2 Chronicles 29-31; James 4

Let's be friends!

"Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God"(4:4)

Imagine people singing 'I am a friend of God' in church on sunday but with their actions, throughout the week, actually demonstrating that they want to be a friend of the world. James uses the word 'adulterers' as a metaphor to describe those kind of people. Those people are breaking their vows to God by trying to "fit in" with a world that has a lifestyle that is diametrically opposed to God. If we follow our flesh, which wars against the Spirit, and desire to become friends of the world we will fail and end up alienating ourselves from God. But if we 'submit to God' we will have the power to 'resist the devil', and 'he will flee from us'.(4:7) We will then have the victory over our flesh and the devil! So let's focus our energies on "drawing near to God,". He already made a way for us to approach Him. If we do this, "he will draw near to us."(4:8)

God says: Lets be friends! What do you say?

Following Jesus Christ,

Pastor Juan

Next Reading: 2 Kings 18-19; 2 Chronicles 32; James 5