The Pearl of Great Price - having companionship with God and His Son - this is the chief benefit of the Kingdom of God
John 14:22-23
‘Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?” Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.’
Enoch 105
“In those days the Lord bade (them) to summon and testify to the children of earth concerning their wisdom: Show (it) unto them; for ye are their guides, and a recompense over the whole earth. For I and My son will be united with them for ever in the paths of uprightness in their lives; and ye shall have peace: rejoice, ye children of uprightness. Amen.”
1 John 1:3
“We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.”
The benefit of having fellowship with the Father and the Son or with those who have such fellowship, through confession of sin and genuine, sincere faith and love, this benefit is counteracted by hypocrisy of those who feign true authority - those who sit in seats of authority but do not live by it.
So many will maybe say that confession of their sin is important as a virtue but shy away from doing it, hyping up their ethical standing and wellbeing, afraid of admitting shortcomings to those who have fellowship with God and with His Son. They thus undermine and obscure this way. Those Pharisees failure in this regard kept them from confessing their sins before John the Baptist and receiving baptism. They continued this refusal then with Jesus too. This meant their stance detracted from the validity of the way preached by John the Baptist and Jesus and their disciples. So even now there are many through the centuries till today whose refuse to enter and confess and believe hinders others by detracting from the vital importance of this path into such holy fellowship.
