worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness! Tremble
before Him, all the earth” (1Chronicles 16:28-30;
Psalms 96:7-9).
- The
Sabbath/s were designated for family reunion and rejuvenation
First and fore-most we
see that the Sabbaths were designated for family reunion for we have been duly
instructed saying; “Give to the LORD, O families of the peoples, give to the
LORD glory and strength.” The Sabbath/s is therefore a time designated by God for
families to get together to rejoice give their testimonies and sing praises to
the Lord as we have been duly instructed saying; “And you shall rejoice before
the LORD your God, you and your sons and your daughters, your male and female
servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, since he has no portion nor
inheritance with you” (1 Chronicles 16:28; Psalms
96: 7; Deuteronomy 12:12).
It is important to note
that, from the beginning of creation the Lord set apart this day for the rest
and re-union of the family for it is written; “Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh
day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor
your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant,
nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your
gates. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and
all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. There-fore the LORD blessed
the Sabbath day and hallowed it” (Exodus
20:8-11).
Now the Lord who
created the heavens, the earth, the seas and all that are in them is Jesus
Christ whom we are told is the same yesterday, today and forever and does not
change ordained the Sabbaths as a perpetual covenant for His people because we
have been duly instructed saying; “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, and from one Sabbath to another, all flesh shall come to
worship before Me," says the LORD’ (Isaiah 66:
22-23).
The
Sabbaths therefore is a perpetual covenant between the Lord and His people and
so the admonition is; “There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.
For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God
did from His. Let us therefore be
diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of
disobedience.” (Hebrews 4:9-11),
Now despite this clear
unambiguous statement some deceivers want to place the emphasis only on the
spiritual aspect of our rest in Jesus Christ and totally ignore or disregard
the physical aspect of this rest despite the clear wording which states; “For
he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did
from His.”
Our spiritual rest in
Jesus Christ meaning having our faith, belief, trust and confidence in Him has
not nullify the physical aspect of this rest because we are to cease from our
own works just as God did from His, and so the question is, how did God cease
from His works?
The way God rested and
ceased from His work is simply stated as follows: “And on the seventh day God
ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His
work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it,
because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made”,
Therefore, not only are
we to enter His rest but we also have to cease from our own works just as the
Lord ceased from His. So, what is so difficult or perplexed in this simple
instruction that all believers cannot be perfectly joined together in the same
mind and in the same judgment?
To be continued
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With brotherly love
Lucius Joseph
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