Communion

From: Christian Treasury: Volume 5 By: Hugh Henry Snell

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The secret of our collective joy and comfort is individual occupation with our glorified Lord Jesus. When each heart is rejoicing in the Lord, then we can have fellowship one with another, worship the Father in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and delight in the thought that "yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry." Thanks be unto God, who hath called us "unto the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord." 1 Cor. 1:9⁹God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. (1 Corinthians 1:9).

Communion is the Christian's watchword. Our blessed Lord would have us share with Himself "the words"—divine communications—which the Father gave Him. (John 17:8⁸For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. (John 17:8).)

He gives us His peace, that calm, unperturbed state, which flowed from confidence in the Father's love, so that He would have us be without heart-trouble, or fear, during the whole time of His absence. He said, "Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you.... Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." John 14:27²⁷Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. (John 14:27).

He would have us share His joy. He said, "These things I speak in the world, that they might have My joy fulfilled in themselves." John 17:13¹³And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. (John 17:13).

As to love, He wants us to know that the Father loves us as He has loved Him. (John 17:23, 26²³I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. (John 17:23)
²⁶And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. (John 17:26).) And, to crown the whole, He will share with us His glory. "The glory which Thou gavest Me I have given them." John 17:22²²And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: (John 17:22). Oh to be kept in the constant enjoyment of this sweet communion!

H.H. Snell

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