1 Corinthians 1:9 Commentary - Dr Peter Masters

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1 Corinthians 1:9

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This is about divine partnership. When you were called, you heard the voice of God. How did you hear it? You heard it because you were convicted of sin. He did that. That was his call. He made you aware of your need of salvation. He made you aware of your guilt and sin and your need of forgiveness. He made you aware that he would answer for you. ‘Come unto me’ he said in the Scripture, and you heard it is almost as though he was speaking to you. But it wasn't just a call to be saved. It wasn't just a call to be converted, to repent and to seek him. It was a call ‘unto the fellowship of his Son.’ You were called supremely ultimately to know fellowship with his Son. The word translated ‘fellowship’ means partnership. It's the same word used at the very end of 2 Corinthians: ‘The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion’, fellowship, partnership, ‘of the Holy Ghost be with you all.’ It is about mutual communion with Christ.

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When we come to Christ, we give ourselves to him. We give our lives to him, our loyalty to him. We give our minds to him, and our thoughts to the study of him. We give our hearts our affections to him. We give our will to him; we will do what he commands. At the same time, he gives himself to us. We receive something of the energy and life of God, a divine spark, as it were. It is now everything to us and it enriches us. We give ourselves to him, and he gives himself to us. The beginning of it when Christ gave himself to us on Calvary's cross, to be our scapegoats, our Redeemer.

You know if he has given himself to you, because something of the life of God is in you. You suddenly find you love him; the love of God is shed abroad in your heart. Where did that love come from? You never loved him before. It is God imparting something of himself to you, so that you can love spiritual things, and love Christ, and the Father, and the people of God. You find that you have become an outgoing person. Now you want to do good; you want others to come to the Lord. If you have the opportunity you are going to witness to them and pray for them. You are not so much concerned about yourself and your comforts and wealth and position in this world; you think more of others; you want to come to the prayer meeting. Where did that come from? That was something of God that was imparted to you. This is the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ.

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