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“Fellowship”
Categories: Minister's CornerHow much do you value FELLOWSHIP with your spiritual family at Westpark?
In April of 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a preacher, was executed by special order at a Nazi camp. He was arrested two years before, and had been transferred from prison to prison. Moving from place to place, he lost all contact with everyone he knew, the outside world, and according to his own testimony, the most precious possession he had: FELLOWSHIP.
Years before his imprisonment Bonhoeffer wrote of the richness of fellowship in the following statements from his book, “LIFE TOGETHER,” based on Psalm 1:33. “The physical presence of other Christians is a source of incomparable joy and strength to the believer. A physical sign of the gracious presence of the triune God. How inexhaustible are the riches that open up for those who, by God’s will, are privileged to live in the daily fellowship of life with other Christians.” “Let him who has such a privilege thank God on his knees and declare. It is grace, nothing but grace, that we are allowed to live in fellowship with Christian brothers.”
We experience many blessings in Christ, but one of our greatest blessings is the FELLOWSHIP we share together at Westpark. We must make sure we never neglect this wonderful blessing!
