How Good and Pleasant it is....

...When brethren dwell together in unity.

Yesterday's Lord's Day was a feast of reason and flow of soul as well as a literal feast of food. We had our usual society meeting followed by a fellowship dinner at one of our member's home. This was followed by a group discussion on a chosen topic that kept us on track with devoting this day to the Lord. Such times as these are a small foreshadowing of the fellowship that awaits us in Heaven.

It is an encouraging thing to see sanctification happening not only on an individual, but also on the corporate level. Fellowship with like-minded believers is one of the main resources that God has given the Church for keeping ourselves unspotted from the world. This is especially important when we live in a culture that is more and more degenerate as time progresses, and also in a time when the Church at large is sunk in apostacy, schism, and judicial blindness. Things look bleak when we survey the horizon, even when we know that God has ordained these circumstances and is working out His will to His own honor and glory. These times of fellowship are what give us weak mortals the intestinal fortitude, hope, and joy in the circumstances that helps us to stay the course.