Friendship with God

Religion tells us that being good and following all the traditions is the solution to peace with God, but the Bible tells us that believing in the Lord Jesus Christ is God’s solution to peace with Him.

In today’s society the world refuses to take correction, but for the believer, the correction of the Lord Jesus Christ is for our benefit.

Everyone is chasing something today in order to get ahead and be the leader, but it is when we slow down and realize that He leads us will we be content with life.

In today’s world it seems everyone is in the pursuit for success, wealth, power and love, but they are still not satisfied, while they should be in the pursuit for the things of God because only He can satisfy.

Many people know of the Lord Jesus Christ but do not have a friendship with Him, while to others He is well known because they do have a friendship with God.

Although the Jewish people reject Jesus Christ and His offer of salvation, yet one day all of Israel will be saved.

God chose to proclaim His truth of salvation to the Gentiles because the Jews were not hearing God.

Like sheep, we tend to listen to many different voices, however, only the true Shepherd, the Lord Jesus Christ is the one voice we need to hear.

There are many people who believe there are many ways to get to heaven, however, the correct way is only by going through the Lord Jesus Christ.

Although it may seem as if our witness for the Lord Jesus Christ was a waste of time, we may not discover the impact we had in one’s life until we get to heaven.

Many people are living life and looking for their source of fulfillment in this world, but they refuse to look to the source of true fulfillment in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Just as the Lord Jesus Christ restored sight to the blind man, He has the power to restore life to mankind through His death and resurrection to all who will call on His name for salvation.

The Lord Jesus Christ came into this world to be the light of the world so people would be freed from the power of darkness and walk in His marvelous light.

mankind is desiring a life of satisfaction but without The Lord Jesus Christ they are without life and will never find true satisfaction.

Man is continually filling up their cup of iniquity and unless they repent and turn to the Lord Jesus Christ for His mercy, they will all face the wrath of God on judgment day.

The desire for more knowledge through educational pursuits is  important, however, what they don’t know is that they are missing the most important pursuit and that is the pursuit for a friendship with God.

So many people are thinking they are good enough to make it into heaven but are going to be disqualified because they refused to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as the only way to heaven.

People are living in this world with a need for something. They are living with a need for spiritual things and the need for a relationship with Jesus Christ.

It will be a wonderful day when the Jewish people cry out to the Lord Jesus Christ and say, that’s our redeemer!                                           

Jesus tells us that we have not because we ask not and for the Jewish people it is going to be a terrible thing when they ask why they have not the hope of eternal life, and the Lord Jesus Christ will say to them because you have not called on Me for the forgiveness of your sins.

The blind man was cast out of the Synagogue because of his testimony for the Lord Jesus Christ and many of those same people will be cast out of heaven because they rejected the testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ.  

God has given us all a golden opportunity to use our spiritual gifts to reach people with the Gospel in order that they would be saved.

The day of judgment with the Lord Jesus Christ is not going to be about what we know as a group, organization or even a church but what I know individually regarding my friendship with God.

Just as a mother does for her children, the Lord Jesus Christ does for His children in providing them with care and protection against those who would try and do them harm.

Throughout their history, the Jewish people have felt burdened by idols and weighed down by their guilt of sin instead of coming to Jesus who will remove those burdens through His forgiveness of sins.