LESSON TEN

THE FELLOWSHIP OF LIFE

Scripture Reading: 1 John 1:2-3, 5-7, 9; 1 Cor. 10:16; 2 Cor. 13:14; Phil. 2:1; John 15:4-5; Philem. 6

OUTLINE

1. The meaning of the fellowship of life:
1. Sharing in common—1 Cor. 10:16; Philem. 6.
2. The flowing of the divine life within us—1 John 1:2-3, 6-7:
1. Vertically between the Father, the Son, and us—v. 6.
2. Horizontally between us, with one another—v. 7.
2. The source of the fellowship of life—the eternal life of God—1 John 1:2-3.
3. The means of the fellowship of life—the Holy Spirit—2 Cor. 13:14.
4. The location of the fellowship of life—our spirit—Phil. 2:1.
5. The function of the fellowship of life—supplying us with all the riches of the divine life—John 15:4-5.
6. The issue of the fellowship of life:
1. Bringing light to us—1 John 1:5-7.
2. Bringing the practical cleansing of the blood to us—1 John 1:7.
3. Keeping us abiding in the Lord—John 15:4-5.
7. The relationship between the fellowship of life and the sense of life:
1. The fellowship of life being realized by the sense of life.
2. The sense of life preserving the fellowship of life.
8. The breaking of the fellowship of life:
1. By sins.
2. By disobedience.
3. By not caring for the sense of life.
4. By not following the inner anointing—1 John 2:27.
9. The restoration of the fellowship of life:
1. By the confessing of our sins—1 John 1:9.
2. By the cleansing of the blood.

Focus: The fellowship of life, being the flowing of the divine life, comes from the life of God and is preserved by the sense of life to supply us with the riches of the divine life.