Friendship of the Lord

The friendship of the Lord is with those who fear Him, 

and His covenant, for their instruction. 

PSALM 25 : 14

The Lord is the strength of His people, the saving refuge of His anointed (Ps 28:8). God wills everyone to be saved and to come to knowledge of the truth. For there is one God. There is also one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as ransom for all (1 Tim 2:4-6). 

Jesus said, "You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. This I command you, to love one another." (Jn 15:14-15,17)

I charge you before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus to keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Tim 6:13-14). Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teach and admonish one another in all wisdom, and sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God (Col 3:16). Lead a quiet and tranquil life in all devotion and dignity. This is good and pleasing to God our savior. (1 Tim 2:2-3)

I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach (Acts 1:1). That the blessed and only ruler will make manifest at the proper time, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, and whom no human being has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal power. Amen. (1 Tim 6:15-16)

To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of His call, and may fulfil every good resolve and work of faith by His power, so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ (2 Thes. 1:11-12) . 

Lord, hear the sound of my pleading, when I cry to you, lifting up my hands toward your holy shrine. (Ps 28:2). Save Your people, and bless Your inheritance; feed them, and carry them forever! (Ps 28:9)

FRIEND OF TAX COLLECTORS AND SINNERS

"But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places and calling to their playmates, `We piped to you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.'

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, `He has a demon'; the Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, `Behold, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds."  - Matthew 11:16-19

Published:

December 10, 2010, 5:06 AM

GOD CALLS YOU FRIEND

"No longer do I call you servants, 

for the servant does not know 

what his master is doing; 

but I have called you friends, 

for all that I have heard from my Father 

I have made known to you." 

(John 15:15)

The friendship of the LORD is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant. (Psalm 25:14)

The LORD used to speak to Moses face to face, 

as a man speaks to his friend.

(Exodus 33:11). 

Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp; and he called it the tent of meeting (Ex 33:7). When Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the door of the tent, and the LORD would speak with Moses (Ex 33:9).


 

"You are my friends 
if you do what I command you." 
(John 15:14)

I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach. (Acts 1:1).


Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teach and admonish one another in all wisdom, and sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God. (Colossians 3:16)

"This I command you, 

to love one another." 

(John 15:17)

Pericope:
THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES - John 15:1-7
MOSES' INTIMACY WITH GOD - Exodus 33:7-23
CONFIDENT PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS AND GUIDANCE - Psalm 25:1-22
THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT - Acts 1:1-5
RENUNCIATION OF VICE - Colossians 3:5-17

Published: 
May 19, 2017, 5:58 AM
May 08, 2015 - 8:43 AM
July 30, 2013-7:58AM
June 21, 2010-9:11AM

LOVE OF A FRIEND

"Greater love 
has no man than this, 

that a man lay down his life 

for his friends." 

(John 15:13)

Chosen and Appointed

"You did not choose me, 

but I chose you and appointed you 

that you should go and bear fruit 

and that your fruit should abide".

(John 15:16)

Published:
May 14, 2011, 7:25 AM

PLEADS FOR HIS FRIEND

On behalf of a man he pleads with God 

as a man pleads for his friend. 

Job 16:21

When you perceive that God is chastening you, fly not to his enemies...but to his friends, the martyrs, the saints, and those who were pleasing to him, and who have great power in God (John Chrysostom: Orations 396AD).

Eating and drinking don't make friendships - such friendship even robbers and murderers have. But if we are friends, if we truly care for one another, let's help one another spritually....Let's hinder those things that lead our friends away to hell. -- St. John Chrysostom


Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God (2 Jn 1:11).

Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God (Jas 4:4).





Published:
October 30, 2010 - 6:44AM

SECRETS REVEALED!

The friendship of the LORD 

is for those who fear him, 

and he makes known to them 

his covenant.

Psalm 25:14

A true friend is one who can keep a secret.

In other bible translations of this verse, the word "friendship" refers to "secrets" of the Lord.

God knows all our secrets for nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light (Lk 8:17 NASB). What is amazing is when you come to a degree of closeness and friendship with the Lord where He Himself will reveal to you His secrets!

Anyone can read the Bible but not all can fully understand and comprehend its depth. Each person would have a different understanding of what he has read depending on his level of relationship with the Lord. This is why the Lord said, "while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand" (Mt 13:13 NASB).

I am just thankful to the Lord that He has made me His friend, built upon the trust that I will keep His words in my heart all the days of my life.

To God be the glory now and forever. Amen.