6/15/2017

James chapter 2 In God's Love for Me and My Love for Him, I Want to be Called a Friend of God



We are to love our neighbor.  We ask, “Who is our neighbor?”  Everyone is our neighbor.  We are not to choose which children of God we want to love and who we do not want to love dependent on their status or outward appearance.  God is love.  He loves us.   We love and care for others in obedience to God.   We are not to see a need and tell the person in need, “I will pray for you”.  James tells us that God wants us to do what we can to help that person.  Never tell someone you will pray for them and neglect to do so.  We read in James 5:16 that God honors our fervent prayers. In faith, we believe with our hearts, not just our heads.  God’s love and our faith are demonstrated by what we say and what we do.  Only God’s love is perfect.  Others must see His perfect love in our actions and in our words.  The more we love and listen to the Savior, the closer we walk with Him.  He becomes our friend.  Abraham was a friend of God because of His believing, righteous actions.

Now is the day of Salvation (2 Corinthians 6:2).  Everyone who has heard the Word will make an eternal choice to believe or not to believe.
Believing Christians will come before God to be judged and awarded by how we have lived out our faith while on earth.  The Lord knows how we love, what we say, how we treat our neighbors, how we care for others, and what we do as witnesses and doers for Him and His Kingdom. 
Jesus is my friend.  I am alive in Christ.  His Spirit is in me.  My faith is alive.

Lord, use my faith, actions, and words to your Glory each day while I live on earth walking with you.  Thank you for being my Lord and my friend.  Amen

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