Namlanje, Siofunda, it takes lead to Enguatiniokala, Gachohane,
Isasugusokala Kusugelevesi Nleskompis From 1 John 1, verse
7 Kepa umasihambe kanyeni Ndrangalukuyena
ukobo ese kanyeni Kona sinenglanganielu omunyenomunye Nekasiligache
sindhotanayake liaslambulula Ezonwenizomke But if we walk in
the light as He is in the light,
we are fellowship with one another, and the
blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanses us
from all sin.
Astrinela Please stop reading there.
Kepa umasihambe kanyeni Epkanyeni gwake Ndrangalukuyena ese kanyeni
If we walk in His light as He
is in the light, Ekasiligache sindhotanayake liaslambulula Ezonwenizomke
the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from
all sin.
Indigimba yendaba izwi engtanukurumangalo Siltola
au iilolilikamarukuti sinenglanganielu
omunyenomunye What I'd like to emphasize and focus
on is the fellowship with one another.
Sizokurumangalelokama eliti inklanganielu omunyenomunye So we want to
speak about that fellowship with one another.
Ngikumbula ngelini langa ngile Efeyenekhe ngezwaogu
nyokwangkumizilizio Once when I was in Firienekhe, I
heard something that broke my heart.
Ngenko onto tenekuyenko su Charles Finney During
a service services of Charles Finney Ubese New
York of Charles Finney when he was in
New York Ngasingizwa uguti Ngokshumayelawake
wapendugabaningi And I heard that through his ministry
and his services many were converted Waze gwavadwa
inkantini namapaiskop nezizhuzomdanzo
imiaga estupa And that as a result of
what happened there the bars, the cinemas, the
discos the dance floors were closed for six
years wangkumizilizio logu And that broke my heart.
Uguti empa we miaga estupa wapuya gwavulua inkantini
indaozomdanzo namapaiskop That after six years they were
re-opened, these bars and cinemas and dance
floors Waba into ense uguba avalue wotogu into
ekumizilizio Uguti empa we miaga estupa zivulwefut It
was a wonderful thing that those places had
been closed down but what is heartbreaking that
after six years they were re-opened Ngia
kolo uguti labobandu ababuye wavulua inkantini nezizhuzomdanzo
namapaiskop Is hoko sabu siobasibi sipindwegabili And I
believe the people that re-opened those venues,
those dance floors the bars and the cinemas
their hell will be double as bad as
anyone else's Engi kumbula ului hams etalmani I
remember Ului Hams in Germany He
said if someone is baptised and takes part
in the Lord's Supper and then backslides into
sin That
person's hell will be twice as hot as
for others I
know there are people that say if you
have become a child of the Lord you
have taken part in the Lord's Supper, you've
been baptised they say that then you're ok
nothing can happen to you after that Uzutola
inguati asizuluini Uzutole ilaisense However, when you've
been baptised and you've taken part in the
Lord's Supper that doesn't give you a licence
just to live anyhow and do whatever you
like like a licence from heaven just to
do your own thing thereafter Enguateni kumaheperu isa
chogose shumi imwezi ilangamashumamabili nasheagalulunye Ugutabantu
abasuge bakolwe kotobawe ekolweni bazo
jeziswa kakulu gunabane Kuitetabu
gesayo ekumisinshizio ugutumutabu selelege asindiswe
besabuye ese ese gubenjengu gushogwe zwi inja ibuyelep
shanzuinibai It's something terrible when someone is converted
turns from his evil but then later slowly
but surely falls back into his old life
like a dog going back to its vomit
Nengu lube ya shanzwa ya kezwa koto uma
isi shanzhululiwe ibuyele kono otagini futi or being
like a pig that's been washed, cleaned but
then thereafter goes back and wallows in its
mud koto gungentse gaganjani ugutumutu oselazi kini so
abuyele sonuini futi How is it possible that
someone who knows the truth can fall back
into sin?
atsugane ne so ni miyage istupa emba we
miyage istupa abuyele kono sonuini futi That you
stop sinning, you part with sin six years
you stop doing that sin and then thereafter
you go back to it again umbuzu uti
loko gungentse gaganjani umbuzu lo ongesulayo ugutu gungentse
gaganjani emba we miyage istupa umutabuyele kete abuyele
sonuini That's the question How is it possible
and I can't explain it How is it
possible that a person stops sinning for six
years and then goes back to it?
kati miyage istupa kuvalu e imiango enkantini
namapaiskop koutou umutabuya pindele abuyele gulogu futi For
six years those canteens those cinemas and those
dance places they get closed and then they
are opened again after six years we lazo
ikilo edin gagananileo That's a disgrace gomlando
wamakolua kukonuguti abamsope umabenerivaivele
ishesipele Now, according to history when there is
revival among white nations it doesn't last long
baisegubuyegupele futi The revival stops after a while
lokauksio indo efanele ugutibekona That should not be
the case lokawis nengiso putiwis kalegiso That's an
abomination, it's a curse begungafanele ugutumuntu ongum kristu
atlehenyova asugabuyele gulogu ktala nyaguzwalok ishazolelo
ikilo ishkalegiso ugutumuntakolu kete abuyelele A Christian should
never go back should never backslide should never
go back to that old life That's a
curse, that's an abomination should never happen ipaipele
likuluma amazui anzima litiubunjalogu ubungulubelogu
And the Bible speaks very seriously about such
a state and refers to it as the
life of a dog or a pig begungafanele
ugutumuntu ongum kristu atlehenyova A Christian should never
backslide abuyelele gulogu ishazolelo ikilo should
never turn back to those old things that
he or she has forsaken indawzining ipaipele ungulungulugatorozi
ngabantabantado And the Bible often refers to such
people and that God has no pleasure in
them ungulungulugatandi ugutumuntu okoluayo ungkristu asugaslehenyova
God doesn't allow that He doesn't want a
Christian to go back to his sin Now
the big question is what causes a Christian
to go back to his old sin, to
his old ways?
aslele ekolueni that he regresses spiritually gungenze
kakanjani unguntukoluayo ungbone epile togoza esendawene pageme
kotoa nomintliziyoyakikikima emva wiskati kupele gungelo
How is it possible that a Christian can
have and experience that overflowing life where his
heart is full of joy and overflows with
the Christian life and then it stops?
ngikumbula umshato ga Baba Jablantube I remember at
the wedding of Baba Jablantube one Christian got
up if I
remember correctly it was in 1968 person got
up and
he said to the bridegroom he said God
has created us that we should be one
there's just one thing that can separate us
and that one thing is sin nothing else
can separate us other than sin our
text here refers to fellowship with one another
that we should have fellowship with the Lord
Jesus as the Lord has fellowship with God
and at the same time enjoying fellowship with
one another wabambim fishagalolomutu etumashugana soshuganiswa
ideyotwa shuganiswa isono ngoba
izwilenkosiliti umasihambekanyeni jongugubayenesekanyeni
and it says if we walk in the
light as he is in the light then
we will have fellowship with one another sisangenen
jongugubayenesekanyeni esangenenoise noise esangenenaye nomoyongwele
emtat emunye so we can have fellowship and
should have fellowship with one another as the
Father and the Son are one and united
and they are, the Trinity is one so
we should enjoy such fellowship umbozuguti kumenzegakanjani usanganen
ojes ubemunyenaye kanyenunkulunkuluise kotwa
ubuye umshlubuke so how is it possible that
you can have that fellowship with the Lord
and then you later forsake him ojeswati umasangenenaye
umasinikeleguwe guwe sinensanganyelomunyenomuye yenuksangananat natisanganenaye
and so if we have fellowship with the
Lord, we are one with him so we
will have fellowship and unity with one another
as well engwatinikajohanelapukuluujesakulumangeswini in the Gospel of John
where the Lord speaks about the vine watisalanigimi
jengekaja liseleswinini he said abide in me as
the branch abides in the vine umatinasingasaliguwe if
we don't abide in him siobuna we will
wither we will not bear fruit and
eventually end up being thrown into the fire
that's tragic if you don't abide in Jesus
jengekaja liseleswinini abiding in the Lord as that
branch abides in the vine that
branch will just wither and die and end
up being thrown into the fire gupela salvation
is only possible if we abide in him
as that branch abides in the vine if
we do not abide in Jesus, we will
wither you will you
will notice such a person that doesn't abide
in the Lord and enjoy that fellowship anymore
he will wither, you will notice it he
will no longer have that joy he had
in the beginning and if we wither in
our spiritual life we are on our way
to hell ngokomoya siopila gupela umasislalan
jengekaja liseleswinini kotwa
ikachumalikasaleswinini liobuna gegelsale,
gegeltelenestelo liolashwa emlilwini but the branch that doesn't
abide in the vine will wither, will not
bear fruit and eventually end up in the
fire agengbueleke kulolilikama loguba nensanganyelo
omunyenomunye umaliti
sinensanganyelo omunyenomunye litini who
do we have fellowship with?
in the first place we have fellowship with
God fellowship with the Lord Jesus and with
the Holy Spirit kantifuti sinensanganyelo omunyenomunye but we
also then have fellowship with one another as
we know there's the gospel of John but
also the epistle of John kukuslanga insanganyelo nati
inoise nendotana not Jesus Christ now here we
read how we have fellowship with God the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit kuhin
to eisikalegi so uma siti silangane
siakodwa kantaslangena sinensanganyelo inoise nendotana it's a curse
if we call ourselves Christians and yet we
don't have and don't enjoy that fellowship with
God the Father and the Son empelini begufane
lugutugube itengulugitina ugubasibenensanganyelo nubaba osezulwini
ungulungulu kanyenendotana kanyenomoyengwele it's of utmost importance that
we enjoy that fellowship with God the Father,
God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit
umasingakalanga uguzwaleonto singamangalangempe lugutia hau ingulugeleonto if
you experience it, you experience the greatness thereof
remember that Muslim woman who had a sick
child and she prayed to Allah to heal
her sick child and
then a voice spoke to her she heard
a voice saying don't pray to Allah for
the healing to your old child pray to
the Lord Jesus that He heals her that
was the first time she ever heard the
name Jesus then
she said, but if I must not pray
to Allah, I must pray to Jesus who
then is this Jesus?
she took a dictionary and looked up she
didn't have a Bible, she didn't even know
about the Bible then she looked up in
the dictionary to find out what this word
Jesus means and it was amazing to her
when she then found the name Jesus in
the dictionary there
she read in the dictionary that Jesus is
the one the Christians believe in and regard
as their Messiah or their Saviour and Redeemer
who forgives them their sins and
she read about how He died, He was
crucified but rose again that
was something amazing to her, she couldn't forget
it and she realised
Jesus must be someone great and to be
honoured and revered and
then she started praying to Jesus and saying
Lord Jesus, help me and help my child
and her child was healed and
then as she walked down the street in
the town two people approached her and
then she heard that these two people were
Christians and her eyes were fixed on them
and she looked
carefully at them as they approached
and even as they walked past she even
turned around and looked at them even when
they were past already wanting to see what
a Christian looks like and
she
was amazed, she says oh so this is
what a Christian looks like this is how
a Christian acts, this is how they dress
now I can see what a Christian is
like and
for her it was an amazing experience just
to meet up and to see Christians and
she thought these people are so privileged, they
are so lucky to know the Lord Jesus
and to be Christians but
today what does it mean to us if
we know the Lord?
maybe for us it's something which we don't
even take much notice of or seriously anymore
and maybe we even use the Lord's name
in vain, just call out His name, use
it in vain for
us we just call out oh my God
and use the Lord's name, Jesus' name just
glibly and even the fact that He died
for us and that He forgave us our
sin, for us it doesn't mean anything anymore
but for us it means that we are
like His children, we are like His sons
we are like His children, we are like
His sons and even the fact that we
are like His sons, it means something We'll
be celebrating Christmas soon, but maybe we don't
even realize the significance of Christmas anymore.
It's all just about gifts and what present
I'm going to get.
The fact that God came down from heaven,
came down to earth to save us from
our sins, that is irrelevant to us and
insignificant.
If you think of what the Lord Jesus
did, what God did for us, what He
came to do for mankind.
It doesn't even move us.
It doesn't move us anymore that He came
to this earth so that we can be
saved, so that we can come into a
relationship with God the Father, God who is
the creator of all things, and yet He
wants to have fellowship with us.
This must, should move us deeply, change us,
should go deep to think that God, the
creator of heaven and earth, wants to have
fellowship with us.
We should say, maybe there is no such
thing possible to be one with God and
the Son.
How is such a thing possible that this
great God, the creator of everything, that we
can be one with Him?
And that should, it should be a question
and that we ask ourselves, but how is
such a thing possible?
That we can have fellowship with God, the
creator of everything, and yet He wants to
have fellowship with us.
And yet we can have fellowship with Him.
What a great privilege that is, and what
type of people shouldn't we be as a
result?
God who is almighty and to whom all
things belong, and yet we can have fellowship
with Him.
And the Lord Jesus Himself, how He was
born.
His life on earth, His ministry, how He
died for us, everything, and yet we can
have fellowship with Him.
And the Lord Jesus Himself, how He was
born, how He died for us, everything,
and yet we can have fellowship with Him.
And that the cross has a special significance
in our lives.
The message of the cross, what it stands
for, signifying that relationship with God, that we
can be reconciled to God, and horizontally as
well, reconciled to one another because the cross,
Christ takes away the enmity, the sin that
separated us from God and from one another.
And that becomes something
very
precious to us because it creates that bond,
that unity, which is possible through Christ, where
there is no Jew, no Roman, no black
or white, but where everyone becomes united and
is one in Christ.
And through Christ, we can have fellowship with
one another.
And also, have fellowship with the Son.
He who suffered and was beaten, who shed
His blood, suffered and died for us so
that we can have fellowship with Him.
And so John says that we can then
have fellowship with God the Father, God the
Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Now the Holy Spirit isn't specifically mentioned in
this particular verse.
That the Bible is full of it, in
the Old and in the New Testament, where
it speaks of God the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Spirit, and that unity that
exists through them, and that as a result,
we can have fellowship with God the Father,
the Son, the Holy Spirit, and with one
another.
But then it also says that if we
claim to have fellowship with God the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and don't
have fellowship with one another, then we are
liars.
If we are in the light, as God
is in the light and walk in the
light, then we will have fellowship with one
another.
So you are then one with your brother,
yet if you claim to be one with
Christ and not one with your brother, it
cannot be true.
Now John goes on to say that we
have seen Him, we have heard Him, so
that we have fellowship with one another.
So this has a deep meaning.
If you say you have fellowship with God,
with the Father, and yet your brother whom
you can see, you are not one with.
The Bible
says
that you actually are a liar if you
say you have fellowship with Christ, and you
are not one with your brother that you
are with.
If you are with a brother, you are
with him, and yet you are not one
with him, you are a liar if you
say you have fellowship with Christ.
If you speak, if you read about the
early church in Jerusalem, they were of one
heart, one soul.
They even shared all things.
They had everything in common.
So when you see your brother in need,
you can't just look on and not help.
If you have fellowship with God, you are
one with him, and yet you are not
one with him, you are a liar if
you say you have fellowship with Christ.
So having fellowship with one another has a
very deep significance, and if you are with
a brother and you are not one with
him, you don't have fellowship with him, you
must know that you are on your way
to hell.
That's what the cross brings about.
The cross takes away the enmity and brings
about a unity, a love towards one another,
a unity.
That's what the cross does.
So that cross, when it's at work, it
does its work in your life, but it
also does something between you and your brother.
If you are one with God and your
brother is one with God, how can it
not bring about a unity between you?
You can read in the Old and the
New Testament, make a study of it, and
you will find everywhere how there is that
unity between the children of God.
The Bible is full of it.
So when we speak about God and about
Christ, we're speaking of someone that's in me
and in the next person, and that joins
us together.
So you can see your fellowship with your
brother, and that becomes a mirror for you
to reflect your relationship with Christ.
That's why God's Word says that if you
claim to love God and you don't love
your brother, you're a liar.
The Lord said heaven and earth will pass
away, but not one letter of what's written
in the Bible will pass away, and on
Judgment Day, God's Word will judge us.
If you say you love God but you
don't love your brother, you're a liar.
The truth is not in you.
You're on your way to hell.
There's no other place because you're not going
to heaven.
If you are one with God, you will
be one with those that are one with
Him.
You cannot have fellowship with God if you
don't have fellowship with those that serve Him.
In the Old Testament, the word selah is
used, which means just stop and
pause for a moment and think about this.
Especially in the Psalms, you will often read
in the Psalm, and then there's this word
selah, which means stop, pause, think about this
for a moment.
But let's just stop and think about what
we've heard.
The problem is, we don't stop and think.
Someone told me that if you listen to
pop music, which people do in their rooms,
and some have these earphones and they listen
to it even while they're walking along.
Now this person told me that if you
take an egg, a fresh egg, and you
put it near to where this music is
played, that egg will turn hard.
That's why the people that listen to this
music end up being affected, even in their
minds.
You become stupid.
What type of music do you listen to?
Is it music that imparts wisdom that you
benefit from, or does it do the opposite
to you?
Do you listen to music that harms you,
that makes you blunt?
Let me draw it to a close.
If sin comes into your life, it harms
you.
And that fellowship stops.
It parts you from God and from other
Christians.
Bring separation and you go your own way.
Separated from God.
Separated also from your brother.
Let me end there.
If sin comes in, it brings an end
to spiritual things in your life.
You will not prosper.
You will not succeed.
You won't enjoy that overflowing life.
And you just are attracted by the things
of the world.
And sometimes you're amazed and you wonder, how
can someone be so attracted by the things
of the world?
When we have Jesus, we have God, we
have the Holy Spirit, that should attract us.
That should draw us, captivate us.
Everything else should mean nothing to us.
And that we'll just seek one thing, and
that is fellowship with God.
That one thing is important, that you are
God's child, that you say, Lord, I want
to be one with you, that nothing separates
us.
I want to have fellowship with you.
If we are not weak or sick, let's
stand and we can pray together.
I pray, Lord, that your word will not
be in vain.
Lord, that we will not be Christians that
are actually liars who claim to have fellowship
with you, and yet there's no unity among
us.
May we be like that early church in
Jerusalem that will be one heart, one soul,
one word.
May we not be lukewarm Christians, Christians that
tell lies, but that we will have fellowship
with one another, that we'll understand and live
that.
Amen.