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“Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. But the anointing [*the Christ] which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. [*1 John 2: 22-27; 4: 14 (KJV)]”
They say, “It is not about a religion, but about a relationship.” They say, “It is not a religion, but a relationship.” They say, “It is not religion, but relationship.” But, actually, “it” is not about relationship, does not revolve around or about relationship, at all; neither is “it” a relationship, nor is “it” relationship! And even if it were regarding “relationship,” would it be the relationship between a Pharaoh and his Slave; or rather, the relationship of a Father and His Son, a Son and His Father? Because the Father and His Son share something exceedingly, abundantly, far above and beyond, merely, “relationship” with One Another! And do we even know… can we even tell… the difference between these things, anymore??
We don’t know, don’t understand what we are talking about today… not even close! The purpose of relationship, in the first place, is fellowship… communion, joint-discourse and disclosure, mutual participation and intimate exchange, deep intercourse, and that… heart-to-heart, spirit-to-spirit! There is hearing from God, or hearing God. Then, there is seeing or beholding God. But what about sitting, resting, dwelling in God… and Christ in us? We are called unto the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord; not unto “relationship”! We are already in relationship with our Father… in, and by, and through, and because of the precious blood of The Lamb!
We are called unto the very communion, joint-discourse, mutual participation and intimate exchange, deep intercourse, and that… heart-to-heart, spirit-to-spirit… that the Son has and enjoys with the Father, and that the Father has and enjoys with the Son! We are already in relationship with the Eternal Godhead of Father, Son and Spirit; in, and by, and through, and because of the physically broken and torn, but now resurrected and glorified, sacrificial body of The Lamb, our Lord Jesus Christ!
Relationship is already Redemptive Reality; however it is our present-day ignorance of our Father’s calling us unto the fellowship of His Son, which is at the root of why we are treating one another, today, the way that we are… looking at, using and abusing one another as mere stepping stones for the sole purposes of accomplishing, achieving our own ulterior motives, hidden agendas, personal interests and political causes.
Throughout The Parable of The Two Prodigal Sons, both prodigal sons were already in relationship with their Father, and a DNA-test would have proved it; however, the root of their suffering was the corrupt, perverse image of their own Father, which they each harbored within their hearts and, until the younger prodigal son came home, there was no record of either son actually experiencing, enjoying fellowship with their own Father…
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