Oh how He loves us

James 4:4-5 (NKJV)
4 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”?

The terms adulterers and adulteresses in verse 4 refers to those who are faithless towards God. They have turned their back on God to be friends with the sin of the world; therefore making themselves opposed to God. James goes on to say that God is jealous over us when He sees our preference for worldly ideas and thoughts. It is God’s desire for us to turn to Him and fellowship in righteousness with Him.

 

 

The following is a except of the lyrics from the song How He Loves, by the David Crowder Band.

He is jealous for me,

 Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree,

 Bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy.

 When all of a sudden,

 I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,

 And I realize just how beautiful You are,

 And how great Your affections are for me.

 

And oh, how He loves us, oh,

 Oh, how He loves us,

 How He loves us all

 

God is jealous of us in a good way in that He would rather we fellowship with Him in righteous than to follow the world in sin. God loves us deeply and wants the best for us. God loves us so much that he gave His only son Jesus Christ to die for our sin. Knowing Christ died for our sin, let us be willing to live for Christ - demonstrating God’s love and glory to the world.