Title
Grace, Love and Fellowship
Scripture
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
(2 Corinthians 13:14)
Devotional
Here we have the sinew of the body of Christ: grace, love and communion (fellowship). These are the tendons that make the body work and keep it together. God’s grace is His favor toward us that gives us the ability to be like His Son. His love is the manifestation of His patience, kindness, truth, trust and protection.(1) His communion is His fellowship with His people and our fellowship with each other. As God has graced us, we are to be gracious with and toward each other. As He has loved us, we are to love one another. “Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.”(2) Likewise, if we are not having sweet fellowship with one another, it is most likely because we are not having fellowship with God. Contemplate 1 John 4:20, “If someone says, ‘I love God,’ and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?”(3)