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Scripture Meditation No. 1713
AATHAVAN – Thursday, 16 October 2025
“What we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed, our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.” — 1 John 1:3 (NASB)
Fellowship is not merely living together under one roof, but living in mutual understanding and loving relationship. In some families, although everyone lives together, there is no genuine relationship among them. There are homes where a husband and wife, after living together for fifteen or twenty years, hardly speak to each other. Outwardly they appear to be one family, but there is no fellowship between them.
God desires His church and His believers to live in true fellowship. Participating together in church worship services alone does not make fellowship; believers must live in unity and love. In many congregations, although people sing and worship together, they remain divided into small groups or factions. When church leaders act with pride or partiality, conflicts and divisions often arise—but the root cause of such divisions is that many so-called Christians do not truly know Christ personally.
The apostles lived in harmony and unity of mind, and the believers who followed them shared the same fellowship. Scripture says:
“Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved.” — Acts 2:46–47 (NASB)
In today’s meditation verse, the apostle John urges us to live in that same fellowship. He says that just as the apostles lived in communion with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ, we too must share that fellowship. Thus, he writes:
“What we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed, our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.” — 1 John 1:3 (NASB)
If we are united with the Father and His Son Jesus Christ, then we will naturally be united with one another. John wrote this letter to emphasize that truth: genuine fellowship among believers is possible only when each one lives in true fellowship with God. Therefore, he says, “we proclaim… so that you too may have fellowship with us.”
To maintain loving fellowship with one another, our relationship with the Father and the Son must first be strong. When our fellowship with God deepens, peace and harmony will overflow in our homes, our churches, our communities, and even our nation.
That is why the apostle Peter wrote: “Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.”— 2 Peter 1:2 (NASB)
Only when our sins are forgiven can our relationship with God be strengthened. Therefore, let us confess our sins to Him so that, through the blood of Christ, we may receive forgiveness and walk in fellowship with God and with one another.
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