Anthony Whitehorn - Class 5: The Importance of Fellowship in Transformation

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   This is the 2006 Palm Springs Bible School. Brother Anthony Whitehorn's topic is Be Transformed. His topic for the fifth class is the importance of fellowship and transformation. Well, good morning everybody. I'm going to miss that, you know.

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   Here we go then. Be Transformed, the importance of fellowship. A little, just a reminder what we've done. We've discovered what transformation is. And it's that inward change. It's that fundamental change that we have to look at ourselves as we go through our lives. And look back as to where we were in the land of Egypt.

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   And look forward to where we're going to be in the land of promise. We're now in the wilderness. And are we changing? Are we fundamentally changing? Are we a different people? Are we undergoing that metamorpho? And why should we do it? Because we're full. We're full, aren't we? We're absolutely full of a natural man.

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   And we, of course, need displacing by the fruit of the Spirit. And that's what we should be doing in our wilderness journey. And how can we do that? Well, the good Lord helps us. But we have certain disciplines that we undertake. And those disciplines, of course, are prayer. And the effectual, fervent prayer of that righteous man availeth much.

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   And through reading the Scriptures. And the information that we get from that, we build on. Such that we might be truly equipped for every good work. And yesterday we looked at Peter. Now there's a changed man, isn't it? And so many people came up and said, yeah, I can relate to Peter. And that's right, because he is just like you and me.

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   He gets lots of things wrong. But the good Lord, he forgives him. And he loves him. And that gives me a whole load of encouragement. And finally today, the importance of fellowship in transformation. That's what I'd like to think about in our final session of Be Transformed.

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   I helped run a camp during the summertime. And we have a morning thought each morning. And one morning, the summer camp is for about 70 youngsters between the age of 14 and 19. And we are under canvas, which is a real challenge in the UK, because it rains most of the time. And we have a little morning thought.

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   And last year, for a morning thought, just about 10 minutes, I wanted to just explain to the youngsters there what it was like carrying a burden. So I got a guy called Kevin. And Kevin's a 6'3 individual, 18-year-old, great big guy, strapping guy. And two little girls who were 14. And I managed to pull the car seat out of my car and give it to Kevin.

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   And I got the other car seat out and gave it to the two little girls. And I said, you're going to have a race, you lot. Kevin's going to race you two. And it's obvious he's going to win, isn't it? Kevin, he's a big guy. But Kevin, you're going to be carrying that car seat.

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    And you two girls will be carrying this car seat as well. They start up the other end of the field. And off they went.

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    And Kevin can his car seat. Big strapping Kevin. Kevin was beaten by the two little 14-year-old girls. And that just proved that two is better than one.

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    And that's my first point. My second point is this one. In the UK, we don't win many gold medals at the Olympics. But when we do, we celebrate. We really get into the sport. We're quite good at rowing. It's not the only thing that we're any good at. We do a lot of that.

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    And so we understand a lot of people. We read about rowing. That's what it is with us. And we have a Coxless Four, which basically is four people in a boat rowing without a Cox. Fine. And so I was reading about them a couple of weeks ago. And what they did is they measured the pulling power of each of the individual members of the Coxless Four.

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    And for instance, let's say that each of them, in their pulling power, was 10 as a number. So therefore, when you put them together, you'd expect it to add up to 40. So they measured each of them individually, and it was 10 each. So when you put them together, they put them on a big rowing machine, and they measured them, and actually the pulling power was 48.

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    8, which meant that the whole was greater than the sum of the parts. So two is better than one, and the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. And my third point is this. If you go to Germany, there's a bridge going over a river. And I can't exactly remember where it is, but I remember seeing it.

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    And it's right by a British army camp that's based out there in Germany. And there's a sign on this bridge. And the sign said, please do not march in time when crossing the bridge. And the reason being is when you're marching in time, the bridge is weakened. And that's the power of marching in time.

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    So three little starters there for you. Two is absolutely better than one. Kevin found that out. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. And that's what experiment found out with the rowers. And the power of being in step and being together is immense. So far this week, we've realised and recognised that we need to change.

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    We know that it's not a natural thing to do. Naturally, it's easy to be angry. And we're told to be slow to anger. And we need help. And we've got it here. And we've got it here. And today, we're going to be looking at here. The help, the other, the third tool that we have in our toolbox, in our way to transform.

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    In creation, it's wonderful. It's a wonderful situation in Genesis 1. Because it says, God created the heavens and the earth, the earth without form and void, and that was upon the face of the deep. And God created light. And he said, it is good. And he goes through. In verse 3, he says, and it was good.

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    In verse 10, he said, it was good. Verse 12, he said, and it was good. Verse 20, and it was good. Verse 25, and it was good. Verse 31, and it was good. Each time he created, it was good, it was good. This was a good place. And then in Genesis 2, verse 18, he said, and it's not good.

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    And it's not good. So you have, all these times when it was good, and then it's not good. And it's like, a juxtaposition, between the two. And it was not good, even when, there was no sin. And it was not good, even before the fall.

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    God said, it is not good, that man should be alone. A perfect environment. But it is not good, that man should be alone. And of course, we have the situation, that you and I, are created, in God's image. We have, the characteristics, of God. We know, the difference between, good, and bad. We have a conscience, that makes us unique.

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    And also, another image of God, is that, we, as individuals, just as in the image of God, we need each other. God made us, he said, it's not good, that you stay on your own. That is not a good, I didn't make you, to stay on your own. I made you, in my image.

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    God, is gregarious. Now, isn't that interesting? God, wants to have, a relationship. In the film, Cast Away, some of you might have seen, the film Cast Away, it stars Tom Hanks. And it's really, quite fascinating. Essentially, Tom Hanks, flying with FedEx, I think it is, and, plane, I don't know what happens to the plane, it goes down anyway, and it crashes, and he is eventually, washed up, on an island, on a desert island.

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    And he's there, for a couple of years. But halfway through, this film, a deflated football, is washed up, and he takes it, and, he actually paints a face on it. And it was a Wilson football, and he calls it Wilson. Some of you have seen it. And throughout the rest of the film, it was quite fascinating, he made, this football, into a person.

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    Why? Because, that's how we are. We need to have relationships. And in the very beginning, when God made us, and made us such that we are gregarious, just like he is,

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    God, and man, walked together. God, who wants a relationship, and us, who wants a relationship, and the two of us, want a relationship. And he wants a relationship, with you. And that's the message, of this book. This book is all about relationships.

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    But the thing is, and the wonderful thing is, is that we, he, we can't make, I can't make you, like me. You can't make me, like you. That's how relationships are. It's completely voluntary.

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    And God recognised that, in the outset. God, allowed, Adam, God allowed, Adam, to eat, of the tree, of the fruit of the tree, of knowledge, and good, and evil. God allowed it. God, allowed, Adam and Eve, to go and hide.

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    And I love that bit. When, when, when God comes along, and he says, where are you Adam? God knew exactly where he was. But he allowed, Adam, to reveal himself. And that's what relationships, are about. Relationships, are voluntary.

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    And, that's why, God has given us, free will. Free will, to have a relationship, with him, or not. It's down to us. That's what our life, of transformation, is about. It's about, changing, to enable us, to have that relationship, with God. And the thing is, is that, why have we got each other?

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    Why did God, make us gregarious? Because, what he's doing, is he's enabling us, to develop, relationship skills. That's what this life, is about, of transformation. It's about, developing relationship skills, ready, to have, a relationship, with him.

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    And that's why, this fellowship, this koinonia, this unique relationship, that we have, is so, important. That's why, being part of a church, is vital. Because, we are here, to hone, relationship skills. So, we can have, a good relationship, with God.

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    Would you turn now, to my reading, that we had, which was, Ephesians chapter 4. Because, Ephesians chapter, that's Ephesians, I say Ephesians, I did. I meant, Ecclesiastes. Ecclesiastes chapter 4.

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    And, it was great, wasn't it, when a, a lovely brother, came up here, to read, and, two people, helped him up here. Three, three are better than one. Verse 9, two are better than one, because they have, a good return, for their work. They certainly do. That's what, those two little girls, found out, when they were, running against Kevin.

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    And if one falls down, his friend, can help him up. That's why, we're in a church. But, pity the man, who falls, and has no one, to help him up. This is a wonderful blessing, this Christadelphian fellowship, that we have, that we can, help each other, and hone our relationship skills. And, verse 11, again, if two lie together, then they have heat, but how can one, be warm alone?

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    And, if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him, and a threefold cord, is not quickly broken. How many times have you read that? Many, I suspect. How many times have you thought about, that very last sentence? A threefold cord, is not quickly broken. I have friends, surprisingly enough. I have, I have friends at work, and my neighbours.

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    I have still, some college friends. Um, and I'm sure you have the same. But those are just, single cords. Me, and my work friends. That's just, a relationship between, me and them. And it is very fragile, that you can break one cord, so easily. But, a threefold cord, is not quickly broken. That's me, and you, you, and Jesus, me, and Jesus.

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    That's the threefold cord. And it's not quickly broken. And those are the cords, that are the important ones. And that's what that passage is about. God, wants us, in a community. He wants us, to be part of the church. He wants you, and me, in a threefold cord relationship. You talk to engineers, and you ask them, what is, the strongest shape, that you can have?

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    And have a look at a bridge, and it's all based on triangles. And that's what, this is. We have, a threefold cord relationship. A triangular relationship. And so, what we have, is this, threefold cord relationship, which is a hugely special one. One that we should nurture. My work colleagues, friendship, that breaks very easily.

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    This one doesn't. And that is just, another area to remember, in marriage, when we are marrying, somebody who, is a precious, like precious faith. And it's so much more, a stronger relationship, because it is, a threefold cord relationship.

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    But now, we have this relationship, you and me, you and other members, your ecclesia. These relationships, are there for a purpose. They are there, to help us develop, the fruit of the spirit. So, for, the next, oh, about 30 minutes, we'll just go through, and have a look at, just some of the, the areas, that, that the scripture talks about, whereby, we can develop, and nurture, and hone, our relationship skills, to enable us, to strengthen, the threefold cord, and develop, our relationship, with God.

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    So, let's start off then. Here's the first one. The first one, I find really challenging. It's a principle, that we've already mentioned, a little bit. And it's this. It's to celebrate, the differences. What does the natural man do? The natural man, we've already read about, in Galatians. The natural man, looks for, discord, and dissension.

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    When there are, when there is discord, there is desire, to win. Remember that, that's what that word means. So, when you have differences, you want to win. And a dissension, is when you can't resolve, and can't win, you split. You go away. The natural man does not like, differences. We want, to be thinking the same.

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    And actually, that's the same as you and me, in our ecclesias, in our threefold cord relationships. We don't like, people who think differently to us. And yet, in 1 Corinthians 12, we know, that we're going to be different. We know, we're going to have, different perspectives. We know, that some people are a toe, and some people are a knee, some people are an arm, some people are an ear.

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    We know that, but really, deep down, we'd all like, everybody else, to be an ear, with us. And we can't really accept, sometimes, that some people are a toe.

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    We like people, who are like us. I went on an interviewing, an interviewing course, for work, and they said, it was very, it was quite fascinating. When you are in an interview, you make up your mind, about an individual, in the first four minutes. Apparently. Psychologically. And the rest of the interview, is about trying to confirm, those original first four minutes.

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    Surprisingly enough. And the whole interview schedule, was trying to overcome, those natural tendencies, that you do. And, what was identified, is what is known, as the mirror effect. In that in interviewing, you will tend, to take on people, who are similar to yourself. We like people, who are similar to ourselves.

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    That's not, what the body is about. The body is about, differences, and celebrating, and recognising, those differences. differences. The church at Ephesus, had many, many differences.

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    They were full, of dissimilar people. Actually, that's true, with a church, at Maidenhead. That's true, with a church, in Los Angeles. That's true, with your church. There are, people of different ages, different outlets. You've got knees, you've got toes, you've got ears. They're different. And the theme, of Paul's letter, to the church, of the Ephesians, was, one of unity.

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    And that was, unity, wonderful this. We were, we were singing, last night, and it, it sort of occurred to me, this is unity, of harmony, not unity, of uniformity. And that's different. A four part harmony, actually sounds, a whole lot better, than when everybody, sings the melody.

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    And that's what God wants. He wants us, to recognize, and celebrate, the differences. And Ephesians, chapter 2, talks about, fellow citizens. It talks about, one in Christ. In the church of Ephesus, there were hostilities.

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    There were the Gentiles, and there were Jews. And in fact, if a Jew, married a Gentile, what would happen, is that the Jews, would end up, having a funeral.

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    A Jew, was not allowed, to help, a Gentile, in childbirth. A Jew, if ever they went, into a Gentile home, they were considered, to be unclean. In the temple courts, there were, the barriers, for the Gentiles, then the barriers, for the women, the barriers, for the Israelites, the barriers, for the priests, then the barriers, the holy place, the most holy place, where of course, the high priest went in, the day of atonement.

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    It was full of barriers. And naturally, our church, is full of barriers. But, when you read Ephesians 2, it talks about, being one in Christ, and getting rid of, all those barriers, and celebrating, the differences.

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    What does, God think of, our churches today? He must be sad. He must be sad, to see that, whilst we're all trying, to go in one direction, we're looking, at everybody else, and we're putting up, barriers, once again. Not what Ephesians 2 says.

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    There was, in France, in the, in the second world war, there was, during the war, there was, a British soldier, who died. And, his friends, took hold of him, and, pulled him, away from the front line. And they, wanted to go, and bury his body. And they walked, with his body, and they found, a little church, in rural France.

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    They went up, and they, they knocked, on the church door. And the priest, opened the door, and they managed, to explain to him, that obviously, their, their friend, had died. And, could they therefore, bury him, in the cemetery? And the priest, looked at them, and said, tell me, um, was he a Roman Catholic?

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    And they looked at each other. Well, we, we don't know. Oh, he said, nah. Can't be buried in the churchyard, you'll have to bury him outside the churchyard. So, they took the body, they dug a hole, beyond, the, the, the fence. And they buried his body, outside of the churchyard. And they, went back, to, to their friends.

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    And the next day, they said, let's go and pay our respects, to our comrade. And they returned, to the churchyard. And they came up, and they looked around. And they thought, where's the grave gone?

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    And they went, and they knocked on, the church door. And the priest, opened the door. And they said, excuse me, the, uh, our comrade, whom we buried, have, what have you done? Have you, have you, have you moved the body? And the priest said, no. Said, um, during the night, I was thinking about it.

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    And so, during the night, I moved the fence. And that's what, Jesus has done. He's included us. Each of us. He's not down the barriers. The curtain has been torn.

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    And therefore, we should celebrate, the differences that we have. Because that is part and parcel of the fruit of the spirit. What about this one then? Wanting the best for your brother and your sister. How about this, the differences? When you think about, in the scriptures, about, what is, what is the, a good friendship?

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    I can, you're thinking immediately, who are really good friends? David and Jonathan. Yeah? Yeah? They are probably, the archetype friendship. Yeah? Good. David was, when we probably, really first see him, getting to know Jonathan. David was 18. Jonathan was about 30. Oh, quite different. David was a shepherd. Jonathan was a prince. David was the son of a farmer.

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    Jonathan was the son of a king. David was great with the sling. Jonathan, being a Benjamite, was left-handed and great with a bow. These are really different people. And yet, David was a man of the God's own heart. And, read all about it, in 1 Samuel 20, Jonathan was absolutely a godly man.

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    This was, a three-fold cord relationship. And, they recognised the differences. But, more than that, if I had, the curriculum vitae, the CV, of Jonathan, and the CV, of David, and they came and sat on my desk, and I now interview him for the next king, I tell you what, I wouldn't have David.

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    Jonathan's the man for me. Jonathan fulfils all the criteria. He was a good man. Godly man. He proved that he was brave when he went up and killed the 20 Philistines. This was an ideal candidate for a king. And, Jonathan knew it. But, he also knew that David was going to be king.

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    And, I always think to myself, what would I have done here? Would I have wanted to be friends with David? Because I'm a good candidate.

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    And yet, when we read about it in 1 Samuel 20, Jonathan wanted the best for his friend. and he, he saved him. He saved him from death, from the death of his father Saul. And that, is what, real, friendship is about. A really good relationship is about. It is, looking out, for your brothers and your sisters, salvation.

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    that's what wanting the best is. And that's what Jonathan did for David, despite the differences. And on that basis, of course, in Philippians 2, verse 3, it talks about esteeming your brother better than yourself. And that, brothers and sisters, flies right in the face of the glass that is full of air. Because the glass that is full of air is full of self-ambition.

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    And self-esteem. And here, we are being exhorted to put you, all of you, are better than me. That is completely unnatural. How often, when we are in an exhortation, are we sitting there and it's a great exhortation, you'll listen to it and you're thinking, I hope Brother Phil is listening to this.

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    Actually, the exhortation is for me. And when we're pointing, when we're pointing and saying, I really hope that brother over there is sorting so and so out and doing this, just always remember that there are always three fingers pointing back at you.

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    And that's the challenge that we have. That's what Philippians 2, verse 3 talks about. Esteem your brother better than you. That is really tricky. But when you do that, then we are gradually having that air displaced with the fruit of the Spirit. we all know John 3, 16. For God to love the world, he gave his only God to the Son.

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    It's a belief in him to have a lasting life. But how about one John 3, 16? Just turn to it with me. Isn't that beautiful about the Scriptures? John 3, 16.

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    We know well. Now let's look at one John 3, 16. 1 John 3, 16. 1 John 3, 16 says this. Hereby, perceive we the love of God because he laid down his life for us and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. and that is the beauty of the first and the second commandment.

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    The first commandment very much is oriented around John 3, 16 and the second one 1 John 3, 16. So, that's the third point and the fourth is this one about helping each other.

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    Let's look at Galatians 6 if you don't mind. Galatians 6 and this is about two being better than one. Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin sorry, brethren if a man be overtaken in a fault ye which are spiritual restore such and one in the spirit of meekness considering thyself lest thou also be tempted and then verse 2 bear ye one another's burdens and so fulfil the law of Christ the law of Christ we should be carrying each other's burdens.

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    I saw a lovely picture of this once and it was of a man carrying his burden like this and a man behind holding up that burden and carrying his burden and a man and carrying his burden and so it was and that's what the church is about it's about carrying your burden and someone else holding you up with it and someone else helping you with your burden it's about putting yourselves out it's about doing the unnatural thing it's about relying on each other at the camp that we did I got them all about 70 of them and this is quite a great thing to do this you can do it with actually about a good hundred people youngsters I would suggest and what you do you get them all stand in a great big circle and then what you do you get them all stand very close to each other and then you get them to sit down on the knees of the person behind and they all sit down in a great big circle they had 70 of them do it these kids all sit down on a circle and they sit there and they were really stable no chairs no nothing they just sat on each other and of course the minute that you just pushed one over the lot came down and that's what church life is about about supporting each other and we need support each other because when one falls then the lot can go and that's the beauty of fellowship and learning to rely on each other and that brings me on to my next point because about helping

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    each other how can we help each other well we can provoke one another to good works and do you remember that time when Saul was in the cave and David he's chasing David and David comes up and David cuts off the little edge of the cloak and runs away and he shouts to Saul Saul look what I've done why did he do that take a look at Leviticus chapter 15 I always wondered why he did this Leviticus chapter 15 am I right on this now I'm I suspect it's numbers hang on one moment I suspect this is a numbers one have I got this wrong we're about to find out it is I'm sorry it's numbers chapter 15 I do apologize numbers chapter 15 and verse 37 and the Lord spake unto Moses saying speak unto the children of Israel and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribbon of blue and that shall be unto you for a fringe that ye may look upon it and remember all the commandments of the Lord and do them and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes after which ye use to go a-whoring that ye may remember and do all my commandments and be holy unto your God I am the Lord your God which brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God I am the Lord your God what was David doing he was cutting off the tassel the blue tassels and he was waving it at

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    Saul saying Saul what are you doing why have you got these tassels you're following your own whims not what God commands he was provoking his brother to good works and that's what we should be doing helping each other by looking out for their salvation and waving the blue tassels in a loving way but that does require this and this actually we're good at the first one we're not so good at this one we're actually quite good at helping each other from time to time we're not that good at allowing ourselves to be helped in Genesis chapter 3 and verse 7 there was a realisation that Adam and Eve were both naked and they hid themselves from God and each other and up until then they hadn't recognised that each of them were naked but as a result of the fall so they started to hide and I think it was the day before yesterday when we did the readings and Jesus said let the little children come unto me why because the little children are so open when my children were really young and we used to have the ice cream van come round you could tell what their reaction was to that little noise of the ice cream van in their faces they are transparent aren't they children and when I used to put a little bowl of brussel sprouts in front of my daughter to eat that was transparent as well but as we grow older so we learn the art of facial management and we start to hide and that is why in the scriptures we are told to confess our sins

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    one to another and we're very very well forgive me I am very bad at that I am not good at confessing my sins one to another why because I think that you'll think bad of me and I'm a bit embarrassed by that but that's what God wants as a result of the fall we are all wearing veiled faces and you know when you love somebody don't you brethren you know when you love your wife is when you first see them without makeup on and that's really telling and we're good we're good at putting on makeup emotional makeup and God sees right through he sees right through our emotional makeup and we need very much to develop that with God by developing it with each other and that's why we should confess our sins one to another because that will enable us to be more open with God and the great thing is that whilst we think that having a veiled face is what people like actually we as individuals quite like unveiled faces we like people who are open and who are transparent and so does God and we need to learn to be honest to God and that comes back to that other tool of prayer of talking to God honestly telling him what is on our mind not what ought to be on our mind and isn't it wonderful in Acts where it says that first church met with glad and sincere hearts and that word in the Greek literally means open transparent hearts and my final point and this is my final point for the weekend and it's a very appropriate one

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    it's one of association it's making sure we're associating with the right people there was a brother in our meeting who went to Australia for around about six months Englishman he was and when he came back he had that Australian lilt in his voice and it was remarkable it was just from being in the company of the Australians for six months and why is it that when you have an orange in the fruit basket and it starts to go bad that within a day all the other oranges in the fruit basket have gone bad as well because God is treating us and showing us a wonderful lesson he said you get infected very easily there was a really interesting experiment that was done and they had twelve monkeys in a cage and they deprived these monkeys of food and then they dangled a bunch of bananas into this cage and as soon as the bananas were in there the monkeys ran towards the bananas and started to try to get them and the minute they tried to get them they hosed down the monkeys got them absolutely soaked and when they went away they stopped hosing them and then as hunger pranks came on they tried to go again and they hosed them down and they went away from them and they never actually got right to the bananas then they removed one of the monkeys and put another monkey in there a new monkey and when this new monkey looked around and saw bananas he went towards the bananas and the other monkeys grabbed him and pulled him back and what they eventually did and there

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    was no hosing then but the other monkeys were stopping him because the monkeys knew what would happen if he tried to go to the bananas and the interesting thing was is that gradually they took out the monkeys and replaced them so much so there were 12 new monkeys in there none of which had had a water experience and yet when the last monkey came in there and he tried to get the bananas the other 11 monkeys let them in and pulled him back and that is something to do with the association is how we are affected by other people and that's what we've done this week and that's what we're going to do from now on as well we are absolutely going to be affected by other people by our brothers and sisters I have been affected by you this week and I thank you for that and I praise God for that for I have been transformed this week by virtue of my relationship with you really just one week in a lifetime one week on my wilderness journey and I hope and I pray that together with our threefold cause we can most certainly be focused on this the scriptures such that we are thoroughly equipped and throughly equipped for every good work that we together can realize the affection fervent prayer of a righteous man availing much and we can realize how we can develop our relationship skills together and be transformed as we get ready together to realize our relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ and our God forever in the kingdom and may that day come really soon thank you

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    for