John 15.15
"No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what the master is doing but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you."
Dear Friend, even as Valentine's Day is celebrated all over the world, get excited to know we have a Valentine, Christ Jesus! Though He was King of kings, Lord of lords, Creator of heaven and earth, having all power and authority in heaven and earth, He loves you and me so much that, He has accepted you and me .... friend!
Jn10.14,15, "I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep and am known by My own. As the Father knows Me, even so, I know the Father, and I lay down My life for the sheep."
Dear Friend, know how much Christ loves you. He not only calls you friend, He knows you in and out; and He is your good shepherd, your guide, provider, protector. He has not only said that He will lay down His life for you, but when the fullness of time had come, He became a perfect substitute for you on the cross and redeemed you and made you son of Almighty God. He declared, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."(Heb13.5); "I am with you always, even to the end of the age."(Mt28.20) Pause for a moment, and meditate on these Scriptures. Can any friend, assure, perform this. Impossible! Book of Revelation says, "we are the bride and Christ is the Bridegroom" (Rev19.7-9) Wow! Unbelievable! You may think today that you are ordinary, not loved, cared, and people around you neglect you; get excited, to know that you have been chosen by the creator of heaven and earth, as His loving bride! You have the Best Valentine, Christ Jesus. Even after His death to redeem you, He has not left you orphan but abiding in you in the form of Helper, Holy Spirit.(Jn14.16-18) Amazing thing is, He is concerned of you even after your life in this world. Jn14.1-3, "He is preparing a mansion in His Father's house, once it is ready, He Himself will come again, to receive you to Himself, that where He is, there you may be also." Wow! What a marvelous relationship you and I have as friend and bride with our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ of Nazareth!!!!
How you and I can be His friends? Jn15.14, "You are My friends if you do whatever I command you." Friend, today take a conscious decision to read, meditate on the Word of God, which are commands of Christ Jesus, understand them, believe them, follow and obey them. Let's not get decieved by only hearing the Word and not practicing the Word.(James 1.22-25) Word of God cautions us, "For as body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also."(James 2.26)
Eph5.27, 28, we as bride of the Bridegroom, Christ Jesus, "should be sanctified, cleansed with the washing of the water and the word....not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing that we should be holy without blemish." Before the marriage, every bride is excited and prepares herself to present herself as the best....same way let's sanctify ourselves, led by the Spirit, leading a life according to the Word, and to keep ourselves holy and blameless which is the beauty of the bride.
Let's be loving, faithful friends/spouses of our Eternal Friend and Bridegroom, Christ Jesus, live unto Him, and be His witnesses and glorify the Father in and through our lives.
GET EXCITED, YOUR VALENTINE, CHRIST JESUS DELIGHTS IN YOU AND REJOICES OVER YOU.
"No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what the master is doing but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you."
Dear Friend, even as Valentine's Day is celebrated all over the world, get excited to know we have a Valentine, Christ Jesus! Though He was King of kings, Lord of lords, Creator of heaven and earth, having all power and authority in heaven and earth, He loves you and me so much that, He has accepted you and me .... friend!
Jn10.14,15, "I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep and am known by My own. As the Father knows Me, even so, I know the Father, and I lay down My life for the sheep."
Dear Friend, know how much Christ loves you. He not only calls you friend, He knows you in and out; and He is your good shepherd, your guide, provider, protector. He has not only said that He will lay down His life for you, but when the fullness of time had come, He became a perfect substitute for you on the cross and redeemed you and made you son of Almighty God. He declared, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."(Heb13.5); "I am with you always, even to the end of the age."(Mt28.20) Pause for a moment, and meditate on these Scriptures. Can any friend, assure, perform this. Impossible! Book of Revelation says, "we are the bride and Christ is the Bridegroom" (Rev19.7-9) Wow! Unbelievable! You may think today that you are ordinary, not loved, cared, and people around you neglect you; get excited, to know that you have been chosen by the creator of heaven and earth, as His loving bride! You have the Best Valentine, Christ Jesus. Even after His death to redeem you, He has not left you orphan but abiding in you in the form of Helper, Holy Spirit.(Jn14.16-18) Amazing thing is, He is concerned of you even after your life in this world. Jn14.1-3, "He is preparing a mansion in His Father's house, once it is ready, He Himself will come again, to receive you to Himself, that where He is, there you may be also." Wow! What a marvelous relationship you and I have as friend and bride with our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ of Nazareth!!!!
How you and I can be His friends? Jn15.14, "You are My friends if you do whatever I command you." Friend, today take a conscious decision to read, meditate on the Word of God, which are commands of Christ Jesus, understand them, believe them, follow and obey them. Let's not get decieved by only hearing the Word and not practicing the Word.(James 1.22-25) Word of God cautions us, "For as body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also."(James 2.26)
Eph5.27, 28, we as bride of the Bridegroom, Christ Jesus, "should be sanctified, cleansed with the washing of the water and the word....not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing that we should be holy without blemish." Before the marriage, every bride is excited and prepares herself to present herself as the best....same way let's sanctify ourselves, led by the Spirit, leading a life according to the Word, and to keep ourselves holy and blameless which is the beauty of the bride.
Let's be loving, faithful friends/spouses of our Eternal Friend and Bridegroom, Christ Jesus, live unto Him, and be His witnesses and glorify the Father in and through our lives.
GET EXCITED, YOUR VALENTINE, CHRIST JESUS DELIGHTS IN YOU AND REJOICES OVER YOU.
Author: Alexander FD Rodrigues
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Praise the Lord
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