This month’s devotions will be from the letter of 1 John. Our sermons in church at the moment are from another book of the Bible called the Gospel of John. They’re both almost certainly written by the same author. They are also both about the same person. In our sermons in church we’ll be seeing the last day’s of Christ Jesus life on earth. In our devotions in 1 John we’ll explore the truth about who Christ Jesus is, and what it means to be Christian.1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. 2 The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. 3 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. 4 We write this to make our joy complete.REFLECTIONSWritten by Gus Cameron1 John begins with this incredible claim: John has seen and touched the Word of Life. It is remarkable for two reasons. First because it means that God became man, Jesus who was with God in the beginning walked on earth as one of us. I find it easy to forget how extraordinary that statement is – God came to earth.The second remarkable thing is that John and the other disciples got to see and even touch him. What a privilege that was for them. But John isn’t telling us this to brag about himself, John wants us to have confidence that what he writes about in this letter is true, and incredibly important – because when we know the Word of Life, we find eternal life.John also talks about this word “fellowship”, that we can have fellowship with John, and fellowship with God. Fellowship is more than a cup of tea after church, fellowship means to be united together, doing something together. When we know the Word of Life, we are united together with God and with all Christians, living together with God.The opening on 1 John is an invitation to keep reading, to make sure we understand the truth about Jesus, and then to think about what it looks to be united together with each other and with God the Father. Question: If someone asked you “who is Jesus?” how would you answer them?ABOUT THE AUTHORGus is an Assistant Minister with our Fairfield Congregations