The same is true when we become Christians. As I said yesterday, once we accept Christ as our Savior, our relationship with God cannot be changed, we are now His children. However, when we sin against God, our fellowship with Him is impacted. We are no longer in accord with His will. We haven’t lost our relationship, but we have hurt our fellowship.
In the Apostle John’s first epistle, he put it this way, “If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.” - 1 John 1:6. If we harbor sin in our lives we are no longer walking hand-in-hand with God. We are out of fellowship with the Father.
“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.” - 1 John 1:7. If we keep our sins confessed and we are walking according to His will, then we are in fellowship with God.
But what if you are out of fellowship with God right now, how do you get back into fellowship? John gives us the answer in this same section of scripture, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” - 1 John 1:9. Confession of sin puts us back into fellowship with the Father.
My children will never lose their relationship to me because they have no choice, I am their father. However, they do have a choice of remaining in fellowship with me based upon their actions. The same thing applies to us as Christians, we will always have a relationship with God but we may not always be in fellowship.
Have a great day and God bless.
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