Tuesday

Related Verses
1 John 1:6-7
6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and are not practicing the truth;
7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from every sin.

Acts 2:42
42 And they continued steadfastly in the teaching and the fellowship of the apostles, in the breaking of bread and the prayers.

1 Cor. 10:16-18
16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the fellowship of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the fellowship of the body of Christ?
17 Seeing that there is one bread, we who are many are one Body; for we all partake of the one bread.
18 Look at Israel according to the flesh. Are not those who eat the sacrifices those who have fellowship with the altar?

Mark 12:30-31
30 And you shall love the Lord your God from your whole heart and from your whole soul and from your whole mind and from your whole strength.”
31 The second is this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” There is no other commandment greater than these.

Phil. 2:1
1 If there is therefore any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any tenderheartedness and compassions,

Rev. 1:10
10 I was in spirit on the Lord’s Day and heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,

Related Reading
The fellowship of the divine life has both a vertical aspect and a horizontal aspect. The vertical aspect of fellowship refers to our fellowship with the Triune God. The horizontal aspect of fellowship refers to our fellowship with one another. 

The vertical aspect of fellowship was initially established with the first apostles. The apostles then reported to sinners the eternal life in order that they might have fellowship with the apostles. Before the apostles reported the eternal life to them, the apostles themselves already had the vertical fellowship with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ (1 John 1:3)…When the apostles reported the eternal life to others, they experienced the horizontal aspect of the divine fellowship. (CWWL, 1990, vol. 1, “The Triune God to Be Life to the Tripartite Man,” p. 354) 

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Both aspects of the divine fellowship are closely related; therefore, it is difficult to say which aspect comes first. If you do not have the proper fellowship with the Lord, it is difficult to have fellowship with your fellow believers. In the same way, if you do not have the proper fellowship with your fellow believers, it is difficult to have fellowship with the Lord. 

If we do not have a proper relationship with those around us, it is difficult to have a good fellowship with the Lord vertically. The reason for this is that the divine fellowship is one fellowship…Most of us may think that we daily start this fellowship according to its vertical aspect, followed by its horizontal aspect. Most of the time, however, this is not our experience. Since most of us have spouses, other family members, or roommates living with us, our fellowship usually begins in a horizontal manner. If we have a quarrel with our wife, husband, or roommate in the evening, we will find it difficult to start our vertical fellowship with the Lord in the morning. We must maintain both the vertical and horizontal aspects of the fellowship in order to be healthy spiritually. 

Our problem is that we do not have the habit to fellowship, and many of us do not like to fellowship. We must realize that when we fellowship, the Lord is involved. When we turn away from fellowship or stop our fellowship with our fellow believers, the Lord is kept away. 

We should try to have fellowship with our fellow believers as much as possible. This divine fellowship not only corrects us; it also molds us and even reconstitutes us. This fellowship brings the divine constituent into our spiritual being, causing a change in our being. 

The divine fellowship is the reality of living in the Body of Christ…In Revelation 22:20 the Lord Jesus said, “I come quickly,” but it has been nearly two thousand years, and the Lord is still not back. The reason is that the believers are individualistic, independent, opinionated, and divisive…The believers seem to be like horses without bridles. Today nothing seems to control them. Actually, the divine fellowship should control the believers. 

The one thing that should rule us is the divine fellowship. We are restricted in this fellowship. By being restricted in this fellowship, the Body of Christ is kept in oneness, and the work of the ministry continues to go on. When we are out of fellowship, everything is finished. The thing that makes everything alive is fellowship. If we learn to fellowship, we will receive many benefits, especially in the Lord’s work. (CWWL, 1990, vol. 1, “The Triune God to Be Life to the Tripartite Man,” pp. 354-357) 

Further Reading: CWWL, 1990, vol. 1, “The Triune God to Be Life to the Tripartite Man,” chs. 16—19”