When the Holy Spirit regenerates and borns a man again, we have a new nature, a new man that is created after God in true holiness. However, the old man, our carnal flesh is not eradicated at the new birth. Every day is a warfare and battle to subdue the flesh and the old man, and to put on the new man to walk worthy of the vocation wherewith we have been called unto.
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Unity is a very fragile thing among God’s children, and in this prayer of Jesus, he emphasizes the great need for his 11 apostles to be in unity as they were to lay the foundation of the church. These men were certainly not in unity on this night. The weeks long argument over which of them would be the greatest in the kingdom had finally boiled over into the presence of Jesus. However, there came a time where they were all brought together in unity, instead of being prideful, selfish hot heads that we see exhibited earlier in the upper room.
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Jesus Christ as the Great Shepherd has given gifts unto men as pastors – as shepherds – to protect the sheep and to preserve unity in the flock of the church. The sheep are prone to wander from the fold, and it is very hard for the whole flock to move in unison at the direction of the Lord. The Lord gave the church pastors and shepherds after his own heart to help guide his sheep in his word and in his will.
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Jesus Christ offered a prayer of praise and thanksgiving for his finished work of salvation, and we should likewise offer prayers of thanksgiving for his finished work as well. We answer the question, who was given to Christ on the cross? Christ makes it clear he finished the work for those who were given unto him. If all the world was given unto Christ, either everyone will be in heaven or Christ’s word was a failure. Instead, Jesus’ own words affirm that he finished the work of salvation in saving his people from their sins.
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One of the blessings God gave to the church to preserve unity was the various gifts of the ministry. One of those gifts is the gift of an evangelist. We consider together the example of Philip the evangelist displaying the gift of an evangelist. However, the most prevalent application for the ministry and all the church today is to do the “work” of an evangelist. All of God’s children should follow the example of scripture to practice relationship evangelism to do the “work” of an evangelism.
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We consider together our prayers for the church, 1) that we would be baptized with the Holy Ghost, power, and fire; 2) that our hearts would be knit together in love; and 3) that the Lord would take our humble loaves and fishes and multiply it exceedingly for His glory!
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In this world, we shall have tribulation. It is a guarantee in this world of life under the sun. However, despite all the tribulation, trouble, and calamity that are inevitable in this world, we can still have peace in Jesus Christ. We can also have good cheer and great joy by placing our minds on the finished work of Jesus Christ in overcoming the world and his upcoming second return to finally overcome all our enemies in this world.
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The kingdom of God is not determined by physical location, not lo here or even lo there, but the kingdom is a spiritual kingdom that can rise up in many circumstances we might not expect. We consider some examples from the book of Acts and church history where we see the kingdom of God rising up for God’s children to fellowship together and fellowship with our king.
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2025 Fellowship Meeting. Lic. Braden Rogers considers the danger and escalation of rebellion that stemmed from Korah. From 1 to 3 to 250 to 14 thousand to the whole congregation, the rebellion of sin draws others in and escalates very quickly. In spite of our nature of rebellion, God is still very gracious to bless us with mercy and grace in spite of our sins.
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2025 Fellowship Meeting. Elder Tim McCool takes us through the gospel according to Isaiah in chapter 53. Specifically, Jesus Christ took upon himself the penalty and intercession for all of his children. Because of Christ’s work of intercession, our penalty of sin has been washed away by Christ’s blood.
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