Nothing is more destructive to a friendship than distrust. When there is a lack of trust in a relationship, we usually make up our minds that we are going to look out for number one. Satan destroyed Adam’s relationship with God through distrust. However, God remained Adam’s steadfast friend. God immediately sought to cover Adam’s shame as he made him clothes from an animal’s skin. God wanted Adam to understand that he was a true friend. He wanted Adam to stand before him in confidence regardless of Adam’s failure. Even in failure God wanted Adam to come before him assured of their relationship with him. The first animal sacrificed to provide clothing for Adam and Eve pointed the ultimate sacrifice that Christ would make to cover our sins so that we might stand in God’s presence with confidence. Christians must have confidence in God’s friendship before they truly discover the joyous freedom in serving God. The Bible is written that we might have a confident faith in God. 1 John 5:13-15 13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us-whatever we ask-we know that we have what we asked of him. NIV John penned his epistles "so that you may know that you have eternal life." Without this assurance our salvation enters upon shaky ground. Without it we will not be assured that God recognizes us and hears us as we approach him in times of need. John writes, "This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us-whatever we ask-we know that we have what we asked of him." Without such confidence there is no way we can be assured that God is with us.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 00:01:07 +0000
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