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I come to the question of the hour:

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How is your fellowship with God?

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That's the question that I 
want us to think about.

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Every Christian ought to be able to say -

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doesn't John say it so boldly?

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He says, "our fellowship 
is with the Father

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and with His Son Jesus Christ."

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I mean, are we all able to say that?

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Can we say that boldly?

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Can you come in here today and say that?

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Yes, I know it.

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That is my life.

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My life is one of fellowship

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with the Father and with His Son.

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I know it!

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Since I've been saved, that is true.

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That is normative of my life.

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That is descriptive of my life.

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That is true.

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I see it.

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Oh, it's not where I want it to be.

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Some days I can't find Him the 
way that I want to find Him.

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But as a rule, I have walked with the Lord

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and I know what that is.

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And it's heaven on earth!

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It's as best as it gets here.

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And the little bit that I've tasted,

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I would not turn back for the world.

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Can you say that?

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Can you say that dogmatically

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like he says it?

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Or are you seized by hesitation?

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Does conscience hold back?

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And look, you know what 
I'm talking about here.

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John hit on it.

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We're not talking doctrine here.

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We're not talking just a knowledge -

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a head knowledge.

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I'm not talking about whether 
you made it to church on Sunday.

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I'm talking about this:

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Can you say I walk with the Lord?

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Can you say that?

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Are you walking with Him?

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Jesus Christ died to purchase us

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the privilege to walk with God.

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It's what He died for.

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That's what this is all about.

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This excerpt was taken 
from the full sermon:

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"Some Thoughts on Walking with God"