We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. We write this to make our joy complete. 1 John 1:3, 4

In a way, we are handicapped in that we were not there when Jesus stilled the angry storms, fed the multitudes, healed the sick and spoke words of divine grace as he revealed the heart of his Father in heaven.  We were not among the disciples whom he blessed and bade good will as he ascended into glory.

John, the one who wrote this letter, is much aware of the fact that he had the advantage of actually being there while those to whom he is writing were not. John cannot change that but he can declare with absolutely certainty, together with those were physically there on the Mount of Olives in Palestine when Jesus revealed himself as alive forever, that he will be in and with his followers with an intimacy that is hard to believe, even closer than when he was physically among them, for all time.

John knew Jesus abode in him by the Holy Spirit and he wants nothing less for us today.  That is why he wrote about the indwelling Jesus – so that our joy will be complete.

John proclaims that Jesus is in him, Jesus is likewise in us.  That is the core of our fellowship on earth and for eternity.  Not that we have done anything but that Jesus indwells all those who love him – authentic fellowship. How many of us might there be?  Multitudes from every tribe and nation, from every era, are in that intimate fellowship with the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit from now to eternity.

Overwhelming, indeed, just to know that!