ARE YOU A FRIEND OF GOD?

WITNESS




6-5-13




ARE YOU A FRIEND OF GOD










Are you a friend of God


Before you answer
Let me tell you what James, the Apostle,
And half-brother of Jesus once wrote,


“You adulterous people
Don’t you know that friendship
Towards the world
Is hatred towards God


Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world
Becomes an enemy of God” James 4:4


So
What does it mean to be a friend of the world
As opposed to God


I believe
It is simply
Putting the love of money and materialism
Over the love of God
And the love of your neighbor


Or putting our own selfish desires
Of the flesh
At the expense of God and family


Or calling ALL miracles----“medical” or scientific miracles


Or putting our own selfish addictions
Over the love of God and family


Let’s be clear
Being a friend to God
Isn’t the absence of money
The absence of our sexuality
Or the absence of medical miracles
In our lives


To be a friend to God
Just means to keep our priorities
In their proper place
ALWAYS keeping God and family
ABOVE everything else


Proverbs 17: 17 tells us,
“A friend loves at all times
And a brother is born in adversity”


So we know
That God LOVES US at all times
Even when we have turned our back on him


He is just waiting for you
Waiting for me
To ask for another chance


We KNOW
That we will get another chance
If we just SINCERELY ask


Matthew 7:7-8 says,


“Ask
And it will be given to you
Seek and you will find
Knock and the door will be opened to you


For everyone who asks---receives
He who seeks---finds
And to him who knocks
The door will be opened”


And when we get our second chance
We are to follow the commandments
And LIVE by God’s own spirit


“The fruit of the spirit is love,
Joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Gentleness, and self-control


Against such things---there is no law” Galatians 5:22-23


My friends
God is our BEST FRIEND
We just have to:


Keep our priorities straight
Follow his commandments
And do our best to live
With the qualities of GOD’S OWN SPIRIT


God is
NOT looking for perfection
Just our best effort


IF we give it
Count yourself


AS A FRIEND OF GOD


Robert P. Wallman
3-22-12




Ps WITNESS 6-5-13


“A FRIEND loves at ALL times-and a BROTHER is born for adversity”
Proverbs 17:17


“Greater love has no man than this-that he lay down his life for his FRIENDS”
John 15:13




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