“If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.” (1 John 1:6, 7)
We all have associations in this life. We associate with the people we work with, people we go to school with, or people we are in civic clubs with. There are things that we have in common with others that can fill the social parts of life, but the best fellowship we have is the spiritual fellowship of those that are in Christ! There is nothing I enjoy more than engaging in spiritual conversations with people that are interested in talking about Christ and the Bible. I am grateful that I can attend a function where people are not mean-spirited or using language that is vile and crude. There is joy in Christian fellowship!
But to have this fellowship, to have this connection, we must be in Christ! “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” (1 Corinthians 5:17). “For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:26-28).
If you are a Christian but do not feel this fellowship or connection, perhaps we need to examine our relationship to God, “Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified” (2 Corinthians 13:5).
There is great joy in Christian fellowship, not only for us in this world, but also the eternal realm that we long for. To be in heaven with those that you have loved in the faith on this earth will be the highest joy of fellowship!
A Good Word For The Day 