Familiar Fellowship
“And the Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to gaze at the Lord, and many of them perish. Also let the priests who come near the Lord consecrate themselves, lest the Lord break out against them.”” Exodus 19:21-22 NKJV Familiarity, the people say, breeds contempt; but with God, it simply demands consecration. And the lack of sincere consecration to God has always been the major cause of hindrance to a sweet fellowship between God and man. For the fellowship at Mount Sinai, the Lord God had to say to Moses “ Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to gaze at the Lord, and many of them perish ”. It implies that familiarity with God without consecration to Him actually breeds destruction; and not just contempt. Likewise today, the Holy Hill of the Lord is always open to those who can ascend with holy hands and a pure heart. Therefore, God wants not just familiarity with His vessels, but their familiar fellowship with the fulln...