TOGETHER

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised [us] up together, and made [us] sit together in heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus.”

Oswald Chambers states, “Christianity is in its essence social.” He goes on to say, “The main characteristic of Christianity is the “together” aspect. The Bible teaches most emphatically, no man is an island. If you try to make it alone you will end up with an Elijah complex.

Paul tells us God has “knit together” those who are His, as Jonathan and David’s souls were knit together. And as Israel, “Knit together as one man,” so it is with the Body of Christ. Like Joseph’s coat of many colours, we are God’s fabric woven with multi-shades. We are to blend together for God’s glory.

Jesus said to the people of His day, “How often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under [her] wings, and ye would not! But this was not true of His elect, that small remnant, in comparison, who came “together” to hear the preaching, pray, and break bread.

O, dear saints of God, until that day when we “shall be caught up together…in the clouds, to meet the Lord,” let us come together in our local assemblies to meet Him each Lord’s Day.