Fellowship: The Body

he body. The human body. An extremely intricate design that functions cooperatively almost flawlessly. Any in depth study of any biological function should leave any reasoning being without a doubt about the existence of a creator.

This human body is the illustration that the Apostles use to describe the unity that believers in Christ should have. A system of different functions that work together to accomplish a goal. When one function or part is deficient, then the entire body suffers.

As stated earlier, the body is used in Scripture to depict the church, with the head being Jesus. Christ himself, explains that this closeness should resemble the bond that he has with his Father. For those that don't know, this union, is that they are one in the same. Jesus says to his disciples, in response to them asking if they could see the Father, that once they have seen him, they have seen the Father. This is how tight the fellowship of believers should be - one in the same.

The eye must know what the hand is doing so that it can direct it properly to place a sock on the foot. The ears must listen while the eyes read body language so that the mouth may correctly respond audibly. Working cooperatively to bring the message of Christ to those outside of the fellowship should be the focus of his followers. Being "one" with each other can also account for accountability. Believers must hold each other accountable for their words and actions. Those who do not accept biblical correction, may not actually be in the fellowship.

Fellowship is an essential part of walking with Christ. It is a sort of "buffer" system, keeping each other in line, not letting the others slide away. Without fellowship, a believer may slide into different types of sin due to a lack of accountability or fall suspect to a false and deceiving teaching from a lack of correction.

The Bible also teaches that a fool isolates himself and elsewhere to not forsake the assembling of the believers. Christ created us to be one and though this is very difficult, we should not let it hinder us in being obedient to what he knows is best for us.

Being committed to the acts, fellowship is held to high esteem for prayer, support, accountability, correction, and guidance. Obviously, this can only be done on a small scale across this blog, but it is the hope of this post to encourage those followers to examine their fellowship and seek accountability. Though, you are more than welcome to post prayer requests as comments.