Fellowship!

For Thursday, May 9, 2024:

1 John 1:3-4 NLT: “We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy.”

Friends, this isn’t a bunch of lunatics conjuring up a new religion. What they’re telling people to believe is exactly what they saw with their own two eyes. The author personally knew Jesus, watched him minister and saw miracles with his own two eyes! What’s being stated here is truth. Much more than a religious plank, it’s an eyewitness account of what actually took place!

Note that the author isn’t gaining anything by adding others to this value system. It sounds like the believers are just trying to make new friends. “Fellowship with us! Fellowship with the Father and his Son, Jesus Christ.” Happiness can be fleeting. Happiness can come and go depending on circumstances. But joy, eternal joy, is a “forever” gift. Believer’s hearts are grateful for the joy of being rescued from sin by Jesus. Joy is something of substance; it’s unchanging Good News from above.

Joy is something to be shared with others!

Norton Lawellin

Jesus In the City Fellowship