“You Are My Friends”
“…As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my
love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have
kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I have said these things
to you so that my job may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.”
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have
loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s
friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you
servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is
doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you
everything that I have heard from my Father. You did not choose me but I chose
you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that
the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. I am giving you these
commands so that you may love one another.”
John 15:9-17
Moses knew what it was like to be a friend of God – a relationship
that went beyond what most people realize.
But you and I can have that same relationship. We can do that through Jesus, our Savior, but
only through Him can we have that relationship with the Father.
There is a responsibility that you and I have as Christians. We
are commanded to love Jesus with all our heart and love others as ourselves.
That is how we can be God’s friend. The dearest friend on earth is but a mere
shadow compared to Jesus.
Our Daily Bread –