2017.09.17_God Betrothed Us

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  • Senior Overseer Ki-Dong Kim

[Hosea 2:19-23]

God
is one
and He is the one and only God
who has betrothed us to Him.
Our faith is about
being betrothed to God.
Marriage does not only refer to
the carnal affection shared between a man and a woman,
but also friendship we have with the invisible One (Jn 15:15).
Only friendship is love,
for it is unconditional.
God sacrificed everything
to become the friend of our souls (Jn 15:13-14).
He has betrothed us to Him in righteousness and justice,
in loving-kindness and mercy (Hos 2:19-20).
Heaven and earth has acceded to it;
souls who once were enemies of God
became God’s brides,
and the One whom they feared and knew nothing of
became their God.
◌ O my soul,
be betrothed to God truly!
◌ God is love.
He became our true friend.
O my soul, seek the truth!
◌ Faith is about loving God;
it is about becoming God’s friend.
※ If we do not become God’s friend,
our faith is hypocritical and deceitful.
Let us become God’s friends, His brides.