European Young Adults (EYA) Thursday fellowship - April 23rd

Br. Reggie Favors:

What is "fellowship"? 
The divine flow of the Triune God. 

It is the fellowship that brings us into the experience of the Triune God.

The secret of the epistles of John and even the gospel written by God, the theme is LOVE. This is because of the mingling with the Lord and thus LOVE becomes a theme, and it is love that makes us open to Him and willingness for participating in the fellowship.

The interwoven fellowship 
- Vertical (2Cor): the Holy Spirit - we need to learn how to enter into this divine fellowship (also, we have the position to enjoy this fellowship but in our practical experience, we need to practise enjoying and entering in this fellowship. Thus, we need to practise setting apart some time to the Lord, and open to the Lord in His Word in simple prayers).

1. Open our ears:
Our ears need to be cleansed from the voices outside, and because His voice is very gentle and small, we need to practise learning to hear His Word via His Word.

2. Eyes be opened:
To experience His unsearchable riches.

- Horizontal
When we enjoy the vertical fellowship, we will desire to have the horizontal fellowship. Sometimes in our experience, we might feel that the heavens are shut and we feel nothing. When we touch the flowing in this divine life, we experience the attributes in this divine life. This divine fellowship will lead us to touch light, love, and various aspects of Christ. The light shows us who Christ is, but at the same time, the light exposes us what we are and how much we need the Lord's portion for us to be cleansed in order to maintain the fellowship.

Therefore, if we want to experience the horizontal fellowship, we need to enjoy the fellowship in the light (if you walk in the light, you have fellowship with one another).
*BUT we are not looking to ourselves which cause us to be depressed and discouraged. Instead, it will help us to enjoy more fellowship vertically and horizontally. 

This divine fellowship will eventually bring us into the reality of the Body of Christ.