The Word - Jan. 19, 2012 - The Fellowship Of God's Son

is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord" (1 Corinthians 1:9).

"Called into the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord!" To think on the reality of our Scripture blows my mind! In chapter 6:9-10 we find that like ourselves, the Corinthian were , by nature children of wrath and enslaved by the enemy of God, Satan himself. But God called them and has also called us by the Gospel into the fellowship of His Son.

If we have been born again by the power of the Holy Spirit and have accepted the gift of eternal life, we are brought by the grace of God into this amazing fellowship of God's Son.

Fellowship means to have things in common; and that is exactly what God has accomplished. He has taken us through His grace out of the fellowship in which we are by nature, and has called us to His own fellowship in His Son!

This awesome truth, this oneness with Christ, the fellowship of His Son, means we belong to Him and He to us. It means we have an inheritance in Him and He in us. What an amazing truth! We are called by God to walk in this fellowship. Ephesians tells us that we are in Him, and through grace we abide in Him. But it is also written, "He who says he abides in Him ought also to walk just as He walked" (1 John 2:6).

I like the NLT translation best: "Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did." In this fellowship of His Son, we have what it takes to walk as Christ walked because we have His life and His Spirit. There is no need to walk after the flesh because walking in the Spirit becomes possible as our hearts dwell on the fact that we are called into the fellowship of God's Son.

Beloved, the fellowship of God's Son is a reality; we walk as He walked only as we allow the same power that raised Christ from the dead, to rule in us. Called into this fellowship also means to share His work. We are called to serve. And finally, there is the fellowship of His Son in its eternal aspect. God's calling is to be like Jesus Christ. "For whom He foreknew, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first born among many brethren." (Romans 8:29).

May the Holy Spirit reveal these awesome truths before our hearts and in His power may we constantly enjoy the fellowship of God's Son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.