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Forever Faithful

by Tonja Taylor  
2/28/2020 / Salvation

God is faithful; He is committed to us to help us, no matter what. That is the basic meaning of "covenant."  

He made a covenant of blood with Abraham, the father of our faith. 

"And the scripture was fulfilled that says, 'Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,' and he was called God’s friend."     -- James 2:23

(So in this verse, you see that the New Testament refers to the Old Testament. That is just one reason we can never do away with the Old Testament, like some are wrongly teaching!) 

When we have a true friend, they are our friend, no matter what. Proverbs 17:17 says, "A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity."  Also, Proverbs says. "...23 The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly. 24 A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

Jesus Christ is the Friend that stays with us, no matter what, once we receive Him as Savior and LORD (Romans 10:13), and He is forever faithful. He is faithfulness!

Once He becomes our Savior, He becomes responsible for working with our hearts to help us understand and receive all the blessings of the Blood Covenant He made with God. 

Jesus died on the cross and shed His pure blood, to pay for all our sins--all our wrongdoings--forever, because we could not pay the price required to be accepted by the holy Father God to get into Heaven (John 3:15-17).

Jesus becomes our High Priest, Who ever lives to pray for us to the Father, so that, when we pray (especially the Word of God, which is God's perfect will for all people), then He takes what we pray and takes it to the Father. Jesus is the ultimate Intercessor, and when we pray in God's will, He hears us and we receive what we ask (I John 5:14-15). 

He loves us so much! God our Father is holy (no sin or flesh can abide in His Presence!), and we cannot approach Him Who lives in unapproachable light (I Timothy 6:16) without going through Jesus,

There is no other way. Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life (John 14:6); no person comes to the Father except through Him. Jesus is the Door (John 10:9-16) and the only Door; He is the Author of Life. 

But when we receive Christ, by repenting (asking forgiveness) of our sins (what we've done wrong, which is inherent in all humans born, since the fall of Adam in the Garden of Eden (Genesis)), and we are sincerely believing that we need forgiveness and cleasing and salvation, then Christ Jesus enters our hearts and is forever with us to help us start living the Zoe (John 10:10) life He died to give us!

He is forever faithful to keep drawing us closer to Him; to His Word, to His Body (church attendance where the Bible is truly taught); to His worship; to allowing Him to love through us in good works--proof that His Spirit of love lives within us but not what gets us to Heaven (Only believing that Christ is the only Savior and receiving Him into our hearts gets us into Heaven (Isaiah 43:11; Mark 16:16))!

If you want to receive Christ Jesus as your Savior and LORD and have His protection, loving care, wisdom, and victory and more, pray this: Dear Jesus, I need You to please forgive me of all my sins and wrongs and come into my heart and be my LORD and Savior. I repent for all my sins. Thank You for dying on the cross for me to pay the price I could never pay! I receve You now and am so thankful that You will be with me forever, helping me live this wonderful new life! In Your Name, amen!

Through books, courses, presentations, service, prayer, worship, and more, Tonja and her husband live to exalt God. Her series for girls, P.O.W.E.R. GIRL ADVENTURES, is now out (books I-V), along with LEGACY; YOUR HOLY HEALTH: VISIONS OF THE KING, and more. See the "River Rain Creative" YT channel.

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