If we say that we have fellowship with Jesus while we are walking in the darkness, we lie and do not do what is true; but if we walk in the light as Jesus himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another... 1 John 1:6-7
In one of our post-communion prayers, we give thanks to God for making us "living members of the Body of Christ."
We are living members of the Body of Christ!
I know, we hesitate to fully take this in because we know we are not worthy, not up to the job.
But God already has that taken care of.
If we honestly, and regularly, stop to look within ourselves---to identify the shadows and darkness within us---AND if we seek to give up those shadows and darkness....and allow ourselves to be strengthened by the Spirit---to be empowered to live into this new life in Christ---if we take the promise of reconciliation and redemption seriously.....
We can then walk in the light of Christ. In the life of Christ. Then we have true fellowship with one another. Then we live what we believe. Then we reveal Christ to the world. Resurrection.
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