FELLOWSHIP WITH CHRIST
by Charles Wages
It must be
understood that there can be no fellowship with Christ apart from knowing Him
as personal Saviour. Fellowship involves agreement. As long as a person remains
“dead in trespasses and sins,” he does not have the capabilities of fellowship.
A “dead” person cannot believe, share, work, or worship, which are vital parts
of fellowship with Christ, our risen Saviour.
Fellowship
with Christ involves Believing
Over one hundred
times in the gospel of John, we are instructed to “believe.” We must believe
such scriptures as Acts 16:31, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou
shalt be saved. ” Also, we are told in John 1:12, “But as many as received Him,
to them gave he the power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe
on His Name.”
Believing must
continue after we are saved. The child of God must constantly take God at His
Word. The great love chapter, I Corinthians 13, tells us that love “beareth all
things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.” The
apostle Paul prayed in Ephesians 1:18-19, “The eyes of your understanding being
enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the
riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding
greatness of his power to usward who believe, according to the working of his
mighty power.”
Fellowship
with Christ involves Sharing
I Timothy 1:18
almost becomes a definition of the principal of sharing- “That they do good,
that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate.”
The word “communicate,” as used here, means a liberal sharing of what we have
in Christ. It seems such a shame to try and horde up the riches of our Lord. If
they make us happy and prosperous, we should share them with others that they
can be happy, too! This is one of the great privileges and blessings that come
to Christians who love the Lord.
Fellowship with Christ involves Worship
Our Lord told the
woman at Jacob’s well, “the hour cometh, and now is, when the true (real)
worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father
seeketh such to worship Him.” Communion or fellowship takes more than one
person. We shouldn’t worship ourselves. There is no “real” worship apart from
the Lord Jesus. The Holy Spirit and the Word must be involved with all true worship.
Our Lord should be the center of all our worship services, the center of all
our work, and in fact the center of our lives.
Fellowship
with Christ involves Work
Ephesians 2:10
states, “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works,
which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” There are lots of
“works” that are not “good works”, but any work in conjunction with our Lord is
bound to be a “good work.” We should speak as the apostle Paul spoke in II
Corinthians 6:1, “We then as workers together with Him …”
God will bless
work that is done for Him, and with Him. Yes, fellowship with Christ is both
sweet and rewarding.
King James Bible
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