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  CLOSE FELLOWSHIP
  by C.H. Spurgeon
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Summary: Knowing God personally is the fountain of all saving knowledge
and the result of eternal life.

Topics: "Fellowship With God", "Knowledge Of God"
Scripture References: Psalm 25:14, Jeremiah 31:34, John 14:6, John 17:3, Romans 8:15, Galatians 4:6, Ephesians 2:19, Philippians 3:10, James 4:8, 1 John 5:20

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DESCRIPTION
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C.H. Spurgeon emphasizes the profound truth that all believers,
regardless of their spiritual maturity, have a personal knowledge of God
through Christ Jesus. This intimate relationship transforms us from
strangers to friends, allowing us to experience close fellowship with
our Creator. Spurgeon highlights that this knowledge is not merely
intellectual but deeply relational, as we can call God our Father and
Friend. He encourages believers to rejoice in this relationship,
recognizing it as the source of eternal life and the foundation of all
saving knowledge. The sermon calls us to cherish and celebrate our
connection with God, which is a gift beyond what nature could reveal.

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CONTENT
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And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his
brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the
least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord. (Jeremiah
31:34)

Truly, whatever else we do not know, we know the Lord. This day is this
promise true in our experience, and it is not a little one. The least
believer among us knows God in Christ Jesus. Not as fully as we desire;
but yet truly and really we know the Lord. We not only know doctrines
about Him, but we know Him. He is our Father and our Friend. We are
acquainted with Him personally. We can say, "My Lord, and my God." We
are on terms of close fellowship with God, and many a happy season do we
spend in His holy company.

We are no more strangers to our God, but the secret of the Lord is with
us.

This is more than nature could have taught us. Flesh and blood has not
revealed God to us. Christ Jesus had made known the Father to our
hearts. If, then, the Lord has made us know Himself, is not this the
fountain of all saving knowledge? To know God is eternal life. So soon
as we come to acquaintance with God we have the evidence of being
quickened into newness of life. O my soul, rejoice in this knowledge,
and bless thy God all this day!

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/ch-spurgeon/close-fellowship/
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