Soulful Connections: Daily Devotions for Heart-Centered Living

THURSDAY, 13 JUNE 2024

TEXT: I JOHN 1:1-10

1: That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.

2: 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.

3: 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.

4: We write this to make our joy complete.

5: This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.

6: If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.

7: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

8: If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

9: If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

10: If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.

(New International Version Holy Bible)

TOPIC: TRUE FELLOWSHIP WITH THE FATHER AND THE SON

The relationship that exists between the Son and the Father as depicted in the opening verses of the text where John affirmed that what he received, which also appeared to them, is "eternal life."

This life was with the Father and it is brought to us so that by it we will also enjoy fellowship with one another. This fellowship is the appropriation of the eternal life which Jesus brought to those who have accepted Him as Saviour and Lord. This same God is also the light and in Him there is no darkness.

True fellowship with God and with one another through Jesus Christ is depicted in the quality of life we live which John refers to as walking in the light.

True fellowship that is founded on the relationship we have with Jesus Christ enables the believer to understand that, although he is not perfect and sinless, Jesus is on hand to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

QUESTION: Do you know that eternal life means true fellowship with the Holy Trinity and fellow believers?

PRAYER: Thank you, my Lord, for bringing me into fellowship with the Holy Trinity and fellow believers and for allowing me the privilege of enjoying the sanctification that goes with it through grace, in Jesus name. Amen.