I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge—even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you—so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. (1 Corinthians 1:4-9 ESV)
The second devotion of the early followers of Christ was The Fellowship they had with Him and with one another. As Paul wrote to this troubled church at Corinth, that Fellowship was very Fragile. In the very next verses Paul pines about rumors that there were divisions and envy instead of this intimate teamwork and sharing that Christ designed and desires for His church. The worst part is that this fellowship, like the other treasures we have in Christ- forgiveness, the truth of His Word, spiritual gifts, and so on - just like those The Fellowship is His gift to us. We don't have to earn it or work at it; we need to accept it from Him and live in it. He invites us to "come on in" to this sharing of life with Him and His people, to stop going solo.
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