1 John 1:1-3 ... That which was from the beginning, which we have heard,
which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our
hands have handled, of the Word of life; 2 (For the life was manifested,
and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal
life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) 3 That
which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have
fellowship with us:and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with
his Son Jesus Christ.
Exhortation: Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
John was with Jesus when Jesus appeared in the flesh on this present earth.
Yet what John wrote is our testimony also for we have seen Jesus, THE WORD, with spiritual eyes and we have handled Jesus, THE WORD, each time God has revealed THE WORD to us, and we have chosen to obey THE WORD. And our fellowship is with HIM, with the Father, and with Jesus Christ, THE WORD, each time we choose to obey THE WORD given us.
When we sit down with Bible daily and eat that food we strengthen ourselves with HIM.
This is the living bread, the food for now and forever. In HIM, in this bread, is life now and forever.
This is the time of year when people hurry about from one dinner to another and eat and drink and think it is important and think they do somethings special. But this food and drink goes in one end and comes out the other end. The food of Jesus, the Word of God, stays forever when we eat it. It is not like natural food.
And if we should choose to gather in the celebrations with people of this world, don't we feel a little let down? It never quite lives up to the hype that goes before it. And we come away feeling a little dead ... no life ,.. for it is just of this world ...
But when we get into the Bible daily and read and think on various scriptures we feel built up in God. This is life ... the other is only a form of death though it is very busy and active. It promises so much but is really clouds without water and we end up feeling drained. We do not feel life. But when we get apart and go back to Bible and begin reading and being focusing on various scripture, blood flows back into us and we began feeling stronger again.