The Importance of This Fellowship to Me

    1.  I am a believer, a son of God in Christ Jesus. God has been pleased to reveal his Son in me. He is my life, my hope, and my refuge. I live by his grace and grow on his Word. And so I must constantly be where I can hear his Word in power, in the Holy Ghost, and in assurance. I must be fed on the truth!

    2.  I love Christ, he is precious to me, and so all that is of Christ (his church, his ordinances, and his people) is precious to me. I not only feel that I must be identified with them in this world but it’s also my greatest enjoyment to fellowship with believers around the person of Christ. I am just not happy or content around those who do not know or rejoice in him. Where the people of Christ go, I will go; where they lodge, I will lodge; where they die, I will die, and there I will be buried. I will not be interested by whatever temptation there may arise to leave them.

    3.  I am a frail human. I am subject to fall and subject to attacks from the world, the flesh, and the devil. I am not perfect and I have not arrived. I fear indifference, sin, and coldness of heart. Therefore, I need to be exhorted daily, I need to be encouraged, I need to be comforted, and I need to be rebuked. The world and its liberal preacher who cries "peace, peace" and the religionist will not do these things for me; only the true pastor and the true believer (who know my nature and need) can be all these things to me.

    4.  I am a witness. Christ said, "Ye shall be my witnesses." I am concerned for the salvation of my family, friends, and people around the world; therefore, I desire to bring my family and friends under the Word of truth and help to send pastors, evangelists, preachers, and missionaries to other towns and countries to preach Christ.

My Father, I thank thee for this fellowship of believers.
I pray you will make them a blessing to me
And will make me a blessing to them!