1Corinthians 12:27 (Amp) says, "Now you collectively are Christ's Body and individually you are members of it, each part severally and distinct, each with its own place and function."
It's important that each individual believer has his/her own relationship with the Father. Paul spoke about the different parts and functions of the Body of Christ, in the above scripture. He also said that each believer must have a personal relationship with Jesus, in order to hear and move with His Wisdom and instructions. I grew up with nine siblings. Each child had a part in our family and each had his/her relationship with our parents. We all had chores we were responsible to perform, but not all of us had the same chores or the same amount of chores.
I can't know what the Father's instructions are for your life and you don't know mine. We all have certain things that govern the family we're instructed to walk in. We all are to live according to the Word of salvation, but we still have separate lives as individuals in God's family. My siblings and I were in different grades at school and our interests changed as we got older, but we were still one family. We each had different needs and instructions for our lives, as we grew. I needed to listen to the instructions given for my own life and it's duties, not my sister's.
I had to hear from my father and mother for myself, in order to know what my duties and instructions. I was only responsible to hear what I was told to do and then do it. I wasn't responsible to hear and complete the assignments given to my siblings. We are all children of God and we are all one Body, but each part of the Body of Christ has a different function. Do you know what your part is? We must follow Him and listen to Him, in order to discover what He has designed you to do and to complete that part.
Every child of God has the liberty and obligation to hear from the Father for him/herself. This doesn't mean that we go against everyone else, but we must listen and learn our part. I don't know anyone other than the Holy Spirit, who can show you when someone is about to run a stop-sign, so that you can stop that driver before he/she is killed after running that stop sign. It's imperative that we know His Voice and and do what He instructs us to do. Your pastor or preacher isn't at home with you or in the car while you drive to work. We must know and hear the Voice of the Holy Spirit for ourselves.
Spending time in God's Presence is the most important part of our walk with Him. We can be in fellowship with Him, while we're at work, on our way to work or any time. It's simple to do. We can always be in the spirit. I've found that I can be in the spirit at all times, while still functioning in this world and completing my daily duties. It's not just praise and worship, but living a life of continual praise and worship. Since He and I are one, there's no need for separation, even in my daily earthly life.
While I'm at work, He tells me how to do my job in a better way. When I'm being leisurely, He reveals Hidden Truths to me, that help me understand things to come. He gives me Revelation that no one else can give, by our simply conversing. God mostly tells me things that will draw me closer to Him, in my own walk with Him. When I don't receive answers to a prayer, then He tells me why I didn't receive them, along with answers to other questions I might have.
Having a personal fellowship and relationship with the Father, has bee m main stay of faith, for my Christian walk. If I only lived my life with Him, by what others have said or believed, then I don't know where I'd be in my walk with Him. I've heard others say some things that weren't true about the Father, but Thank God I can hear, listen and understand the Holy Spirit for myself and can keep my relationship with Him intact. I'm not saying we should be Lone Ranger Christians, but we must know Him well enough to know which opinions of others, I should accept or reject. The Holy Spirit inspired John to write in 1John 2:20 (Amp), saying, "But you have been anointed by, you hold a sacred appointment from, you have been given an unction from the Holy One, and you all know the Truth, or you know all things."
John's not writing about our having a self-important "know it all" attitude, but having the Truth from the Word of God. That means that the Holy Spirit, Who is Truth, lives in you and He will guide you in Truth, if you will listen and heed His Voice. We shouldn't stop fellowshiping with other believers, but we must listen to the Holy Spirit and He will tell us what to accept and discard in our lives.
I've heard believers say, "In this time of Covid-19, I can't believe Psalm 91:10 (Amp), which says, 'There shall no evil befall me, nor any plague or calamity come near my dwelling.'" I say, "1John 2:20 says that, I have an unction from the Holy One and know all Truth and I choose to believe Him."
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