Christianity: A Fellowship with God

“This is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light; in Him there is no darkness at all.”

-1 John 1:5, NIV

Like what has been taught to us ever since in our childhood, we have known that God is good, pure and holy. We know that God, being the light, loves the righteous and hates the wicked. It was made known to us through the bible that God blesses those people who obey His commands and punishes those who does otherwise, like what had happened in Sodom and Gomorrah. And through the bible, the real nature of God was revealed to us.

“If we claim to have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth.”

-1 John 1:6, NIV

Now for us who call ourselves “Christians” and are claiming to have fellowship with God, I think it is just right to say that we have no right to continue this fellowship if we are still living a life driven by sin. Why? Because Christianity is not just a religion or label we could just play with, for we are carrying the name of Christ. The problem today is that there are many people who claim that they are Christians, but are living against the will of God. The actions of these people are just bringing disgrace to the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

The word “Christian” means "a follower of Christ". Now I am confident to say that it is better for those people who are living against the will of God to stop calling themselves "Christians". Why? What do you think other people would now think about Christ if they saw a Christian living a life driven by sin? Of course they would think that Christ is also sinful, which He isn’t. We must remember that we are representatives of Christ here on earth, and Christ does not deserve such disgrace. I say that it is better for such men to stop claiming that they are "Christians", that is if they still choose to continue their sinful lives, for even though they are “Christians” by label, their “Christian life” is just a big lie.

“But if we walk in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.”

-1 John 1:7, NIV

So if we really want to have fellowship with God, then we must walk in the light. We must make every effort and strive to become holy. Yes, I know that it is hard to do this and we may fail in the middle of this journey. Even though we say that we are doing everything for the sake of holiness, there is still a possibility that we may commit a small, small sin. We must remember that a sin is still a sin, and man who sinned is considered unrighteous. But even though we have fallen into sin while we are in the middle of this journey, if we choose to rise and continue walking for the sake of holiness, we would be purified by the blood of Christ from these. And in this, we would experience the real fellowship with God.


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