“AN ENEMY OF GOD!”

 James 4:4                    (ESV)

“[4] You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with GOD? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself “AN ENEMY OF GOD.”

The words we sometimes use are often NOT emphatic enough to describe what was the jest of the original text.  Another translation of the verse above says “disloyal sinners—flirting with the world and breaking your vow to God”!  

Our physical eyes generally become weaker as we age.  However, our SPIRITUAL EYES can only SEE what is being revealed to them by the HOLY SPIRIT.  We can CHOOSE to limit what is being revealed to us, but GOD can ORDAIN for us to BE STILL if HE needs to???  Our ability to CHOOSE is ONLY through the GRACE OF GOD!!!

Being “AN ENEMY OF GOD” is an identity that every person is born with!  We don’t have to have a “disdain” for GOD.  But the journey we are on OUTSIDE OF CHRIST definitely has “its rewards”, and it is an extremely gruesome scenario (Matthew 13:41-42)!  

“Friendship” with THIS WORLD is NOT something that I CHOOSE to relish!  As a matter of fact, having ENMITY WITH GOD is something that I would give my life to avoid!!  The ONLY WAY, according to SCRIPTURE, to avoid being “AN ENEMY OF GOD” is to have JESUS CHRIST living inside of us!!!