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.

Doctrine Conclusion: The Embodiment of Truth

fter recognizing that we all worship something in our lives and upon discovering what that something is, we then need to ask if we are content with that being our object of worship.

In one of the discussion on doctrine, we explained how most people naturally agree that there is a higher being. We proposed the idea that this being, which we call God, is expecting himself to solely be that object of worship in our life. We are proclaiming that this is the truth. We are brave enough to claim that there is only one truth, and since there is only one truth, anything that contradicts it is false by definition.

So, if there is only one truth, the question that's begging to be asked is if this truth can be discovered. We respond with a resounding yes. In a society that believes in developing their own truth as they walk through life will obviously conclude with many so-called "truths". As a result, this method of finding or discovering truth can not be correct.

What if this truth can be encapsuled in a person? What if it can be an embodiment? To embody would be a person, being, or thing embodying a spirit, principle, abstraction, etc; incarnation or a bodily manifestation. Well, it has and his name was Yeshua, better known as Jesus. He lived approximately over 2000 years ago and the evidence of what he did is overwhelming when it comes to biblical and non-biblical sources. There's one huge problem with this though. If he did really say "I am the truth" and if he was what he said he was, it should change the way we see and live our lives forever. He said he was the truth. Not one truth, but the truth. The only truth. He pointed to the Bible as his written down truth and stated that not one single notion in the Bible is to be disregarded and that his word [the Bible] will last even longer than this earth will last.

So, I present to you, for the first time [again].....truth, as it is to be known as a person and as a book. This is truth. It can't be refuted intellectually, scientifically, historically, or archeologically. There has been attempts to refute it, but all these attempts seem to fall at the wayside as the Bible and Jesus continue surviving through time and changing millions upon millions of people, by the inside out.

This God is attempting to communicate with his creation, but most aren't listening. Even those who say that they know, don't care what he has to say. If you believe in God, do you care what he has to say? Are you searching for him through the way that he has communicated to man? If you believe that there is a god, there is no other book that can stand up against the Bible. I challenge you to test it. Ask him, through prayer, to show you himself in his word, the Bible.

This is why doctrine is important. There is a God. He wants you and expects you to know him and seek him. He has communicated to man in a way that man could understand. One way was by becoming a man and the other way through the language of man, the Bible. If we try to find him in any other way, we're gonna come up with a false god, one that is different to who he really is. If thats the case, how would we be able to correctly discover what he is communicating to us. The major theme of his communication is that he expects to be the object of your worship - because he knows it's good for you.