How wonderful is it for us to meet with God face to face!
What does it mean to meet God face to face?
In Exodus 33:11 we were told that Moses met God face to face. "So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face as a man spoke to his friend". To speak to God face to face is to talk to him as his friend. Other than Moses, Abraham was also addressed in the Bible as God's friend. James 2:23 "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." Wow! What a privilege to be called a friend of God!
In John 11:11, Jesus called Lazarus friend too. "Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up". When we are God's friend, we will surely be woken up! We will not be dead but we will be alive in Jesus! Our love and passion for Him will cause every fibre in our being to be aflame for Christ!
In the NT, Jesus calls those who believe in him his "friends".
What is involved in this friendship? Friendship with God is
1. Letting go of the world
2. Letting God love us
3. Learning from God
4. Loving others and loving the unlovely
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