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The Fellowship of the Holy Spirit
(2Co13:14; Eph4:3-6)

God is the Father of all (Eph4:6).
He is over all and
Unites all and is in all.
 
“All” refers to a unified entity (all-in-one).
Faith is welcoming Him and
The life of this faith is through the fellowship of the Holy Spirit making effort
To become one with God and one with men.
 
People separate, get divorced or even commit suicide because
They cannot break down the wall that keep them from communicating their thoughts and hearts.
This is since their ancestor Adam was deceived by the devil (ho diabolos) and sinned, and
All mankind became destined to follow him to the lake of everlasting fire (Mt25:41; Rev20:14),
That is, to be locked up in gloomy dungeons forever (2Pe2:4; Jude1:6).
 
The Bible is the story of God materializing this in human history and of His work of separation.
After the deluge, God intentionally scattered the people who rejected the providence of dispersion
By confusing their language which was only one at the time (Ge11:1-8).
Furthermore, from Abram’s descendants many nations and kings would come (Ge17:5-6).
 
The exodus of Israel who had been slaves in Egypt,
The circumcision God commanded them in the wilderness (Jos5:2),
God forbidding unclean animals and allowing only clean animals to eat (Lev20:25) were
All to make distinction between Israel and gentiles (Ex8:23, 9:4).
 
The sanctuary instilled in them the chosen-people consciousness,
Remembering Jehovah who set them apart from the nations (Lev20:24).
Yet a prophecy said that, God would bring foreigners who bind themselves to Him and
Hold fast to His covenant to His holy mountain (Is56:6-7, 63:16).
 
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21):
Jehovah—the God of Israel—the Law—distinction between Jews and gentiles;
Yeshua—the God of the souls of all nations—the Truth—tear down the wall and make them one,
For He and the Father are one (Jn10:30, 38).
 
As His body tore like the veil and died (Mt27:51; He10:20),
He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1)    Went into the Father and became one with Him (Jn14:20, 16:28);
2)    Condemned the devil the separator (Ge2:17, 3:4-8); and
3)    Sprinkled His redeeming blood on all mankind, so they become one with Him (Eph1:7).
 
He resurrected and He is the Lord of all who sat down on the heavenly throne (Ac10:36).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent came to the Church and
Lets the souls who became one through the blood of Yeshua
Keep the unity of the Spirit (Ac10:28; Eph4:3, 31-32) for
He called them into fellowship with Yeshua (1Co1:9).
 
The man of the Spirit is he who experiences the wall between him and God break down
In the time of worship where there is the fellowship with the Holy Spirit (2Co13:14).
Therefore, he goes out to seek neighbors with whom he may not have much in common
For he does not make distinctions based on their physical conditions
Such as bloodline, gender, status, wealth, education etc (Ac10:28-47; 2Co12:12-14),
For he longs to be in that great multitude of every nation, tribe, people and language
Standing before the throne of the Lord of all in heaven (Rev7:9).
 
O Lord,
Formerly I was a gentile, uncircumcised, a foreigner to the covenant without God, without hope…
But now in Christ Yeshua who tore down the wall of sin (Eph2:11-14)
I have become one without despair or barriers!
So even if I do not communicate with the people in the world
I am totally satisfied with the fellowship with Yeshua alone.
Lord, let me and our church never be cut off from the fellowship of the Holy Spirit! Amen.