Sue J Love
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“What we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ. These things we write, so that our joy may be made complete.
“This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us.” (1 John 1:3-10 NASB1995)
What is this fellowship we are to have with God, with Christ Jesus, and with other Christians? It is not what so many gatherings of the church call “fellowship” these days. It is not a social event for Christians to get together to eat a lot of food and play games and tell jokes and stories to one another and to just have fun. The word is koinónia, and it has to do with partnership, cooperation, and participation with Christ and with the body of Christ in what is of Christ and of his gospel, according to his will and purpose for our lives.
So if we claim that we are in fellowship with Christ, it is a claim that we are in Christ, in communion and participation with Christ in his plan and purpose for our lives. We are in a spiritually intimate relationship with Christ whereby we cooperate with Christ in his work of salvation in our lives, in delivering us out of our slavery to sin so that we will now serve him with our lives in walks of obedience to his commands. It is our spiritual unions with Christ whereby we die with him to sin and now live to him and to his righteousness.
Nonetheless, if we claim that we are in fellowship (communion, participation, cooperation) with Christ, and with his work of salvation in our lives, yet we continue in deliberate and habitual sin against the Lord, and not in walks of obedience to his commands, then we are liars who do not live by the truth. For we cannot be “in Christ,” in fellowship with him, and still walk in darkness (sin, wickedness, rebellion against God) and not in obedience to his commands, in the light of his truth and righteousness and holy living.
For, to walk in the light, as God/Christ is in the light, is to walk (in conduct) in submission to God in obedience to his commands in surrender of our wills to his will and purpose for our lives. For Jesus Christ, in his death on that cross, put our sins to death with him so that, by God-persuaded faith in him, we will now die to sin and live to God and to his righteousness, in walks of obedience to his commands in holy living. This is what it looks like to be in fellowship with Christ, to submit ourselves to doing his will for our lives.
Then, not only are we in fellowship with Christ, via death to sin and walks of obedience to his commands, but we are in fellowship (partnership, participation) with other Christians who are also in biblical fellowship with Christ via death to sin and walks of obedience to his commands. And the blood of Christ Jesus cleanses us from all sin. But we are not cleansed from our sins if all we do is make verbal professions of Christ as Lord and Savior, but while we continue in sinful rebellion against our Lord and his commands.
Now, verse 9 speaks of us confessing our sins and of Jesus being faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. But this is not a stand-alone. This has to be in agreement with the rest of this passage of Scripture which requires that we die with Christ to sin and that we no longer walk in sin but in walks of surrender to our Lord in walks of obedience to his commands. We are not forgiven of our sins and cleansed from all unrighteousness if we are still walking in sin and not in obeying God.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:6-8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]
Broken and Contrite
An Original Work / May 13, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
I come before You, Lord, my Savior,
With humble heart and crushed in spirit.
I bow before You, I implore You,
Heal my broken heart, I pray.
Love You, Jesus, Lord, my master,
You are the King of my heart.
Lord, purify my heart within me;
Sanctify me, whole within.
Oh, Lord, I long to obey fully
The words You’ve spoken through Your Spirit.
I pray You give me grace and mercy,
Strength and wisdom to obey.
Father God, my heart’s desire,
Won’t You set my heart on fire?
Lord, cleanse my heart of all that hinders
My walk with You, now I pray.
Oh, Jesus, Savior, full of mercy,
My heart cries out for understanding.
I want to follow You in all ways,
Never straying from Your truth.
Holy Spirit, come in power,
Fill me with Your love today.
Lord, mold and make me;
Your hands formed me;
Live Your life through me, I pray.
Our Fellowship with Christ Jesus
An Original Work / July 20, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
“This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us.” (1 John 1:3-10 NASB1995)
What is this fellowship we are to have with God, with Christ Jesus, and with other Christians? It is not what so many gatherings of the church call “fellowship” these days. It is not a social event for Christians to get together to eat a lot of food and play games and tell jokes and stories to one another and to just have fun. The word is koinónia, and it has to do with partnership, cooperation, and participation with Christ and with the body of Christ in what is of Christ and of his gospel, according to his will and purpose for our lives.
So if we claim that we are in fellowship with Christ, it is a claim that we are in Christ, in communion and participation with Christ in his plan and purpose for our lives. We are in a spiritually intimate relationship with Christ whereby we cooperate with Christ in his work of salvation in our lives, in delivering us out of our slavery to sin so that we will now serve him with our lives in walks of obedience to his commands. It is our spiritual unions with Christ whereby we die with him to sin and now live to him and to his righteousness.
Nonetheless, if we claim that we are in fellowship (communion, participation, cooperation) with Christ, and with his work of salvation in our lives, yet we continue in deliberate and habitual sin against the Lord, and not in walks of obedience to his commands, then we are liars who do not live by the truth. For we cannot be “in Christ,” in fellowship with him, and still walk in darkness (sin, wickedness, rebellion against God) and not in obedience to his commands, in the light of his truth and righteousness and holy living.
For, to walk in the light, as God/Christ is in the light, is to walk (in conduct) in submission to God in obedience to his commands in surrender of our wills to his will and purpose for our lives. For Jesus Christ, in his death on that cross, put our sins to death with him so that, by God-persuaded faith in him, we will now die to sin and live to God and to his righteousness, in walks of obedience to his commands in holy living. This is what it looks like to be in fellowship with Christ, to submit ourselves to doing his will for our lives.
Then, not only are we in fellowship with Christ, via death to sin and walks of obedience to his commands, but we are in fellowship (partnership, participation) with other Christians who are also in biblical fellowship with Christ via death to sin and walks of obedience to his commands. And the blood of Christ Jesus cleanses us from all sin. But we are not cleansed from our sins if all we do is make verbal professions of Christ as Lord and Savior, but while we continue in sinful rebellion against our Lord and his commands.
Now, verse 9 speaks of us confessing our sins and of Jesus being faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. But this is not a stand-alone. This has to be in agreement with the rest of this passage of Scripture which requires that we die with Christ to sin and that we no longer walk in sin but in walks of surrender to our Lord in walks of obedience to his commands. We are not forgiven of our sins and cleansed from all unrighteousness if we are still walking in sin and not in obeying God.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:6-8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]
Broken and Contrite
An Original Work / May 13, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
I come before You, Lord, my Savior,
With humble heart and crushed in spirit.
I bow before You, I implore You,
Heal my broken heart, I pray.
Love You, Jesus, Lord, my master,
You are the King of my heart.
Lord, purify my heart within me;
Sanctify me, whole within.
Oh, Lord, I long to obey fully
The words You’ve spoken through Your Spirit.
I pray You give me grace and mercy,
Strength and wisdom to obey.
Father God, my heart’s desire,
Won’t You set my heart on fire?
Lord, cleanse my heart of all that hinders
My walk with You, now I pray.
Oh, Jesus, Savior, full of mercy,
My heart cries out for understanding.
I want to follow You in all ways,
Never straying from Your truth.
Holy Spirit, come in power,
Fill me with Your love today.
Lord, mold and make me;
Your hands formed me;
Live Your life through me, I pray.
Our Fellowship with Christ Jesus
An Original Work / July 20, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
