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The Westminster Confession of Faith and Larger Catechism
1. All believers are united to Jesus Christ, their head, by his Spirit and by faith, and have fellowship with him in his grace, suffering, death, resurrection, and glory.[1] United to one another in love the saints have fellowship in each other's gifts and grace[2] and are obliged to perform those public and private duties which nourish their mutual good, both spiritually and physically.[3]
[1] 1 Jn 1:3, Eph 3:16-19, Jn 1:16, Eph 2:5-6, Phil 3:10, Rom 6:5-6, 2 Tm 2:12, Rom 8:17.
[2] Eph 4:15-16, 1 Cor 12:7, 3:21-23, Col 2:19, 1 Jn 1:3,7.
[3] 1 Thes 5:11,14, Rom 1:11-12, 14, 1 Jn 3:16-18, Gal 6:10.
2. By their profession of faith saints are bound to maintain a holy fellowship and communion with each other in the worship of God and in the performance of other spiritual services for their mutual improvement.[4] They are also bound to help each other in material things according to their different abilities and needs. This fellowship is to be offered, as God gives the opportunity, to everyone in every place who calls on the name of the Lord Jesus.[5]
[4] Heb 10:24-25, Acts 2:42,46, Is 2:3, 1 Cor 11:20.
[5] Acts 2:44-45, 1 Jn 3:17, 2 Cor 8 and 9, Acts 11:29-30.
3. This communion which the saints have with Christ in no way means that they share in his godhead or are equal with him in any respect–to affirm either is impious and blasphemous.[6] Neither does their communion with each other take away or infringe the right each person has to own and possess goods and property.[7]
[6] Col 1:18-19, 1 Cor 8:6, Is 42:8, 1 Tm 6:15-16, Ps 45:7, Heb 1:8-9, Ps 14:7.
[7] Ex 20:15, Eph 4:28, Acts 5:4.
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