Jas 4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God
Enemy of God.
Jas 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
Friend of God.
We can choose to be enemies of God or friends of God. It's a choice we make.
If we choose the world because it's so much easier to do that than to choose to live for God- then we have to accept that we have made our choice and our eternal fate is of our own choosing.
It is easier to choose the world. Why? Because the world loves its own. The world does not love those who are God's. The world puts on a great show of pretense towards accepting God, and some of even loving God, but underneath that show there is a lot of corruption. When the corruption seeps out into the open the world is eager to point fingers at the supposed lovers of God and accuse them of their false religion. The world is eager to paint God in a bad light. The world is more willing to doubt than to believe as if their doubt gives them an edge in life. It's easier to live for self and self contentment, self satisfaction, self love than it is to live denying self. When we are called to deny self we feel that deprivation, the world shouts that we are being deprived of something that is owed to us by the mere fact that we were born. Being born entitles us to self happiness, or at least the world wants us to believe that. What being born entitles us to is a chance for eternal life, this is a very special, special gift we are entitled to and yet how many are raised to comprehend that this is our real entitlement- not happiness here and now, not pleasure here and now. No, I'm not saying we have to live our lives in severe deprivation as some monasteries and such promote, but we are called to deny our selves and we do this as we make the choice to put others first, others before our own wants, our own happiness, our own desires, our own needs. Is it any wonder that it is so much easier to be a friend of the world? Is it any wonder that being a friend of the world means being an enemy of God's?
We can comprehend this, our God will help us to comprehend this if we really choose to do so. If not, Satan will gladly skew our understanding and warp it to the point we are deceived.
Joh 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Joh 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Joh 15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
A servant is not told what his master is thinking- they are just ordered to serve with no explanation and they must obey. A servant is not entitled to know the reasoning behind their master's requests, they aren't allowed to know the innermost thoughts of the one they are serving. When Jesus ministered He revealed the Father to us through that ministry. We were allowed to know the innermost thoughts, we were told the reasoning, we were given explanations, the Father God was REVEALED to us. Because of this revelation given to us by the Son of God, we can be called the friends of God. We can choose to study, to know, to allow the Holy Spirit to guide our lives teaching us to live as a friend of God and not a friend of the world.
We must ask ourselves if we are a friend of God's or a friend of the world's. This question has to be asked. Take stock of your life and truly seek the real answer. It's super easy to just spout off what you want to believe, but not so easy to really examine your life and ask the question. If the answer turns out to be that you are a friend of the world's then you need to ask for forgiveness and pray for the Holy Spirit to guide you towards friendship with God, a true friendship with God where He does come first and you don't, where others come first and you don't.
We must remember the world is run by Satan and he'll use every trick he has to ensnare all those he possibly can. If you believe in God, you have to believe in Him and you have to believe that he truly has power in this world to deceive. Our God is greater than Satan, and the Holy Spirit will guide us and keep us in Christ, we must choose to allow our entitlement of life not be our happiness here and now but the choice of eternal life and the happiness found in knowing we are God's -that and that alone is true happiness.
All in Him, all by Him, all through Him.
His mercy, His grace, His love!
Always.
Enemy of God.
Jas 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
Friend of God.
We can choose to be enemies of God or friends of God. It's a choice we make.
If we choose the world because it's so much easier to do that than to choose to live for God- then we have to accept that we have made our choice and our eternal fate is of our own choosing.
It is easier to choose the world. Why? Because the world loves its own. The world does not love those who are God's. The world puts on a great show of pretense towards accepting God, and some of even loving God, but underneath that show there is a lot of corruption. When the corruption seeps out into the open the world is eager to point fingers at the supposed lovers of God and accuse them of their false religion. The world is eager to paint God in a bad light. The world is more willing to doubt than to believe as if their doubt gives them an edge in life. It's easier to live for self and self contentment, self satisfaction, self love than it is to live denying self. When we are called to deny self we feel that deprivation, the world shouts that we are being deprived of something that is owed to us by the mere fact that we were born. Being born entitles us to self happiness, or at least the world wants us to believe that. What being born entitles us to is a chance for eternal life, this is a very special, special gift we are entitled to and yet how many are raised to comprehend that this is our real entitlement- not happiness here and now, not pleasure here and now. No, I'm not saying we have to live our lives in severe deprivation as some monasteries and such promote, but we are called to deny our selves and we do this as we make the choice to put others first, others before our own wants, our own happiness, our own desires, our own needs. Is it any wonder that it is so much easier to be a friend of the world? Is it any wonder that being a friend of the world means being an enemy of God's?
We can comprehend this, our God will help us to comprehend this if we really choose to do so. If not, Satan will gladly skew our understanding and warp it to the point we are deceived.
Joh 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Joh 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Joh 15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
A servant is not told what his master is thinking- they are just ordered to serve with no explanation and they must obey. A servant is not entitled to know the reasoning behind their master's requests, they aren't allowed to know the innermost thoughts of the one they are serving. When Jesus ministered He revealed the Father to us through that ministry. We were allowed to know the innermost thoughts, we were told the reasoning, we were given explanations, the Father God was REVEALED to us. Because of this revelation given to us by the Son of God, we can be called the friends of God. We can choose to study, to know, to allow the Holy Spirit to guide our lives teaching us to live as a friend of God and not a friend of the world.
We must ask ourselves if we are a friend of God's or a friend of the world's. This question has to be asked. Take stock of your life and truly seek the real answer. It's super easy to just spout off what you want to believe, but not so easy to really examine your life and ask the question. If the answer turns out to be that you are a friend of the world's then you need to ask for forgiveness and pray for the Holy Spirit to guide you towards friendship with God, a true friendship with God where He does come first and you don't, where others come first and you don't.
We must remember the world is run by Satan and he'll use every trick he has to ensnare all those he possibly can. If you believe in God, you have to believe in Him and you have to believe that he truly has power in this world to deceive. Our God is greater than Satan, and the Holy Spirit will guide us and keep us in Christ, we must choose to allow our entitlement of life not be our happiness here and now but the choice of eternal life and the happiness found in knowing we are God's -that and that alone is true happiness.
All in Him, all by Him, all through Him.
His mercy, His grace, His love!
Always.
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