Friend of God
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. (James 4:4) A friend of God will never submit to the authority of any other spirit, nor will he or she bow down at the shrine of success, popularity, or acceptance. Those things are an affront to the Lord and worthless to His disciples. God's friend fears Him only, while refusing to cower before men or adhere to world's standards. The victorious saint knows the kingdom, and the power, and the glory are the Lord's; and that triumphant saint is, first and foremost, a friend of God. God will never compete with anything or anyone for our love and worship, for no one or nothing compares to Him. He is searching for those who have turned away from earthly cares and pleasures. He is searching for those who have responded to the Good News by believing and receiving the greatest gift of all, Jesu...