After all, what higher privilege and experience is granted to mankind on earth than to be admitted into the circle of the friends of God?\u2026<\/p>\n
It is well for us to remember that Divine-human friendship originated with God. Had God not first said \u201cYou are My friends,\u201d it would be inexcusably brash for any man to say, \u201cI am a friend of God.\u201d But since God claims us for His friends, it is an act of unbelief to deny the offer of such a relationship.\u2026<\/p>\n
The spiritual giants of old were those who at some time became acutely conscious of the presence of God. They maintained that consciousness for the rest of their lives.\u2026<\/p>\n
The essential point is this: These were men who met and experienced God! How otherwise can the saints and prophets be explained? How otherwise can we account for the amazing power for good they have exercised over countless generations?<\/p>\n
Is it not that indeed they had become friends of God? Is it not that they walked in conscious communion with the real Presence and addressed their prayers to God with the artless conviction that they were truly addressing Someone actually there?<\/p>\n
John 15:14\u201316; Hebrews 11<\/p>\n
Men Who Met God<\/i>, 13, 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After all, what higher privilege and experience is granted to mankind on earth than to be admitted into the circle of the friends of God?\u2026 It is well for us to remember that Divine-human friendship originated with God. Had God not first said \u201cYou are My friends,\u201d it would be inexcusably brash for any man … Continue reading “FRIENDSHIP
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