Friend or Foe?

Friend or Foe? Which are you?

Are you walking in obedience to what God says in His Word? 

Are you obedient to the prompting of the Holy Spirit? 

Are you living out what God has called you to do? 

Are you bringing people to Christ?

A ‘no’ answer to any one of these questions tells you what side of the fence you are on.

The scripture that gives us the clearest definition of ‘friend or foe’ is found in James 4:4, “You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.”

We let the world know where we stand with every decision we make.  Every day, throughout the day, we have to make choices.  When we make a choice in rebellion to God, we have become His enemy.

Further in the fourth chapter of James, verse 17 tells us, “Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it. (NLT)”

Are you failing to take a stand for God in your personal life? Where you work? Go to school? Among your family and friends? During your recreation time? In your place of worship? Friend or foe?

 
Everyday through various media outlets . . . radio, TV, internet,

magazines, and books, etc. we see how the world bombards us with what they believe is ‘right’ and ‘good’.  How do these outlets line up with the Word of God? Friend or foe?

“And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you.  Let them be a living and holy sacrifice – the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.  Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.  Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.” – Romans 12:1-2

It is time we stop straddling the fence, and stand, and act, on what we believe – the Word of God.