Fellowship with God (Volume Two)

By Max Klein

Following on from Fellowship With God (Volume One), this book contains further doctrinal expositions with applications to the spiritual life of the Christian believer. In this collection of short messages Bible doctrine is explained using relatively simple terminology and concepts, yet in a way that provides insight into the breadth and depth of God's plan for your life. They also help us to understand that the great Christians are those who are humble enough to obey God’s commands, learning and applying the word of God, and growing to spiritual maturity by developing an intimate and continuous fellowship with Him through means of both Bible doctrine in the soul and the filling of the Holy Spirit. These Christians are the ‘winner- believers’ of the Church age, the believers who have attained spiritual fulfillment, passed all forms of faith-testing and are able to maintain continual focus on the person of Christ. Only the winner-believer has the capacity to receive maximum blessings from God while giving glory to Him before both men and angels alike.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Max Klein
• Release date: Nov 29, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311630056

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Fellowship with God

Volume Two

By Max Klein

First Published 2004

© 2004

ISBN: 9781311630056

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Acknowledgement

The author has studied under the teaching ministry of R. B. Thieme, Jr., his faithful pastor for over 30 years. During that time Max has learned many biblical principles and doctrinal truths which have given him a clear understanding of the spiritual life. It is this spiritual life that Max desires to explain in simple written form.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Chapter One: Assemble to be Encouraged by the Word (Hebrews 10:25)

Chapter Two: The Filling of the Holy Spirit

Chapter Three: The Spiritual Life is Divine Thinking in the Soul

Chapter Four: Eternal security

Chapter Five: Super-abundance of Happiness (Psalm 118:24)

Chapter Six: The Perfection of Christ (Romans 5:6)

Chapter Seven: Volitional Freedom in the Divine Decree (Romans 8:29-30)

Chapter Eight: The Love of God

Chapter Nine: Ambassadors of Christ (2 Corinthians 5:20)

Chapter Ten: Moses – God’s Faithful Servant

Chapter Eleven: Ritual and Reality (Romans 10:1-10)

Glossary

Foreword

The greatest commandment given to all believers in Jesus Christ is the command to love God. As believers we are also commanded to grow in the knowledge and grace of Jesus Christ. Without correct understanding of Bible doctrine it is impossible to fulfill these commandments, and the believer will continue to fail in the spiritual life. The great Christians are not necessarily those who have the most prominent positions in the church, or who show themselves to be constantly busy in Christian service, or who sing and pray the loudest during the worship service. This collection of essays helps us to understand that the great Christians are those who are humble enough to obey God’s commands, learning and applying the word of God, and growing to spiritual maturity by developing an intimate and continuous fellowship with Him through means of both Bible doctrine in the soul and the filling of the Holy Spirit. These Christians are the ‘winner- believers’ of the Church age, the believers who have attained spiritual fulfillment, passed all forms of faith-testing and who maintain continually focused on the person of Christ. Only the winner-believer has the capacity to receive maximum blessings from God while giving glory to Him before both men and angels alike.

Preface

Before you begin your Bible study, if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, be sure you have named your sins privately to God the Father:

"If we confess our [known] sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our [known] sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." (1 John 1:9)

You will then be in fellowship with God, filled with the Holy Spirit, and ready to learn Bible doctrine from the word of God.

"God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in [the filling of] the Spirit and [Biblical] truth." (John 4:24)

If you have never personally believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior, the issue is not naming your sins. The issue is faith alone in Christ alone.

"He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey [the command to believe in] the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on Him." (John 3:36)

Chapter One

Hebrews 10:25

Assemble to be encouraged by the Word

Hebrews 10:25 "Do not forsake the assembling of yourselves together, as is the habit of certain ones, but for the purpose of encouragement [from the Word of God] , even so much the more, as you see the day [the resurrection of the Church/ the Rapture] approaching."

Today, the Church building is generally where Christians gather to worship the Lord through their prayers, hymns, concentration on the teaching of the Word, and participation in Communion Service. In the first two hundred years of the Church age there were no church buildings. Usually, believers met in homes to worship the Lord. This was quite alright for it doesn’t make any difference whether the pastor conducts the worship service in a home, office building or an ecclesiastical structure. Correct worship and spiritual growth does not depend on the type of building, but on the qualification of the pastor. Through the accurate teaching of a qualified pastor the members of the congregation will come to accept the pastor’s authority. If they listen to him consistently, they will grow spiritually.

How far a member is seated from the pastor is not the issue. Whether he is seated fifteen feet in front of the pastor or fifteen thousand miles from him in his home makes no difference. What is important is this: does he accept the pastor’s authority; and does he listen consistently to him? The pastor