June 1: Christian Fellowship.
Christian Fellowship and Brotherly Love.
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stay true to the Lord. I love you and long to see you, dear friends, for you are my joy and the crown I receive for my work.--Philippians 4:1, NLT
CHRIST HAD BIDDEN the first disciples love one another as Hehad loved them. Thus they are to bear testimony to the world that Christ was formed within, the hope of glory. "A new commandment I give unto you," He had said, "That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another." John 13:34. At the time when these words were spoken, the disciples could not understand them; but after they had witnessed the sufferings of Christ, after His crucifixion and resurrection, and ascension to heaven, and after the Holy Spirit had rested on them at Pentecost, they had a clearer conception of the love of God and of the nature of that love which they must have for one another....
...They rejoiced in the sweetness of communion with saints. They were tender, thoughtful, self-denying, willing to make any sacrifice for the truth's sake. In their daily association with one another, they revealed the love that Christ had enjoined upon them. By unselfish words and deeds they strove to kindle this love in other hearts.--The Acts of the Apostles, 547.
We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually
seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us.
And our fellowship is with the Father and with the Son, Jesus Christ.
We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy.
--1 John 1:3, 4, NLT
Christian Fellowship and Brotherly Love.
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stay true to the Lord. I love you and long to see you, dear friends, for you are my joy and the crown I receive for my work.--Philippians 4:1, NLT
CHRIST HAD BIDDEN the first disciples love one another as Hehad loved them. Thus they are to bear testimony to the world that Christ was formed within, the hope of glory. "A new commandment I give unto you," He had said, "That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another." John 13:34. At the time when these words were spoken, the disciples could not understand them; but after they had witnessed the sufferings of Christ, after His crucifixion and resurrection, and ascension to heaven, and after the Holy Spirit had rested on them at Pentecost, they had a clearer conception of the love of God and of the nature of that love which they must have for one another....
...They rejoiced in the sweetness of communion with saints. They were tender, thoughtful, self-denying, willing to make any sacrifice for the truth's sake. In their daily association with one another, they revealed the love that Christ had enjoined upon them. By unselfish words and deeds they strove to kindle this love in other hearts.--The Acts of the Apostles, 547.
We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually
seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us.
And our fellowship is with the Father and with the Son, Jesus Christ.
We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy.
--1 John 1:3, 4, NLT
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