day no. 15,364: fellowship with God and with others

1 John 1:5-10
This is the message we have heard from Him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with Him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.

A community is only as strong as the thing that holds it together.

Our communion with God is held together by the strength of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. And if Jesus is strong enough to hold us together in communion with God, He is strong enough to hold us together with one another.

Sin is what makes fellowship impossible. Sin is a separation. It is a promotion of difference that destroys unity.

The communion table is proof that God has eliminated that obstacle making fellowship with Him and with others not only possible, but promised.

1 Peter 4:8
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.

If love can cover a multitude of sins, a very difficult chasm to cover, it can certainly cover a multitude of opinions or preferences.