Receiving Christ as Lord and Savior is an individual decision, no one can make that decision for me. However, from the moment of conversion, the Christian is in the midst of a family of faith, a sacred meeting called a church; Christ’s disciples are called to live in communion with one another.
Psalm 133 is the canticle of koinonia in the Old Testament. According to the law, people went up to Jerusalem to worship the Lord; these pilgrims did not walk alone. They were accompanied by other pilgrims in holy union of faith and love for the glory of the Lord.
- Unfortunately.
- Today.
- Many of those who call themselves Christians seek to rationalize disengagement as if it were possible to live the Christian faith in a lonely or individualistic way.
- Is it possible to live like this?So.
- Let’s see what this psalm has to teach us.
From the beginning of all things, the Lord has established that it is not good to live alone (Genesis 2:18). Human beings were created to experience the pleasure of community life. In this way, God’s people, in their eagerness to fulfill what God had commanded them, went to Jerusalem to worship, at that time they realized that not only were they in the same place, but they were witnesses of unity of heart and purpose, it was as if they were singing: O!How good and pleasant the Lord’s purpose is!It’s good that the brothers live together!
The Bible expresses the unity of God’s people in many ways. In Psalm 133, pilgrims illustrate the unity of purpose through the oil poured over the priest’s head and the dew that descends upon Mount Zion. What do these illustrations want to communicate?
In the case of oil, I believe it indicates God’s sanctifying power by allowing pilgrims to serve each other, just as it happened to the priest when he was ordained for his office. Pilgrims must live in unity and mutual service for each other.
The dew indicates the fruiting conditions. The earth wet by dew was prepared for life to abound; Similarly, god’s united people received from above the power to do good works in the world, especially the witness of unity. gathered under the Blessing of the Lord in a communion of faith and love.
Pilgrims knew that this land was not the end of everything, they had a vision of eternity. At the same time, they could experience some kind of “presentation” from heaven, and this happened whenever they were together and united to worship the Lord. What they did three times a year was a holy anticipation of what they would do for eternity. They knew that unity would not be a momentary blessing, but it must have been a pleasure forever.
Our Lord Jesus Christ gathered twelve disciples, and then they gathered in one hundred and twenty This number continues to grow to this day!People from different tribes, languages, and races gather Sunday after Sunday to sing praises to the Lord through Jesus, through the power of the Spirit. Through the Gospel, not only three times a year, but every week we can come together and say, O how good and enjoyable it is to live in God’s family!
The life of communion is good and wonderful. It is among God’s people that we can serve one another with the gifts of the Holy Ghost. In the communion of the saints, we receive instruction, comfort, exhortation, and feed hope for Jesus’ return. We are not allowed to live alone! We are called to live in holy union (He 10:25).
The communion of the saints in this life is not perfect, we fight, we do not understand each other and we often neglect community life, however, when we are perfect, together we will always experience eternal rest, so what we do, from Sunday to Sunday, is only an anticipation of what will be eternal, but without the knot of sin.
What a blessing! Oh, how good and pleasant it is to know that one day we will find ourselves in eternity without the things that separate us today!We will live in a holy and beautiful communion of faith, love and worship!May the Lord fill our hearts with joy!we can live today!