RPG Adults
FELLOWSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2
1 John 1:1-7
Hebrews 11:5
“… he had this testimony,
that he pleased God.”
FELLOWSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST
God is light; God is love; and God is life. These are some of the comparisons that John used to describe what God was to him. He was living in a close fellowship with the God of light, and thus he was not in darkness.
Jesus Christ is the theme of this epistle. It encourages God’s children to have fellowship with Jesus Christ. This includes knowing Him and walking in His light and confessing their sins to Him. Confession and forgiveness of sins go hand in hand. Obedience in word and deed ought to follow so that fellowship with Christ becomes meaningful.
Those who have fellowship with Him have a meaningful quality of life. This is only possible after the second birth. Nicodemus who was discussing this matter with Christ in John 3 did not know that the Lord was referring to the spiritual and not the physical. To be born again is a spiritual birth that comes by faith in Jesus Christ. This transformation leads one to have the life of God which is eternal life. Walking with God is walking in His light, love and life.
The saints’ fellowship with Christ did not begin only after His incarnation. He had fellowship with the saints in the Old Testament, as seen in the example of Enoch: “By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God” (Heb 11:5). What is your fellowship with Him like?
THOUGHT: “What a fellowship, what a joy divine!”
PRAYER: Lord, may I always walk close to Thee.