Classic Christianity – Do or Done – Part 1 – 8-11-26
The Kinsman-Redeemer and the Impossibility of “Bouncing” in and out of Fellowship
Among the modern religious circles of the lands about us, a devastating theological error has been systematically codified: the teaching that a born-again believer can bounce “in and out of fellowship” with God. Congregations are conditioned to believe that a horizontal behavioral stumble or sin instantly severs their vertical connection with the Father, plunging them into relational darkness until they drop a verbal “apology coin” into the confession dispenser to buy their way back into His good graces.
This transactional model completely scrambles the legal chronology of the New Covenant. According to Scripture, fellowship is not a revolving door; it is an absolute indicator of your salvation status.
1. Light and Darkness: The Saved vs. Lost Binary
In his first epistle, the Apostle John establishes that there are only two groups of people residing under the Father’s Throne: those who walk in the light and those who walk in darkness.
- Walking in the Light is Salvation: “If we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.”






