THE CHRISTIAN REALLY IS A FRIEND OF GOD (1 OF 11)
by Jerry Branch
Scripture: JOHN 15:15-27
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The Christian really IS a friend of God (1 of 11)
Friend of God
Jerry Branch
John 15:15-27
03-04-07
Text:
"I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will last.
Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. This is my command: Love each other.
"If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
Remember the words I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the One who sent me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin. He who hates me hates my Father as well. If I had not done among them what no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen these miracles, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated me without reason.'
"When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me. And you also must testify, foryou have beenwith me from the beginning." (John 15:15-27, NIV)
Friendship: There are a lot of very loose definitions
of the word "friend" floating around these days.
Friendship: Jesus uses that word, in describing the Christian...
it is also used in God's description of Abraham...
so I think it's important that we understand just wh ...
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