“And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. And he was called the friend of God” (James 2:23).
Abraham was called God’s friend because he believed the Word of God. Everyone that believe the Scripture are friends of God. Jesus says, “You are My friends if you do whatever I command you” (John 15:14).
True faith in God is expressed toward the Scripture. Paul wrote, “And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, in you all the nations shall be blessed” (Galatians 3:8).
God foretold in Scripture that He would save people who believe in the Word of God like Abraham. Scripture anticipated this in the promise God made to Abraham, that through faith in the Scripture anyone would be saved.
Friends of God are those who believe in the Word; the Word God gave us in the Bible. Scripture says, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him” (John 14:23).
All Scripture from Genesis to Revelation came by the Holy Spirit. The invisible God spoke and gave birth to the Bible. We should believe in the Scripture as the sure Word of prophecy which lives and abides forever (see 1 Peter 1:23).
God wants us to keep His Word in our hearts as the Son of God. That is, we should believe that the Scripture is Christ the beloved Son of God. That’s why Jesus says, “If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed” (John 8:31).
The Word is the Son of God Himself, the writing of God, written by the Spirit of God. We are admonished to believe in the Word for God loved us so much that He gave us His only begotten Son (see John 3:16).
Believe in whom? That we should believe in the Scripture. There is one God and only one, and one Mediator between God and mankind, which is Christ the Word of God, who offered Himself to set us free (see 1 Timothy 2:5-6).
Jesus clearly said that the Scriptures are all about Him: “You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me” (John 5:39).
Therefore the Scripture says, “No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you” (John 15:15).
Scripture is the very Christ of whom God says, this is my beloved Son. He is the only way, He is the only truth, and He is the only life. No one can come to the Father except through Him (see John 14:6).
If you are a friend of God you should love the Scripture “with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment” (Mark 12:30).
PRAYER:
Dear Lord Jesus, teach me the truth of Scripture so that I will keep your Word always. Amen.
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