In
1 John 1:3, God calls us to have fellowship
both with Him and with other believers:
"That you also may have
fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is
with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ."
Fellowship with god:
There is an oneness, a bonding
in the knowledge of Jesus Christ, He dwells in
us (Ephesians 1:3-4) and He is our companion.
We have fellowship with Him (1 Corinthians 1:9)
for all eternity. Through the blood of Jesus Christ,
we have been reconciled to God.
God cannot dwell where there
is sin, and since we all sin, Jesus came to pay
the price for our sin. When we believe in Jesus,
What He did for us allows us to be reconciled
to God. God told us in 2 Chronicles 7:14:
"If My people who are called by My name will
humble themselves, and pray and seek My face and
turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear
from heaven, and will forgive their since and
heal their land."
We are not to have fellowship
with workers of darkness:
Ephesians 5:11-12: "And
have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of
darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful
even to speak of those things which are done by
them in secret."
Fellowship with other
believers:
One of the essential building
blocks of spiritual growth is fellowship with
other believers. Often the best way to do this
is to become part of a local Church. This provides
you with spiritual instruction from God's word,
allows you to worship God with other believers,
enables you to use your God-given gifts and abilities
as God intended, and makes you accountable to
spiritual leadership. You draw strength from other
believers and in turn, you lift them up. Some
people may think they do not need this, but think
about it - if joining in fellowship with other
believers was not important, why did Jesus establish
the Church? (Matthew 16:18).
Fellowshipping is something you
"get to" do, not something you "got
to" do. |