James 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.
Greetings friend in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. You are awesome, beautiful, handsome , fearfully and wonderfully made. Friend, you are so precious to God and this whole week is your week to shine. There is a lifting in your life, you are going upwards and as we share together this week, you will have your faith raised to a whole 'nother level. I am over the top, so excited for what's happening as the word enters into us. This week's goal is not a secret, I will be sharing on "fellowship". I want you to fall in love with Jesus. Many are working on trying to impress God with their own works but I have news for you ; you will serve God more accidentally than you served Him on purpose if you fall in love with Jesus.
God loves you and there is nothing you can do about it!
The message of the gospel is that the great God, the creator of the world loves you so dearly that He sent His only Son to die in your place (when He died on that cross, your body of sin that separated you from God died and when He was buried , your past state was completely forgotten). Scriptures show us that Jesus then rose up from the dead, oh what a day that was when the Son of God, who is the first born from the dead broke the chains of death and rose up to a new life. If we died with Him, this means we were also raised with Him from the dead to a new life(2 Timothy 2:11). My favorite scripture is 2 Corinthians 5:17 and allow me to quote it for you, "If any man is in Christ, He is a new creation;old things are passed away; behold all things have become new." So , you became a new person, your spirit became alive to God. God is now your Father , you are now at peace with God forever, you are separated from darkness and brought into the kingdom of light. It is God that did all of it without your actions and it is Him that continues to work in you this new life by His Spirit in you. Grace was poured to us glory to God!
Our opening scripture is absolutely amazing. Abraham believed God; what a great message. Friend, have you believed God? Look what the scripture did not say, it did not say; Abraham did many good things or Abraham prayed a lot or Abraham begged God. NO, the bible says Abraham believed God! He received God's promise, look at what God said to Abraham in the scripture below:
Genesis 15:1 ....the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
Each time I read such scriptures, my joy hormones are turned on! Read it again....This is how God speaks , this is His language. When Abraham heard this and many more words God spoke to Him, Abraham believed God. He hid those words in his heart and He never let them go. When He did it, he received righteousness, God approved Abraham as a righteous man, he could now stand in the presence of God with the same holiness that God has, he was transmitted into the God class. I will emphasize this over and over again, your righteousness has absolutely nothing to do with what you do or what you are going to do, it is based on your faith in what God did by Jesus Christ. After receiving righteousness, now He became the friend of God. What great love has the Father bestowed upon us that we could be friends with Him because of righteousness. God is no longer far from us but has come near us. You are a friend of God. Look at the message by the Great John:
1 John 1:3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
He said the reason why he was writing was for us to join them (the apostles) in the fellowship they had. And He said this fellowship is with the Father and His Son Jesus Christ. Welcome to the great life! Fellowship with the Father and His Son Jesus Christ. Possibly you have been living in fear that something bad might happen to you or living in regrets about the past or you are in a terrible sickness or in a financial restraint or any situation stressing you. Friend , welcome to the friendship with God Himself, the creator of the world who loves you so dearly and cares for you watchfully. You can talk to Him about anything in the name of His Son Jesus.
God calls you friend.
Always a joy sharing with you, see you again next time. Keep on reading, keep on letting me know your thoughts and keep on sharing with your world. Much love.
