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In genuine fellowship, we can speak to one another in love concerning our
actual feeling. We do not have to pretend to have a particular feeling. That is
hypocrisy. We must speak our actual feeling. “I could be wrong, but this is
actually how I feel.” We must not put on a mask and say, “Oh yes, I agree with
you.” If you do not agree with me, then be genuine, do not be a hypocrite.
Then I will be genuine with you, I will not be a hypocrite. We should be able
to sit down as brothers and have genuine transparent fellowship. If I do not
have the same feeling as you, I should be able to tell you in love, “Brother, I
receive your feeling but my feeling does not match it. Could we fellowship
in order to become of one accord?” In Acts 15, there was a lot of fellowship,
then afterwards it says, “they became of one accord.” Can we do this? May
we have genuine unhypocritical fellowship without pretending, so that we
can be brought into the genuine one accord.
The Third Obstacle Being Rebellion; Our Being Very Active and Zealous
in Doing Things but Still Imprisoning and Disobeying the Living Christ
within Us by Ignoring Him

The third obstacle is rebellion. The two great principles in the universe
are God’s authority and Satan’s rebellion. You are in one or the other. You
are either living under God’s authority in His government or you are one
with Satan in his rebellion. To say this sounds terrible, but we have to be
impressed by this negative point. In Numbers, I was very impressed with the
history of Israel and their many rebellions. We must realize these rebellions
were not a small thing. They are Satanic. All rebellion has its source in Satan.
Hence, it is not a small thing to have a rebellion among us. On the one hand,
rebellions should not shock us because it does happen and it is even part of
the history of Israel, but on the other hand, we should never consider it a
light thing. Anytime there is rebellion, two things are happening. Firstly, the
people are not living under the authority of God. Second, their growth in life
and their transformation stop. Hence, rebellion is one of the big hindrances
to the growth in life.

The Fourth Obstacle Being Our Natural Capabilities; If Our Natural
Capabilities Remain Unbroken in Us, Their Becoming a Problem to
Christ’s Life

The fourth obstacle to our growth in life and transformation for God’s
building is actually our natural capabilities. If our natural capabilities remain