The Means of Grace: Fellowship
SHARING LIFE IN CHRIST TOGETHER
This past Sunday, we learned that our relationship with God reaches its peak of joy through our relationships with each other. 1 Jn 1:1-4 taught us that to truly have Jesus is to share him with others. But we all know relationships can be hard. Christ won’t let us down, but others will. Our past experiences of Christian community or history with church might be marked by its share of disappointments. It may seem safer to go it alone or hold others at an arm’s length but the truth of the matter is that: You can’t live the Christian life alone and get all the grace that God has to give. Jesus gave himself to us so that we’d give ourselves to others. Through our fellowship, we’re caught up in Christ’s worship, mission, service, and friendship in a way we just wouldn’t be otherwise.