“The life
appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal
life, which was with the Father, and has appeared to us.” (1 John 1:2)
The Word of Life was created by the words and works of Jesus
Christ, and 1 John tells us how Jesus came to reveal the Father, and how we can
be confident in our fellowship with Him. His Spirit has been given to each one
of us who is born again, and we are encouraged to love one another and to
practice spiritual unity by putting that love into action. 1 John wishes to set
before its readers the life that is in Jesus Christ; the
life revealed. A life lived
with Jesus is to have personal and faithful contact with Him, and because of
Jesus’s great love, there is no doubt that all who believe in Him are
guaranteed eternal life with Him in heaven!
“We proclaim to
you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us.
And our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.” (I John
1:3)
Jesus is God’s eternal plan for our salvation and the
restoration of our fellowship with God. And He has put a desire for
relationship in every one of us! Our love to God is measured by our everyday
fellowship with others and the love it displays, and being in fellowship with
God is the best way to be in fellowship with our brother’s and sister’s in
God’s family. God calls us to love one another,
and this can only happen when we spend time together. Our words will flow quite
naturally because of our relationship with Jesus simply by living the life He
has called us to live. And by living that life, we direct others toward eternal
life. Fellowship is praying together, serving together and growing together;
fellowship with God and fellowship with others go hand in hand!
“We write this
to make our joy complete.” (1 John 1:4)
Joy is the emotion of great happiness and delight caused by
something so wonderfully good that gives us pleasure and gladness. God is this
source of this triumph and hope that has filled us by giving us the power of
Jesus Christ. God created us for a wonderful purpose: that we might live
forever with Him in peace, love and perfect holiness. Through the bible we are
promised a never ending life with God that will be filled with unspeakable harmony,
love, and joy. And He is working in us and through us to bring us this joy. Joy
is the eternal goal, and those who choose to serve and obey
Him will dwell in eternity in the fullness of joy…now there is something that
will cause joy to rise up in your soul and be complete!
Linking up this week with:
This post reminds me of what Jesus promised:
ReplyDelete"For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” (Mat. 18:20)
It is so cool that this gathering can take place anywhere and at anytime, and it can be just two or three, or as many as possible. The love that we have for Jesus and for one another makes us family.
This is awesome.
~Have a blessed Easter, Denise!~((Hugs & love)) Lisa
I love that verse Lisa :) It does make us family, and I am blessed you are part of mine!! :) Hugs and love to you too!
DeleteHi Denise, this is very beautiful. I hope that you are having a wonderful Easter holiday.
ReplyDeleteThank you for all of your hard work that you put into your posts.
Kathy M.
Thanks Kathy; I hope your Easter was a blessing! :)
DeleteWishing you a week full of joy, peace and love Denise. Happy Resurrection Day.
ReplyDeleteI hope your day was full of joy and love too Wanda! Happy first week of April!
DeleteGod's eternal plan. Amen and Amen to you Denise. Happy Easter!
ReplyDeleteBlessings and love to you dear friend; I hope you had a joyful Easter and have a wonderful week! :)
DeleteBeautiful!There is a melody in my heart, today. He loved us, enough, to give His life! I am so thankful! I love this post. It brought out my thankfulness.
ReplyDeleteThank you Cynthia; what a glorious day of praise and thankfulness indeed! Blessings to you this wonderful new week!
DeleteThe life we have with Jesus is true life, isn't it? What an incredible blessing it is that He came and lived and died and then rose for us! Now we can share in the joy of that true life with Him!
ReplyDeleteBlessings Joan, as you share that joy this new week of April! :)
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ReplyDeleteGod has been speaking to me about uncircumstantial joy lately. And how in Him is all joy, regardless of what we are going through. Fits in so perfectly with your post today! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteUNITED in Him,
Jen
Aw, so true Jen. We must never let anything or anyone steal our joy! Blessings!
DeleteHi Denise,
ReplyDeleteOh how precious the fellowship is with God and our brothers and sisters in the Lord. I remember when I did not have this fellowship because I was not saved. There is no way I would want to go back to that. Wonderful post and may God bless you,
Ken
Thanks Ken; you are always such a blessing! Blessings and love this first week in April! :)
Delete"Joy is the eternal goal, and those who choose to serve and obey Him will dwell in eternity in the fullness of joy."
ReplyDeleteAmen Amen Amen!!
Dear Denise
ReplyDeleteWhat I find so wonderful that even if we are continents away from all the others in our dear Lord Jesus, that strong bond of love of His Spirit can still be experienced!
Blessings from Barbie's
Mia