Many think and teach that while sin doesn’t destroy my relationship with God as a believer, it does damage my fellowship with God implying God punishes or disciplines me for sin by withdrawing His fellowship. Some mental gymnastics are required to arrive at this conclusion, but keeping people under the thumb of God is necessary to make them behave and, after all, behavior control is the goal. The threat of God withholding fellowship while remaining in relationship is another non-biblical concept. It is a lie. Show me where the New Testament even hints at such a thing. The opposite is true. Listen, everything changed in the New Covenant! We are seated together with Christ in heavenly places now—no withdrawing of fellowship as a means of punishment. I am convinced, Paul says, nothing can separate me from the love of God (see Rom. 8:39). You may have thought what you did separated you from God’s love, but it did not. Nothing can separate us from His love. Daniel
Posted on: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 08:12:06 +0000
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