NKJ 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.


One thing that has been kinda on my mind lately is the debate that has been going on about invitations. There are those who hold that if you don’t have an invitation you are automatically a hyper-calvinist, one who doesn’t believe that we should have to evangelize because God has already chosen whom He will save.

As a ministerial student, and one day pastor, that line of thinking, carried to extremes has its own dangers. Is the invitation the only place of salvation? How do we know the person who is coming forward for membership is truly saved? Can we know?

Take a close look at verse 7 again. We can only have fellowship with one another if we walk in the light as He is. We can tell if someone is saved by the way they are walking (i.e. their lifestyle, living out their faith).

It is absolutely paramount that we guard the church doors so as to not allow anyone who is not saved to have a voice in the ongoings of the church. We are the bride of Christ, the one who bore our sin and suffered on our behalf, being risen on the third day and ascended to heaven for us. We must keep the bride pure and white as possible.

What does your walk say about you? Would those in the church say that you take your relationship with the Lord seriously or just haphazardly like the rest? You can turn that around starting now. There is never any place in life that His grace and forgiveness cannot be found. Especially in His house. Come to Him and find rest...


NKJ Ephesians 5:27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

We are to be a pure, holy people before Him. Not what we have in many churches today. Too many people play church and think that they can go about their lives, banking on their "decision" that they made way back when. The problem is it is just fire insurance. I pray, I pray, that you would see the need of your own soul to call upon Him. You cannot do it on your own.

The very fact you may be reading this could be evidence that some reason, whatever it may be you are searching and seeking answers to a question that you don't know how to ask. Who is Jesus?

He is the Light that can bring hope of new life. His blood can cleanse us from our sin against God. Call on Him by faith.

If there were ever any reason to be part of the fellowship of believers it’s this—the blood of Jesus covers us. We have this in common and can share in the fellowship of His sufferings and our own. Walking in the Light gives us fellowship with one another and forgiveness is found there.

We are a people of grace and forgiveness. When we walk together in the Light.

Go on…fellowship with one another.

Soli Deo Gloria,

Aaron “Tree” Landis
Psalm 1.3