He lets us all the way in, and loves us to the very end. A Psalm of David. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. The Bible says David was a man after God's own heart ( 1 Sam 13:14; Acts 13:22 ). Job was a friend of God, and repented when he saw he was in the wrong. He restores my soul. He brings us even closer. Read these Top 5 Bible verses and one bonus quote about becoming a friend of God. 20:7; Isa. R He shall dwell with you, in your midst, in the place that he shall choose within one of your towns, wherever it suits him. Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven. In that day the Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the one who is feeble among them in that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord before them. Then I will set over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them; he will feed them himself and be their shepherd. Jesus said to them, My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work. Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Copyright 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. To be called Jesuss servant is an immeasurable privilege. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. Labs David was a sinful man, but God regarded David as a friend. Little Boys Bible Storybook for Mothers and Sons. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.. Perform the ceremonies to make yourselves holy, and come with me to the sacrifice. He performed the ceremonies for Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice. For I will set apart destroyers against you, And they will cut down your choicest cedars, Many nations will pass by this city; and they will say to one another, Why has the, Then they will answer, Because they forsook the covenant of the, I will also punish him and his descendants and his servants for their iniquity, and I will bring on them and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the men of Judah all the calamity that I have declared to thembut they did not listen.. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.. And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. But to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may have a lamp always before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen for Myself to put My name. Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descendant of David, according to my gospel, New American Standard Bible Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. We could so emphasize his authority that we dont enjoy his affection. He testified concerning him: 'I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.. Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. For to which of the angels did God ever say, You are my Son, today I have begotten you? So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man. For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, You sit here in a good place, while you say to the poor man, You stand over there, or, Sit down at my feet, have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? 15Sauls officials told him, An evil spirit from God is tormenting you. John 15:14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. Is not his companionship itself one of the greatest deterrents to sin? You are my friends if you do what I command you. But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. 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. God will always be faithful to His friends. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.. Then he set the carved image of Asherah that he had made, in the house of which the, There I have set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the, There I have set the ark in which is the covenant of the. Episode 111: In a moment of insecurity, David called in Joab, commander of his army, to go throughout the nation of Israel and take a census of the people. For I will surely save you, and you shall not fall by the sword, but you shall have your life as a prize of war, because you have put your trust in me, declares the Lord.. Jonathans friendship with David in 1 Samuel gives us a clear parallel. Genesis 21:33. As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. Jonathan was a man of utmost courage, loyalty, wisdom, and honor. Were on a mission to change that. You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. What a friend we have moment by moment, now and forever in Jesus. My covenant I will not violate,Nor will I alter the utterance of My lips. That according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faiththat you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David; The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting, Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. Friendship is in the deepest heart of Christ and its at the very center of the gospel. Nevertheless I will not do it in your days for the sake of your father David, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son. 12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul. . Praise the Lord! When Saul hears about it, hell kill me., The Lord said, Take a heifer with you and say, Ive come to sacrifice to the Lord. 3Invite Jesse to the sacrifice. What could be better than being after the heart of our creator? Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. Start FREE. Jesus answered him, 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. One of my sweet friends is a missionary to China. He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. We rightly think of them as exemplifying friendship. Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward. For He has made an everlasting covenant with me, But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the. It is a most remarkable bond between a human being and the all-powerful Creator God. Your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever.. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. 6When they came, he saw Eliab and thought, Certainly, here in the Lords presence is his anointed king., 7But the Lord told Samuel, Dont look at his appearance or how tall he is, because I have rejected him. He had a healthy complexion, attractive eyes, and a handsome appearance. U It is based on this chapter that three times in Scripture Abraham is called the friend of God, once by God Himself* ( 2 Chron. Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation Then Moses and the Levitical priests said to all Israel, Keep silence and hear, O Israel: this day you have become the people of the Lord your God. One of the most outstanding examples of a friendship in the Bible is the relationship the patriarch Abraham cultivated with God. But the Lord answered her, Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Q Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked., Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High, and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.. When Jesus says, You are my friends if you do what I command you, lets respond, like Jonathan, Whatever you say, I will do for you.. As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, even to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep My statutes and My ordinances, then I will establish your royal throne as I covenanted with your father David, saying, You shall not lack a man to be ruler in Israel.. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.. N He said, "You are my friends if you do what I command you" ( John 15:14 ). And our obedience doesn't earn, but rather, proves, our friendship with him. 4w; View 15 more comments And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. As for this house, which was exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and say, Why has the. Seeking the Gospel in Malachi, the Last Book of the Old Testament. In Isaiah 41:8 God refers to the nation of Israel as "My servant," but then surprisingly . Jesus gathered his disciples one last time, on the night before his death, to prepare them for the next day and beyond. If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at [email protected]. So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Now therefore arise, O Lord God, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might; let Your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation and let Your godly ones rejoice in what is good. The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God. 14Now, the Lords Spirit had left Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him. Young David, shepherd boy of Israel, had a cause. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. First, he opened his heart with transparency. And this house will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by will be astonished and hiss and say, Why has the, And they will say, Because they forsook the. He continues to wage war against all who would threaten the followers of God. But Jesus offers himself to us as both our cosmic ruler and our closest friend. Throughout his early life, David stayed close to the Lord. The Legacy of Jonathan in the Bible. How much would change if we knew that the one who loves us so deeply is with us so constantly? In Hebrew the name David means "beloved." David is the only person in the Bible whose epitaph reads "a man after God's own heart "(1 Samuel 13:14, Acts. 214 views, 7 likes, 2 loves, 3 comments, 1 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Galatia Baptist Church: Galatia Baptist Church was live. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. He was the youngest of Jesse's sons and an unlikely choice for king, humanly speaking. God has blessed me with 3 close friends that love God, pray with me and for my family, and we even have the privilege of attending the same church. It was Abraham 's faith that entitled him to be called the friend of God. There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. The.