Deeper Life #54

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

—James 4:4

THE PITY OF THIS MODERN age goes out to Judas, not to Christ. Pity does not overflow for that lonely Nazarene who came and died to save and sanctify us, but for the one who hated and betrayed Jesus. In the same line of thought, some modern Christians, if they had lived at the time of the Good Samaritan, would have pitied the thieves and left the poor victim still lying on the roadside.

Our sympathies have gone rotten! Anyone who is a friend of this age is the enemy of God; and anyone who befriends the enemy of God hates Jesus Christ.

If you are called of Christ and acquainted with His Cross—if you are not wedded to the present age—then share the message of the Cross and see if you will not be despised. Jesus said, “For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother” (Matthew 12:50).

Prayer Thought: Lord, help me to be Your true friend.

SUGGESTED READING: Luke 10:30–37