Spurgeon: November AM
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"Fellowship with Him."
--1 John 1:6
When we were united by faith to Christ, we were brought into
such complete fellowship with Him, that we were made one with
Him, and His interests and ours became mutual and identical. We
have fellowship with Christ in His love . What He loves we
love. He loves the saints--so do we. He loves sinners--so do we.
He loves the poor perishing race of man, and pants to see
earth's deserts transformed into the garden of the Lord--so do
we. We have fellowship with Him in His desires . He desires
the glory of God--we also labour for the same. He desires that
the saints may be with Him where He is--we desire to be with Him
there too. He desires to drive out sin--behold we fight under
His banner. He desires that His Father's name may be loved and
adored by all His creatures--we pray daily, "Let Thy kingdom
come and Thy will be done on earth, even as it is in heaven." We
have fellowship with Christ in His sufferings . We are not
nailed to the cross, nor do we die a cruel death, but when He is
reproached, we are reproached; and a very sweet thing it is to
be blamed for His sake, to be despised for following the Master,
to have the world against us. The disciple should not be above
His Lord. In our measure we commune with Him in His labours ,
ministering to men by the word of truth and by deeds of love.
Our meat and our drink, like His, is to do the will of Him who
hath sent us and to finish His work. We have also fellowship
with Christ in His joys . We are happy in His happiness, we
rejoice in His exaltation. Have you ever tasted that joy,
believer? There is no purer or more thrilling delight to be
known this side heaven than that of having Christ's joy
fulfilled in us, that our joy may be full. His glory awaits us
to complete our fellowship, for His Church shall sit with him
upon His throne, as His well-beloved bride and queen.