Friendship with God

Many people today believe that they can receive salvation by way of mindless traditions through religiosity and good works but they fail to understand that a friendship with God only comes through repentance and forgiveness of their sins by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

When we share the message of the Lord Jesus Christ we should reflect His message of love and mercy in order to draw mankind to the cross so they will receive His gift of eternal life.

There are many people today who say they believe in God, however, they have a dullness of heart and lack interest in having a real friendship with Him through the Lord Jesus Christ.

There is a day in the future when God will sing and rejoice over His people who will call upon His name and repent of their sins.

Those people who have believed in the Lord Jesus Christ have been delivered from the wrath to come and have the assurance of eternal life.

God the father had such a special love for the whole world that He sent His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ to be the sin sacrifice so they could be with Him in heaven.

The Lord Jesus Christ is a door to the sheep fold and only those who know His voice will enter through that door because they are His sheep.

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. 

So many people are trying to work their way into heaven by keeping the traditions and following the rules of religiosity  not realizing that it is the grace of God by which we are saved.

When we are called to testify for the Lord Jesus Christ, the Spirit of God will supply us with the holy boldness we need.

When one decides to follow the Lord Jesus Christ they need to prepare themselves for a strong opposition against our decision, especially those of our own households.

At a time when the Jewish people were of great vulnerability, God protected and provided comfort to His people.

Many times it seemed that the Jewish people were on the brink of destruction and yet God provided deliverance from their enemies, and in the end, the Lord Jesus Christ will provide deliverance from their sins.

Even though the Lord Jesus Christ made it abundantly clear that he was the Son of God, many are still willfully ignorant of that truth and remain in their sins.

The Lord Jesus Christ said you are either with Me or against Me as many people enjoy the material benefits, but many refuse to take up their cross and follow Him.

Although it seems as if some of the great patriarchs of the past stood alone when facing adversity, we never really stand alone as long as the Lord Jesus Christ is our helper.

People are searching for all kinds of ways to fulfill their desires, but only God satisfies our greatest desire which is a friendship with Him through the Lord Jesus Christ.

When a person comes to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ they begin a mission to tell others about Him so that they can be saved from their sins.

So many people are looking at this world through their natural eyes and believe it is a product of random chance based on evolutionary processes because they are blinded by the God of this world. Only the Lord Jesus Christ can give one spiritual eyes to see that He is the Creator of the heavens and the earth and the Savior of the world.

As followers of the Lord Jesus Christ, we need to be a good witness if we are to lead people to the foot of the cross so they can receive the gift of eternal life.

The world today is filled with people who are dying without a friendship with the Lord Jesus Christ and are lost forever because they reject the truth of the Gospel and their only hope for salvation.

Everyone who chooses to follow God and His plan for their life has accepted the high calling of doing the work of the ministry and fulfilling the great commission in telling everyone about the good news of Jesus Christ and His gift of salvation.

God created this world in six days and said it was very good, however, mankind brought the curse of sin and death into the world because of disobedience, but God planned for this with His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ to be the redeemer of that curse.  

When the Lord Jesus Christ came to earth He told the religious leaders that He didn't come for those who are healthy but those who are sick with sin because they needed a remedy for their fatal disease.

People are walking around in this world with the belief that everything is hopeless and only getting worse, however, with the Lord Jesus Christ and the message of the Gospel, there is a hope that things can get better.

When the Lord Jesus Christ was on the earth he had the mind set of I have to finish the work the Father gave Me to do because My time is short.

There are two groups of people in the world, one group sees the obstacles to God and go the other way and the other group sees the obstacles to God and overcomes by the blood of the lamb.