Who may worship in your sanctuary, Lord? Who may enter your presence on your holy hill?
Psalm 15:1 NLT
Who gets to hang out with God? That’s a way to look at theology you might not have considered. What kinds of friends does God have? Is God picky about the kinds of friends He has over to His place? It turns out He is rather selective with His closest mates. Surely God is better than His friends, so I am confident that God is like this and definitely no less this sort of person.
Main Point:
Godliness is to have character like God; we learn what God is like from the people living with Him.
Blameless, Accusations against God and his friends can’t stick. They can’t be blamed.
Right-doers, God and his friends take the initiative to do the right thing.
Truth-Speakers, God and his friends speak the truth.
Sincere hearted, God and his friends have hearts without deceit.
Anti-gossipers, God and his friends don’t trash talk others.
Harmless, God and his friends are safe in deeds towards neighbours.
Non-evil speakers, God and his friends don’t talk bad about friends.
Flagrant-sinner-phobes, God and his friends don’t want to be around rebels.
Faithful-follower-philes, God and his friends love to be around the faithful.
Faithful, God and his friends are faithful and true to their word no matter what.
Generous, God and his friends give with no strings attached.
Bribeless, God and his friends aren’t motivated by money and they care about justice.
Steady, God and his friends are reliable and lasting.
Conclusion:
Getting close to God is a great goal. Everyone would want a friend of God on their side if they were in a pinch. The character of God and his friends is attractive. Reading Psalm 15 reminded me of a similar list which ends with the confident declaration that “against such things there is no law.” Do you see the similarities between the persons described above living close to God and the product /fruit of God’s Spirit? God is worth getting to know, that’s why Jesus came.
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
You might be thinking, that will never be me, I won't be allowed to get near to God, I’m too much of a sinner. Jesus can make you like Him. Listen to what Paul wrote about it.
"6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him. 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. 11 And not only this, but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation."
Get close to God. He has made a way in Jesus, and you too will be like the most attractive person you’ll ever meet, Jesus.
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